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Ian Liddell-Grainger | Worst Politicians

The Somerset MP represents Bridgwater, makes the list for his all-round uselessness as an mp as well as his poor behaviour towards anyone but himself. Let's start with his comparing Taunton a town in the UK, which is in an economic straights as much of the UK is, to the war-torn city of Aleppo in Syria, which has been subject to many warring factions resulting in the deaths of many people and the utter destruction of most of the city. An exceedingly callous comparison at the which shows a pattern of behaviour in the MP. Grainger's behaviour in the houses of parliament is allegedly very unprofessional and contributes to the general disbelief of ordinary people about how parliamentarians act towards each other. An accusation levelled at Graner was that he shouted "suicide" at an SNP MP. While the SNP MP was raising the question about what options were available for Scottish MPs to make their voices heard on the issues being spoken about on that day Liddle

Christopher Chope | Worst Politicians in the UK

Christopher Chope MP for Chrischurch in Dorset. Chope makes our list not just for a history of voting against human rights, gay rights, support for ex forces personnel, reducing welfare for everyone including the sick and disabled, raising taxes on the poorest but not the richest. You may think this voting record is deplorable, but that's not the least of it. Chope has a habit of obstructing bills especially when it comes to women's issues. He blocked a bill to make taking unsolicited pictures up a skirt an offence. Most recently, he hit the headlines for blocking a bill to make it easier to prevent female genital mutilation. Chope would say that he does this out of principle, he doesn't like private members bills but put in 31 in the last year alone. He also votes consistently against increased parliamentary transparency so his excuse he is trying to make Parliament procedure better would appear to be undone by his own actions. He also appeared in the expe