Election letter-writing template

MPs are there to represent your interests, and the interests of other people in your area. They have a duty to pay attention to the issues people in their electorate are passionate about and affected by.  

Writing personal letters to MPs can be a powerful tool to draw their attention to an issue, and can persuade them and their party to act on it. 

To help you write letters to MPs (sent via email or post), we’ve created a free letter-writing template you can use (see below).

Our letter-writing template is designed to help you write persuasively about a specific mental health issue or action, and how taking that action can make a difference. Our template includes an example of an action you could ask an MP to include in their party’s mental health policy. You don’t have to use this example – it’s important that you write about what mental health issues matter to you, and what you would like MPs to do about them.  

Our template has space for up to three actions or issues. You can write about as many or as few actions or issues as you’d like - but keep in mind that the smaller the number of actions, the more likely those actions will be to grab and hold an MP's attention and compel them to make change.

If you can, we recommend you both print out your letter and post it to the MP it is addressed to (as well as emailing it), so it receives the most attention possible. It’s free to post letters to MPs at their official address here.