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Mhairi Black has been blasted after shock statistics revealed she blanks nearly 75 per cent of emails sent via a constituents’ website.

The Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP was ranked tenth worst for ignoring voters in an online league of shame for ignoring correspondence from voters.

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Figures obtained by the Paisley Daily Express, show the nationalist has responded to just 27 per cent of queries lodged through the website WriteToThem.com within three weeks.

In contrast, Gavin Newlands, member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has been hailed as one of the most pro-active after replying to 64 per cent of correspondence in the same time frame.

Site chiefs analysed the mailboxes of the country’s 59 parliamentarians to reveal who is keeping in touch with the electorate.

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Eben Wilson, director of Taxpayer Scotland, says members must be available and accountable to those who elected them.

He told the Paisley Daily Express: “Those who represent us on the public purse and control the spending of our taxes have a duty to listen, learn and respond to the voting public.

“They cannot grumble if people are interested in how our taxes are spent.

“They have to accept that they have an obligation to explain themselves and be open at all times.”

The website contains details for thousands of UK public officials and is designed to put voters in touch with them.

Although MPs can be contacted by other means, the portal provides a good indication as to how likely it is to receive a prompt reply.

Over the last parliamentary year, MPs were sent more than 90,000 messages and had an average response rate of 50 per cent within three weeks.

Statistics show Mhairi received 109 messages from the public, with more than half getting in contact for the first time.

But the 21-year-old replied to just 29 emails, making her one of the hardest to reach in Scotland.

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In comparison, Gavin replied to 61 of the 96 queries lodged during the 2015/16 parliamentary year - putting him in the top ten.

He has urged locals to get in contact if they wish to discuss any issues facing them or their area.

Gavin explained: “I take a lot of pride in being a locally-based MP who is available to help constituents with any issue.

“My office deals with a wide range of issues, and I will respond to all constituent’s correspondence in a timely and comprehensive manner.

“Constituents can get in touch with me in a variety of ways – including email, telephone, social media, via my website, attending one my 13 monthly surgeries or by visiting my shop front office.”

Mhairi’s office insist emails from the site form a small part of her contact with the public, but she declined to answer questions on her availability personally.

Her spokesman added: “Only a very small number of correspondence Mhairi receives arrives via WriteToThem, and the site doesn’t make any reference to the number of phone calls and visits the office receives.

“Dealing with constituency enquiries is an absolute priority for Mhairi.

“Since her election last year, her office has processed 6,564 enquiries in their casework system, only 119 of which came from the website which calculates to just 0.83 per cent of enquiries.”

Ian Murray, the member for Edinburgh South, was highest ranked by the website for responding to queries from the public.

The Labour man recevied 308 messages via the site, with 175 answered, 154 within three weeks, putting his response rate at 88 per cent.

SNP deputy leader Stuart Hosie, who sits in Dundee East, props up the table, with just 11 per cent of emails returned, while Gordon MP Alex Salmond, the former first minister, was 56th, replying to 19 per cent.