 You're representatives. This resource will help you find out about your representatives in the Scottish Parliament, your local council and the UK Parliament. If you live in Scotland, you elect representatives who represent you in these organisations on a variety of issues. You may also have representation on a community council for the area where you live. Community councils represent the community to the local authority, also known as your local council. If you are not sure who to contact about an issue, public information at the Scottish Parliament will be happy to advise you. The Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament makes laws on a range of issues affecting Scotland. You have eight members of the Scottish Parliament, MSPs. One for your local area, the constituency and seven for the wider parliamentary region. You can approach any of the eight. Find out who your MSPs are by using the postcode search on the Scottish Parliament's website parliament.scot.msp or by contacting public information. Your MSPs can help you if you have concerns about a matter such as education, health and social services, housing, law and order, transport, some aspects of welfare. Councils. Councils, also known as local authorities, deliver a wide range of public services in your local area. You have three or four councillors for your local area. You can approach any of them. Find out who your councillors are on your local council website or by contacting your council. Council contact details are available from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, COSLA. Your councillors can help you if you have concerns about the delivery of a local public service such as education services, electoral registration, parks and leisure services, planning decisions and licensing, social care, waste and recycling. The UK Parliament. The UK Parliament makes laws for the whole UK. You have one Member of Parliament MP in the House of Commons in London. Find out who your MP is by using the postcode search on the front of the UK Parliament website or by contacting the House of Commons Inquiry Service. Your MP can help you if you have concerns about a matter such as the constitution, defence, employment, foreign policy, immigration, welfare, contact details. If you would like more information about any of these organisations, here are their contact details. The Scottish Parliament. Website www.parliament.scot Email info at parliament.scot Telephone 0800 092 75 00 or 0131 348 5000 Calls in British Sign Language can be made through contactscotlandbsl.org Live Chat www.parliament.scot.com Councils Contact details for your local council are available from COSLA. Website www.cosla.gov.uk Email info at cosla.gov.uk Telephone 0131 474 9200 Calls in British Sign Language can be made through contactscotlandbsl.org The UK Parliament. Website www.parliament.uk Email hcinquiriesatparliament.uk Telephone 0800 112 4272 Community Councils Website www.communitycouncils.scot Email communitycouncils.gov.scot This resource includes only some of the matters that your representatives deal with. For more information on the Scottish Parliament or advice on who to contact about an issue, please get in touch with public information at the Scottish Parliament. If you need this information in another format or language, please contact us. If you contact us with an inquiry, we will use the information you provide only in order to deal with your inquiry. To find out more about how we handle your information, visit parliament.scot.com