Plaid Member of Parliament for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (which includes Newcastle Emlyn) Adam Price has won the British Computer Society’s first award for the best Parliamentary website.
Adam’s bilingual website was selected as overall winner and considered to be “an outstanding example” of the very best incorporation of the three qualities:
- Design
- Engagement
- Accessibility
Judging of all MP websites was undertaken by BCS President Professor Nigel Shadbolt and key political journalists including Quentin Letts of the Daily Mail, Patrick Wintour of the Guardian, Michael Kallenbach of UK Press Gazette and – to ensure broad appeal to all ages – Matthew Darroch Thompson (aka Webster) of The Oldie Magazine.
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Because accessibility is vital in engaging people with disabilities, all sites were also appraised by AbilityNet, the national charity that helps disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
In response to the award Adam commented:
“I am delighted to have won this. I am very proud that the efforts we have made to ensure that I am accessible to my constituents have been recognised. In today’s digital age people want to be able to raise their concerns in many different ways. We have two full time offices that anyone can just pop in or phone and the next step was to allow people to use the internet. It has been a fantastic way of interacting with people and has really helped me tackle some of the major issues in Carmarthenshire.”
