Flitwick Town Council is urging its local MP, Nadine Dorries, to quit as MP immediately, after 'concerns' were discussed in a recent meeting.
Nadine Dorries, MP for Mid Bedfordshire, has held her seat since 2005.
The Mid Bedfordshire constituency covers the likes of Flitwick, Marston Moretaine, Kempston and Woburn, bordering Milton Keynes.
The town clerk has sent a letter to the MP stating: "Following a discussion at the recent meeting of Flitwick Town Council on Tuesday 18th July, I have been asked to write to you formally to raise the Council's concerns and frustration at the continuing lack of representation for the people of Mid-Bedfordshire at Westminster."
The MP had announced her intention to stand down as an MP with immediate effect on 9th June 2023, but has not formally resigned as of yet.
"The last time you spoke in the Commons was 7th June 2022. You have not maintained a constituency office for a considerable time, and it's widely understood that you have not held a surgery in Flitwick since March 2020.
"Rather than representing constituents, the Council is concerned that your focus appears to have been firmly on your television show, upcoming book and political manoeuvres to embarrass the Government for not appointing you to the House of Lords. Councillors noted that your behaviour
widely reported in the press is not in line with the Seven Principles of Public Life set out by Lord Nolan in 1995," the letter also stated.
"With an estimated population of 13,800 people, Flitwick represents the largest concentration of voters in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency. Flitwick Town Council has a long history of operating on a non- political basis, with a strong ethos that our Council must represent the views and needs of residents regardless of party politics.
"Our residents desperately need effective representation now, and Flitwick Town Council calls on you to immediately vacate your seat to allow a by-election."
BBC Three Counties heard from Andy Snape, Flitwick's mayor and a town councillor, that it "isn't a political stunt."
The mayor stated that they are asking Nadine to do the right thing and to move on so that the town can have a by-election.
