Every month the Stray Ferret tries to find out what our local MPs have been up to in their constituencies and in the House of Commons.

This month, historic elections in Northern Ireland saw Sinn Fein become the largest party and the Sue Gray Downing Street parties report was finally published.

We asked our three Conservative MPs, Harrogate & Knaresborough’s Andrew Jones, Skipton and Ripon’s Julian Smith, and Selby and Ainsty’s Nigel Adams if they would like to highlight anything in particular that they have been doing this month, but, as usual, we did not receive a response from any of them.

Here is what we know after analysing their online presence.

In Harrogate and Knaresborough, here is what we found out on Mr Jones:

• On May 5, Mr Jones attended the council election count at the Harrogate Convention Centre. He refused to speak with the Stray Ferret when approached for comment on the results.


• On May 12, Mr Jones said in the Commons that he has been contacted by 'distressed constituents' who are waiting for their passports. He said: "It can be highly stressful for them to be chasing documents as they approach departure day."


• He was back in Harrogate the next day to cut a ribbon and officially open the new Carer's Resource centre in Harrogate.


• On May 17, he met TV presenter and campaigner Quentin Willson to discuss electric vehicles.


• On May 20, Mr Jones told Parliament that cuts to Northern train services will damage business and make it impossible for some commuters to be at work on time.


• On May 22, the MP was spotted campaigning for the Conservatives in Wakefield for the upcoming by-election.


• On May 23, Mr Jones voted for the government's Public Order Bill. Critics of the bill say it will erode people's right to protest.


• On May 24, Mr Jones asked Thirsk MP Kevin Hollinrake if the Home Office has promised any extra funding for local services impacted by the Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre. Mr Hollinrake replied: "Apparently there will be a double-manned police car in the village at all times."


• On May 27, Mr Jones met the group Melanoma Focus and posed for a photo.


• Harrogate & Knaresborough Conservative MP Andrew Jones wrote to a constituent that he feels “anger” over partygate — but would not say whether he has submitted a letter of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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In Skipton and Ripon, here is what we found on Mr Smith:

• On May 1, Mr Smith met with the Tory candidates in Ripon for the North Yorkshire County Council elections Cllr Mike Chambers and Thomas Averre. Both candidates failed to win on May 5.


• The MP wrote an op-ed in the Daily Mail following the elections in Northern Ireland that saw Sinn Fein become the largest party for the first time. He warned the union between the UK and Northern Ireland is under threat.


• On May 18, Mr Smith met Pateley Bridge artist James Owen Thomas. Mr Thomas likes to express himself through the beauty of the outdoors.


• On the same day, Mr Smith met Justin Scully, general manager of Fountains Abbey, to discuss the Skell Valley Project.


• In an interview with Politics Home’s podcast The Rundown, Smith suggested there was a “question” over how committed some MPs are to Northern Ireland.


• Mr Smith spoke in the Commons for the first time in two months in a debate about the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill. He said "For Northern Ireland to come to terms with its past, there is a need for acknowledgement from all sides: from the IRA for the thousands of murders; from loyalists for the hundreds of killings; from the Irish Government for their role in the troubles; and for the killings and collusion by UK forces."

• On May 25, the Boris Johnson ally backed the PM following publication of the Sue Gray report. He tweeted: "He now needs to get on with the job, levelling up the country, tackling global challenges inc cost of living & Ukraine crisis & delivering for the country & for the people who put their faith in him in 2019."


• On May 22, the MP hit out at London Northwestern Railway following a My Chemical Romance concert in Milton Keynes. He thundered: "Dear @LNRailway a disgrace you have not arranged enough trains to get hundreds of young people home after midnight following a concert in Milton Keynes."


• The MP revealed himself as a fan of pop-punk act Blink 182 during a discussion about the celebrity wedding of Kourtney Kardashian and the band's drummer Travis Barker. He tweeted: "To be fair, @travisbarker is one of the best drummers I’ve seen and worthy of his fame."


• In The Times on May 18, Mr Adams co-authored an article with York Outer MP, and former Harrogate councillor, Julian Sturdy, that said Great British Railways should be based in York.


• He twice criticised Labour leader Keir Starmer over the so-called 'beergate' row. "Wowser", he tweeted. "The hypocrisy of
  @Keir_Starmer has been breathtaking and he’ll need some fancy lawyer dance moves to explain this one away."