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| Website where users rate MPs on their sexiness was the most-viewed banned site in Parliament last year | Website where users rate MPs on their sexiness was the most-viewed banned site in Parliament last year |
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| A website that allows users to pick the sexiest MPs is the most popular banned website at Parliament, after being accessed more than 50,000 times from Westminster computers. | A website that allows users to pick the sexiest MPs is the most popular banned website at Parliament, after being accessed more than 50,000 times from Westminster computers. |
| A Freedom of Information request by The Telegraph revealed that sexymp.co.uk, a website technically banned from being accessed on parliamentary computers and blocked by parliament's internet filters, had been successfully accessed 52,786 times in 2014. | A Freedom of Information request by The Telegraph revealed that sexymp.co.uk, a website technically banned from being accessed on parliamentary computers and blocked by parliament's internet filters, had been successfully accessed 52,786 times in 2014. |
| MPs and parliamentary staff made an additional 431,897 unsuccessful attempts to access it in the same period. | MPs and parliamentary staff made an additional 431,897 unsuccessful attempts to access it in the same period. |
| The website presents users with pictures of two MPs, and asks them to click on the one they would rather have sex with. | The website presents users with pictures of two MPs, and asks them to click on the one they would rather have sex with. |
| A typical screenshot from sexymp.co.uk It then presents them with another two MPs, and over time, a scoreboard has built up showing which MPs have been voted for the most. | A typical screenshot from sexymp.co.uk It then presents them with another two MPs, and over time, a scoreboard has built up showing which MPs have been voted for the most. |
| Currently in the Number One spot is Nicola Blackwood, the Conservative MP for Oxford West and Abingdon. | Currently in the Number One spot is Nicola Blackwood, the Conservative MP for Oxford West and Abingdon. |
| Penny Mordaunt, Conservative MP for Portsmouth North, and Rebecca Harris, Conservative MP for Castle Point, are in second and third places respectively. | Penny Mordaunt, Conservative MP for Portsmouth North, and Rebecca Harris, Conservative MP for Castle Point, are in second and third places respectively. |
| Currently, the top 50 is almost entirely women - only Owen Paterson, MP for North Shropshire and a former Environment Secretary, makes it in, at number 12. | |
| Despite last year's government policy of an opt-in porn filter for home internet connections in order to protect children, 40,000 successful visits were made to websites labelled as 'adult', and 394 to sites marked as 'porn'. | Despite last year's government policy of an opt-in porn filter for home internet connections in order to protect children, 40,000 successful visits were made to websites labelled as 'adult', and 394 to sites marked as 'porn'. |
| The website was created by Made in Chelsea star and diamond mining heir Francis Boulle. He calls the site a "fun and memorable tool to help the British public get to know their MPs." | The website was created by Made in Chelsea star and diamond mining heir Francis Boulle. He calls the site a "fun and memorable tool to help the British public get to know their MPs." |
| In a message on the site, he also writes: "Although I fully expect this to offend some people, this was never my intention and I hope you will see the funny side." | In a message on the site, he also writes: "Although I fully expect this to offend some people, this was never my intention and I hope you will see the funny side." |
| According to The Telegraph's data, Urban Dictionary, a website that allows users to post definitions to slang words (some of them very filthy) was the second most-accessed banned site, with 8,810 successful views, and around another 146,000 unsuccessful attempts. | According to The Telegraph's data, Urban Dictionary, a website that allows users to post definitions to slang words (some of them very filthy) was the second most-accessed banned site, with 8,810 successful views, and around another 146,000 unsuccessful attempts. |
| A spokeswoman said that some of the rules governing internet filters in parliament had not been correctly applied to some connections, meaning some computers had less strict filters. | A spokeswoman said that some of the rules governing internet filters in parliament had not been correctly applied to some connections, meaning some computers had less strict filters. |
| She added that the problem has now been corrected. | She added that the problem has now been corrected. |