All of the below quotes come directly from David’s constituents and have only been edited where necessary to protect anonymity:
"Thank you for getting back to me and for your personal note which is truly heart warming to feel that my local MP is currently following up closely on a community member."
"I'm writing to express my sincere gratitude for your swift action in following up on my application... Your willingness to assist and keep me informed is greatly appreciated. The uncertainty of this process has been quite stressful, and your support gives me hope for a favourable outcome."
"Thank you for sending a copy of your newsletter and for fighting for us. I was particularly pleased to read about your effort with regard to Thames Water and potholes."
"Thank you so much for all your prompt help and assistance in this matter. I have now received an email from the Council, confirming all that you described in your letter, which has brought significant relief on my part and can only thank you beyond words for your intervention. With genuine gratitude."
"On another note, I was sorry to find out about the boundary change at the next election. You have been a great MP for us, really responsive and efficient and actually seem to care, which is great to find in an MP. Thank you for being ours."
"I'm I quite gobsmacked that you have responded. I receive your newsletter which is very informative and I sincerely appreciate the contributions you make and your campaigns I have signed them all as they are very worthy causes... I thank you again for your reply, I do hope that you continue as our MP, it would be such a shame to see the things you are doing be lost. Take care Mr Johnson fight the good fight with all your might you deserve to carry on as our MP."
"We had a fascinating day at Parliament and thoroughly enjoyed our trip... David has proved an excellent constituency MP and I wish him well for the upcoming election - whenever that may be."
"As always, thank you for listening and showing your support."
"Myself, my son and his family are extremely grateful to you and dread to think what position my son would otherwise be in."
"Thank you for taking the time to reply to the generic email, to which I added my name, regarding the above subject. It is good to know that, in your busy life, you take a serious interest in the concerns of all of your constituents."
"Many thanks for your intervention with the Land Registry which has brought about our title finally being registered. Your support in this matter has been greatly appreciated."
"I am so grateful to you. You clearly understand where I'm coming from."
"I am indebted to you for your support and very glad that you fought my cause."
"As always, we are extremely grateful for your intervention, which once again proves that “writing to your MP” really does work!"
"Thank you again. It's so good to know that you will help and advice your Constituents when you can."
“Thank you for listening and for taking the time to try and help. I really do appreciate it and you have changed my feelings about local MP’s and politics for the better!”
"Without your intervention this would simply not have happened. Given your workload and responsibilities I realise that this would have added to an already large in-tray at an incredibly busy time for the Government and the Party.I cannot express the words well enough to thank you for your help and assistance."
"Thank you for your swift response. Your active involvement has set off a chain of reactions with the potential to bring about substantial changes to our situation... I want to express my gratitude by informing you that your actions have had a significant impact. Your support means a great deal to us."
"I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for your advocacy on behalf of your constituent and for your dedication to ensuring that all members of our community receive fair and equitable treatment. Your efforts have played a crucial role in facilitating this positive outcome, and we are immensely thankful for your support."
"Please accept my sincerest appreciation for your assistance with my driving licence. This is the outcome I had hoped for. I can’t express in words the weight you have removed from me. It is a wonderful Christmas present for sure."
"You have been so helpful. This is the first time in my life I have contacted my MP – and I am so impressed. Thank you and bless you."
"Thank you so much for your email , I cannot thank you enough for this... It would seem that an email from yourself did the trick very quickly and we honestly cannot thank you enough."
“I just want to say a huge thank you for all the help and support you have given over the past few weeks with chasing up our visa applications. We are all super quick to complain when our politicians get things wrong but I am happy to say you have restored my faith in the system.”
"I would like to extend our deepest gratitude for your assistance in the matter. You acted promptly to our request and you have been very proactive in updating us with what needs to be done. I am very aware that your involvement in this matter is key to the success of this request."
"Many thanks David I very much appreciate you taking the time to reply thank you so much. The road was opened this weekend so the village are very grateful that the matter has now been resolved. I can only imagine the pressures on your time so do very much appreciate your attention on this matter - thank you so much."
"I would like to express my infinite gratitude to you for taking up the mantle and championing this campaign... It is fantastic that when the usual routes to get heard closed that you found different avenues to explore and your tenacity and support with it has been so much appreciated. Without you on side I don’t think we would have achieved this... People are very good at complaining to MPs and not very good at thanking them, so I’m sending a very big thank you for having faith that this case is a valid one and for helping us get some justice."
“I honestly cannot thank you enough, I really don’t think this would have happened without your effort and help. Thank you so much, I am beyond grateful!!”
"I would like to thank you and your team for following up on my behalf. I do believe it was your efforts that got my query heard and resolved."
"I cannot thank you enough for your support and help."
"Thanks for being a huge help and providing support to expedite the process."
"Once again thank you for your intervention, two grateful constituents."
"Thank you ever so much with your help and support in helping me with my issues at my dental practice. They have contacted us and allowed both myself and husband back on their books. So we are very pleased and grateful for your help."
"As always it was a pleasure to receive your post, Wow you really are a busy man 👏👏👏👏 we in Wantage are very lucky to have such a dedicated MP thank you for all your good work. 👍"
“I have been meaning to write you for the last few weeks. In short, the message is fairly simple: as an MP I could not wish for any more. We would probably never see eye to eye on the politics of the Conservative party, but you have been most helpful any time I have written to you; this has been much appreciated."
“It is obvious that you are a very industrious, hard working, compassionate and dedicated MP trying to make a difference, not only to your constituents, but the wider public at large. As one of those constituents a sincere thank you for all your efforts and one who I am pleased to say is someone we should be proud."
“Thank you for your support David and for taking the time to listen to an issue important to my family. We genuinely appreciate it.”
“Thank you as always for all that you are doing, it is appreciated and much valued by so many people in the community - it’s great to see you so engaged and visible with local business, organisations and worthy causes.”
“Just a short email to say thank you for responding to my email concerns over the last months.”
“I am writing to thank you from the bottom of my heart for standing up for me trying to resolve this matter when I was being completley ingored by DWP. It will make a huge difference to my finances in the future... Once again thank you."
“I think that you personally do your best to help our community & other have also commented on this."
“David, I really think you are a very caring man and someone we can actually trust to try and help us where possible. You have given us more time and help than anyone else... I am so thankful you listened to us and spoke to the minister on our behalf.”
“Thank so much for your help. You can not believe the pain you have lifted from are family thank you so much thank you xxx”
"I have dealt with many elected people over many years with this, you stand alone David. You truly do stand alone, and above, them all. Thank you."
“Thank you so much for your email - I must admit to being very pleasantly surprised by your speedy response and concern.”
“Thank you so much for organising the tour for me and all the family and meeting this morning. We all had a lovely and very spoiling time.”
"I wish to thank you for your letter of reply and leaflet which I had previously received. I do believe you have been a good local MP to Wantage and Didcot."
“I am impressed by the record of your activities in parliament and the constituency - and even more by the Speaker's evident astonishment at your ability to reel off your co-sponsor's names for some proposal without checking you notes. You are creating exactly the right impression for a new MP - sensitive to his constituents' needs and an outstanding new performer in the Chamber."
“Just heard from DVLA and should now receive my licence in the next few days. I'm so sorry I had to involve you but you have worked a miracle!!”
“Thank you very much for visiting us the other day. I’m really pleased that you’re interested in agricultural issues that are very important to us”
“Thank you very much for this and for taking the time to follow-up. It is very much appreciated. In part due to your efforts we are starting to see momentum and interest growing.”
“Thank you a million times! Your support makes me feel stronger.”
“I wanted to write to say a huge thank you and to let you know that you have not necessarily restored my faith in politics but you have restored my faith in humanity. You recently helped my friend... She has told me that within 3 hours of your email to her saying that you were taking action, the passport office phoned her to say the passport was being printed and I heard that the courier arrived with the passport this morning. I have been very impressed watching you stand up for our constituency."
“Your piece in the Advertiser, is in my view an important method of informing us on your views, activity and plans. It shows the effort you are going to, to help not only the local area, but regionally and across the UK. Something I have never experienced with a local MP. Thank you once again, please keep up your efforts, good luck with your annual Cop summit and do continue to keep us informed.”
“Keep up the good work.”
“You have been a breath of fresh air and are an extremely hard-working MP."
“Thanks for your reply. Please do keep up your great work on the environment and in our community."
"I always enjoy reading your newsletter but I think today's newsletter has been the best, showcasing all your initiatives and how hard you have been working to support your constituents."
"Your doing a wonderful job and love seeing your local posts... Just sort out Westminster and we're all good!"
“I follow your facebook and get your newsletters so see you are still getting around and standing up for us all."
"I think we are lucky to have you as our MP."
“Thank you for having my back. I am a happy and grateful constituent this evening.”
"Busy, busy, busy. Good work David. Hope your colleagues at Westminster are listening. Keep up the good work."
“Thank you for sharing with us in your newsletter about all that you do for our constituency. I read with delight every time about your discussions at the PMQs, your time in various schools and businesses, and your rounds across the constituency. I simply wanted to thank you for all this, and to encourage you in all you do."
“I would like a quiet thank you to David Johnston for being a fantastic constituency MP - he appears to be covering all areas of the constituency - not easy with such a varied demographic, and being heard by the right people in the right places."
"David, thank you sir, you must be very proud to have such an amazing team alongside you and for that I’m extremely appreciative and grateful."
