If you call the number for Lucy Allan’s parliamentary office this afternoon, the call does not connect.

If you call the House of Commons switchboard and ask to be put through to her, they tell you the phone line is dead.

Is she trying to avoid someone? Pick up the phone, Lucy…

UPDATE:

Lucy Allan's "contract" says she will "be accessible to everyone". She's just disconnected the phone in her office. pic.twitter.com/I4VglqCgHX

— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) December 18, 2015