One of Norfolk's MPs has asked his constituents to tell him how they want him to vote in the assisted dying bill.
Rupert Lowe, Reform UK MP for Great Yarmouth, has launched an on-line poll, saying he is "handing power" to people in the town to tell him how he should vote on the contentious proposals.
The assisted dying bill is to be debated by MPs at the end of the month.
Only terminally ill adults with less than six months to live, and who have a settled wish to end their lives, would be eligible under the proposed law, which is being put forward by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater.
Mr Lowe said last month that, while he has his own views on the issue, he would let people in Great Yarmouth decide how he should vote.
And he has now launched an online poll to gather opinion.
He said: "As promised, I am handing power to the constituents of Great Yarmouth on such an emotive issue.
"However you decide, that is how I will vote in Westminster on this issue."
The poll is at https://form.typeform.com/to/OHqMuoLO and will close at 10pm on November 27 - two days before the Parliamentary vote.
Mr Lowe said checks will be done to ensure only those who live in his Great Yarmouth constituency vote and only do so once.
More than 300 votes had been placed within hours of the site being launched.
Meanwhile, Lowestoft Labour MP Jess Asato is holding a public meeting on Friday to garner views on the issue, with more than 70 people having said they intend to attend.
The public forum will be held at the Players Theatre on Battery Green Road in Lowestoft, with doors opening at 7pm and discussions starting at 7.30pm.
A national survey in September found seven in 10 people in England support a change in the law on assisted dying, with 14pc opposing a change.
Ms Leadbeater's proposals have divided opinion among senior figures in Norfolk and Waveney.
The Bishop of Norwich warned the bill risks turning the NHS from "a protector of life to an enabler of death".
Some of Norfolk's MPs, who have been assured they will get a free vote on the bill, have similar concerns. Others say they are minded to support it.
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