Its very unfortunate that some people from October batch are still pending. But looking at the spreadsheet, there are have been a bunch of people that have received AORs this week. So I do not believe call centre agents that say applications lost because some members have received AORs right after getting info from agent to reapply.
Regarding MPs getting information of applications lost, even thats BS as reported above. MPs dont care for your application and just want to assure you but most importantly get you off their back.Next election is in Oct 2019, so for them theres ample time. If it was Oct 2018, maybe they would have done something to get you in the voting list.
All the best to the people who are still waiting.