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Originally Posted by katex
I just wonder how many M.P.'s were brought up in the area they represent. After all, David Cameron himself had no connection with Witney (even though has a small cottage there now). Our own Arthur Davidson wasn't, and had tried for Blackpool South and Preston North before he was finally elected for Accrington (before Hyndburn).
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We've discussed this before, and found there are very few, especially party leaders, from Churchill and Thatcher, to Brown.
Hyndburn has been 'locally' represented since Ken won in 1983, and there does seem to be some weight to the argument that people have a preference for someone knowing the local area well.
Hyndburn Conservative Association certainly think so.
