There are 22 constituencies in the north east of England during the election, where the Tories are trying to make gains across these northern and mostly traditionally Labour held areas for the first time in their history.
The Tories however are probably hoping no-one has noticed that more than half of their candidates – 13 to be exact – live hundreds of miles away from the constituencies they’re hoping to win and represent:
Newcastle Central
– Tory candidate Emily Victoria Payne lives 275 miles away in Westminster
Newcastle East
– Tory candidate Robin Gwynn lives 294 miles away in Surrey
Newcastle North
– Tory candidate Mark Guy Lehain lives 230 miles away in Bedford
North Tyneside
– Tory candidate Dean Spencer Carroll lives 232 miles away in Shrewsbury
South Shields
– Tory candidate Oni Boghene Oviri lives 310 miles away in Croydon
Blaydon
– Tory candidate Adrian Norman Spencer Pepper lives 278 miles away in Westminster
Gateshead
– Tory candidate Jane Emma Macbean lives 266 miles away in Chesham
Easington
– Tory candidate Clare Ambrosino lives 278 miles away in Hammersmith
North Durham
– Tory candidate Ed Parson lives 285 miles away in Sevenoaks
North West Durham
– Tory candidate Richard John Holden lives 100 miles away in Clitheroe
Houghton and Sunderland South
– Tory candidate Christopher John Charles Howarth lives 274 miles away in Kensington
Sunderland Central
– Tory candidate Tom D’Silva lives 298 miles away in Kingston
Washington and Sunderland West
– Tory candidate Valerie Margaret Allen lives 162 miles away in Warrington
Probably not all that surprising that a posh, southern-England based party like the Tories finds it impossible to persuade real north-easterners to represent them. But if this information were to be shared, it could really damage their chances in this strategically important part of the country.
So best keep these uncomfortable facts to ourselves then.
Or share.
Pride's Purge 
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The Tories replacement for Sir Henry Bellingham, former Johnson advisor James Wild (now there’s a counter recommendation for you!) in North West Norfolk still lives in London although he has at least gone so far as to say that he will move here if he wins. That recognition that an MP should be based in their constituency is the only thing he has got right in his campaign so far, and a seat that would have been very safe indeed had the incumbent not retired is suddenly looking quite open.
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My MP, Ed Argar “lives in the constituency” -well maybe but its a shack in Syston Leicester which has at times had its letterbox full of uncleared junk mail. Coincidentally as a Westminster councillor he rented a £multimillion flat in Westminster for his prime job as . The Torygraph described him as a a “perenial candidate” who lost every open primary until he was selected by Charnwood Tories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Argar
Even Conservative home described the election as lacking transparency. I added the notes on Wikipedia.
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Jonathon Swift proposed eating the Irish babies, Tom Pride is stating half the Tory candidates in the North East live 100s of miles away from constituencies!
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Speaking as a Working Class Yorkshireman who has spent time living in Gateshead in the past (and it was a desperately poverty-stricken place even back then) I can’t imagine that very many people, if any, in those areas would vote Tory, though anything is possible in these confused and turbulent times, and possibly the Brexit issue could be a factor. Let’s hope that other factors such as poverty, Benefits /Sanctions /Universal Credit and foodbanks will prove to be more of an issue than Brexit xenophobia.
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Darlington Tory candidate lives in York. His tenuous link is his mother once did some training at the hospital!
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In Newcastle Central the Green, LibDem, and Labour candidates are all local and live in the city. I don’t believe the Tory, who lives in Westminster, knows anything at all about the city.
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