to put himself out there at every possible opportunity, to hear the concerns of his constituents and so he can act on their behalf. she has been an mp since the early 1980s, was elected, one of the early thatcherite conservative mps, never really made it to high levels ministerial anyway, really made it to high levels ministerialanyway, he really made it to high levels ministerial anyway, he was a parliamentary aide to michael portillo for ten years, perhaps his most famous moment in politics was when the then basildon constituency in 1992, considered a really totemic moment in that election because labour had targeted that s it quite hard, and it was a sign thatjohn major was on course to win the election in 1992. more recently he s been known for his ongoing campaign to make southend a city, that really speaks, i suppose, to make southend a city, that really speaks, isuppose, to to make southend a city, that really speaks, i suppose, to what he saw as his main role, to represent that