PROSPECTIVE Tory party candidate Richard Gueterbock will be getting on his bike to take his political campaign to the streets of Southampton.

The Southampton Test candidate has bought a blue bike to weave through the traffic in the run-up to the next election, which pundits believe will take place in May.

Mr Gueterbock said: "When I helped out in the council elections last May I spent a lot of time sitting in traffic jams, so I decided I would get a bike to help me get about the city more easily.

"Where possible and practicable, I will be using the bike as my main form of transport - and getting fit at the same time."

The seat is currently held by Labour's Alan Whitehead. He took the constituency at the last general election, in 1997.