I NOTICE that Royston Smith, who is standing as a candidate in Southampton Itchen, places great emphasis on being local, born in Southampton, etc.

I would suggest that there have been many excellent MPs who werent actually born in the constituency they represent.

I don’t know who the other candidates are except for Rowenna Davis, the Labour candidate, who I first met when she lived in Bitterne before moving to Bitterne Park she certainly knows the community and constituency she wants to represent.

Many people I know who have met Rowenna are impressed by her enthusiasm, knowledge and interest in Southampton.

She would certainly represent the people of Southampton Itchen very well having a good understanding of what is important to her constituents such as jobs, business opportunities, housing, etc, something that Royston didn’t mention.

KEN PRIOR, Southampton.