Owl thought that Neil Parish might live in his Tiverton and Honiton constituency. It appears not from this tweet from Tory MP Peter Heaton-Jones which implies that he lives near South Molton in north Devon on the edge of Exmoor National Park.
If so, we have BOTH MPs for East Devon NOT living in the district and several of the candidates from other parties who don’t live here either:
East Devon
Lib Dem candidate Alison Eden lives in Teignbridge
Jan Ross, Labour candidate MIGHT live in Exmouth but in election papers she gives an address in Central Devon
Tiverton and Honiton
Lib Dem candidate Matthew Wilson and Green candidate Gill Westcott appear to emanate from Paignton and Exeter
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH CANDIDATES FROM OTHER AREAS STANDING – BUT WHO UNDERSTANDS AN AREA BEST? Someone who has always lived here (Claire Wright in East Devon) or someone who has never lived here?
East Devon Watch 
Fundamentally it is MORE than just about understanding their constituency. It is about being committed to their constituency, which means being committed to representing the voters of their constituency.
Experience seems to show in spades that an MP who doesn’t live in their constituency doesn’t feel connected, and isn’t committed to representing their constituents.
Indeed, before the 2015 General Election, Hugo Swire talked about how he was pleased that there was an election as it gave him the chance to VISIT East Devon. That says it all really!!
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