TATTON'S new Conservative candidate Esther McVey says she 'will be here' for her new constituents, should she hold the party's 18,000 vote majority in June.

Ms McVey won the vote of the Tatton Tories at a meeting earlier tonight, Wednesday, at the Curzon cinema in Toft Road.

Following a hustings event where she, along with Cllr Alex Williams and Katherine Fletcher, answered questions from party member, she confirmed that she would prioritise constituency issues.

She told the Guardian: "I’m feeling relieved, and overwhelmed. They are both positive emotions – I am delighted.

"I have always been a very local MP. Yes, I was minister of state for employment, but I was always in my constistuency.

"That’s what I love – meeting with people, knowing what’s going in the local community, going to arts groups or theatre groups or primary schools. That’s what I enjoy doing and what I will enjoy here.

"If they look at my track record I was always local. I was voted even by the Liverpool Echo as the hardest working local MP. That’s what I have always done. I will be here, I will be local. I’ll be moving in straight away.

"I did have other jobs but I always said should I have been selected I would cease all other work straight away. This is my job – I will be the local MP."

The former Wirral MP says she has listened to residents' concerns over the past few days, and has already prioritised school funding cuts among other issues with her campaigning soon to get underway.

She said: "You’ve got two legs, you’ve got a hand, you get out there, start knocking on doors and speaking to people. It’s that simple.

"People have said to me locally so far 'education formula, this isn’t fair for Tatton and we need representation at the highest level'. That will be a number one – I know Fiona Bruce in Congleton gave a petition yesterday.

"Others have talked about the local plan – how many houses, is that fair, is that right, and making sure all areas have got a neighbourhood plan. Have you got the amenities and infrastructure, is that fair? 

"Others have talked about HS2 - I've met with people in High Legh and Ashley, talking about 'is this the route, what can do and how can you support us'.

"I will be picking things up as I go along. I met with a load of students and kids and they talked about what it meant for them – 'is this the best, how do we go forward from this?"

The 49-year-old Liverpudlian added that she is looking forward to picking up where her predecessor left off, but will seek new challenges within the community as well as ensuring 'unity' is on the cards as Brexit progresses.

"You can only be yourself," she said. "George Osborne has been a political giant, he was there when we were looking at the economy and how do you turn thing around. What he set out to do, turn the economy around, he has done.

"I can't compare myself to him and I’m not looking to what he did. It’s building on some of the things he ensured happened.

"I would like to pick up some of the things and bed into the ground and work with local people. Everyone wants to know ‘how does this work for us’.

"Theresa May hit on the right word – unification. Referendums are always going to be polarising. We have come off the back of an election into another one and we need to do that but it’s about stability.

"What is it we all believe in? We all want the best for the UK. Let’s come together to do that."

Britain goes to the polls in a snap General Election on June 8.