NADINE Dorries, who retains her Scouse accent, went to Rose Heath Primary School and Halewood Grange Comprehensive, before her family moved to Runcorn.

She left the Merseyside area in 1985, after getting married.

Her great-grandfather, George Bargery, was among Everton FC’s founding members. A goalkeeper, he was between the sticks in the club’s first-ever match, a 6-0 victory over St Peter’s in December 1879.

The records show that, between November 1880 and December 1881, he played in goal 10 times and kept a clean sheet in every match – a record current keeper Tim Howard will envy.

A bank clerk, he was apparently given a choice – his job, or the “rough and tumble” of football.

With a family to feed, he retired and went on to manage his own branch.

Tragically, Ms Dorries’s father, George, a bus driver, died at home in Rushen Drive just hours after she left the house for a week’s work at the Royal, staying overnight in its digs. She found his body a week later.

Her mother moved to Lytham St Annes a few years ago. “She says ‘Bloody Margaret Thatcher’. She hates her, absolutely hates her,” the MP admits.

Various aunts and uncles still live in and around Liverpool, including in Jane Kennedy’s Wavertree constituency. “They love her. They always say ‘We are going to vote for Jane Kennedy’.”