I forgot that the UK doesn’t require that MPs don’t have to live in the districts they represent. So he ran in a safe district that will vote in a Conservative no matter what he or she looks like. Why do I find myself thinking of Blackadder?
He still had to be selected as candidate by the local Conservative Association - which, from my experience for them, are usually dominated by formidable elderly matrons. And he’s had a house in the constituency since elected.