THE most influential woman in British politics visited Morecambe and Lunesdale as the Tories brought out the big guns in one of Britain's closest constituencies.

Home Secretary Theresa May visited Conservative candidate David Morris's constituency to deliver a clear pledge for the next five years: 'more tax cuts, more jobs, more apprenticeships'.

On a visit to Lingwood Security in Heysham, Mrs May discussed improvements to homeland security with staff and reinforced Morecambe and Lunesdale's importance on the national scale.

Speaking about the election result in the constituency, Mrs May said: "It will be important in two ways - for the overall national result and for the electorate here.

"For people living here, in David they have a first class member of parliament. He's shown how hard he's worked over the last five years.

"In a Tory majority government we would have a team and we could really deliver for people."

When asked if the Tories had done enough in Morecambe and Lunesdale over the last five years, the Home Secretary was defiant.

She said: "Over the last five years there's more people in jobs, more people with an income, 35,000 people in this constituency have had a tax cut, 4,500 young people have apprenticeships. 

"We want to carry that forward and ensure we build on the progress we've made - more tax cuts, more jobs, more apprenticeships."

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Mrs May also described Trident as being 'crucially important', reinforcing her desire to commission four replacement nuclear submarines.

She berated Ed Miliband for saying that 'he would never press the button' and asked 'what kind of message does that send out?'

Speaking about his chances at the polls on Thursday, May 7, David Morris said: "I'm not seeing this backlash against myself and I am looking for it, any politician would.

"This is D-Day for politicians.

"I'm not counting my chickens. We will find out on May 8."

Alan Lingwood, owner Lingwood Security which has staff across the country, said: "It was really exciting to meet Theresa May and hear what she had to say.

"She came across as being really approachable and put you at ease. She was really easy to talk to and was interested in everything we had to say."