A Tory looking to stand for a third term in Rochford and Southend East is thanking his lucky stars after this misprint didn't get out to homes in the area.

Mr Duddridge, who has been the area's MP since 2005, said it was 'late-night misprint' on some of his pamphlets, which was immediately corrected.

The final version, which has been printed and despatched, had the mistake corrected before it went out.

It was part of a final print run of some 20,000 leaflets as the election campaign draws to a close.

He said: "It was an early draft and was immediately corrected, but I thought it was quite funny so I took a quick picture."