I WOULD like to agree with A McCabe’s letter published on July 13 — Mr Sumner always was ‘the voice of the people’.

I will never forget how he took the time to get my mum down from London to Andover after my dad died. He somehow found a lady who wanted an exchange to London.

Our MPs of today should follow his example and gain our respect.

Doreen Burt, Thames Court, Riverway, Andover.