In a tweet that has since been deleted, the prime minister called on his supporters to vote for the Conservatives in Thursday’s local elections and said he was in Teesside where the Conservatives are “delivering a huge investment program as part of our plan to raise the UK as a whole”. . Many on Twitter rushed to point out that the Prime Minister was in Whitley Bay, located in North Tyneside and not in Teesside, about 40 miles away. Alan Campbell, a Tynemouth MP and opposition leader, retweeted the post, saying: “The prime minister believes he has campaigned on Teesside. It was actually in Whitley Bay North Tyneside. He does not care where he is or what he says. He does not really care who he meets or what they care about. Vote for Labor on Thursday. “ The Prime Minister believes that he campaigned in Teesside. It was actually in Whitley Bay North Tyneside. He does not care where he is or what he says. He does not really care who he meets or what they care about. Vote Labor on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/B5UOdK1yen – Alan Campbell MP (@alancampbellmp) May 2, 2022 Ashton-under-Lyne MP Angela Rayner, who has written to Boris Johnson asking for answers after reports that the “Sexist of the Year” award was shared at a No. 10 Christmas party, took to Twitter to express her surprise at the mistake: “How can I say that? This is not Teesside.” Bridget Phillipson, a Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South, shared her frustration with the Prime Minister’s lack of knowledge of the Northeast: “Teesside, Tyneside, the same for him. He does not even know where he is. Britain deserves better. On Thursday, vote Labor “. Residents of both Teesside and Tyneside have also expressed concern that the prime minister does not seem to know where he is campaigning, but is trying to encourage voters in those areas to vote Conservative on Thursday. “Tell me we’re the forgotten north without telling me we’re the forgotten north,” read another Twitter post, while another user pointed out that despite the Conservatives deleting the tweet and posting another “northeast” instead of Teesside , a “Time is a lot of time in politics when you think Whitley Bay is in Teesside.” Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7 p.m. BST