Congratulations to Lorna Simpson, Kazeem Ajobe from Rough Copy and Hannah Barrett for making it to the X Factor live final. These three individuals are all from Croydon, demonstrating just how talented our borough is.

Many people don’t hold our town in the highest regard. But every day in my job I come across people like them with an incredible talent that makes me proud to be an MP. By constantly demonstrating how talented we all are, I know we can change that negative reputation for the better.

These three are now in the spotlight and have a great opportunity to represent the town’s diversity and talent on a national stage. I know they’ll do us all proud and have our support for the coming stages of the competition.