Nope. You don't. He is a lazy, obnoxious character. But then in Worthing you could pin a blue rosette on a pekinese and it would get elected.
That's the problem with Tories in huge majority safe seats; there is no motivation. They know they don't have to do anything to get elected. So they don't do anything.
They do vote in self interest, tow the party line and do as much as possible to ensure their own easy ride, so they do something at least. Some of them even butter up a few grannies and bus them in to polling stations to get their vote count up, a good use of expenses if you think about it.