AN ELDERLY Wotton resident was shocked to find out the man who offered to carry her suitcase when struggling at the train station was in fact David Cameron.

The opposition leader was visiting Stroud when he helped 68-year-old Edna Parker with her bags.

He grabbed her heavy suitcase and lifted it up the steps and over the bridge at Stroud Train Station while a woman travelling with him carried Miss Parker’s rucksack.

Miss Parker, who had been visiting a friend in London, said Mr Cameron was very pleasant but she didn’t realise who he was until later.

"He just said to me 'can I carry your case?' It wasn’t until someone said later that I realised who he was, I'm not up on all my politicians," said Miss Parker, who suffers from arthritis.

"While walking down the steps he said, ‘lovely journey wasn’t it?’ And I commented on the beautiful frosty scenery, then he was on his way."

Miss Parker said she has voted Tory in the past but that she doesn’t vote anymore, especially after the expenses scandal, which she said has made her trust politicians less.

She added: "I thought, ‘god he is pretty strong’. I have had people carry my bags in the past, but it is very rare."

The Conservative party leader was visiting Stroud to discuss his now NHS reform plans.

He told staff at the Rowcroft Medical Centre in Stroud that the NHS their "number one priority" for the election.