Of course - knowledge and expertise can and does travel with ease.
So, someone running to be an MP can certainly have sufficient talents to make a good fist of the job anywhere in the country within reason. But I still think that, given the primary role of an MP is to represent the interests...
I appreciate it's long been common practice for all the major parties, but I'd have serious reservations about voting for a non-local parachuted in to contest a seat.
For me, it just says "I want to be an MP" rather than "I want to represent the people of the constituency I live in and am...