A YOUNG girl got a surprise in the post last week when she received a personal letter from the Prime Minister.

David Cameron had written to Isabella Davey to thank her for a card she had given him when the Conservative leader came to Swindon last month to launch the his party’s election manifesto.

The eight-year-old had made a card for the visit to wish him luck in the election campaign.

Isabella and her family thought that would be the last they heard of the matter, but on Thursday, the ‘thank you’ note dropped through the letter box.

The Meadowpark pupil added: “I wanted to wish the Prime Minister good luck in the election.

“It said ‘Welcome to Swindon’ in a banner across the top.

“When I gave it to him I told him I had made it and he said ‘thank you’.”

Thinking that was the end of the matter, she thought no more of it until the letter arrived.

The letter read: “I wanted to write to thank you so much for the lovely card you gave me last week. It is clear that a lot of effort went into making the card and I am hugely grateful for your kind words of support.”

The family, completed by Isabella’s parents Paul and Victoria and little brother Alexander, know North Swindon Conservative candidate Justin Tomlinson, who offered the youngster the chance to meet the PM.

The card was given to Mr Cameron as he stepped off the bus at the University Technical College, where the manifesto launch was held, and as a result Isabella made many of the national news bulletins.

Isabella’s mum, Victoria, said: “We have family in the north and they all phoned to say they had seen her on TV so she was famous for the day.

“We honestly didn’t expect to hear anything back so it was a surprise to us all when we got the letter.

“You see him on television and he’s all over the country so it was really nice of him to take the time to write back.”

Mr Tomlinson said: “She was very excited that she had produced a good luck card for the Prime Minister so we positioned her at the entrance and it was fantastic she had the confidence to thrust it into his hand.

“I am delighted he has found the time to respond.”

While Isabella is unlikely to be following the ins-and-outs of the election closely, the youngster says she is interested in a career in politics.

She will have a chance to test her political skills this week when her school runs an election event.

“We split into groups and have to come up with policies we want to see and present them in assembly,” said Isabella.

“Everyone then votes on them and the winning group gets to run the school for the day.”