N-Dubz singer Dappy has endorsed Norman Lamb's Liberal Democrat leadership bid.
The 27-year-old today backed the North Norfolk MP to succeed Nick Clegg as party leader.
Taking on Twitter Dappy - whose real name is Costadinos Contostavlos - posted: “I'm backing @NormanLamb to become leader of the Liberal Democrats and help put power back in the hands of individuals.”
He ended the tweet with a link to Mr Lamb's website.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I'm backing <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/normanlamb" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-47001-https://twitter.com/normanlamb" data-vars-event-id="c23">@NormanLamb</a> to become leader of the Liberal Democrats and help put power back in the hands of individuals <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/cp5hzX7NNr" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-47001-http://t.co/cp5hzX7NNr" data-vars-event-id="c23">http://t.co/cp5hzX7NNr</a>— Dappy (@TheDappy) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TheDappy/status/598849481942179840" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-47001-https://twitter.com/TheDappy/status/598849481942179840" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 14, 2015</a>
Fans took to Twitter to suggest that the musician's support for the MP was in the hope that it may give him a career boost after Mr Lamb helped to launch rapper Tinchy Stryder.
He revealed in an interview with The Guardian in 2009 that he remortgaged his home to finance Stryder's career - something he said Mr Clegg was "amazed by".
Mr Lamb made the decision to help the aspiring pop star for his son Archie, who is a co-founder of Stryder's management team, Takeover Entertainment.
One user tweeted: "Given Norman Lamb remortgaged his house to fund Tinchy Stryder's early music career it's not that shocking to get the big Dappy endorsement."
