What factors do you consider when voting for a candidate to represent you in your country's parliament or government?

I want the candidate to actually live in the place they want to represent.

I want an explanation as to what makes them think they'd make a Politician.

I want them in the ward at least three days a week not stuck in the capital on pointless select committees claiming excessive expenses while trying to gain personal influence among their peers and being courted by lobbyists.

THEN they can spew their 'beliefs'.