The Church of the Militant Elvis Party loses

[neonlyte]

We had an election in England yesterday on a point of principle. The sitting Conservative resigned to fight a re-election campaign over principle - the two major contending political parties refused to put up candidates. David Davis (a name that irks with me as I continually wonder why) had to stand for re-election against the following candidates, it was nice to see the Miss Great Britain Party hammered most of the other loonies:

* David Michael Davis - Conservative Party 17,113 votes
* Shan Oakes - Green Party 1,758
* Joanne Robinson - English Democrats 1,714
* Tess Culnane - National Front Britain for the British 544
* Gemma Dawn Garrett - Miss Great Britain Party 521
* Jill Saward - Independent 492
* Mad Cow-Girl - The Official Monster Raving Loony Party 412
* Walter Edward Sweeney - Independent 238
* John Nicholson - Independent 162
* David Craig - Independent 135
* David Pinder - The New Party 135
* David Icke - No party listed 110
* Hamish Howitt - Freedom 4 Choice 91
* Christopher John Talbot - Socialist Equality Party 84
* Grace Christine Astley - Independent 77
* George Hargreaves - Christian Party 76
* David Laurence Bishop - Church of the Militant Elvis Party 44
* John Randle Upex - Independent 38
* Greg Wood - Independent 32
* Eamonn Fitzpatrick - Independent 31
* Ronnie Carroll - Make Politicians History 29
* Thomas Faithful Darwood - Independent 25
* Christopher Mark Foren - Independent 23
* Herbert Winford Crossman - Independent 11
* Tony Farnon - Independent 8
* Norman Scarth - Independent 8

Turnout 23,911 (34.03%)

Democracy is alive and kicking in England

 

[Equinoxe]

I find the showing of the OMRLP a bit disappointing.

 

[oggbashan]

I find the showing of the OMRLP a bit disappointing.

They do better against Labour Candidates.

Perhaps their message was too similar to the winner's?

Og

 

[neonlyte]

I find the showing of the OMRLP a bit disappointing.

I don't think the candidates name helped - the OMRLP has not been the same since Lord Sutch passed on

 

[rgraham666]

I wish Canada's elections weren't that boring.

 

[Anna_Malia75]

Which of your parties is the Unofficial Raving Monster Loony Party?

 

[neonlyte]

Which of your parties is the Unofficial Raving Monster Loony Party?

This one: Mad Cow-Girl - The Official Monster Raving Loony Party

 

[oggbashan]

Which of your parties is the Unofficial Raving Monster Loony Party?

There's no such thing - only the "Official" one.

One of the nonsenses of UK politics is that every candidate professing to be from a political party with a name has to have that party registered, have a mailing address and officials, and submit annual audited accounts. The only limitations are that no party can be "None of the above", nor have a similar name to an already registered party. That is why so many of the candidates were shown as "Independent". Some of the independents made the Official Monster Raving Loony Party seem paragons of common sense.

One of our local nonsense parties recently submitted its accounts for the last financial year. The total income and expenditure was a few pence interest on its bank account and the payment to the auditor for the accounts.

Og