The Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP) is a political party established in the United Kingdom in 1982 by the musician David Sutch,also known as Screaming Lord Sutch,3rd Earl of Harrow,or simply Lord Sutch. It is notable for its deliberately bizarre policies and it effectively exists to satirise British politics,and to offer itself as an alternative for protest voters,especially in constituencies where the party holding a safe seat is unlikely to lose it.
Screaming Lord Sutch was an English musician and perennial parliamentary candidate.
The Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party was a minor political party in the United Kingdom.
North East Hampshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Alex Brewer,a Liberal Democrat.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) formed in 1988 was a political party in the United Kingdom led by David Owen,which lasted for only two years. A successor party to the original Social Democratic Party (SDP),it was known informally as the 'continuing' SDP.
Catmando was a cat who was named "joint leader" of Britain's Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP) from 1999 to 2002,along with his owner,party chairman Howling Laud Hope. He died in 2002,serving as leader until his death.
The Raving Loony Green Giant Party was a political party in the United Kingdom.
A by-election was held in the UK parliament constituency of Bromley and Chislehurst in London,following the death of Conservative Member of Parliament Eric Forth on 17 May 2006. The writ for the electing of a new member was issued on 6 June for a polling day of 29 June 2006,the same day as the Blaenau Gwent by-elections. The Conservatives held the seat but with their majority much reduced by the Liberal Democrats.
A by-election was held in the British House of Commons constituency of Epping Forest on 15 December 1988,following the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir John Biggs-Davison. The result was a hold for the Conservative Party.
Stuart Hughes is an English politician representing voters at all three levels of local government in Devon,in the West of England. He represents Sidmouth Sidford as a councillor on East Devon District Council and on Devon County Council,where he is currently Cabinet member for Highways Management. He is also a Sidmouth town councillor.
Two Bootle by-elections were held during 1990,for the House of Commons constituency of Bootle in Merseyside.
Rosalyn Warner,better known as Mad Cow-Girl,was a British nurse who contested several elections as a candidate for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. She ran for election to the House of Commons for the Haltemprice and Howden seat in 2008 against incumbent Conservative MP David Davis,where she polled 412 votes.
The 1986 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 July 1986 for the House of Commons constituency of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
The 2009 Norwich North by-election was a by-election for the United Kingdom Parliament's House of Commons constituency of Norwich North. The by-election took place due to the resignation of Ian Gibson after being banned from standing as a Labour candidate for the next general election. The writ of election was moved on 30 June 2009 and the by-election took place on 23 July 2009,two days after the start of the summer recess. Unusually for a UK by-election,the counting process was not started until the following day,for a variety of reasons including the high number of postal votes.
A by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Eastleigh in Hampshire was held on 28 February 2013.
A by-election was held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South Shields on 2 May 2013. It was triggered by the resignation of David Miliband,the previous Member of Parliament (MP) and former Foreign Secretary,who had held the seat for Labour since 2001. The by-election coincided with local elections across England.
Lord Toby Jug was a British politician. He was the leader of the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire branch of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party,serving as the party's media officer and a prospective parliamentary candidate,until being expelled from the Loony Party in 2014. He founded The Eccentric Party of Great Britain in 2015.
On 16 June 2016,a by-election was held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Tooting. It was triggered by the resignation of Sadiq Khan from Parliament following his election as Mayor of London.
Boris Johnson was a member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from 2015 to 2023 and was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He also served as the mayor of London from 2008 to 2016 and the foreign secretary from 2016 to 2018.
A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire on 1 August 2019 after Chris Davies,who had held the seat for the Conservatives since the 2015 general election,was unseated by a recall petition. The by-election was won by Jane Dodds of the Liberal Democrats.
