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 by fielding novelty candidates to offer itself as an alternative for protest voters, especially in constituencies where the party holding a safe seat is unlikely to lose it.
The Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party was a minor political party in the United Kingdom.
The Polish Beer-Lovers' Party was a satirical Polish political party that was founded in 1990. Originally, the party's goal was to promote cultural beer-drinking in English-style pubs instead of vodka and thus fight alcoholism, but it eventually developed a serious platform based around tax reform and green politics.
The McGillicuddy Serious Party (McGSP) was a satirical political party or joke party in New Zealand in the late 20th century. Between 1984 and 1999, it provided "colour" to ensure that citizens not take the political process too seriously. The party's logo, the head of a medieval court jester, indicated the intention to critique current systems by poking fun at them.
Alan Hope, known politically as Howling Laud Hope, is a British politician and former publican who is the current Leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP). On the death of the party's founder Screaming Lord Sutch in 1999, Hope and his pet cat, Catmando, were jointly elected as leaders of the OMRLP. Since June 2002 Hope has been the party's sole leader following Catmando's death in a road accident.
The Fancy Dress Party was a political party in England. It was formed in 1979 as a frivolous alternative to the mainstream electoral parties, and can be seen as a forerunner of the more prominent Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
The Raving Loony Green Giant Party was a political party in the United Kingdom.
The Beer Lovers Party was created in Russia on December 26, 1993, and officially registered on August 9, 1994. By the moment of registration the party listed 1,700 members.
The 1976 Cambridge by-election of 2 December 1976 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) David Lane resigned his seat to take up the position of Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality. The seat was retained by the Tories in a result that cut the government majority to one seat.
The Church of the Militant Elvis Party is a frivolous political party in the United Kingdom. The leader of the party was David Bishop (1944–2022), who went by the nicknames of 'Lord Biro' and 'Bus-pass Elvis'. The party had seven registered campaign groups: 'Bus-pass Elvis', 'Elvis Defence League', 'Elvis turns Green', 'Militant Elvis Anti-Tesco Popular Front' (MEAT-PF), the 'Elvis and the Yeti Himalayan Preservation', and 'Militant Elvis Anti-HS2'.
The Best Party was an Icelandic political party founded by Jón Gnarr on 16 November 2009. The party contested the 2010 city council election in Reykjavík and won a plurality on the Reykjavík City Council, receiving 34.7% of the vote, defeating the Independence Party which received 33.6%. It was an observer member of the International Pirate Party, but not associated with the Pirate Party Iceland. Gnarr announced that the party was to be dissolved after he stepped down as mayor after the upcoming local elections in May 2014. Many of the Best Party's members joined Bright Future, although Gnarr himself stopped political participation.
On 13 January 2011, a by-election was held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth. Labour Party candidate Debbie Abrahams held the seat for her party with an increased majority over the Liberal Democrats, succeeding Phil Woolas, whose victory in the 2010 general election had been declared void because he had knowingly made false statements attacking his Liberal Democrat opponent's personal character.
The Parti éléphant blanc de Montréal (PÉBM) was a fringe political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that existed for most of the period from 1989 to 2009.
The Parti Montréal 2000 was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It fielded a mayoral candidate and candidates for city council in the 1998 Montreal municipal election. The party's founder, leader, and mayoral candidate was Michel Bédard.
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.
3,303 candidates stood in the United Kingdom general election of 2017, which was held on 8 June 2017. The deadline for parties and individuals to file candidate nomination papers to the acting returning officer was 16:00 on 11 May 2017.
Lord Buckethead is a novelty candidate who has stood in four British general elections since 1987, portrayed by several individuals. He poses as an intergalactic villain resembling the Star Wars character Darth Vader.
Monster Raving Loony is a play written by the British playwright James Graham. It follows the life and exploits of the British rock musician Screaming Lord Sutch, and derives its title from the political party founded and led by Sutch from 1983 until his death in 1997.
The Italian Nettist Party, better known as the Steak Party, was a joke political party founded in Italy in 1953 by publisher Corrado Tedeschi. Considered a forerunner of anti-politics or the first Italian satirical party, the Steak Party took part in the 1953 Italian general election, promising to give people a steak every day.
