General election - candidates

[Mi-Amigo]

Nominations for the General Election on Thursday have now closed.

Sky have produced an online list of all the candidates for all the constituencies - see here 

As in previous elections, there are amusing "political parties" and funny candidates standing...

which might lighten the mood of the voters and the country

[Anonymous]

I’m all for lightening the mood, but I’d be overjoyed with a decent alternative to the main parties..
(Big yay for the ‘Yorkshire Party’ !!! )

[Mi-Amigo]

Check out the Independent candidates standing against Boris Johnson in Uxbridge and Ruislip South -

here 

[jonsie]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Check out the Independent candidates standing against Boris Johnson in Uxbridge and Ruislip South -

here 

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Lord Buckethead....thought that was Boris!

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
I’m all for lightening the mood, but I’d be overjoyed with a decent alternative to the main parties..
(Big yay for the ‘Yorkshire Party’ !!! )

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Yes, @Anonymous 

[sheepdog]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Check out the Independent candidates standing against Boris Johnson in Uxbridge and Ruislip South -

here 

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You thought the 2017 Theresa May podium was surreal:

the results podium for Boris will be the photo of the election 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thanks @sheepdog 

General election 2017: Maidenhead

	Conservative	Theresa May	37,718	64.8	−1.0
	Labour	Patrick McDonald	11,261	19.3	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hill	6,540	11.2	+1.3
	Green	Derek Wall	907	1.6	−2.0
	UKIP	Gerard Batten	871	1.5	−6.9
	Animal Welfare	Andrew Knight	282	0.5	N/A
	Gremloids	Lord Buckethead	249	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Grant Smith	152	0.3	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	119	0.2	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Edmonds Victor	69	0.1	N/A
	The Just Political Party	Julian Reid	52	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Yemi Hailemariam	16	0.0	N/A
	Give Me Back My Elmo	Bobby Smith	3	0.0	N/A

[Cleoriff]

Monster Raving Loony Party : Howling Lord Hope. (I remember the days of Screaming Lord Sutch!)

Give me back my Elmo?

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Monster Raving Loony Party : Howling Lord Hope. (I remember the days of Screaming Lord Sutch!)

Give me back my Elmo?

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David "Screaming Lord" Sutch forme the "Teenage Party"and stood as its candidate in 1963 - advocating votes at 18 [which became law years later]. In 1983, David Sutch formed the Monster Raving Loony Party which contested the 1983 election. Sadly, David committed suicide in 1999. Later that year, OMRL party members selected Howling Lord Hope as leader.

As for Give me back my Elmo, he got three [3] votes in Maidenhead in 2017 - less than the number of supporters required on the nomination form to stand as candidate  

[Mi-Amigo]

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