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Whatever happened to "joke" political parties?
I looked up the Christchurch by-election 1993 to remind myself what year it was. Here is the list of candidates (and their share of the votes).
Liberal Democrat Diana Maddock 33,164 62.2 +38.6
Conservative Robert Hayward 16,737 31.4 -32.2
Labour Nigel Lickley 1,453 2.7 -9.4
Anti-Federalist League Alan Sked 878 1.6
Monster Raving Loony David Sutch 404 0.8
Independent Conservative Andrew Bannon 357 0.7
Sack Graham Taylor Peter Newman 80 0.2
Buy the Daily Sport Tara Bardot-Jackson 67 0.1
Save the National Health Service Peter A. Hollyman 60 0.1
Highlander IV Wednesday Promotion John Crockard 48 0.1
Natural Law Mark Griffiths 45 0.1 -0.3
Ian For King Mark Belcher 23 0.0
Alfred The Chicken Karl Fitzhugh 18 0.0
Rainbow Alliance John Walley 16 0.0
Also: remember the Natural Law party?