User:Warofdreams/By-election candidates

This is a list of frequent candidates in by-elections to the UK Parliament. Candidates who have stood on three or more occasions are listed.

Name	Party	Contests	Seats	Best result	Notes
Screaming Lord Sutch	National Teenage Party Official Monster Raving Loony Party	34	See article	4.2%, Rotherham by-election, 1994
Bill Boaks	White Resident	17	Walthamstow West by-election, 1956 Carshalton by-election, 1976 Walsall North by-election, 1976 City of London and Westminster South by-election, 1977 Birmingham Ladywood by-election, 1977 Bournemouth East by-election, 1977 Ilford North by-election, 1978 Lambeth Central by-election, 1978 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1979 Manchester Central by-election, 1979 Southend East by-election, 1980 Warrington by-election, 1981 Croydon North West by-election, 1981 Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1982 Beaconsfield by-election, 1982 Birmingham Northfield by-election, 1982 Peckham by-election, 1982	0.5%, Peckham by-election, 1982	Many other party descriptions used
Howling Laud Hope	Official Monster Raving Loony Party	13	Eddisbury by-election, 1999 Kensington and Chelsea by-election, 1999 Brent East by-election, 2003 Hartlepool by-election, 2004 Blaenau Gwent by-election, 2006 Norwich North by-election, 2009 Barnsley Central by-election, 2011 Leicester South by-election, 2011 Bradford West by-election, 2012 Manchester Central by-election, 2012 South Shields by-election, 2013 Clacton by-election, 2014 Tooting by-election, 2016	0.8%, South Shields by-election, 2013
Lindi St Clair	Corrective Party	8	Richmond by-election, 1989 Vale of Glamorgan by-election, 1989 Mid Staffordshire by-election, 1990 Knowsley South by-election, 1990 Eastbourne by-election, 1990 Ribble Valley by-election, 1991 Monmouth by-election, 1991 Langbaurgh by-election, 1991	0.5%, Eastbourne by-election, 1990	Contested some elections as "Miss Whiplash"
David Bishop	Church of the Militant Elvis Party	7	Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 2008 Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, 2011 Feltham and Heston by-election, 2011 Corby by-election, 2012 Eastleigh by-election, 2013 Newark by-election, 2014 Witney by-election, 2016	0.4%, Feltham and Heston by-election, 2011
Reginald Simmerson	Independent Anti-Common Market Conservative Party Democratic Conservative against the Common Market	7	Greenwich by-election, 1971 Macclesfield by-election, 1971 Uxbridge by-election, 1972 Lincoln by-election, 1973 Woolwich West by-election, 1975 Carshalton by-election, 1976 Fulham by-election, 1986	1.7%, Macclesfield by-election, 1971
David Braid	Section 28 Children's Protection Christian Democrats The Common Good	6	Wigan by-election, 1999 Preston by-election, 2000 Ogmore by-election, 2002 Hartlepool by-election, 2004 Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006 Newark by-election, 2014	0.4%, Wigan by-election, 1999
Helen Anscomb	Death off Roads: Freight on Rail	5	Chesterfield by-election, 1984 Penrith and The Border by-election, 1983 South West Surrey by-election, 1984 Enfield Southgate by-election, 1984 Truro by-election, 1987	0.2%, Penrith and The Border by-election, 1983
Jitendra Bardwaj	Yoga and Meditation Independent	5	Mitcham and Morden by-election, 1982 Darlington by-election, 1983 Chesterfield by-election, 1984 Brent East by-election, 2003 Leicester South by-election, 2004	0.2%, Brent East by-election, 2003
David Black	Independent Christian Alliance Christian Patriotic Alliance	5	Pontypridd by-election, 1989 Vale of Glamorgan by-election, 1989 Vauxhall by-election, 1989 Mid Staffordshire by-election, 1990 Bootle by-election, November 1990	0.5%, Bootle by-election, November 1990
John Connell	Independent Peace Candidate Peace - Stop ITN Manipulation	5	Glasgow Queen's Park by-election, 1982 Penrith and The Border by-election, 1983 Chesterfield by-election, 1984 Tyne Bridge by-election, 1985 Kensington by-election, 1988	1.1%, Tyne Bridge by-election, 1985
Robert Goodall	Independent English Resurgance Party	5	West Derbyshire by-election, 1944 West Derbyshire by-election, 1967 Macclesfield by-election, 1971 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election, 1973 West Derbyshire by-election, 1986	5.3%, West Derbyshire by-election, 1967
Arthur Henderson	Labour Party	5	Barnard Castle by-election, 1903 Widnes by-election, 1919 Newcastle-upon-Tyne East by-election, 1923 Burnley by-election, 1924 Clay Cross by-election, 1933	69.3%, Clay Cross by-election, 1933	Won each by-election
Tom Keen	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	5	Coventry North West by-election, 1976 Warrington by-election, 1981 Crosby by-election, 1981 Beaconsfield by-election, 1982 Darlington by-election, 1983	0.2%, Crosby by-election, 1981
Peter Smith	Republican New Britain Party Votes for a Full Hearing New National Party Independent	5	Darlington by-election, 1983 Penrith and The Border by-election, 1983 South West Surrey by-election, 1984 Portsmouth South by-election, 1984 Tyne Bridge by-election, 1985	0.1%, Tyne Bridge by-election, 1985
Tony Benn	Labour Party	4	Bristol South East by-election, 1950 Bristol South East by-election, 1961 Bristol South East by-election, 1963 Chesterfield by-election, 1984	79.7%, Bristol South East by-election, 1963	Won each by-election, but disqualified in 1961
Peter Bishop	Independent World Grid Sunshine Party	4	Woolwich West by-election, 1975 Rotherham by-election, 1976 Thurrock by-election, 1976 Grimsby by-election, 1977	0.2%, Thurrock by-election, 1976
Fenner Brockway	Labour Party Independent Labour Party	4	Westminster Abbey by-election, 1924 Upton by-election, 1934 Lancaster by-election, 1941 Cardiff East by-election, 1942	27.0%, Westminster Abbey by-election, 1924	Subsequently elected for the Labour Party
Winston Churchill	Liberal Party Independent	4	Oldham by-election, 1899 Manchester North West by-election, 1908 Dundee by-election, 1908 Westminster Abbey by-election, 1924	43.9%, Dundee by-election, 1908	Won in Dundee
John Creasey	All Party Alliance	4	Nuneaton by-election, 1967 Brierley Hill by-election, 1967 Manchester Gorton by-election, 1967 Oldham West by-election, 1968	13.2%, Oldham West by-election, 1968
Russell Eckley	Legions of God	4	Pontefract by-election, 1962 Middlesbrough West by-election, 1962 Rotherham by-election, 1963 Faversham by-election, 1964	3.3%, Pontefract by-election, 1962
Colin Palmer	21st Century Foresters	4	Newbury by-election, 1993 Dudley West by-election, 1994 Littleborough and Saddleworth by-election, 1995 Wirral South by-election, 1997	0.1%, Dudley West by-election, 1994
Rainbow George Weiss	Independent Captain Rainbow's Universal Party Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket	4	Enfield Southgate by-election, 1984 Tyne Bridge by-election, 1985 Knowsley North by-election, 1986 Brent East by-election, 2003	0.4%, Knowsley North by-election, 1986
Wesley Robert Williamson	For the Anglo-Irish Agreement	4	East Londonderry by-election, 1986 North Antrim by-election, 1986 South Antrim by-election, 1986 Strangford by-election, 1986	6.1%, East Londonderry by-election, 1986	Stood as "Peter Barry"
Guy Aldred	United Socialist Movement	3	Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1946 Glasgow Camlachie by-election, 1948 Glasgow Woodside by-election, 1962	2.2%, Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1946
Don Bennett	Liberal National Party	3	Middlesbrough West by-election, 1945 Croydon North by-election, 1948 Nuneaton by-election, 1967	9.4%, Croydon North by-election, 1948	Won unopposed in Middlesbrough West
John Bickley	United Kingdom Independence Party	3	Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election, 2014 Heywood and Middleton by-election, 2014 Oldham West and Royton by-election, 2015	38.7%, Heywood and Middleton by-election, 2014
Betty Boothroyd	Labour Party	3	Leicester South East by-election, 1957 Nelson and Colne by-election, 1968 West Bromwich by-election, 1973	53.2%, West Bromwich by-election, 1973	Won in West Bromwich
Ronnie Carroll	Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket Make Politicians History	3	Uxbridge by-election, 1997 Hartlepool by-election, 2004 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 2008	0.1%, Hartlepool by-election, 2004
John Dayton	New Conservative Party Patriotic Front for Political Action	3	Harrow West by-election, 1960 Bolton East by-election, 1960 Oswestry by-election, 1961	4.7%, Harrow West by-election, 1960
Nick "the flying brick" Delves	Official Monster Raving Loony Party	3	Crewe and Nantwich by-election, 2008 Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, 2011 Newark by-election, 2014	0.6%, Crewe and Nantwich by-election, 2008
Roger Everest	One Nation Conservative Independent	3	Brecon and Radnor by-election, 1985 Winchester by-election, 1997 Eddisbury by-election, 1999	0.4%, Brecon and Radnor by-election, 1985
Andrew Fountaine	Independent National Front	3	South West Norfolk by-election, 1959 Acton by-election, 1968 Coventry North West by-election, 1976	5.6%, Acton by-election, 1968
Frank Hansford-Miller	English National Party	3	Woolwich West by-election, 1975 Wirral by-election, 1976 Thurrock by-election, 1976	0.9%, Wirral by-election, 1976
George Hargreaves	Operation Christian Vote Christian Party	3	Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election, 2004 Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 2008	1.2%, Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006
Roy Jenkins	Labour Party Social Democratic Party	3	Southwark Central by-election, 1948 Warrington by-election, 1981 Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1982	65.4%, Southwark Central by-election, 1948	Won in Southwark Central and Glasgow Hillhead
John McAuley	National Front	3	Eastbourne by-election, 1990 Uxbridge by-election, 1997 Beckenham by-election, 1997	0.8%, Beckenham by-election, 1997
William McCrea	Democratic Unionist	3	Belfast South by-election, 1982 Mid Ulster by-election, 1986 South Antrim by-election, 2000	46.1%, Mid Ulster by-election, 1986	Won in Mid Ulster and South Antrim
Edward Martell	Liberal People's League National Fellowship	3	Rotherhithe by-election, 1946 East Ham North by-election, 1957 Bristol South East by-election, 1963	25.3%, Rotherhithe by-election, 1946
Winston McKenzie	Independent UKIP English Democrats	3	Brent East by-election, 2003 Croydon North by-election, 2012 Witney by-election, 2016	5.7%, Croydon North by-election, 2012
Harry Pollitt	Communist	3	Whitechapel and St Georges by-election, 1930 Clay Cross by-election, 1933 Silvertown by-election, 1940	10.8%, Clay Cross by-election, 1933
Emrys Roberts	Plaid Cymru	3	Newport by-election, 1956</ref>Ebbw Vale by-election, 1960 Merthyr Tydfil by-election, 1972	37.0%, Merthyr Tydfil by-election, 1972
Dick Rodgers	The Common Good	3	Hartlepool by-election, 2004 Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006 Henley by-election, 2008	0.3%, Henley by-election, 2008
Oliver Smedley	Anti-Common Market	3	Walthamstow West by-election, 1967 Saffron Walden by-election, 1977 Southend East by-election, 1980	4.5%, Saffron Walden by-election, 1977
Frank Smith	Independent Labour Party Labour Party	3	Sheffield Attercliffe by-election, 1894 Taunton by-election, 1909 Croydon by-election, 1909	35.4%, Taunton by-election, 1909	Subsequently elected for the Labour Party
Dick Taverne	Labour Party Lincoln Democratic Labour Association Social Democratic Party	3	Lincoln by-election, 1962 Lincoln by-election, 1973 Peckham by-election, 1982	58.2%, Lincoln by-election, 1973	Won in both Lincoln by-elections