2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election stood for The New Party. He said "Read my lips: what David Davis is saying is that Britain needs a new party". The Official Monster Raving Loony Party's candidate was Rosalyn Warner, known as Mad Cow-Girl. She stood on an indefinite-detention platform, combined with a quote based on Douglas Adams's "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy": "The answer is 42!!! Now we just need to figure out the real question!!!" On BBC Radio 4, they were reported as saying 'because the sensible parties are acting like lunatics in this election, we have decided to come up with sensible policies'. Later she
Southwark West (UK Parliament constituency) Southwark West (UK Parliament constituency) Southwark West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southwark district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election. Cohen resigned, causing a by-election. Causton was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election. General Election 1914/15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and