2010 United Kingdom general election support of UKIP to force a hung parliament. The Green Party of England and Wales voted to have a position of leader for the first time; the first leadership election was won by Caroline Lucas, who successfully contested the constituency of Brighton Pavilion. In addition, a new loose coalition, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), contested a general election for the first time. TUSC was a grouping of left wing parties that participated in the 2009 European Parliament elections under the name of No2EU; members included the Socialist Workers Party, the Socialist Party, the Socialist Alliance, Socialist Resistance, and is
John Deasy (UK MP) John Deasy (UK MP) John Deasy (1856 – 24 February 1896) was an Irish nationalist politician whose career ended in scandal after nine years as a Member of Parliament (MP). He was first elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as an Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) MP for Cork City, taking the seat at a by-election on 23 February 1884 after the resignation of John Daly. At the 1885 general election he stood in the new West Mayo constituency, winning the seat by an overwhelming majority (of 4790 to 131 votes) over his sole opponent, a candidate of the