For which party did Lan “Howling Laud” Hope receive 197 votes in the recent South Shields by-election?
2013 South Shields by-election Alan "Howling Laud" Hope, the leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party and perennial by-election candidate, stood as the party's candidate. Comedian Simon Brodkin, in character as Lee Nelson, was duly nominated as a candidate for 'Lee Nelson’s Well Good Party', but then withdrew his nomination. 2013 South Shields by-election The South Shields by-election was a by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South Shields. It was triggered by the resignation of David Miliband, the previous Member of Parliament (MP) and former Shadow Foreign Secretary, who had held the seat for Labour since 2001. The
1918 South Shields by-election in which the Conservative Party participated. Havelock Wilson was returned unopposed. 1918 South Shields by-election The South Shields by-election, 1918 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of South Shields on 28 October 1918. The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Liberal MP Cecil Cochrane. Cochrane had held the seat since himself winning it in a by-election on 18 March 1916. The only candidate nominated was the Liberal Havelock Wilson a former trade union official who had previously been MP for Middlesbrough from 1892 – 1900 and from 1906 –January 1910. The