Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow, known as
Screaming Lord Sutch, born
David Edward Sutch (10 November 1940 – 16 June 1999) was an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
musicianA musician is a person who performs or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument.* A singer uses his or her voice as an instrument....
and aspirant
politicianA politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest,...
, and founder of the
Official Monster Raving Loony PartyThe Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
.
Sutch was born at New End Hospital,
HampsteadHampstead is an area of London, England, located north-west of Charing Cross. It is located within Inner London. It is part of the London Borough of Camden. It is known for its intellectual, artistic, musical and literary associations and for the large and hilly parkland Hampstead Heath...
,
North West London*NW postcode area*western part of North London...
. In the 1960s, inspired by
Screamin' Jay HawkinsJalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins was an African-American musician, singer, and actor...
, he changed his artist name to
Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow, despite having no connection with the
peerageThe Peerage is a system of titles in the United Kingdom, which represents the upper ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system. The term is used both collectively to refer to the entire body of titles, and individually to refer to a specific title...
.
Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow, known as
Screaming Lord Sutch, born
David Edward Sutch (10 November 1940 – 16 June 1999) was an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
musicianA musician is a person who performs or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument.* A singer uses his or her voice as an instrument....
and aspirant
politicianA politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest,...
, and founder of the
Official Monster Raving Loony PartyThe Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
.
Musical career
Sutch was born at New End Hospital,
HampsteadHampstead is an area of London, England, located north-west of Charing Cross. It is located within Inner London. It is part of the London Borough of Camden. It is known for its intellectual, artistic, musical and literary associations and for the large and hilly parkland Hampstead Heath...
,
North West London*NW postcode area*western part of North London...
. In the 1960s, inspired by
Screamin' Jay HawkinsJalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins was an African-American musician, singer, and actor...
, he changed his artist name to
Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow, despite having no connection with the
peerageThe Peerage is a system of titles in the United Kingdom, which represents the upper ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system. The term is used both collectively to refer to the entire body of titles, and individually to refer to a specific title...
. His legal name remained David Edward Sutch.
Following a career as an early-
'60sThe 1960s was the decade that ran from January 1, 1960, to December 31, 1969.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends in the west, particularly United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France,...
rock 'n' roll attraction, it became customary for the
UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
press to refer to him as Screaming Lord Sutch, or simply Lord Sutch. Early works included recordings produced by audio pioneer
Joe MeekJoe Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter...
.
During the 1960s, Screaming Lord Sutch was known for his horror-themed stage show, dressing as
Jack the RipperJack the Ripper was a pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished districts in and around Whitechapel, London, in late 1888. The name originated in a letter by someone claiming to be the murderer that was sent to the London Central News Agency and...
, pre-dating the
shock rockShock rock is a wide umbrella term for artists who combine rock music with elements of theatrical shock value in live performances.-History and roots:Screamin' Jay Hawkins was arguably the first shock rocker...
antics of
Alice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
. Accompanied by his band, The Savages, he started by coming out of a black coffin. Other props included knives and daggers, skulls and "bodies". Sutch booked themed tours, such as 'Sutch and the Roman Empire', where Sutch and the band members would be dressed up as Roman soldiers.
Despite self-confessed lack of vocal talent, he released horror-themed singles during the early to mid-'60s, the most popular "
Jack the Ripper"Jack the Ripper" is a song by English musician Screaming Lord Sutch, released as a 7" single in the UK and Germany in 1963 on Decca. It was produced by Joe Meek and recorded in his Holloway Road studio in Islington, England...
", covered live and on record by
garage rockGarage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name. In the early 1970s, some rock critics retroactively labelled it as punk rock...
bands including
the White StripesThe White Stripes is an American rock duo, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consists of songwriter Jack White and Meg White ....
, The
Black LipsBlack Lips is a "flower-punk" band from Atlanta, Georgia.-History:While still teenagers, the band formed in 2000 after guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley left the Renegades, and guitarist Ben Eberbaugh left the Reruns. Drummer Joe Bradley joined a few months later...
and
The HorrorsThe Horrors are an English Garage Rock and Shoegaze band who formed in mid-2005. They released their debut album Strange House, which reached number 37 on the UK Albums Chart, in 2007...
for their debut album,
Strange HouseStrange House is the debut album by The Horrors. It entered the UK album charts at #37. The band announced the title via a MySpace bulletin on January 11 2007. It was released on March 5, 2007 on Loog Records. Several alternative titles for the album were considered, including Through Wax Seals and...
.
In 1963, Sutch and his manager,
Reginald CalvertReginald Calvert was the manager of The Fortunes pop group and singer Screaming Lord Sutch, and the owner of offshore pirate radio station Radio City. He was killed by Oliver Smedley owner of rival offshore station Radio Caroline, who was acquitted of murder on the grounds of self defence. He was...
, took over
Shivering Sands Army FortShivering Sands Army Fort [U7] was a Maunsell army fort built near the Thames estuary for anti-aircraft defence. It is made up of several once interconnected towers north of Herne Bay and is 9.2 miles from the nearest land. It has been suggested that it should be dismantled...
, a
Maunsell FortThe Maunsell Sea Forts were small fortified towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during World War II to help defend the United Kingdom, named after their designer, Guy Maunsell. They were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities...
off Southend. This was to be Radio Sutch, intending to compete with other
pirate radioPirate radio is illegal or unregulated radio transmission. Its etymology can be traced to the unlicensed nature of the transmission, but historically there has been occasional but notable use of sea vessels – fitting the most common perception of a pirate – as broadcasting bases...
stations such as
Radio CarolineRadio Caroline is the name of several broadcasting ventures situated in several countries and from ships in territorial or international waters. Its name originated with fashion and society magazine editor Beatrix Miller as early as December 1961, but the first attempt to use the name for radio...
. He planned to play music and broadcast
Mandy Rice-DaviesMandy Rice-Davies is known for her role in the Profumo affair which discredited the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963.-Background and link to Stephen Ward & Christine Keeler:...
reading
Lady Chatterley's LoverLady Chatterley's Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence written in 1928.Printed in Florence, Italy, in 1928, it was not printed in the United Kingdom until 1960...
. It didn't happen and Calvert took over the project, renaming it '
Radio CityRadio City was a British pirate radio station that broadcast from Shivering Sands Army Fort, one of the abandoned World War II Maunsell Sea Forts in the Thames Estuary.- Origins :...
', which lasted for a couple of years. In 1966 Calvert was shot dead by
Oliver SmedleyMajor Oliver Smedley MC, was a British citizen involved in classical liberal politics and pirate radio.-Military:Smedley was a paratrooper during the Second World War and won the Military Cross at the Battle of Arnhem....
over a financial dispute. Smedley was acquitted on grounds of self-defence. About this time
Ritchie BlackmoreRichard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist, who was a founding member of hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. He left Deep Purple in 1993 due to a growing rift between Blackmore and other members in spite of renewed commercial success...
left the band to form
Deep PurpleDeep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
. Roger Warwick left to set up an R&B big band for Freddie Mack.
In 1968, Sutch toured parts of the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in a
Rolls RoyceA Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by:*Rolls-Royce Limited *Rolls-Royce Motors , which was owned by Vickers between 1980 and 1998, and after that by Volkswagen...
with a
Union FlagThe Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack, is the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It retains an official or semi-official status in some Commonwealth Realms; for example, it is known as the Royal Union Flag in Canada...
on the roof and a trailer of Marshall amplifiers to sell. He had a share interest in the Marshall company.
Sutch's album
Lord Sutch and Heavy FriendsLord Sutch and Heavy Friends is the debut album of English rock singer Screaming Lord Sutch. It was recorded in September 1969 at Mystic Studios in Hollywood and released on Atlantic Records on May 25, 1970...
was named in a 1998
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
poll as the worst album of all time, a status it also held in
Colin LarkinColin Larkin is the editor and founder of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, described by Jools Holland as 'without question the most useful reference work on popular music' and by The Times as 'the standard against which all others must be judged’....
's book
The Top 1000 Albums of All Time, despite the fact that
Jimmy PageJames Patrick Page OBE is an Englishcomposer and record producer.Page has been described as "unquestionably one of the all-time most influential, important, and versatile guitarists and songwriters in rock history". In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Page #9 in its list of the 100 Greatest...
,
John BonhamJohn Henry "Bonzo" Bonham was an English drummer and songwriter, best known as the drummer of the band Led Zeppelin.He was renowned for his power, fast right foot, distinctive sound and "feel" for the groove....
,
Jeff BeckGeoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds...
,
Noel Redding David "Noel" Redding was an English rock and roll guitarist best known as the bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.-Biography:...
and
Nicky HopkinsNicky Hopkins Nicky Hopkins Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins (February 24, 1944 – September 6, 1994) was an English pianist and organist.He recorded and performed on some of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely...
performed on it and helped write it.
For his follow-up,
Hands of Jack the Ripper, Sutch assembled British rock celebrities for a concert at the
CarshaltonCarshalton is a suburban area of the London Borough of Sutton, England. It is located 10 miles south-southwest of Charing Cross, situated in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalton Ponds in the centre of the village. The combined population of the five wards...
Park Rock 'n' Roll Festival. The show was recorded (though only Sutch knew), and it was released to the surprise of the musicians. Musicians on the record included
Ritchie BlackmoreRichard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist, who was a founding member of hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. He left Deep Purple in 1993 due to a growing rift between Blackmore and other members in spite of renewed commercial success...
(guitar);
Matthew FisherMatthew Fisher is an English Hammond organist, singer-songwriter, and was the man responsible for the organ sound on the 1967 single, "A Whiter Shade of Pale".-Biography:...
(keyboard);
Carlo LittleCarlo Little was an influential rock and roll drummer, based on the London nightclub scene in the 1960s. He was the first drummer with The Rolling Stones and taught Keith Moon how to play, recounting the story in an episode of the BBC programme Living Famously, devoted to Moon and recorded in 2004...
(drums);
Keith MoonKeith John Moon was an English drummer of the rock group The Who. He gained notoriety for exuberant drumming and his destructive lifestyle that earned him the nickname, "Moon the Loon." Moon joined The Who in 1964...
(drums);
Noel Redding David "Noel" Redding was an English rock and roll guitarist best known as the bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.-Biography:...
(bass) and
Nick SimperNicholas John Simper is a bass guitarist, best known as a founding member of Deep Purple.-Biography:...
(bass).
In the Rolling Stones song "Get Off of My Cloud", the guy who shows up "All dressed up just like a Union Jack" was Lord Sutch uninvited in Mick Jagger's room.
Political activities
In the 1960s, he stood in parliamentary elections, often as representative of the National Teenage Party. His first was in 1963, when he contested the
by-election in Stratford-upon-AvonThe Stratford by-election, 1963 was a by-election held on 15 August 1963 for the British House of Commons constituency of Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire....
caused by the resignation of
John ProfumoBrigadier John Dennis Profumo, 5th Baron Profumo CBE , informally known as Jack Profumo, was a British politician. His title, which he did not use, was Sardinian. Although Profumo held an increasingly responsible series of political posts in the 1950s, he is best known today for his involvement in...
. He gained 208 votes. His next was at the
1964 General ElectionThe United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after its predecessor, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had first taken power...
when he stood in
Harold WilsonJames Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC was a British Labour Party politician; one of the most prominent British politicians of the latter half of the 20th century, he served two terms as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, firstly from 1964 to 1970, and again from 1974...
's
HuytonHuyton was a county constituency in the United Kingdom. Created in 1950, it comprised the area of Huyton in the county of Lancashire, and included surrounding areas...
constituency. Here he received 518 votes.
He founded the
Official Monster Raving Loony PartyThe Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
in 1983 and fought the
Bermondsey by-electionA by-election was held in the Bermondsey constituency in South London, on 24 February 1983, following the resignation of Labour MP Robert Mellish, who had represented the constituency and its predecessors in the House of Commons since 1946...
. In his career he contested over 40 elections, rarely threatening the major candidates, but often getting a respectable number of votes. He was easily recognisable at election counts due to flamboyant clothes. It was after he polled several hundred votes in
Margaret ThatcherMargaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She is the only woman to have held either post....
's
Finchley constituencyFinchley was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election; its best-known MP was Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990...
in 1983 that the deposit paid by candidates was raised from £150 to £500. This did little to deter Sutch, who increased the concerts he performed to pay for campaigns.
His most significant contribution to politics came at the
Bootle by-election in 1990The two Bootle by-elections were held during 1990, for the British House of Commons constituency of Bootle in Merseyside.Bootle was one of Labour's safest seats, held by the party since 1945.-May by-election:...
. He secured more votes than the candidate of the
Continuing SDPA Social Democratic Party was formed in the United Kingdom in 1981 by a group of dissident Labour Party Members of Parliament : Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams, who became known as the "Gang of Four"....
, led by former Foreign Secretary
David OwenDavid Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen CH PC FKC is a British politician and Chancellor of the University of Liverpool.He was one of the founders of the British Social Democratic Party . He led the SDP from 1983 to 1987 and the re-formed SDP from 1988 to 1990...
. Within days the SDP dissolved itself. In 1993, when the
British National PartyThe British National Party is a far-right, whites-only political party in the United Kingdom, formed as a splinter group of the British National Front by John Tyndall in 1982. The party's current chairman is Nick Griffin, himself a former national organiser of the National Front.The BNP is not...
gained its first local councillor,
Derek BeackonDerek William Beackon is a former British National Party councillor.Beackon joined the BNP in 1986 as an associate member, becoming a full member two years later...
, Sutch pointed out that the Official Monster Raving Loony Party already had six.
He appeared as himself in the first episode of
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
comedy
The New StatesmanThe New Statesman was an award-winning British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time...
, coming second in the 1987 election, ahead of the Labour and SDP, which saw Alan B'Stard elected to Parliament.
Adverts in the 1990s for
Heineken PilsenerHeineken is a 5% abv pale lager, made by Heineken International since 1873. It is available in a 4.3% alcohol by volume, in countries such as Ireland. It is the flagship product of the company and is made of purified water, malted barley, hops, and yeast. In 1886 H. Elion finished the development...
boasted that "Only Heineken can do this". One had Sutch at
10 Downing Street10 Downing Street is the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury and hence Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
after becoming Prime Minister.
Private life
Despite his antics, Sutch suffered from
depressionMajor depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
and committed
suicideSuicide is the intentional killing of one's self. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest"...
by
hangingHanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. It hurts a lot. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", although it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would...
on 16 June 1999, following the death of his
motherA mother is a biological and/or social female parent of an offspring. Because of the complexity and differences of a mothers' social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to define a mother to suit a universally accepted definition.-Biological mother:In the case of a...
the previous year. At the inquest, his fiancée said he had "
manic depressionBipolar disorder, also known as manic depressive disorder, manic depression or bipolar affective disorder, is a serious mental disorder that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated mood clinically referred to as mania or, if...
".
Sutch is survived by a son, Tristan Lord Gwynne Sutch, born in 1975 to the American model Thann Rendessy.
In 1991, Sutch's
autobiographyAn autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
Life as Sutch: The Official Autobiography of a Raving Looney (written with Peter Chippindale) was published but recalled by publishers. In 2005 Graham Sharpe, who had known Sutch since the late 1960s, wrote the first biography,
The Man Who Was Screaming Lord Sutch.
Discography
Sutch released records from 1961 onwards. A comprehensive-looking discography can be found at
wangdangdula.com. Later works include:
- Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends is the debut album of English rock singer Screaming Lord Sutch. It was recorded in September 1969 at Mystic Studios in Hollywood and released on Atlantic Records on May 25, 1970...
(1970)
- Hands of Jack the Ripper (1972)
- Alive and Well (Live, 1980)
- Jack the Ripper (Compilation, 19??)
- Rock & Horror (Compilation, 1982) Ace Records CDCHM 65
- Story/Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages (Compilation, 1991)
- Live Manifesto (Live, 1992)
- Murder in the Graveyard (Live, 1992)
- Raving Loony Party Favourites (Compilation, 1996)
- Monster Rock (Compilation, 2000)
- Midnight Man (EP, 2000)
- Munster Rock (Compilation, 2001)
- The London Rock & Roll Show DVD ASIN: B00007LZ56
Complete discography at
http://www.rosalyn.me.uk/loonyarchive/sutchrecords.html
Elections fought
| Election | Type | Constituency | Party | Vote | % vote | Place | Candidates |
|---|
| 15 August 1963 |
BE A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections...
|
Stratford-on-Avon Stratford-on-Avon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
|
National Teenage |
209 |
0.6 |
5th |
5 |
31 March 1966The 1966 UK general election on 31 March 1966 was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected only two years previously in 1964 had an unworkable small majority of only 4 MPs...
|
GE In a parliamentary political system, a general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election...
|
Huyton Huyton was a county constituency in the United Kingdom. Created in 1950, it comprised the area of Huyton in the county of Lancashire, and included surrounding areas...
1 |
National Teenage |
585 |
0.9 |
3rd |
3 |
18 June 1970The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their...
|
GE |
Cities of London and WestminsterCities of London and Westminster is a constituency covering the area comprising the City of London and southern portion of the City of Westminster in Central London. It is represented by a member in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
|
Young Ideas |
142 |
0.4 |
5th |
5 |
| 10 October 1974 |
GE |
Stafford and Stone Stafford and Stone is a former UK Parliament constituency in Staffordshire. It was created in 1950 and abolished in 1983.-Members of Parliament:*1950–1983 Sir Hugh Fraser, Conservative...
|
Go to Blazes |
351 |
0.6 |
4th |
4 |
| 24 February 1983 A by-election was held in the Bermondsey constituency in South London, on 24 February 1983, following the resignation of Labour MP Robert Mellish, who had represented the constituency and its predecessors in the House of Commons since 1946...
|
BE |
Bermondsey Bermondsey was a borough constituency centred on the Bermondsey district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
|
Official Monster Raving Loony The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
|
97 |
0.3 |
6th |
16 |
| 23 March 1983 The Darlington by-election, 1983 was a parliamentary by-election held on 24 March 1983 for the British House of Commons constituency of Darlington in County Durham....
|
BE |
Darlington Darlington is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
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Official Monster Raving Loony The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
|
374 |
0.7 |
4th |
8 |
9 June 1983The 1983 UK general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945.The opposition vote split almost evenly between the SDP/Liberal Alliance and Labour...
|
GE |
Finchley Finchley was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election; its best-known MP was Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990...
1 |
Official Monster Raving Loony The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
|
235 |
0.6 |
5th |
11 |
| 28 July 1983 The Penrith and The Border by-election, 1983 was a parliamentary by-election held on 28 July 1983 for the British House of Commons constituency of Penrith and The Border in Cumbria.- Vacancy :...
|
BE |
Penrith and The Border Penrith and The Border is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is represented by one Member of Parliament elected by the first past the post system of election....
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Official Monster Raving Loony The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
|
412 |
1.1 |
4th |
8 |
| 1 March 1984 The Chesterfield by-election, 1984 was held on 1 March 1984 for a seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to represent Chesterfield in Derbyshire...
|
BE |
Chesterfield Chesterfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a marginal seat between the Liberal Democrats and Labour.- Boundaries :...
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Official Monster Raving Loony The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
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178 |
0.3 |
5th |
17 |
| 4 July 1985 The Brecon and Radnor by-election, 1985 was a parliamentary by-election held on 4 July 1985 for the British House of Commons constituency of Brecon and Radnor .- Previous MP :The seat had become vacant on 9 May 1985, when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament ,...
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BE |
Brecon and Radnor |
Official Monster Raving Loony The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
|
202 |
0.5 |
5th |
7 |
| 10 April 1986 The Fulham by-election, in Fulham, on 10 April 1986 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament Martin Stevens died. In a seat that had changed hands on a few occasions, it was won by Nick Raynsford of Labour, before being regained by the Tories in 1987.-Candidates:*Jane Birdwood was a...
|
BE |
Fulham Fulham was a borough constituency based around the London district of Fulham. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1918 and from 1955 to 1997....
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Official Monster Raving Loony The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
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134 |
0.4 |
5th |
11 |
| 17 July 1986 The Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election, 1986 was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 July 1986 for the British House of Commons constituency of Newcastle-under-Lyme.- Previous MP :...
|
BE |
Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- History :...
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Official Monster Raving Loony The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
|
277 |
0.7 |
4th |
7 |
| 14 July 1988 The Kensington by-election, in Kensington, on 14 July 1988 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament Brandon Rhys-Williams...
|
BE |
KensingtonKensington is a former parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West London, comprising the northern and central parts of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around Kensington...
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Official Monster Raving Loony The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch .-History:...
|
61 |
0.3 |
7th |
15 |
| 10 November 1988 The Glasgow Govan by-election, in the British House of Commons constituency of Glasgow Govan, Scotland, was held on 10 November 1988. It was caused by the resignation of Bruce Millan as Member of Parliament for the constituency....
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| 15 December 1988 A by-election was held in the House of Commons constituency of Epping Forest on December 18 1988 following the death of Conservative Member of Parliament Sir John Biggs-Davison.The result was a hold for the Conservative Party.-External links:*...
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| 4 May 1989 A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Vale of Glamorgan on May 4 1989 following the death of Conservative MP Sir Raymond Gower.Eleven candidates stood, which remains the most in any Welsh by-election....
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| 15 June 1989 A by-election for the United Kingdom House of Commons was held in the constituency of Vauxhall on the 15th June 1989, following the resignation of sitting Member of Parliament Stuart Holland....
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| 22 March 1990 A by-election was held in the Mid Staffordshire constituency of the United Kingdom parliament on 22 March 1990. It followed the death of the sitting Conservative member of Parliament John Heddle....
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Mid Staffordshire Mid Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997.It covered a swathe of territory across the centre of Staffordshire, stretching from Lichfield and Rugeley in the south to Stone in the north....
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Bootle Bootle is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
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| 27 September 1990 The Knowsley South by-election, 1990 was a by-election held on 27th September 1990 for the British House of Commons constituency of Knowsley South in Merseyside....
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Bootle Bootle is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
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| 7 March 1991 The Ribble Valley by-election, in Lancashire, England, was called in 1991 following the elevation of United Kingdom MP David Waddington to the House of Lords....
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MonmouthMonmouth is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , first used in the 1918 general election...
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Littleborough and Saddleworth Littleborough and Saddleworth was a parliamentary constituency centred on Littleborough, Milnrow and Saddleworth, in Greater Manchester, England...
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| 11 April 1996 A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of South East Staffordshire on 11 April 1996 following the death of sitting Conservative MP Sir David Lincoln Lightbown.The result was a Labour gain from the Conservatives....
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| 31 July 1997 The Uxbridge by-election, 1997 was held after the Member of Parliament for Uxbridge, London, England, Sir Michael Shersby , died unexpectedly on 8 May 1997, just seven days after his being returned in the 1997 UK general election....
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UxbridgeUxbridge is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-Boundaries:1885-1918: The parliamentary constituency of Uxbridge was created as the westernmost county division of the historic county of Middlesex...
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| 20 November 1997 The Member of Parliament for Winchester, Hampshire, England, Mark Oaten, was unseated on an electoral petition on 6 October 1997. Mr Oaten had originally been declared elected with a majority of two votes after many recounts and haggling over spoilt ballots...
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Notes:-
- 1 This election was won by the incumbent Prime Minister.
- 2 Sutch achieved a better result than the candidate from the rump SDP
A Social Democratic Party was formed in the United Kingdom in 1981 by a group of dissident Labour Party Members of Parliament : Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams, who became known as the "Gang of Four"....
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- 3 Sutch achieved a better result than the candidate from the continuing Liberal Party
The Liberal Party is a United Kingdom political party. It was formed in 1989 by a group of individuals within the original Liberal Party who felt that the merger of the party with the Social Democratic Party, to form the Liberal Democrats, had ended the spirit of the Liberal Party, claiming that...
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- 4 Sutch achieved a better result than the joint candidate from the Green Party of England and Wales
The Green Party of England and Wales is the principal Green political party in England and Wales which includes among its regional divisions the semi-autonomous Wales Green Party. The party is unrepresented in the House of Commons, but did have a life peer in the House of Lords until his death...
and Plaid CymruPlaid Cymru is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union.Plaid Cymru was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...
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- 5 This election was won by the incumbent Leader of the Opposition.
- 6 This election was won by the incumbent Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
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