Screaming Lord Sutch
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David Edward Sutch also known as "Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow", or simply "Screaming Lord Sutch", was a musician
from the United Kingdom. He was the founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party
and served as its leader from 1983 to 1999, during which time he stood in numerous parliamentary elections.
, northwest London. In the 1960s, inspired by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
, he changed his artist name to "Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow", despite having no connection with the peerage
. His legal name remained David Edward Sutch.
After his career as an early-'60s rock 'n' roll attraction, it became customary for the UK press to refer to him as "Screaming Lord Sutch", or simply "Lord Sutch". Early works included recordings produced by audio pioneer Joe Meek
.
During the 1960s, Screaming Lord Sutch was known for his horror-themed stage show, dressing as Jack the Ripper
, pre-dating the shock rock
antics of Alice Cooper
. 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
", covered live and on record by garage rock
bands including the White Stripes
, the Gruesomes, the Black Lips
and the Horrors
for their debut EP.
In 1963, Sutch and his manager, Reginald Calvert
, took over Shivering Sands Army Fort
, a Maunsell Fort
off Southend and in 1964 started Radio Sutch
, intending to compete with other pirate radio
stations such as Radio Caroline
. Broadcasts consisted of music and Mandy Rice-Davies
reading Lady Chatterley's Lover
. Sutch tired of the station, and sold it to Calvert, which was renamed 'Radio City
', which lasted until 1967. In 1966 Calvert was shot dead by Oliver Smedley
over a financial dispute. Smedley was acquitted on grounds of self-defence. About this time Ritchie Blackmore
left the band to form Deep Purple
. Roger Warwick left to set up an R&B big band for Freddie Mack.
Sutch's album Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
was named in a 1998 BBC
poll as the worst album of all time, a status it also held in Colin Larkin
's book The Top 1000 Albums of All Time, despite the fact that Jimmy Page
, John Bonham
, Jeff Beck
, Noel Redding
and Nicky Hopkins
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 Carshalton
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 Blackmore (guitar); Matthew Fisher
(keyboard); Carlo Little
(drums); Keith Moon
(drums); Noel Redding
(bass) and Nick Simper
(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.
caused by the resignation of John Profumo
. He gained 208 votes. His next was at the 1964 General Election
when he stood in Harold Wilson
's Huyton
constituency. Here he received 518 votes.
He founded the Official Monster Raving Loony Party
in 1983 and fought the Bermondsey by-election
. 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 by his flamboyant clothes. It was after he polled several hundred votes in Margaret Thatcher
's Finchley constituency
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 1990
. He secured more votes than the candidate of the Continuing Social Democratic Party
(SDP), led by former Foreign Secretary David Owen
. Within days the SDP dissolved itself. In 1993, when the British National Party
gained its first local councillor, Derek Beackon
, Sutch pointed out that the Official Monster Raving Loony Party already had six.
He appeared as himself in the first episode of ITV
comedy The New Statesman
, 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 Pilsener
boasted that "Only Heineken can do this". One had Sutch at 10 Downing Street
after becoming Prime Minister.
and committed suicide
by hanging
on 16 June 1999, following the death of his mother the previous year. At the inquest
, his fiancée said he had "manic depression
".
Sutch is survived by a son, Tristan Lord Gwynne Sutch, born in 1975 to the American model Thann Rendessy.
In 1991, Sutch's autobiography
Life as Sutch: The Official Autobiography of a Raving Loony (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.
Notes:-
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
from the United Kingdom. He was the founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch , better known as Screaming Lord Sutch.-History:...
and served as its leader from 1983 to 1999, during which time he stood in numerous parliamentary elections.
Musical career
Sutch was born at New End Hospital, HampsteadHampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
, northwest London. In the 1960s, inspired by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Jalacy Hawkins , best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins was an American musician, singer, and actor...
, he changed his artist name to "Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow", despite having no connection with the peerage
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
. His legal name remained David Edward Sutch.
After his career as an early-'60s rock 'n' roll attraction, it became customary for the UK press to refer to him as "Screaming Lord Sutch", or simply "Lord Sutch". Early works included recordings produced by audio pioneer Joe Meek
Joe Meek
Robert George "Joe" 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 Ripper
Jack the Ripper
"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the...
, pre-dating the shock rock
Shock rock
Shock rock is an umbrella term for artists who combine rock music with elements of theatrical shock value in live performances.-History:Screamin' Jay Hawkins was arguably the first shock rocker...
antics of Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice 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 (song)
"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 rock
Garage rock
Garage 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...
bands including the White Stripes
The White Stripes
The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...
, the Gruesomes, the Black Lips
Black Lips
Black Lips are a "Flower Punk" band from Atlanta, Georgia.-History:The band formed in 1999 in Dunwoody, Georgia after guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley left the Renegades, and guitarist Ben Eberbaugh left the Reruns. Alexander and Swilley were known for their crude antics both...
and the Horrors
The Horrors
The Horrors are an English band from Southend on Sea, formed in 2005. Their debut Strange House, was released in 2007 and reached number thirty-seven on the UK Albums Chart, their second album Primary Colours was released in 2009 and peaked at number 25 in the UK...
for their debut EP.
In 1963, Sutch and his manager, Reginald Calvert
Reginald Calvert
Reginald Calvert was the manager of The Fortunes pop group and singer Screaming Lord Sutch, and the owner of offshore pirate radio station Radio City....
, took over Shivering Sands Army Fort
Shivering Sands Army Fort
Shivering 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. They can be viewed from Shoeburyness East Beach on clear, cloudless summer...
, a Maunsell Fort
Maunsell Forts
The Maunsell Forts were small fortified towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were named after their designer, Guy Maunsell. The forts were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities...
off Southend and in 1964 started Radio Sutch
Radio City (pirate radio station)
Radio City was a British pirate radio station that broadcast from Shivering Sands Army Fort, one of the abandoned Second World War Maunsell Sea Forts in the Thames Estuary.- Origins :...
, intending to compete with other pirate radio
Pirate radio
Pirate radio is illegal or unregulated radio transmission. The term is most commonly used to describe illegal broadcasting for entertainment or political purposes, but is also sometimes used for illegal two-way radio operation...
stations such as Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline is an English radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly...
. Broadcasts consisted of music and Mandy Rice-Davies
Mandy Rice-Davies
Mandy Rice-Davies , is a Welsh former model and showgirl best known for her role in the Profumo affair and her association with Christine Keeler, which discredited the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963.-Early life:She was born Marilyn Rice-Davies in...
reading Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1928. The first edition was printed privately in Florence, Italy with assistance from Pino Orioli; it could not be published openly in the United Kingdom until 1960...
. Sutch tired of the station, and sold it to Calvert, which was renamed 'Radio City
Radio City (pirate radio station)
Radio City was a British pirate radio station that broadcast from Shivering Sands Army Fort, one of the abandoned Second World War Maunsell Sea Forts in the Thames Estuary.- Origins :...
', which lasted until 1967. In 1966 Calvert was shot dead by Oliver Smedley
Oliver Smedley
Major Oliver Smedley MC was a British businessman involved in classical liberal politics and pirate radio. He was acquitted of the murder of a business rival on the grounds of self-defence.-Military:...
over a financial dispute. Smedley was acquitted on grounds of self-defence. About this time Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was known as one of the first guitarists to fuse Classical music elements with rock. He fronted his own band Rainbow after leaving Deep Purple where he was unhappy because his favourite musical style wasn't adequately...
left the band to form Deep Purple
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford 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 believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
. Roger Warwick left to set up an R&B big band for Freddie Mack.
Sutch's album Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
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 Cotillion Records in 1970...
was named in a 1998 BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
poll as the worst album of all time, a status it also held in Colin Larkin
Colin Larkin (writer)
Colin Larkin was 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 Page
Jimmy Page
James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
, John Bonham
John Bonham
John Henry Bonham was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast right foot, distinctive sound, and "feel" for the groove...
, Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
, Noel Redding
Noel Redding
Noel Redding was an English rock and roll guitarist best known as the bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.-Biography:...
and Nicky Hopkins
Nicky Hopkins
Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins was an English pianist and organist.He recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a session musician....
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 Carshalton
Carshalton
Carshalton 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 Blackmore (guitar); Matthew Fisher
Matthew Fisher
Matthew Fisher is an English organist and singer-songwriter, and was responsible for the organ sound on the 1967 single, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum.-Biography:...
(keyboard); Carlo Little
Carlo Little
Carlo Little was a rock and roll drummer, based in the London nightclub scene in the 1960s. He played in an early version of The Rolling Stones...
(drums); Keith Moon
Keith Moon
Keith John Moon was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon...
(drums); Noel Redding
Noel Redding
Noel Redding was an English rock and roll guitarist best known as the bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.-Biography:...
(bass) and Nick Simper
Nick Simper
Nicholas 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-AvonStratford by-election, 1963
The 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 Profumo
John Profumo
Brigadier John Dennis Profumo, 5th Baron Profumo CBE , informally known as Jack Profumo , was a British politician. His title, 5th Baron, which he did not use, was Italian. Although Profumo held an increasingly responsible series of political posts in the 1950s, he is best known today for his...
. He gained 208 votes. His next was at the 1964 General Election
United Kingdom general election, 1964
The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after the preceding election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had retaken power...
when he stood in Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...
's Huyton
Huyton (UK Parliament constituency)
Huyton was a county constituency in the United Kingdom. Created in 1950, it was centred on Huyton in North West England. Its one and only Member of Parliament throughout its existence was Labour MP Harold Wilson, who served as prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976.The...
constituency. Here he received 518 votes.
He founded the Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch , better known as Screaming Lord Sutch.-History:...
in 1983 and fought the Bermondsey by-election
Bermondsey by-election, 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...
. 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 by his flamboyant clothes. It was after he polled several hundred votes in Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
's Finchley constituency
Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)
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...
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 1990
Bootle by-elections, 1990
The 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 Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
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"....
(SDP), led by former Foreign Secretary David Owen
David Owen
David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen CH PC FRCP is a British politician.Owen served as British Foreign Secretary from 1977 to 1979, the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post; he co-authored the failed Vance-Owen and Owen-Stoltenberg peace plans offered during the Bosnian War...
. Within days the SDP dissolved itself. In 1993, when the British National Party
British National Party
The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...
gained its first local councillor, Derek Beackon
Derek Beackon
Derek 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 ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
comedy The New Statesman
The New Statesman
The New Statesman is 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 Pilsener
Heineken Pilsener
Heineken is a Dutch beer which has been brewed by Heineken International since 1873. It is available in a 4.6% alcohol variety in countries such as Ireland. It is the flagship product of the Heineken company and is made of purified water, malted barley, hops, and yeast. In 1886 H...
boasted that "Only Heineken can do this". One had Sutch at 10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister....
after becoming Prime Minister.
Private life
Sutch suffered from depressionClinical depression
Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
and committed suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
by hanging
Hanging
Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...
on 16 June 1999, following the death of his mother the previous year. At the inquest
Inquest
Inquests in England and Wales are held into sudden and unexplained deaths and also into the circumstances of discovery of a certain class of valuable artefacts known as "treasure trove"...
, his fiancée said he had "manic depression
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic–depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or...
".
Sutch is survived by a son, Tristan Lord Gwynne Sutch, born in 1975 to the American model Thann Rendessy.
In 1991, Sutch's autobiography
Autobiography
An 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 Loony (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. Later works include:- Lord Sutch and Heavy FriendsLord 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 Cotillion Records in 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
Elections fought
| Election | Type | Constituency | Party | Vote | % vote | Place | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 1963 | BE By-election 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 (UK Parliament constituency) -By-elections:-Notes and references:... |
National Teenage | 209 | 0.6 | 5th | 5 |
| 31 March 1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966 The 1966 United Kingdom 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 a mere 17 months previously in 1964 had an unworkably small majority of only 4 MPs... |
GE General election In a parliamentary political system, a general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.The term... |
Huyton Huyton (UK Parliament constituency) Huyton was a county constituency in the United Kingdom. Created in 1950, it was centred on Huyton in North West England. Its one and only Member of Parliament throughout its existence was Labour MP Harold Wilson, who served as prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976.The... 1 |
National Teenage | 585 | 0.9 | 3rd | 3 |
| 18 June 1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970 The 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 Westminster Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency) Cities of London and Westminster is a borough constituency covering the area comprising the City of London and southern portion of the City of Westminster in Central London... |
Young Ideas | 142 | 0.4 | 5th | 5 |
| 10 October 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 The United Kingdom general election of October 1974 took place on 10 October 1974 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. It was the second general election of that year and resulted in the Labour Party led by Harold Wilson, winning by a tiny majority of 3 seats.The election of... |
GE | Stafford and Stone Stafford and Stone (UK Parliament constituency) Stafford and Stone was county constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1950 and abolished in 1983.-Members of Parliament:... |
Go to Blazes | 351 | 0.6 | 4th | 4 |
| 24 February 1983 Bermondsey by-election, 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 (UK Parliament constituency) Bermondsey was a borough constituency centred on the Bermondsey district of South London, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom... |
Official Monster Raving Loony Official Monster Raving Loony Party The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch , better known as Screaming Lord Sutch.-History:... |
97 | 0.3 | 6th | 16 |
| 23 March 1983 Darlington by-election, 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 (UK Parliament constituency) 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.... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 374 | 0.7 | 4th | 8 |
| 9 June 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom 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... |
GE | Finchley Finchley (UK Parliament constituency) 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 | 235 | 0.6 | 5th | 11 |
| 28 July 1983 Penrith and The Border by-election, 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.... |
BE | Penrith and The Border Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency) 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. This Cumbrian constituency was first contested in 1950.-History:The constutuency is... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 412 | 1.1 | 4th | 8 |
| 1 March 1984 Chesterfield by-election, 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 (UK Parliament constituency) Chesterfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The best-known MP was Tony Benn from 1984 to 2001... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 178 | 0.3 | 5th | 17 |
| 4 July 1985 Brecon and Radnor by-election, 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 ,... |
BE | Brecon and Radnor | Official Monster Raving Loony | 202 | 0.5 | 5th | 7 |
| 10 April 1986 Fulham by-election, 1986 The Fulham by-election, in Fulham, on 10 April 1986 was held following the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament Martin Stevens on 10 January that year... |
BE | Fulham Fulham (UK Parliament constituency) 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.... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 134 | 0.4 | 5th | 11 |
| 17 July 1986 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election, 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 (UK Parliament constituency) Newcastle-under-Lyme 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.- History :... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 277 | 0.7 | 4th | 7 |
| 14 July 1988 Kensington by-election, 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 | Kensington Kensington (UK Parliament constituency) Kensington is a 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... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 61 | 0.3 | 7th | 15 |
| 10 November 1988 Glasgow Govan by-election, 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.... |
BE | Glasgow Govan Glasgow Govan (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Govan was a parliamentary constituency in the Govan district of Glasgow. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 2005, returning one Member of Parliament elected by the first-past-the-post system.The area which the constituency... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 174 | 0.6 | 7th | 8 |
| 15 December 1988 Epping Forest by-election, 1988 A by-election was held in the House of Commons constituency of Epping Forest on 18 December 1988 following the death of Conservative Member of Parliament Sir John Biggs-Davison. The result was a hold for the Conservative Party.-Candidates:... |
BE | Epping Forest Epping Forest (UK Parliament constituency) Epping Forest is a parliamentary 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 :... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 208 | 0.6 | 7th | 9 |
| 23 February 1989 | BE | Richmond (Yorks) Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency) Richmond is a constituency located in North Yorkshire, which elects one Member of Parliament at least once every five years using the First-past-the-post system of voting.... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 167 | 0.3 | 6th | 9 |
| 4 May 1989 Vale of Glamorgan by-election, 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.... |
BE | Vale of Glamorgan Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency) Vale of Glamorgan is a county constituency in South Wales, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 266 | 0.6 | 8th | 11 |
| 15 June 1989 Vauxhall by-election, 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.... |
BE | Vauxhall Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 1980s:-Elections in the 1970s:-Elections in the 1960s:-Notes and references:... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 106 | 0.4 | 10th | 14 |
| 22 March 1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, 1990 The Mid Staffordshire constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament held a by-election on 22 March 1990. The result was the election of Labour candidate Sylvia Heal to succeed the previous Conservative Member of Parliament John Heddle, who had precipitated the byelection by committing... |
BE | Mid Staffordshire Mid Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency) 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.... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 336 | 0.6 | 7th | 14 |
| 24 May 1990 | BE | Bootle Bootle (UK Parliament constituency) 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. Since 1990 the MP has been Joe Benton of the Labour Party... 2 |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 418 | 1.2 | 6th | 8 |
| 27 September 1990 Knowsley South by-election, 1990 The Knowsley South by-election, 1990 was a by-election held on 27 September 1990 for the British House of Commons constituency of Knowsley South in Merseyside.... |
BE | Knowsley South | Official Monster Raving Loony | 197 | 0.9 | 6th | 7 |
| 8 November 1990 | BE | Bootle Bootle (UK Parliament constituency) 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. Since 1990 the MP has been Joe Benton of the Labour Party... 3 |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 310 | 1.1 | 5th | 7 |
| 7 March 1991 Ribble Valley by-election, 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.... |
BE | Ribble Valley Ribble Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Ribble Valley is a county 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.... 3 |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 278 | 0.6 | 6th | 9 |
| 4 April 1991 Neath by-election, 1991 The Neath by-election, 1991 was a by-election held on 4 April 1991 for the British House of Commons constituency of Neath in Wales. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Peter Hain.- Vacancy :... |
BE | Neath Neath (UK Parliament constituency) Neath 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 and one Assembly Member by the first past the post system of election.- The Constituency of Neath :The constituency... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 263 | 0.8 | 7th | 8 |
| 16 May 1991 Monmouth by-election, 1991 The Monmouth by-election, 1991 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Monmouth in Wales on 16 May 1991. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Huw Edwards.- Vacancy :... |
BE | Monmouth Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency) Monmouth is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post of election... 4 |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 314 | 0.7 | 4th | 7 |
| 4 July 1991 Liverpool Walton by-election, 1991 The Liverpool Walton by-election was held on 4 July 1991, following the death of the Labour Party Member of Parliament Eric Heffer for Liverpool Walton, on 27 May.The constituency had become a safe Labour seat under Heffer, who was known as a left-wing MP... |
BE | Liverpool Walton Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency) Liverpool, Walton 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:... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 546 | 1.4 | 5th | 6 |
| 9 April 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil... |
GE | Huntingdon Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) Huntingdon is a county 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.... 1 |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 728 | 1.0 | 6th | 10 |
| 9 April 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil... |
GE | Islwyn Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency) Islwyn is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.This area, historically known for coal-mining, is a safe Labour Party seat latterly held by the former Leader of the Opposition Neil Kinnock... 5 |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 547 | 1.3 | 5th | 5 |
| 9 April 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil... |
GE | Yeovil 6 | Official Monster Raving Loony | 338 | 0.6 | 5th | 6 |
| 6 May 1993 Newbury by-election, 1993 The Newbury by-election, in West Berkshire, England, was held on 6 May 1993 after Conservative Member of Parliament Judith Chaplin died, after only being elected the previous year. It was won by David Rendel of the Liberal Democrats with an impressive swing of 28.4%... |
BE | Newbury Newbury (UK Parliament constituency) Newbury is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament , elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 432 | 0.7 | 7th | 19 |
| 29 July 1993 Christchurch by-election, 1993 A by-election was held in the British House of Commons constituency of Christchurch on 29 July 1993 following the death of sitting Conservative MP Robert Adley.... |
BE | Christchurch Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency) Christchurch is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Centred on the town of Christchurch in Dorset, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 404 | 0.8 | 5th | 6 |
| 5 May 1994 Rotherham by-election, 1994 The Rotherham by-election was held on 5 May 1994, following the death of Labour Party Member of Parliament for Rotherham Jimmy Boyce.Boyce had won the seat only at the 1992 general election, but it had been continuously held by Labour since 1933, usually with a large majority... |
BE | Rotherham Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency) Rotherham is a borough constituency covering the town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire. It returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 1,114 | 4.2 | 4th | 5 |
| 9 June 1994 Bradford South by-election, 1994 The Bradford South by-election, 1994 was a by-election held in England on 9 June 1994 for the House of Commons constituency of Bradford South in West Yorkshire.... |
BE | Bradford South Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency) Bradford South is a borough constituency in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament by the first past the post system of election.... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 727 | 2.4 | 4th | 5 |
| 9 June 1994 Eastleigh by-election, 1994 The Eastleigh by-election, 1994 was a parliamentary by-election held on 9 June 1994 for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Eastleigh in Hampshire. The seat had fallen vacant because of the death of Conservative Party Member of Parliament Stephen Milligan on 7 February.The result... |
BE | Eastleigh | Official Monster Raving Loony | 783 | 1.4 | 5th | 14 |
| 16 February 1995 Islwyn by-election, 1995 A by-election was held in the Welsh parliamentary constituency of Islwyn on 16 February 1995 following the resignation of Neil Kinnock who was appointed as a European Commissioner.... |
BE | Islwyn Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency) Islwyn is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.This area, historically known for coal-mining, is a safe Labour Party seat latterly held by the former Leader of the Opposition Neil Kinnock... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 506 | 2.2 | 5th | 7 |
| 25 May 1995 Perth and Kinross by-election, 1995 A by-election for the UK Parliament constituency of Perth and Kinross in Scotland was held on 25 May 1995, following the death of Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Fairbairn on 19 February of that year.... |
BE | Perth and Kinross Perth and Kinross (UK Parliament constituency) Perth and Kinross was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 586 | 1.4 | 5th | 9 |
| 27 July 1995 Littleborough and Saddleworth by-election, 1995 A by-election was called in the constituency of Littleborough and Saddleworth in Greater Manchester, England, on 27 July 1995 following the death of Conservative Party MP Geoffrey Dickens on 17 May of that year.... |
BE | Littleborough and Saddleworth Littleborough and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency) Littleborough and Saddleworth was a parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 782 | 1.9 | 4th | 10 |
| 1 February 1996 Hemsworth by-election, 1996 The Hemsworth by-election, 1996 was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 1 February 1996 for the House of Commons constituency of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire.... |
BE | Hemsworth Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 2000s:- Elections in the 1990s :- Elections in the 1940s :- Elections in the 1930s :- Elections in the 1920s :... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 652 | 3.0 | 5th | 10 |
| 11 April 1996 South East Staffordshire by-election, 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.... |
BE | South East Staffordshire | Official Monster Raving Loony | 506 | 1.2 | 5th | 13 |
| 31 July 1997 Uxbridge by-election, 1997 The Uxbridge by-election, 1997 was a parliamentary by-election held in July 1997 to elect a new Member of Parliament for the constituency of Uxbridge in London, England.... |
BE | Uxbridge Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency) Uxbridge was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system, from 1885 until it was abolished at the 2010 general election.... |
Official Monster Raving Loony | 396 | 1.3 | 4th | 11 |
| 20 November 1997 Winchester by-election, 1997 The 1997 Winchester by-election was a by-election to the UK House of Commons in the constituency of Winchester, Hampshire. After an unclear result in Winchester at the general election on 1 May 1997, a new election was allowed by the High Court... |
BE | Winchester | Official Monster Raving Loony | 316 | 0.6 | 5th | 8 |
Notes:-
- 1 This election was won by the incumbent Prime Minister.
- 2 Sutch achieved a better result than the candidate from the rump SDPSocial Democratic Party (UK, 1988)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"....
. - 3 Sutch achieved a better result than the candidate from the continuing Liberal PartyLiberal Party (UK, 1989)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...
. - 4 Sutch achieved a better result than the joint candidate from the Green Party of England and WalesGreen Party of England and WalesThe Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...
and Plaid CymruPlaid Cymru' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...
. - 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.
External links
- http://www.screaminglordsutch.com
- Screaming Lord Sutch and The Savages History
- Radio Sutch's successor by Colin Dale, former Radio Sutch DJ
- BBC report of Sutch's death
- BBC obituary
- David Sutch's gravesite
- Screaming Lord Sutch at Ward's Book of Days