[davidjay]

34 candidates in total. Given that Farage is going to win, that makes it look even more farcical.

[Samanfur]

The fact that the MRLP's leader is mates with Farage has not gone unnoticed.

[Andy McDandy]

Hope Binface gets lost in the crowd. Not a bad tactic actually.

I mean, he's still a cunt, but this does benefit him a lot.

[Oboogie]

34 candidates in a by-election is apparently a UK record. I have neither the time or the inclination to check out who all these people are but I'll bet that, amongst the jokers, there are some right-wingers pissed off with Farage and the lack of a Restore candidate who'll chisel some votes off the cunt. Which is nice.

Joseph 77 (Independent)

Adham Alkhatip (The Forward Party)

Count Binface (Count Binface Party)

Nick The Incredible Flying Brick (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)

Tony Cane (Independent)

Woke Trump Carrzee (Independent)

William Stuart James Clouston (Social Democratic Party)

Rees Cowne (Independent)

Glenn Charles Cummings (Independent)

Martin Davies (Freedom Alliance – Real People, Real Alternative!)

Andy Erlam (Independent)

Nigel Farage (Reform UK)

Attieh Fard (Independent)

Laurence Fox (The Reclaim Party)

Tony Francis (Independent)

Robin Green (Independent)

Abi Hookway (Independent)

Howling Laud Hope (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)

Stephen Richard Ingram (Independent)

Amy Morris (Independent)

Derrick Norbert Morris (Independent)

Michael Noel O'Keeffe (Independent)

Martyn O'Brien (Independent)

Nick Pelas (Independent)

Ketankumar Pipaliya (UK VOICE safer and stronger UK)

Daniel Pocock (Independent)

James Ransley (Consensus Party Candidate)

Gerry Smith (Independent)

Kai Stephens (British Democrats)

John Stevens (Rejoin EU)

Baron Von Thunderclap (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)

Pamela Walford (Independent)

Marcus White (Everyone is God Party)

Marc Wilkinson (Independent)

[Samanfur]

At least one of the 'Independent' candidates ran for Reform in 2024.

[davidjay]

UK Voice and Freedom Alliance are probably not left-wing.

[mattomac]

It's good Count Binface will be near the top....

[Dalem Lake]

That's 17 grand in deposits and almost all of them guaranteed lost. Guess it'll go some way towards the cost of holding the stupid thing.

[AOB]

I saw a news report just after the by-election was brought about stating that the cost of a deposit for by-elections is £5k, unlike GE's when the deposit is £500. The point of the report was that it would likely just be Farage v Binface (following the withdrawal of the main parties), as obviously £5k is a lot of money to risk not getting back. It was on either BBC or ITV (I think the latter) so I didn't bother looking up if it was true. I now realise they got that mixed up with the mayoral elections, it's a £5k deposit for those.

[mattomac]

You do wonder how they get their money.

[davidjay]

You do wonder how they get their money.

£500 isn't a lot for a month's advertising.