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{{Short description|British politician (born 1942)}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Alan 'Howling Laud' Hope.jpg
| caption = Hope in 2010
| party = [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]]
|birth_name=Alan Hope
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|6|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mytchett]], [[Surrey]], England
| nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]
| office = Leader of the [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]]
| deputy = Nick The Flying Brick         
| alongside = [[Catmando]] <small>(1999–2002)</small>
| predecessor = [[Screaming Lord Sutch]]
| successor = 
| termstart = 1999
| termend = 
| termstart1 = 1998
| office1 = Mayor of [[Ashburton, Devon|Ashburton]]
| termend1 = 2000
}}
'''Alan Hope''' (born 16 June 1942), known politically as '''Howling Laud Hope''', is a British politician and former publican who is the current Leader of the [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]] (OMRLP).  On the death of the party's founder [[Screaming Lord Sutch]] in 1999, Hope and his pet cat, [[Catmando]], were jointly elected as leaders of the OMRLP. Since June 2002 Hope has been the party's sole leader following Catmando's death in a road accident.<ref>{{cite news |first= Sholto |last= Byrnes |title=The lunatic fringe |work=The Independent |date=6 October 2004 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-lunatic-fringe-535650.html |accessdate=26 December 2010 }}</ref>

Hope was the first-ever OMRLP candidate to be elected to public office, when he was elected unopposed to a seat on [[Ashburton, Devon|Ashburton]] [[Town Council]] in [[Devon]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/news/vote2001/hi/english/parties/newsid_1179000/1179187.stm |title=BBC NEWS &#124; VOTE2001 &#124; PARTIES &#124; Monster Raving Loony Party |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk |date=5 March 2001 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305192912/http://news.bbc.co.uk/news/vote2001/hi/english/parties/newsid_1179000/1179187.stm |archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> He subsequently became the Mayor of Ashburton in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Mendelsohn: Howling Laud Hope – a profile |url=http://indyeagleeye.livejournal.com/210310.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121019053338/http://indyeagleeye.livejournal.com/210310.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 October 2012 |publisher=Independent Minds |access-date=10 July 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://charityshoptourism.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/ashburton/ |title=Ashburton &#124; Charity Shop Tourism |publisher=charityshoptourism.wordpress.com |access-date=12 July 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424231641/http://charityshoptourism.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/ashburton/ |archive-date=24 April 2012  |date=14 September 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/383356.stm |title=BBC News &#124; UK Politics &#124; Loony tradition continues at by-election |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk |access-date=12 July 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416052747/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/383356.stm |archive-date=16 April 2015  }}</ref>

In 2010 Hope was elected unopposed to [[Fleet, Hampshire|Fleet]] Town Council in [[Hampshire]].  Hope's longtime friendship with satirist [[Jacob M. Appel]] formed the basis for the latter's novel, ''[[The Biology of Luck]]'', which is reportedly an allegory for modern British politics.<ref>"Hope and Hopeless," ''Cortland Standard'' (Cortland, NY), 29 September 2014. P 3</ref><ref>Appel, JM. ''Phoning Home''.  University of South Carolina Press, 2014</ref>

==Biography==
Hope was known as '''Kerry Rapid and The Soultones''' when he was a back-up singer for [[rock and roll]] performer [[Screaming Lord Sutch]] in the 1960s. As Leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, Sutch made Hope the party's Deputy Chairman in 1982. Hope subsequently became the party's Chairman and Deputy Leader, before becoming Leader following Sutch's death in 1999.

As an OMRLP candidate, Hope was elected unopposed to [[Ashburton, Devon|Ashburton]] Town Council in Devon in 1987. This caused a dilemma in the party as it had previously been decided that any member who was elected to a public office should be expelled from the party. This rule was changed at the 1987 Party Conference to allow Hope to remain a member and official representative of the party. He later rose to become Deputy Mayor, before being made Mayor of Ashburton in 1998.

Hope is the only OMRLP candidate to have been elected to public office,<ref>{{cite web|author=Matthew Tempest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/may/21/election2001.uk3 |title=Cat pushes for prime minister &#124; Politics |work=theguardian|date=21 May 2001 |access-date=12 July 2014}}</ref> although an ex-member, [[Stuart Hughes (politician)|Stuart Hughes]], won a seat on East Devon District Council for the [[Raving Loony Green Giant Party]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criddle|first1=Byron|title=The Almanac of British Politics|date=2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1134493819|page=297|edition=7th|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4LPsrwLbOs0C&pg=PA297}}</ref>

Hope's pub and guesthouse in Ashburton, The Golden Lion, was the OMRLP's Party Headquarters and conference centre from 1984 until 2000, after which he sold the property and moved to [[Hampshire]]. There he took over the Dog and Partridge public house at [[Yateley]] until 2011, which served as the new party headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/20/20515/Dog_and_Partridge/Yateley |title=Dog and Partridge, Yateley, Hampshire, GU46 7LR – pub details# |publisher=Beerintheevening.com |access-date=12 July 2014}}</ref>

Upon Sutch's death in 1999, Hope and his pet cat [[Catmando]] were elected as joint leaders of the OMRLP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/455323.stm|title=Loonies choose cat as joint leader|date=24 September 1999|newspaper=BBC|access-date=12 May 2016}}</ref> Catmando served until his death as a result of a traffic accident in July 2002, whereupon Hope became the sole leader of the party.<ref>{{cite news|title='I'm chief Monster Raving Loony, seriously '|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2281610.stm|access-date=9 May 2015|work=BBC}}</ref>

In 2003, Hope appeared on ''[[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]]'' during the [[Top Gear (series 2)#ep2|second episode of series 2]]. In its challenge searching for 'Britain's fastest Political Party', he came in last.

==Elections contested==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Election
!Constituency
!Votes
!%
!Place
!Misc
!Ref
|-
|1983
|[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election]]
|[[Teignbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Teignbridge]]
|241
|0.5%
|4th of 4
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=1983 - 1983 General Election - Teignbridge |url=https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/elections/21754 |website=[[Parliament.uk]] |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1987
|[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election]]
|[[Teignbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Teignbridge]]
|312
|0.6%
|4th of 4
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=1987 - 1987 General Election - Teignbridge |url=https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/elections/22404 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1987
|[[Parish council (England)|Town council]]
|[[Ashburton, Devon|Ashburton]]
|n.a.
|n.a.
|1st of 1
|Uncontested election
|
|-
|1992
|[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election]]
|[[Teignbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Teignbridge]]
|437
|0.7%
|4th of 4
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=1992 - 1992 General Election - Teignbridge |url=https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/elections/23055 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1999
|[[Eddisbury by-election, 1999|By-election]]
|[[Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Eddisbury]]
|238
|0.7%
|4th of 6
|
|<ref name="Demon0">{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2001.html|title=Results of Byelections in the 1997–2001 Parliament|last=Boothroyd|first=David|access-date=4 October 2024|website=United Kingdom Election Results|archive-date=21 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121105156/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1997.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1999
|[[Kensington and Chelsea by-election, 1999|By-election]]
|[[Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington and Chelsea]]
|20
|0.1%
|17th of 18
|Lowest ever number of votes
|<ref name="Demon0">{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2001.html|title=Results of Byelections in the 1997–2001 Parliament|last=Boothroyd|first=David|access-date=4 October 2024|website=United Kingdom Election Results|archive-date=21 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121105156/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1997.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2001
|[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election]]
|[[Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)|Aldershot]]
|390
|0.9%
|7th of 7
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2001 - 2001 General Election - Aldershot |url=https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/elections/23797 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2003
|[[2003 Brent East by-election|By-election]]
|[[Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)|Brent East]]
|59
|0.3%
|13th of 16
|
|<ref name="Demon1">{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2001.html|title=Results of Byelections in the 2001-2005 Parliament|last=Boothroyd|first=David|access-date=4 October 2024|website=United Kingdom Election Results|archive-date=1 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201183331/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2001.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[2004 Hartlepool by-election|By-election]]
|[[Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency)|Hartlepool]]
|80
|0.3%
|12th of 14
|
|<ref name="Demon1">{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2001.html|title=Results of Byelections in the 2001-2005 Parliament|last=Boothroyd|first=David|access-date=4 October 2024|website=United Kingdom Election Results|archive-date=1 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201183331/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2001.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2005
|[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election]]
|[[Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)|Aldershot]]
|553
|1.1%
|6th of 6
|Best result in a general election
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2005 - 2005 General Election - Aldershot |url=https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/elections/24455 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|[[2006 Blaenau Gwent by-elections|By-election]]
|[[Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency)|Bleanau Gwent]]
|318
|1.2%
|6th of 6
|
|<ref name="Demon2">{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2005.html|title=Results of Byelections in the 2005–2010 Parliament|last=Boothroyd|first=David|access-date=4 October 2024|website=United Kingdom Election Results|archive-date=27 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227081306/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2005.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|[[2007 Sedgefield by-election|By-election]]
|[[Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Sedgefield]]
|129
|0.5%
|10th of 11
|
|<ref name="Demon2">{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2005.html|title=Results of Byelections in the 2005–2010 Parliament|last=Boothroyd|first=David|access-date=4 October 2024|website=United Kingdom Election Results|archive-date=27 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227081306/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by2005.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|[[2009 Norwich North by-election|By-election]]
|[[Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich North]]
|144
|0.4%
|9th of 12
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Norwich North |url=http://www.by-elections.co.uk/norwich09.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911125810/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/norwich09.html |archive-date=11 September 2011}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election]]
|[[Witney (UK Parliament constituency)|Witney]]
|234
|0.3%
|6th of 10
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2010 - 2010 General Election - Witney |url=https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/elections/25731 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|[[Parish council (England)|Town council election]]
|[[Fleet, Hampshire|Fleet]]
|n.a.
|n.a.
|1st of 1
|Uncontested election
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Hart.gov.uk (Hampshire district) – Fleet town councils – 2010 election results |url=http://www.hart.gov.uk/warded_uncontested_results_13_4_10.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305182904/http://www.hart.gov.uk/warded_uncontested_results_13_4_10.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2012 |access-date=13 July 2014 |publisher=Hart.gov.uk}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|[[2011 Barnsley Central by-election|By-election]]
|[[Barnsley Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnsley Central]]
|198
|0.8%
|8th of 9
|
|<ref>{{cite web |date=4 March 2011 |title=BBC News – Lib Dems slump to sixth as Labour win Barnsley poll |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12643639 |access-date=12 July 2014 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|[[2011 Leicester South by-election|By-election]]
|[[Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester South]]
|553
|1.6%
|5th of 5
|Highest ever percentage of votes
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Leicester South 5 May 2011 |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3571/election/353 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|[[2012 Bradford West by-election|By-election]]
|[[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]]
|111
|0.3%
|8th of 8
|
|<ref>{{cite news |title=George Galloway wins Bradford West by-election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17549388 |access-date=30 March 2012 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|[[2012 Manchester Central by-election|By-election]]
|[[Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Central]]
|78
|0.5%
|10th of 12
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary by-election Manchester Central Constituency |url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/362/elections/4981/your_next_election/3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030121756/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/362/elections/4981/your_next_election/3 |archive-date=30 October 2012 |access-date=14 November 2012 |publisher=Manchester Council}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|[[2013 South Shields by-election|By-election]]
|[[South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)|South Shields]]
|197
|0.8%
|8th of 9
|
|<ref>{{cite web |date=3 May 2013 |title=Labour holds South Shields as UKIP takes second |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/05/labour-holds-south-shields-ukip-takes-second |access-date=12 July 2014 |publisher=New Statesman}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|[[2014 Clacton by-election|By-election]]
|[[Clacton (UK Parliament constituency)|Clacton]]
|127
|0.4%
|7th of 8
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/council/elections-voting/clacton-constituency-parliamentary-election |title=Clacton Constituency – Parliamentary by-election |author=<!--Not stated--> |year=2014 |publisher=Tendring District Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430180329/https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/council/elections-voting/clacton-constituency-parliamentary-election |url-status=live |archive-date=30 April 2020 |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election]]
|[[Uxbridge and South Ruislip (UK Parliament constituency)|Uxbridge and South Ruislip]] 
|72
|0.2%
|8th of 13
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2015 - 2015 General Election - Uxbridge and South Ruislip |url=https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/elections/26336 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Jamieson |first2=Sophie |date=8 May 2015 |title=Vote campaigner beaten by Boris is still smiling |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/11591579/Election-2015-Vote-campaigner-beaten-by-Boris-is-still-smiling.html |access-date=9 May 2015 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|[[2016 Tooting by-election|By-election]]
|[[Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)|Tooting]]
|54
|0.2%
|7th of 14
|
|<ref>{{cite web |date=16 June 2016 |title=Tooting Constituency by-election result June 2016 published |url=http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200327/election_results/2167/tooting_constituency_by_election_result_june_2016 |access-date=17 June 2016 |publisher=Wandsworth Council |archive-date=21 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621040954/http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200327/election_results/2167/tooting_constituency_by_election_result_june_2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|2016
|[[2016 Richmond Park by-election|By-election]]
|[[Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond Park]]
|184
|0.5%
|4th of 8
|
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |date=2 December 2016 |title=Zac Goldsmith loses to Lib Dems in 'shockwave' Richmond Park byelection |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/02/lib-dems-unseat-zac-goldsmith-in-richmond-park-byelection |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|[[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election]]
|[[Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Maidenhead]] 
|119
|0.2%
|9th of 13
|
|<ref>{{cite web |date=10 June 2017 |title=Maidenhead Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000803 |access-date=10 June 2017 |website=BBC News}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|[[2018 Lewisham East by-election|By-election]]
|[[Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham East]]
|93
|0.4%
|9th of 14
|
|<ref>{{cite web |date=14 June 2018 |title=UK Parliamentary By-Election – Lewisham East Constituency – Declaration of Result of Poll |url=https://lewisham.gov.uk/-/media/files/imported/lewishameastbyelectiondeclarationofresults.ashx |access-date=26 March 2019 |publisher=[[Lewisham London Borough Council]] |format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[2019 Peterborough by-election|By-election]]
|[[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]]
|112
|0.3%
|10th of 15
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Peterborough 6 June 2019 |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3678/election/395 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election]]
|[[North East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Hampshire]]
|576
|1.0%
|6th of 6
|Highest ever number of votes
|<ref>{{cite web |date=13 December 2019 |title=Hampshire North East parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000844 |access-date=2 July 2024 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[2021 Batley and Spen by-election|By-election]]
|[[Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)|Batley and Spen]]
|107
|0.3%
|8th of 16
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Batley and Spen 1 July 2021 |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3309/election/401 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[2021 North Shropshire by-election|By-election]]
|[[North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Shropshire]]
|118
|0.3%
|8th of 14
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=North Shropshire 16 December 2021 |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3648/election/403 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|[[2022 City of Chester by-election|By-election]]
|[[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Chester]]
|156
|0.6%
|8th of 9
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Chester 1 December 2022 |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3416/election/408 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[2023 West Lancashire by-election|By-election]]
|[[West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Lancashire]]
|210
|0.9%
|6th of 6
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election results for West Lancashire Parliamentary - West Lancashire Parliamentary By-Election - Thursday, 9th February, 2023 |url=https://democracy.westlancs.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=500000147&RPID=4171064 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004092028/https://democracy.westlancs.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=500000147&RPID=4171064 |archive-date=4 October 2024 |date=10 February 2023 |website=[[West Lancashire|Westlancs.gov]]}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[2023 Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election|By-election]]
|[[Uxbridge and South Ruislip (UK Parliament constituency)|Uxbridge and South Ruislip]]
|32
|0.1%
|16th of 17
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election 2023 results |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/by-election-results |website=Hillingdon Council |access-date=4 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216212401/https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/by-election-results |archive-date=16 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[2023 Tamworth by-election|By-election]]
|[[Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tamworth]]
|155
|0.6%
|8th of 9
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Tamworth 19 October 2023 |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3794/election/417 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|[[2024 Blackpool South by-election|By-election]]
|[[Blackpool South (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackpool South]]
|121
|0.6%
|8th of 9
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary by-election Blackpool South |url=https://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Elections/By-election-Blackpool-South/Parliamentary-by-election-Blackpool-South.aspx |website=Blackpool Council |archive-date=4 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004092339/https://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Elections/By-election-Blackpool-South/Parliamentary-by-election-Blackpool-South.aspx |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election]]
|[[North East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Hampshire]]
|340
|0.6%
|6th of 8
|
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=North East Hampshire - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001392 |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|[[2025 Runcorn and Helsby by-election|By-election]]
|[[Runcorn and Helsby (UK Parliament constituency)|Runcorn and Helsby]]
|128
|0.4%
|11th of 15
|
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=01-May-2025 By-election |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4270/election/423 |website=Parliament.uk |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022004943/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9909/23/fringe/looney.cat/ Monster Raving Loony Party race heating up between chairman – and his cat] Reuters. Retrieved 23 September 1999.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/383356.stm Loony tradition continues at by-election] [[BBC News]] Retrieved 1 July 1999.

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheJackSlipper#p/c/43C1526FFA72624B/0/Aq3wF6zfxM0 Howling Laud Hope biographical videos]
*[http://www.loonyparty.com/ Official Monster Raving Loony Party – Official website]

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