the party in Cardiff North and achieved a single vote, though not from Taylor-Dawson herself, who was not eligible to vote in that constituency. Weiss himself set a new election record by simultaneously standing in 13 constituencies. In 2005, Weiss proposed a "preferendum" where voters choose individual policies selected from those offered by each of the major parties. He also proposed that Cardiff and Belfast should become independent city states. He stood in all four Belfast constituencies during the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election. Standing for his Make Politicians History Party, he came third last in South Belfast and last in the three other constituencies with a total of 221 first preference votes. In the 2017 general election, Weiss joined forces with the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. Together, they received 3,733 votes and did not come last. References 1940 births 2021 deaths Independent British political candidates 20th-century squatters People from Hampstead British political party founders