came eighth out of nine candidates with 197 votes (0.8%), which was notably only 155 votes behind the Liberal Democrats' candidate. Hope stood as the OMRLP candidate at the Clacton by-election on 9 October 2014 coming seventh out of eight candidates with 127 votes (0.4%), beating "high class courtesan" Charlotte Rose, who campaigned "for sexual freedom" but received only 56 votes. Hope had put forward the Loony policy to turn the whole area into a theme park, in his BBC TV interview a week before the Election took place. 2015 general election: Hope contested the constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip against the incumbent Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. He came eighth of thirteen candidates with 72 votes (0.2%). Former OMRLP member (and former Screaming Lord Sutch band member) Lord Toby Jug stood in the same constituency for the Eccentric Party, gaining 50 votes (0.1%). In June 2016, Hope was a candidate in the Tooting by-election, finishing seventh of 14 candidates with 54 votes (0.2%). At the 2016 Richmond Park by-election in December 2016, Hope finished fourth of eight candidates with 184 votes (0.45%), his highest placed by-election result at the time. 2017 general election: Hope contested the constituency of Maidenhead against the incumbent UK Prime Minister Theresa May. He finished ninth of thirteen candidates with 119 votes equating to 0.2% of the vote. At the 2018 Lewisham East by-election in June 2018, Hope finished ninth out of fourteen candidates with 93 votes (0.4%). At the 2019 Peterborough by-election in June 2019, he received 112 votes (0.33%), finishing 10th in a field of 15 candidates. At the 2019 general election, he stood in the North-East Hampshire constituency, where he lives. He received 576 votes, coming last out of six candidates with one percent of the vote. At the 2021 Batley and Spen by-election held on 1 July he finished in eighth place in a field of sixteen candidates, with 107 votes (0.3%). At the 2021 North Shropshire by-election held on 16 December he received 118 votes (0.3%), finishing eighth out of fourteen candidates. At the 2022 City of Chester by-election held on 1 December 2022 he received 156 votes (0.6%), finishing eighth out of nine candidates. At the 2023 West Lancashire by-election held on 9 February 2023 he received 210 votes (0.9%), finishing sixth out of six candidates. References Further reading Monster Raving Loony Party race heating up between chairman