News Bunny was a character on the cable channel Live TV. The candidate was an employee of the channel who changed his name for the purposes of the election.
The ballot paper description of the candidate N Samuelson was "Daily Loonylugs Earing Up the World".[1]
News Bunny was arrested during the campaign for obstructing the highway. He was filmed by BBC Midlands Today handing carrots out to motorists as part of his electioneering. The BBC captured the memorable line, spoken by a female police officer to a male police officer, "Get that rabbit".
^ abBoothroyd, David. . United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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1996, south, east, staffordshire, election, election, held, british, house, commons, constituency, south, east, staffordshire, april, 1996, following, death, previous, december, sitting, conservative, david, lightbown, 1992, april, 1996, 1997, turnout62, first. A by election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of South East Staffordshire on 11 April 1996 following the death the previous December of the sitting Conservative MP Sir David Lightbown 1996 South East Staffordshire by election 1992 11 April 1996 1997 Turnout62 First party Second party Candidate Brian Jenkins Timothy JamesParty Labour ConservativePopular vote 26 155 12 393Percentage 60 1 28 5 Swing 22 0pp 22 2ppMP before electionDavid LightbownConservative Elected MP Brian JenkinsLabourThe result was a Labour gain from the Conservatives Contents 1 Results 2 Notes on candidates 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksResults EditSouth East Staffordshire 1996 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Brian Jenkins 26 155 60 1 22 0Conservative Timothy James 12 393 28 5 22 2Liberal Democrats Janette Davy 2 042 4 7 4 9UKIP Andrew Smith 1 272 2 9 NewMonster Raving Loony David Sutch 506 1 2 NewNational Democrats Sharron Edwards 358 0 8 NewLiberal Steven Mountford 332 0 8 NewChurchill Conservative Leslie Tucker 123 0 3 NewL VE TV News Bunny 85 0 2 NewDaily Loonylugs Earring Up the World Tony Samuelson 80 0 2 NewNatural Law David Lucas 53 0 1 NewAction Against Crime Frederick Sandy 53 0 1 NewRestoration of Death Penalty Alan Wood 45 0 1 NewMajority 13 762 31 6 N ATurnout 43 497 62 0Labour gain from Conservative Swing 22 1Notes on candidates EditNews Bunny was a character on the cable channel Live TV The candidate was an employee of the channel who changed his name for the purposes of the election The ballot paper description of the candidate N Samuelson was Daily Loonylugs Earing Up the World 1 News Bunny was arrested during the campaign for obstructing the highway He was filmed by BBC Midlands Today handing carrots out to motorists as part of his electioneering The BBC captured the memorable line spoken by a female police officer to a male police officer Get that rabbit See also EditList of United Kingdom by elections List of parliamentary constituencies in StaffordshireReferences Edit a b Boothroyd David Results of Byelections in the 1992 97 Parliament United Kingdom Election Results Archived from the original on 20 July 2017 Retrieved 1 October 2015 External links EditCampaign literature from the by election Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 South East Staffordshire by election amp oldid 1109261376, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
