Editing Screaming Lord Sutch

{{Short description|English musician, satirical party leader (1940–1999)}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Screaming Lord Sutch
| alias              = {{hlist|Lord Sutch|Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow}}
| image              = Screaming Lord Sutch.jpg
| caption            = Sutch (centre, with top hat) {{circa}} 1967| office = Leader of the [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]]      
| predecessor = ''Position established''
| successor = [[Howling Laud Hope]]
| birth_name         = David Edward Sutch
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1940|11|10|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Hampstead, London]], England<ref name="Dead">{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1998.html |website=The Dead Rock Stars Club |title=1998–1999 |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref>
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1999|6|16|1940|11|10|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[South Harrow]], Greater London, England<ref name="Dead" />
| death_cause        = [[Suicide by hanging]]
| style              = {{Hlist|[[British rock and roll|Rock and roll]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/screaming-lord-sutch-mn0000312352 |title=Screaming Lord Sutch Biography |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref>|[[psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Luerssen |first=John D. |date=September 2012 |title=Bruce Springsteen FAQ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4NCGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT65 |location= |publisher=Backbeat |page=65 |isbn=9781617134609}}</ref>|[[shock rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/idh249/screaming-lord-sutch-60s-shock-rock-pioneer-found-dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716110036/https://www.mtv.com/news/idh249/screaming-lord-sutch-60s-shock-rock-pioneer-found-dead |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2023 |title=Screaming Lord Sutch, '60s Shock-Rock Pioneer, Found Dead |author=<!--Staff--> |date=17 June 1999 |work=MTV News |access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref>}}
| education          = 
| occupation         = Musician, [[perennial candidate]]
| spouse             = 
| parents            = 
| children           = 1
| party              = [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]]
}}
'''Screaming Lord Sutch''' (born '''David Edward Sutch''',<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-05-17 |title=David 'Screaming Lord' Sutch, Pop Star, Politician 1940–1999 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/nme-2316-1386773 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> 10 November 1940<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talevski |first1=Nick |title=Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door |date=2010 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-117-2 |pages=628 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC&q=lord+sutch+born&pg=PA628 |access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref> – 16 June 1999) was an English musician and [[Perennial candidate|perennial parliamentary candidate]].

He was the founder of the [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]] and served as its leader from 1983 to 1999, during which time he [[perennial candidate|stood in numerous parliamentary elections]]. He holds the record for contesting the most Parliamentary elections: 39 between 1963 and 1997.<ref name="Guinness">{{cite web |title=Most UK elections contested and lost |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-uk-elections-contested-and-lost |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> As a singer, he variously worked with [[Keith Moon]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Jimmy Page]], [[Ritchie Blackmore]], [[Rob Jevons]], [[Charlie Watts]], [[John Bonham]], [[Noel Redding]], [[Mitch Mitchell]] and [[Nicky Hopkins]], and is known for his recordings with [[Joe Meek]] including "[[Jack the Ripper (song)|Jack the Ripper]]" (1963).

== Early life ==
Sutch was born at [[New End Hospital]] in [[Hampstead]], north London,<ref name="Dead" /> and grew up in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=IN BRITAIN'S CRAZY POLITICS, LORD SUTCH HAS NO PEER |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-04-16-9704160055-story.html |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Chicago Tribune|date=16 April 1997 }}</ref>

== Musical career ==
In the 1960s, inspired by [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]], he changed his stage name to "Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow", despite having no connection with the [[peerage]]. It later became customary for the UK press to refer to him as "Screaming Lord Sutch", or simply "Lord Sutch".

During the 1960s Screaming Lord Sutch was known for his horror-themed stage show, dressing as [[Jack the Ripper]], pre-dating the [[shock rock]] antics of [[Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]] and [[Alice Cooper]]. Accompanied by his band, the Savages, he started by coming out of a black coffin (once being trapped inside of it, an incident parodied in the film ''[[Slade in Flame]]''). Other props included knives and daggers, skulls and "bodies". Sutch booked themed tours, such as 'Sutch and the Roman Empire', where Sutch and the band members would be dressed up as Roman soldiers. Fellow musician [[Chas McDevitt]] has claimed that he gave the idea for a Screamin' Jay Hawkins-inspired act to Sutch's manager [[Paul Lincoln]] after seeing Hawkins perform in New York in 1957, having already considered emulating Hawkins himself by starting his act by emerging from a silk-lined coffin but deciding that he "(didn't have) the personality to carry this off", stating that "no one in this country had heard of Hawkins until the mid-60s".<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The 2i's and the birth of British rock |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/the-2is-and-the-birth-of-british-rock |magazine=[[Record Collector]] |date=5 October 2007 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

Despite a self-confessed lack of vocal talent, Sutch released horror-themed singles during the early to mid-1960s, the most popular being "[[Jack the Ripper (song)|Jack the Ripper]]". His single "The Cheat" has been cited as a [[Psychedelic_rock#1960%E2%80%9365:_Precursors_and_influences|proto-psychedelic]] recording.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_wild_world_of_screaming_lord_sutch |title=The Wild World Of Screaming Lord Sutch |last=Campbell|first=Marc |date=November 22, 2010 |work=Dangerous Minds |access-date=December 8, 2023}}</ref> Early works included recordings produced by audio pioneer [[Joe Meek]].<ref name="RecordCollector">{{cite news |last1=Solly |first1=Bob |title=Sutch's life |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/sutchs-life |access-date=25 October 2021 |work=[[Record Collector]] |date=28 March 2009}}</ref>

[[File:Radio Sutch guntower.png|thumb|Radio Sutch on a [[Shivering Sands]] guntower]]
In 1963 Sutch and his manager, [[Reginald Calvert]], took over [[Shivering Sands Army Fort]], a [[Maunsell Forts|Maunsell Fort]] off Southend, and in 1964 started [[Radio City (pirate radio station)|Radio Sutch]], intending to compete with other [[pirate radio]] stations such as [[Radio Caroline]]. Broadcasts consisted of music and [[Mandy Rice-Davies]] reading ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]''. Sutch tired of the station, and sold it to Calvert, after which it was renamed [[Radio City (pirate radio station)|Radio City]] and lasted until the [[Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967|Marine Broadcasting Offences Act]] came into force in 1967. In 1966 Calvert was shot dead by [[Oliver Smedley]] over a financial dispute. Smedley was acquitted on grounds of [[self-defence]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stafford |first1=David |last2=Stafford |first2=Caroline |title=Cupid Stunts:The Life & Radio Times Of Kenny Everett |date=2013 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-867-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Tn_AgAAQBAJ&q=sutch&pg=PT81 |access-date=28 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

About this time [[Ritchie Blackmore]] left the band. Roger Warwick left to set up an R&B big band for Freddie Mack.

Sutch's album ''[[Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends]]'' was named in a 1998 [[BBC]] poll as the worst album of all time, a status it also held in [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]'s book ''The Top 1000 Albums of All Time'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timepieces.nl/chart/12172/1994-colin-larkin-all-time-top-1000-albums |title=1994 Colin Larkin – All Time Top 1000 Albums |publisher=Timepieces.nl |date=1962-10-24 |access-date=2012-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904000631/http://www.timepieces.nl/chart/12172/1994-colin-larkin-all-time-top-1000-albums |archive-date=2014-09-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> despite the fact that [[Jimmy Page]], [[John Bonham]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Noel Redding]] and [[Nicky Hopkins]] performed on it and helped write it. 

For his follow-up, ''Hands of Jack the Ripper'', Sutch assembled British rock celebrities for a concert at the [[Carshalton]] Park Rock 'n' Roll Festival. The show was recorded (though only Sutch knew), and it was released to the surprise of the musicians. Musicians on the record included [[Ritchie Blackmore]] (guitar); [[Matthew Fisher (musician)|Matthew Fisher]] (keyboard); [[Carlo Little]] (drums); [[Keith Moon]] (drums); [[Noel Redding]] (bass) and [[Nick Simper]] (bass).

In 2017 his song "Flashing Lights" was featured in ''[[Logan Lucky]]'', directed by [[Steven Soderbergh]].

== Political activities ==
In the 1960s Sutch stood in parliamentary elections, often as representative of the National Teenage Party. His first was in 1963, when he contested the [[1963 Stratford by-election|Stratford by-election]] caused by the resignation of [[John Profumo]].<ref name="RecordCollector" /> He gained 208 votes. His next was at the [[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966 general election]] when he stood in [[Harold Wilson]]'s [[Huyton (UK Parliament constituency)|Huyton]] constituency. Here he received 585 votes.<ref name="RecordCollector" />

He founded the [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]] on 16 June 1982 at the Golden Lion Hotel in Ashburton, Devon,<ref>{{cite news |title=Ashburton's role in political history |url=https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/ashburtons-role-in-political-history-701383|access-date=11 July 2024 |work=[[Mid Devon Advertiser]] |date=2 July 2024}}</ref> and fought the [[1983 Bermondsey by-election]]. In his career he contested over 40 elections. He was recognisable at election counts by his flamboyant clothes and top hat. In 1968 he officially added "lord" to his name by [[deed poll]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries – Screaming Lord Sutch |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5496941/Screaming-Lord-Sutch.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617215545/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5496941/Screaming-Lord-Sutch.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2009 |access-date=19 February 2019 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=18 June 1999}}</ref> In the mid 1980s, the [[Election deposit|deposit]] paid by candidates was raised from £150 to £500.<ref name="RecordCollector" /> This did little to deter Sutch, who increased the number of concerts he performed to pay for campaigns.  He achieved his highest poll and vote share at [[1994 Rotherham by-election|Rotherham]] in 1994 with 1,114 votes and a 4.2 per cent vote share.

At the [[1990 Bootle by-elections#May by-election|Bootle by-election in May 1990]], he secured more votes than the candidate of the [[Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988–1990)|Continuing Social Democratic Party]] (SDP), led by former Foreign Secretary [[David Owen]]. Within days the SDP dissolved itself. In 1993, when the [[British National Party]] gained its first local councillor, [[Derek Beackon]], Sutch pointed out that the Official Monster Raving Loony Party already had six. He contested 39 parliamentary elections – a record number – losing his deposit in all of them.<ref name="Guinness" />

He appeared as himself in the first episode of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] comedy ''[[The New Statesman (1987 TV series)|The New Statesman]]'', coming second ahead of Labour and the SDP, in the 1987 election which saw Alan B'Stard elected to Parliament.

Adverts in the 1990s for [[Heineken|Heineken Pilsener]] boasted that "Only Heineken can do this". One had Sutch at [[10 Downing Street]] after becoming [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]].

Sutch pulled out of the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]] to take care of his sick mother in South Harrow.<ref>{{Cite web |title=That was 1997, that was |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6518586.that-was-1997-that-was/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=News Shopper |date=17 January 1998 |language=en}}</ref> Later that year he contested his last two by-elections, in [[1997 Uxbridge by-election|Uxbridge]] and [[1997 Winchester by-election|Winchester]].

In 1999 Sutch starred in a [[Cocoa Krispies|Coco Pops]] advert as a returning officer announcing the results of its renaming competition.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crawford |first1=Anne-Marie |title=Coco Pops back after vote |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/coco-pops-back-vote/57359 |website=Campaign |access-date=19 February 2019 |date=13 May 1999}}</ref>

A number of Sutch's [[Loony Party]] policies were later adopted by mainstream parties and became law. Specifically:
{{blist|His demands for commercial radio{{explain|date=June 2024}} (introduced by the government in 1974)| 
Votes for teenagers (the voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 in 1970)|
Passports for dogs (the introduction of [[pet passports]] allowed for their international travel without quarantine regimens)}}

== Personal life ==
Sutch was friends with [[Cynthia Payne]],<ref name="thefreelibrary" /> and at one time lived at her house. 

Sutch had a history of depression, and killed himself by [[hanging]] on 16 June 1999 at his late mother's house.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/sep/01/uk.politicalnews|title=Madcap maverick of politics hid his life of despair|last=Millar|first=Stuart|date=1999-09-01|archive-date=18 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418032519/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/sep/01/uk.politicalnews|url-status=live|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-04|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> At the [[inquest]], his fiancée Yvonne Elwood said he had manic depression, now known as [[bipolar disorder]].<ref name="thefreelibrary">{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lord+Sutch+fought+long+battle+with+depression.-a060467108 |date=1 September 1999 |first=Tim |last=Moynihan |work=[[Birmingham Post]] |archive-date=18 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418083548/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lord+Sutch+fought+long+battle+with+depression.-a060467108 |url-status=live |title=Lord Sutch fought long battle with depression|via=[[The Free Dictionary|The Free Library]] |quote='He suffered from manic depression for many years,' she said. |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref> He is buried beside his mother, who died shortly before the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 General Election]]. He is survived by a son, Tristan Lord Gwynne Sutch, born in 1975 to American model Thann Rendessy.<ref>{{cite news |at=Obituary |quote=Sutch is survived by his partner Yvonne Elwood, and his son Tristan, from his relationship with Thann Quantrill. The death of his mother, in 1997 on the eve of the last general election, greatly affected him.|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jun/19/guardianobituaries.nigelfountain |date=19 June 1999 |title=Screaming Lord Sutch |access-date=18 April 2024 |archive-date=18 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418084402/https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jun/19/guardianobituaries.nigelfountain |first=Nigel |last=Fountain |work=[[The Guardian]] |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1991 his [[autobiography]], ''Life as Sutch: The Official Autobiography of a Raving Loony'' (written with [[Peter Chippindale]]), was published. In 2005 Graham Sharpe, who had known him since the late 1960s, wrote the first [[biography]], ''The Man Who Was Screaming Lord Sutch''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jul/02/highereducation.biography |date=2 July 2005 |work=The Guardian |at=Review |title=Desperately Funny |first=Simon |last=Callow |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418085921/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jul/02/highereducation.biography |archive-date=18 April 2024 |access-date=18 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
* ''[[Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends]]'', also known as ''Smoke and Fire'' (1970), as Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends, with [[Jimmy Page]], [[John Bonham]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Noel Redding]] and [[Nicky Hopkins]] – [[Australian album chart|AUS]] #16, [[Billboard 200|US]] #84
* ''Rock & Horror'' (1982), Ace Records CDCHM 65

=== Live albums ===
* ''Hands of Jack the Ripper'' (1972), as Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends, with [[Ritchie Blackmore]], [[Matthew Fisher (musician)|Matthew Fisher]], [[Carlo Little]], [[Keith Moon]], [[Noel Redding]] and [[Nick Simper]]
* ''Alive and Well'' (1980)
* ''Live Manifesto'' (1992)
* ''Murder in the Graveyard'' (1992), as Screaming Lord Sutch and the Undertakers

=== Compilations ===
* ''Jack the Ripper'' (1985), Autograph Records ASK 780
* ''Story''/''Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages'' (1991)
* ''Raving Loony Party Favourites'' (1996)

'''Posthumously released''':
* ''Monster Rock'' (2000)
* ''Munster Rock'' (2001)
* ''Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages: 1961-1968'' (2020)

=== Extended plays ===
'''Posthumously released''':
* ''Midnight Man'' (2000)
* ''The London Rock & Roll Show'' DVD

=== Singles ===
* "'Til the Following Night" b/w "[[Good Golly Miss Molly]]" (1961)
* "[[Jack the Ripper (song)|Jack the Ripper]]" b/w "Don't You Just Know It" (1963)
* "I'm a Hog for You" b/w "Monster In Black Tights" (1963)
* "She's Fallen In Love With The Monster Man" b/w "Bye Bye Baby" (1964)
* "Dracula's Daughter" b/w "Come Back Baby" (1964)
* "[[The Train Kept A-Rollin']]" b/w "Honey Hush" (1965)
* "The Cheat" b/w "Black And Hairy" (1965)
*"[[Purple People Eater]]" b/w "You Don't Care" (1966)
*"'Cause I Love You" b/w "Thumping Beat" (1970), as Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
*"Election Fever" b/w "Rock the Election" (1970), as Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
*"Gotta Keep A-Rocking" b/w "Country Club" (1972), as Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends

== Elections contested ==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Election!!Type!!Constituency!!Party!!Vote!!% vote!!Place!!Candidates
|-
| [[1963 Stratford by-election|15 August 1963]] || [[by-election|BE]] || [[Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)|Stratford-upon-Avon]] || National Teenage || 209 || 0.6 || 5 || 5
|-
| [[1966 United Kingdom general election|31 March 1966]] || [[general election|GE]] || [[Huyton (UK Parliament constituency)|Huyton]] <sup>1</sup> || National Teenage || 585 || 0.9 || 3 || 22
|-
| [[1970 United Kingdom general election|18 June 1970]] || GE || [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]] || Young Ideas || 142 || 0.4 || 5 || 5
|-
| [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|10 October 1974]] || GE || [[Stafford and Stone (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford and Stone]] || Go to Blazes || 351 || 0.6 || 4 || 4
|-
| [[1983 Bermondsey by-election|24 February 1983]] || BE || [[Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Bermondsey]] || [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party|Official Monster Raving Loony]] || 97 || 0.3 || 6 || 16
|-
| [[1983 Darlington by-election|23 March 1983]] || BE || [[Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Darlington]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 374 || 0.7 || 4 || 8
|-
| [[1983 United Kingdom general election|9 June 1983]] || GE || [[Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)|Finchley]] <sup>1</sup> || Official Monster Raving Loony || 235 || 0.6 || 5 || 11
|-
| [[1983 Penrith and The Border by-election|28 July 1983]] || BE || [[Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency)|Penrith and The Border]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 412 || 1.1 || 4 || 8
|-
| [[1984 Chesterfield by-election|1 March 1984]] || BE || [[Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesterfield]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 178 || 0.3 || 5 || 17
|-
| [[1985 Brecon and Radnor by-election|4 July 1985]] || BE || [[Brecon and Radnor (UK Parliament constituency)|Brecon and Radnor]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 202 || 0.5 || 5 || 7
|-
| [[1986 Fulham by-election|10 April 1986]] || BE || [[Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fulham]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 134 || 0.4 || 5 || 11
|-
| [[1986 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election|17 July 1986]] || BE || [[Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-under-Lyme]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 277 || 0.7 || 4 || 7
|-
| [[1988 Kensington by-election|14 July 1988]] || BE || [[Kensington (UK Parliament constituency)|Kensington]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 61 || 0.3 || 7 || 15
|-
| [[1988 Glasgow Govan by-election|10 November 1988]] || BE || [[Glasgow Govan (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Govan]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 174 || 0.6 || 7 || 8
|-
| [[1988 Epping Forest by-election|15 December 1988]] || BE || [[Epping Forest (UK Parliament constituency)|Epping Forest]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 208 || 0.6 || 7 || 9
|-
| [[1989 Richmond (Yorks) by-election|23 February 1989]] || BE || [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 167 || 0.3 || 6 || 9
|-
| [[1989 Vale of Glamorgan by-election|4 May 1989]] || BE || [[Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)|Vale of Glamorgan]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 266 || 0.6 || 8 || 11
|-
| [[1989 Vauxhall by-election|15 June 1989]] || BE || [[Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)|Vauxhall]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 106 || 0.4 || 10 || 14
|-
| [[1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|15 June 1989]] || [[Elections to the European Parliament|EE]] || [[London Central (European Parliament constituency)|London Central]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 841 || 0.5 || 6 || 8
|- 
| [[1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election|22 March 1990]] || BE || [[Mid Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Staffordshire]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 336 || 0.6 || 7 || 14
|-
| [[1990 Bootle by-elections|24 May 1990]] || BE || [[Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)|Bootle]] <sup>2</sup> || Official Monster Raving Loony || 418 || 1.2 || 6 || 8
|-
| [[1990 Knowsley South by-election|27 September 1990]] || BE || [[Knowsley South (UK Parliament constituency)|Knowsley South]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 197 || 0.9 || 6 || 7
|-
| [[1990 Bootle by-elections|8 November 1990]] || BE || [[Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)|Bootle]] <sup>3</sup> || Official Monster Raving Loony || 310 || 1.1 || 5 || 7
|-
| [[1991 Ribble Valley by-election|7 March 1991]] || BE || [[Ribble Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Ribble Valley]] <sup>3</sup> || Official Monster Raving Loony || 278 || 0.6 || 6 || 9
|-
| [[1991 Neath by-election|4 April 1991]] || BE || [[Neath (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 263 || 0.8 || 7 || 8
|-
| [[1991 Monmouth by-election|16 May 1991]] || BE || [[Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Monmouth]] <sup>4</sup> || Official Monster Raving Loony || 314 || 0.7 || 4 || 7
|-
| [[1991 Liverpool Walton by-election|4 July 1991]] || BE || [[Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Walton]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 546 || 1.4 || 5 || 6
|-
| [[1992 United Kingdom general election|9 April 1992]] || GE || [[Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdon]] <sup>1</sup> || Official Monster Raving Loony || 728 || 1.0 || 6 || 10
|-
| [[1992 United Kingdom general election|9 April 1992]] || GE || [[Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency)|Islwyn]] <sup>5</sup> || Official Monster Raving Loony || 547 || 1.3 || 5 || 5
|-
| [[1992 United Kingdom general election|9 April 1992]] || GE || [[Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)|Yeovil]] <sup>6</sup> || Official Monster Raving Loony || 338 || 0.6 || 5 || 6
|-
| [[1993 Newbury by-election|6 May 1993]] || BE || [[Newbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Newbury]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 432 || 0.7 || 7 || 19
|-
| [[1993 Christchurch by-election|29 July 1993]] || BE || [[Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)|Christchurch]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 404 || 0.8 || 5 || 6
|-
| [[1994 Rotherham by-election|5 May 1994]] || BE || [[Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency)|Rotherham]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 1,114 || 4.2 || 4 || 5
|-
| [[1994 Bradford South by-election|9 June 1994]] || BE || [[Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford South]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 727 || 2.4 || 4 || 5
|-
| [[1994 Eastleigh by-election|9 June 1994]] || BE || [[Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Eastleigh]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 783 || 1.4 || 5 || 14
|-
| [[1995 Islwyn by-election|16 February 1995]] || BE || [[Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency)|Islwyn]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 506 || 2.2 || 5 || 7
|-
| [[1995 Perth and Kinross by-election|25 May 1995]] || BE || [[Perth and Kinross (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth and Kinross]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 586 || 1.4 || 5 || 9
|-
| [[1995 Littleborough and Saddleworth by-election|27 July 1995]] || BE || [[Littleborough and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Littleborough and Saddleworth]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 782 || 1.9 || 4 || 10
|-
| [[1996 Hemsworth by-election|1 February 1996]] || BE || [[Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Hemsworth]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 652 || 3.0 || 5 || 10
|-
| [[1996 South East Staffordshire by-election|11 April 1996]] || BE || [[South East Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Staffordshire]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 506 || 1.2 || 5 || 13
|-
| [[1997 Uxbridge by-election|31 July 1997]] || BE || [[Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Uxbridge]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 396 || 1.3 || 4 || 11
|-
| [[1997 Winchester by-election|20 November 1997]] || BE || [[Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)|Winchester]] || Official Monster Raving Loony || 316 || 0.6 || 5 || 8
|}

Notes:-
* <sup>1</sup> This election was won by the incumbent [[List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]].
* <sup>2</sup> Sutch achieved a better result than the candidate from the [[Rump party|rump]] [[Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)|SDP]].
* <sup>3</sup> Sutch achieved a better result than the candidate from the continuing [[Liberal Party (UK, 1989)|Liberal Party]].
* <sup>4</sup> Sutch achieved a better result than the joint candidate from the [[Green Party of England and Wales]] and [[Plaid Cymru]].
* <sup>5</sup> This election was won by the incumbent [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]].
* <sup>6</sup> This election was won by the incumbent [[List of United Kingdom Liberal Democrat leaders|Leader of the Liberal Democrats]].

== References ==
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* Chippindale, Peter. "Sutch, David Edward (1940–1999)", ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', Oxford University Press, 2004  {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/72456}}
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973'', compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1974–1983'', compiled and edited  by F. W. S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1984)

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020604053603/http://www.carlolittle.com/savages/savages.htm Screaming Lord Sutch and The Savages History]
*[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ZsWENob1s Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper (live 1964)], [[YouTube]]
* [http://www.radiosutch.net/ Official Radio Sutch]
* [http://www.andrewwhitehead.net/political-voices-screaming-lord-sutch.html Interview with and radio profile of Screaming Lord Sutch]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/371216.stm BBC report of Sutch's death]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/380082.stm BBC obituary]
* {{Find a Grave|6825901}}

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