Ilan
In a packed council office on Thursday night the news broke that Mark Beech, the Official Monster Raving Loony Party candidate had managed in only his 3rd ever election, to poll a record number of votes in the Ilan Ward By-election for Pontypridd Town Council. The result “Beech, Mark William – 1 vote” was greeted by Mark with a smile and his traditional tip of his top hat, and by the assembled audience with a round of applause.
Mark later admitted that there were a couple of factors in his favour when it went to achieving this record low score;
The first reason being that Mark was not living in the Ward, or the Town, or the County or even the Nation on the day of the election as five days after the close of nominations Mark migrated back to Walsall and proudly displayed his WS3 address on the ballot paper.
The second reason being that Mark’s self-appointed campaign manager Pink Gem (or Evil Mommy as she is know to her son) decided to give up after delivering only 69 units of propaganda, it seems the call of Barry Island, the beach and the set of Gavin and Stacy was too great.
The full result was:
Mark Beech – Loony – 1
Ronald Hurn – Plaid – 14
Joe Payne – Lib-Dem – 25
Ann Yeo – Labour – 141
Amazingly Mark’s one vote marks a 50% increase in his share of the vote since the general election!
Pink Gem is currently working on Mark’s strategy for the Welsh Assembly Election next May, and Mark is currently considering firing her.