u/DogmaNE26

That’s because Count Binface has contested and lost two elections since June 2026 (Makerfield and Clacton on Sea by-elections).

One more defeat and he’ll tie with John Falkenstein of the Reform Party. In May 2025 he was narrowly defeated in the North Tyneside election campaigning to close down HMOs and cut waste in the public sector. Days later the newspaper Private Eye revealed Newcastle City Council had to spend thousands to tackle a HMO which John Falkenstein had a role in setting up. This dented his appeal and in July 2025 he lost the Longbenton and Benton Ward by-election to Labour and in May 2026 he lost to Labour again in the Backworth and Holystone ward.

A defeat for Count Binface would mean he tied for defeats with John Falkenstein. If he’s defeated before June 2027 he’ll be the first to get to three defeats in a year.

I think the record might be held by John Falkenstein of the Reform Party. In May 2025 he was narrowly defeated in the North Tyneside election campaigning to close down HMOs and cut waste in the public sector. The newspaper Private Eye revealed Newcastle City Council had to spend thousands to tackle a HMO which John Falkenstein had a role in setting up. In July 2025 he lost the Longbenton and Benton Ward by-election to Labour and in May 2026 he lost to Labour again in the Backworth and Holystone ward.

Count Binface has lost two elections in 2026 (Clacton on Sea and Makerfield) so could equal the record of John Falkenstein.

Lord Sutch of the Monster Raving Loony Party stood for 39 elections but over 34 years so doesn’t come close to John Falkenstein’s frequency of losing.

Winston Churchill, early in his career, lost Leicester West, Dundee and Westminster Abbey elections in a period of just over 16 months. In the US Mark Zetler lost three times in two years.

Does anyone know a UK politician who has equalled or beaten John Falkenstein’s unwanted election record?