Two more people have announced their intention to contest the vacant Bradford West seat.
Alan “Howling Laud” Hope, who is leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, is to stand in the by-election later this month.
Mr Hope was the party’s deputy chairman until the death of the founder Screaming Lord Sutch in 1999.
He stood in the 2010 general election against Conservative Party leader David Cameron for the seat of Witney in Oxfordshire and in March 2011 he contested the Barnsley Central by-election.
In addition Bradford-born Neil Craig is to stand for the Democratic Nationalists, the party he co-founded.
Mr Craig stood in Bradford West in the 2010 General Election and has also contested Bradford Council seats for the same party.
He is a former member of the British National Party and has also stood in Council elections for the BNP.
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