Unexpected candidates: from Count Binface to Rees-Mogg's niece

The former Lord Buckethead is one of several unlikely candidates standing in the election. The election has already had its share of controversies over candidates and would-be candidates and this is likely to continue with some notable names for both main parties, and a return for an affectionately remembered independent. Theodora Clarke – Stafford Theodora Clarke, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s niece, is running for the Conservatives in the bellwether West Midlands seat of Stafford. She hopes to