UKIP: Unlucky three times
Colin Brown, omniscient polymath and Director of London Swimming, is once again aiming to be elected to the House of Commons at the upcoming General Election.
Standing for the United Kingdom Independence Party, the former rower has previously been unsuccessful at the 2005, 2001 and 1997 General Elections, but this has in no way affected his determination to make it fourth time lucky on May 6th.
Once again he will be standing in the Luton North constituency where he hopes to beat five other candidates and overturn a majority of nearly 6,500 for sitting Labour MP Kelvin Hopkins. Brown has managed to increase his share of the vote with each successive election and now only needs approximately a fifteen-fold increase in his level of support to stand a chance of victory.
Also hoping to stand at the General Election was Matthew Syed, nemesis of former British Swimming National Performance Director Bill Sweetenham. However, the journalist and former table tennis international failed to be selected as the Labour Party candidate for Middlesbrough.
Colin Brown unfortunately had no comment to make, but you can show your support for his election campaign with the purchase of an official campaign t-shirt.
