Last time he left the building with the least amount of votes.

But undeterred, Earl Elvis of East Anglia is back for a second time standing against Liz Truss for her South West Norfolk seat.

The Monster Raving Loony Party candidate, whose real name is Ashley Inwood, hopes he can woo voters with their characteristically whacky policies, campaigning with the slogan: “Forget the trash, vote for Ash”.

These range from enforcing the sale of socks in packs of three so you always have a spare, introducing a 99p coin to make pennies obsolete and for all political material to be printed on soft toilet paper so it can be “recycled in the appropriate manner.”