Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party

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The Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party is a satirical British political party. It fielded candidates in two constituencies in the United Kingdom general election, 2005. They were Brett Harris in Edinburgh East, and Damien Fleck in the City of York. Neither candidate won their election. Therefore, the party has no representation in the House of Commons.

1 Policies
2 Results
3 Name confusion
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Policies

The party's manifesto was clearly not intended seriously, hence its usual classification as a joke party. It advocated reducing the school leaving age to nine, the annexation of France, and the reintroduction of hanging, but only for "minor offences" such as littering. By contrast, murderers would be disembowelled, along with, bizarrely, improper users of text language. The proposed rate of tax was 90%^[1].

[edit] Results

In the Edinburgh East constituency, Brett Harris managed to earn 89 votes. This represented only 0.2% of the turnout^[2]. Damien Fleck had equal success in the City of York constituency, earning 93 votes, which also represented just 0.2% of the turnout^[3]. Both candidates were beaten by all party representatives in their constituencies. Damien Fleck was also beaten by one independent candidate, though he did beat another independent.

[edit] Name confusion

There is some confusion as to the party's name. On official logos and on the BBC website it is referred to as "Dungeons, Death and Taxes Party". However, the two candidates who represented the party in the 2005 general elections stood under the name "Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party". Hence, this is the name listed on most official election websites^[4]^[5].