Grantham and Stamford By Election 2056

This By Election was fought when Freedom GB MP, Jason Gladwell was forced to resign as an MP. After being found guilty of sexual harassment and was disgraced. This seat was considered an Ultra-Safe for Freedom GB and they were expected to win by a landslide.

Freedom GB selected Former MP who served as Culture secretary Liam Monroe who lost his Lincoln seat to Labour in the 2055 General Election. He was known to have a public feud with "Waldo" after appearing on his show which convinced "Waldo" to run against Monroe. He was considered a bland candidate, but was criticised for being friends with the disgraced MP Jason Gladwell. However this scandal was mostly ignore due to controversy of "Waldo" and Gwendoline Harrison.

An hugely popular independent stood called Jamie Reed who was a well known comedian who operated a fictional character called "Waldo" on a computer screen stood in the By-election portraying "Waldo as the candidate. He attracted many non-voters who were disillusioned in politics, he entered the race as Monroe had a public feud with "Waldo" after he appeared on his show.Labour selected Gwendoline Harrison but her campaigned struggled after the local party rebuked her nomination after a poor hustings performance, failing to defend her campaign from Waldo and the Labour Party Leader failed to make an appearance in the constituency. All this almost derailed her campaign.Class War Union, People's Patriotic Vanguard, Progressive Conservatives, Lincolnshire Independents and Christian Democrats all stood as well.
 * Liam Monroe - 19,161 (Freedom GB) (38.0%) (-16.1%)


 * Waldo - 13,784 (Independent) (27.3%) (N/A)


 * Gwendoline Harrison - 9,130 (Labour) (18.1%) (-5.7%)


 * Damien Brown (People's Patriotic Vanguard) - 2,805 (5.6%) (+1.6%)


 * Simon Ferch - 3,312 (Progressive Conservatives) (6.6%) (-7.0%)


 * Sarah Hutchinson (Lincolnshire Independent) - 1,124 (2.2%) (-1.6%)


 * Malika Woolton - 739 (Class War Union) (1.5%) (+0.5%)

Freedom GB Hold (Majority 4,457) (Turnout 50,411 - 58.8%)
 * John Sharp - 384 (Christian Democrats) (0.6%) (N/A)

Liam Monroe held the seat with a much smaller majority of 4,500 compared to the 17,000 majority they held it with last election. Turnout was much higher than expected as by-election harbour a low turnout as many non-voters came out to support "Waldo". After the election their were plans to form a new "Waldo" party but struggled to gain funding, eventually Jamie Reed endorsed Class War Union as the only party that put's people before politics.