He contested the 1997 general election but was defeated by Labour's Tony Colman. However, the election night was more memorable for Mellor's showdown with Referendum Party founder James Goldsmith - Mellor was taunted by Goldsmith and a crowd of other candidates during his vote of thanks. Mellor retorted:
"and Sir James...you have nothing to be smug about.....I think we have shown tonight that the Referendum Party is dead in the water, and you can get back off to Mexico in the knowledge that your attempt to buy the British political system has failed!".
After Parliament
He was chairman of the incoming Labour government's "Football Task Force" in August 1997 until its dissolution in 1999. He has also pursued a journalism career, and has written for the Evening Standard, The Guardian and The People, usually on sport or the arts. He regularly presented football-related programmes on BBC Radio 5 until 2001, as well as classical music programmes on Radio 2 and Radio 3. He currently presents "If You Like That, You'll Like This" on Classic FM.
However, the election night was more memorable for Mellor's showdown with Referendum Party founder Sir James Goldsmith — Mellor was taunted by Goldsmith and a crowd of other candidates during his vote of thanks.
DavidMellor, formerly of the Milwaukee Brewers, created these patterns in the grass at Boston's Fenway Park in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Red Sox.
Mellor says he sees many home lawns that are beginning to show the kind of patterns - sometimes called lawn striping - that he's been putting on baseball fields for years.
Mellor, 38, developed both his skill and his art in Milwaukee, where he worked for 16 seasons on the grounds crew at County Stadium.
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