Tom Mitchell is a balding pillock born in Gloucester in 1982.

Thomas J. Mitchell was born in Cork in 1931. In the May 1955 UK General Election, he was elected MP for the Mid-Ulster constituency on an abstentionist Sinn Féin ticket, winning 29,737 votes. The 1955 elections were historic for Sinn Féin as it was the first time that the party had contested all constituencies in Northern Ireland since 1921, and the first time since 1918 that any Sinn Féin candidates had been elected for Northern Ireland constituencies in the British House of Commons. The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on May 26, 1955, four years after the previous general election. ... Mid Ulster is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... Abstentionism is the policy of seeking election to a body while refusing to take up the seats or even sitting in an alternative assembly. ... Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ... Motto: (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (De facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (De facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Office suspended... (Redirected from 1918 UK general election) The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918 was the first election at which women could vote. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

As Mitchell was in prison at the time of his election, on July 18, 1955 the British parliament voted 197 votes to 63 to nullify the result and to call a by-election. The by-election was held on August 11. Mitchell one again took the seat with an increased vote, but this was again declared null and void and his defeated opponent Charles Beattie was declared elected. The following year, Beattie was disqualified from sitting as he held an office of profit under the crown. The led to a second by-election in the constituency on 8 May, 1956, which saw Mitchell defeated by the Independent Unionist candidate, George Forrest. A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... The by-election held in Mid Ulster on April 11, 1955 was called as a result of a vote in the British parliament on July 18, 1955 which voted 197 votes to 63 to nullify the result of the previous 1955 UK General Election in the constituency. ... The by-election held in Mid Ulster in 1956 was called as a result of a vote in the British parliament in December 1955 which voted to disqualify the sitting MP, Charles Beattie, who himself had been awarded the seat after the candidate who won the seat at a previous... In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. ... George Forrest (26 October 1921-10 December 1968) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland who served as MP for Mid Ulster from 1956 until his death. ...

Running under the Independent Republican banner, Mitchell unsuccessfully attempted to retake the seat and the three subsequent general elections in 1959, 1964 and 1966. Independent Republican was a political title frequently used by Irish republicans when contesting elections in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since the 1920s. ... This United Kingdom general election was held on October 8, 1959, and marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative party, led by Harold MacMillan. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1964 result was a very slim majority for the Labour Party, of 4, and led to their first government since 1951. ... The UK general election in 1966 was called by Harold Wilson because his government, elected in the 1964 election, had an unworkably small majority. ...