For those that believe that being near to the top of the ballot improves your chances on polling day, behold: -

Candidates for Bromley and Chislehurst By-Election:

1. Ben Abbotts (Liberal Democrat)
2. Anne Belsey (Money Reform Party)
3. John Cartwright (Monster Raving Loony Party)
4. Nigel Farage (UK Independence Party)
5. Ann Garrett (Green)
6. Nick Hadziannis (Independent)
7. John Hemming-Clarke (Independent)
8. Bob Neill (Conservative)
9. Rachel Reeves (Labour)
10. Steven Uncles (English Democrats)
11. Paul Winnett (National Front)

Notice the following, if you will: -

• We are at the very top of the ballot. (I wonder if this came up at Ben's selection meeting? *wink*)
• The UKIP candidate is higher than the Tory candidate.
• There is clear blue water (*ahem*) between us, UKIP, and the Conservatives (plenty of padding there from joke candidates like the Greens)
• By the time you get to the Labour candidate, you've probably got bored and gone home
  

Not that I believe in this sort of voodoo, of course, but I'm taking it as a sign that we'll give the Tories a jolly good scare today...