Who is Count Binface
The bin is the joke. The ballot is not.
Everything you need to know about the candidate, and everything you need to know to tell him apart from a man who once wore a bucket.
Who he is
Count Binface is a satirical independent candidate: the on-stage and on-ballot persona of British comedian Jonathan David Harvey. Harvey previously performed as Lord Buckethead until 2018, then retired that character and created Count Binface, an independent intergalactic space warrior and leader of the Count Binface Party.
He introduces himself as leader of the Recyclons from the planet Sigma IX. His hobbies, he says, include invading star systems, dominating inferior species, and the Lovejoy box set. He addresses the electorate as "humans". All of this is delivered completely straight, which is what makes it work.
The record
Every campaign, played as a triumph. The numbers are real; the framing is his.
| Year | Contest | Up against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Maidenhead GE (as Lord Buckethead) | Theresa May | 249 votes |
| 2019 | Uxbridge & South Ruislip GE | Boris Johnson | 69 votes |
| 2021 | London Mayoral | the entire capital | 24,775 first-choice votes, 9th of 20 |
| 2023 | Uxbridge & South Ruislip by-election | — | 190 votes, up 275% on 2019 |
| 2024 | London Mayoral | — | 24,260 votes, ahead of Britain First |
| 2024 | Richmond & Northallerton GE | Rishi Sunak | 308 votes (a moral victory) |
| 2026 | Makerfield by-election | Andy Burnham | 95 votes, 7th of 14 |
The full story of the record, narrated properly.
What he actually stands for
Underneath the bin is a genuinely sincere civic project: getting people to vote. The long-running message is "Make Your Vote Count", and it is meant. Count Binface campaigns for electoral participation, treats every ballot as worth casting, and has donated fundraising surpluses to the housing charity Shelter.
That is the switch this whole campaign runs on: make you laugh, then ask you to take voting seriously. The joke gets you in the room. The ballot is the reason you were invited.
Is this the official site?
A fan-run supporter site. Not affiliated with, authorised or endorsed by Count Binface or The Count Binface Party. Official site: countbinface.com. His official website is countbinface.com, and that remains the canonical home for his own statements and biography. This site supports his Clacton candidacy; it never speaks for him.