From Muppets to musicians to space lords - they may have many talents, but many of the stars and quirky characters who stood for office were not quite able to convince the public to back them at the ballot box.
Politics is showbusiness for ugly people - according to the crude and perhaps unfair saying by American political consultant Paul Begala. However, occasionally famous faces from the world of entertainment and sport do cross over into the ruthless, back-stabbing world of politics. Sometimes they are hugely successful - just look at the case of the late US actor Ronald Reagan or former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan, who both ended up running their respective countries.
Sure enough, the environmentally-focused party's candidate Sian Berry held the seat on Thursday with 28,809 votes. Gray can perhaps console himself that the 14,519 people who backed him at the ballot box represented a vote share of 27.7% for Labour - a 5.1% improvement for the party compared to the last election there.
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