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Never mind Theresa May, Lord Buckethead was the real winner at Maidenhead

Published 04:20 9 Jun 2017 BST

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Never mind Theresa May, Lord Buckethead was the real winner at Maidenhead

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As expected, Theresa May won her seat in Maidenhead.

But that's not why you're here, is it? As the PM lined up for the declaration of her constituency's results, most of the talk on social media wasn't about her. It wasn't even about Jeremy Corbyn who, only minutes earlier, had called for the PM to step down after the Conservatives lost a number of seats to Labour. Nope, instead it was about the mysterious figure that stood on the same stage as Mrs May. No, not Elmo. https://twitter.com/marrowing/status/873002991040593920 'Lord Buckethead' (Jonathan David, to give him his proper name) took a total of 249 votes away from the prime minister. He even celebrated this news with a dab. (Theresa May did not dab.) https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/873003487809994752 Unfortunately, it seems not everyone was taking Lord Buckethead all too seriously... https://twitter.com/26mxw/status/873003972239527937 However, it was, as pointed out by this tweet, a wonderful example of democracy at its very best... https://twitter.com/natemcdermott/status/873003593644855296 And also of how British politics is anything but boring... https://twitter.com/JakeSlade_/status/873002437812027392 All in all, Lord Buckethead made quite the impression... https://twitter.com/BillHumphreyMA/status/873001660511129600 https://twitter.com/BowenBBC/status/873002986519265283 https://twitter.com/Jordroberts_/status/873010726604034050 ... on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. https://twitter.com/Jarsenault/status/873015087962959872 https://twitter.com/kreativekell/status/873015046045147136 As his name trended globally, the man himself took to Twitter. https://twitter.com/LordBuckethead/status/873006103562473474

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Never mind Theresa May, Lord Buckethead was the real winner at Maidenhead