Martin Bell

Bell spent three decades as a BBC foreign correspondent, was wounded by shrapnel in Sarajevo in 1992 and became known for his white suit. In 1997 he stood as an independent 'anti-sleaze' candidate in Tatton against Neil Hamilton, the MP at the centre of the cash-for-questions affair, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats standing aside, and won a majority of over 11,000. He served one term as promised. His campaign made standards in public life an election issue in a way no select committee could.