Ronnie Carroll

Ronnie Carroll

Ronnie Carroll is the only singer to have represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest two years in succession. Carroll contested his home Hampstead and Highgate constituency seat in the 1997 UK General Election. He stood in the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election as a candidate for Make Politicians History and received 29 votes.

About Ronnie Carroll in brief

Summary Ronnie CarrollRonnie Carroll was a Northern Irish singer, entertainer and political candidate. He is the only singer to have represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest two years in succession. Carroll contested his home Hampstead and Highgate constituency seat in the 1997 UK General Election. He stood in the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election as a candidate for Make Politicians History and received 29 votes.

He died in London on 13 April 2015, at age 80, and was survived by two sons with June and a daughter and son, his children with Glenda. He was first declared bankrupt in 1974 when his second marriage to June Paul ended, Paul went on to own the \”Everyman Cinema\” in Hampstead.