David's aspirations grew as Westminster beckoned and 'King Bee', as he forever will be known, stumped up the necessary £500 deposit.

On the handing over of the cash at the Ribble Valley Borough Council Offices it was found to be a fiver short. King Bee demanded a recount.... the earliest recount in political history.

The missing banknote was eventually discovered clutched in the hand of his education spokesman Ryan Finnigan,
King Bee's one-year-old grandson.