Beverley Lear If her party was a serious political movement, campaigner Beverley Lear reckons she would sweep to power by a whisker.

The 46-year-old academic from East Street, Osney, Oxford, is angry at the impact of cats on wildlife in her neighbourhood and has chosen the run-in to today's (May 5) General Election to whip up support for her No Cats Party.

Posters have appeared in windows across Osney Island seeking support for the banning of cats.

Mrs Lear, said: "It's light-hearted, but it's a serious issue. We hear all these things about anti-dogs, but the impact of cats on wildlife is horrendous.

"I have been watching birds getting eaten by cats -- the number of birds on Osney Island is disappearing considerably. How can you have blackbirds waiting to nest when you have cats waiting for them?

"Somewhere along the line we are going to have to start saying 'hang on a minute, these animals are to the detriment of nature'.

"I love animals, I just don't like cats."

If Mrs Lear is serious about registering her No Cats Party as a political movement she would have to contact the Electoral Commission.

And she would join a long list of bizarre political parties including the Chaos Party, the Glossopdale Independent Party, the Idle Toad Party and the No Candidate Deserves My Vote Party.