David Van Day

In 2018, Van Day stood for a seat on Thurrock council in Aveley and Uplands Ward as a Conservative. The election was won by Cllr Tim Aker MEP. In 2019, Cllr Aker resigned and Van Day won the subsequent by-election.

In late October 2016, Van Day suffered a heart attack. He was taken to a hospital in Essex, England where a stent was fitted.

Van Day married a model called Maria and have two children together, Amber Van Day and Olivia Van Day. He initially ended his relationship with her on the Channel 5 TV show The Wright Stuff, Van Day later married the beauty editor for The Sun, Sue Moxley, in Orsett, Essex, on 21 February 2010. They are currently living together in South Ockendon, Essex.

In 2008, Van Day was a semi-finalist on the eighth series of British reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! (Series 8 UK), finishing in fourth place.

In May 2007, Van Day stood as a Conservative candidate for Brighton & Hove City Council in the East Brighton ward, but neither he nor the other two Conservative candidates were successful in gaining a seat.

In 2003 Van Day (with Bazar) competed in the ITV1 reality show Reborn in the USA; he was the first act voted off. He caused controversy during the show, accusing producers of biased editing, and arguing with singer and fellow contestant Sonia, accusing her of "being crafty and cunning to try to save her own skin".

During the early 2000s Van Day operated a burger van with his best friend Les Cole in Brighton earning him the nickname "Burger Van Day"

In the early-mid 1990s, Van Day toured as Dollar with a succession of female singers. In the late 1990s he joined one incarnation of the pop group Bucks Fizz, with original Bucks Fizz member Mike Nolan. With both of these acts he recorded and released some budget-priced CDs of re-recorded hits. Neither sold well and the Bucks Fizz tracks received widespread criticism from fans.

Van Day and Bazar then decided to perform together, and formed a new duo, Dollar. The band recorded and toured from 1978 to 1983, then again from 1986 to 1988. They had several top ten hits in the UK, including "Love's Gotta Hold on Me" and "Give Me Back My Heart". He also had a brief solo career as a movie actor, appearing as a devious handyman in Michael Armstrong's 1983 horror anthology film Screamtime, opposite Dora Bryan and Jean Anderson. After a final top ten hit "O L'amour" in 1988, Dollar split for a second time, bringing their recording career to an end. Bazar left the music industry and moved to Australia.

David Van Day (born David Paul Day, 28 November 1956) is an English singer, songwriter, and politician, who was formerly a member of the pop vocal duo Dollar. He was also a member of the 1970s vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls (along with his Dollar partner Thereza Bazar), and a latter-day lineup of Bucks Fizz briefly in the 1990s.

Van Day was born David Paul Day on 28 November 1956 in Brighton, Sussex, England. Having been a member of song and dance troupe The Young Generation, in 1974, he successfully auditioned for the then-new vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls. The group had some successful hits, and Van Day began a romantic relationship with bandmate Thereza Bazar. Keen to embark on a solo career, Van Day was sacked from the band along with Bazar in 1977.