Betsy Hodges was never a candidate for an election.
Sir Hilary Nicholas Hugh Synnott KCMG -LRB- 20 March 1945 -- 8 September 2011 -RRB- was a British diplomat who was Regional Coordinator of the Coalition Provisional Authority -LRB- CPA -RRB- in Southern Iraq from 2003 to 2004 , before retiring in 2005 .. KCMG. Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. British diplomat. Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. Coalition Provisional Authority. Coalition Provisional Authority. Southern Iraq. Southern Iraq. He published a book about his time there called ` Bad Days In Basra ' .. Basra. Basra