Lib Dem supporters are hoping a song by a Medway musician will rock the polls on election day.

They are working with activists whose viral media campaign for Rage Against the Machine's song Killing in the Name made it a surprise Christmas Number One.

They aim to pull off a similar chart success and give Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg a voting day boost.

Peter Cook, a guitarist and business consultant, wrote and recorded Democracy in the UK with local musicians - the band is called Rock the Poll - during a 10-hour session in the basement studio of his Park Avenue, Gillingham, home.

The lifelong Labour voter wrote the song out of his own personal rage against the two-party machine and "pendulum politics." He wanted to do something for the Lib Dems after saying they were the only local party to help him in a recent parking dispute.

The song has already started downloading, assisted by the Facebook movement that got Rage Against the Machine to Number One. Peter says his song has already proved more popular than the Lib Dems' official song.

His latest book Sex, Leadership and Rock 'n Roll is popular at management courses and argues that people can learn as much about business and life from a rock song as a text book.

"Democracy was recorded by a motley crew of young amateurs who are fed up seeing politicians acting more like their shoe size than their age," said Peter. Royalties will go to charities, including Demelza House for poorly children.