The Reform UK candidate for the Makerfield by-election said the poll was a "win-win situation" for him because even if he loses he would "give the Labour Party a bloody nose".
The poll was called after Labour MP Josh Simons stepped down, a move he said he had undertaken to allow his party colleague Andy Burnham to run for Parliament and potentially mount a leadership bid.
Speaking to BBC Radio Manchester, Robert Kenyon said: "If I lose it I'm just a working class lad who has given two fingers to the establishment."
The former Army reservist also dismissed comments he made in relation to TV presenter Carol Vorderman as "squaddie humour".
Vorderman demanded an apology after Kenyon responded to a sexually graphic post about the TV presenter with a thumbs up and laughing emoji and a comment saying "He's only saying what we're all thinking".
Kenyon admitted the online comment made about Vorderman was "disgusting" but described it as a "crass joke".
He added: "The person I made it to was ex-military - so it was just of what we might call squaddie banter and to make light of it."
Kenyon is one of fourteen candidates contesting the by-election on 18 June.
Robert Kenyon described himself as a "normal working class lad"The self-employed plumber said he was not feeling the pressure of being thrust into the spotlight.
"It's water off a duck's back," he said.
"If I lose it I'm just a working class lad who has given two fingers to the establishment - giving the Labour Party a bloody nose and I can hold my head up high that at least I had the guts to throw my hat in the ring."
He said the "biggest issues" for people in the constituency "have been ignored" and that is what inspired him to get into politics in 2023.
"I got involved because we've not been listened to.
"We've been ignored for donkey's years, and I thought instead of moaning about it on the side-Iines what I did is throw my hat in the ring and have a go.
"Whatever happens at least I can say I have tried."
PA MediaThere are fourteen candidates standing in the election for the Greater Manchester constituency He said he would concentrate on local matters and and not wider global "geopolitics".
That would include starting a campaign for a new hospital in Wigan as the current one "isn't fit for purpose" and stopping plans for a housing development on green belt land, as well as houses of multiple occupation "putting strains on resources".
When asked about how he would fund the hospital, he replied saying how money "can be found when needed", citing money spent on hotels accommodating asylum seekers "costing over £2bn a year".
On the subject of immigration, Kenyon said he believed in "sensible immigration".
He said: "So if anybody is coming in to the country they are very welcome to come but we need you to offer us something basically."
He said people in the area could relate to him because "I am one of them".
"I go to the same shops, kids go to the same schools, same football teams, I walk the same streets and go to the same pubs," he said.
He said people in the area could relate to him because "I am one of them".
"I go to the same shops, kids go to the same schools, same football teams, I walk the same streets and go to the same pubs," he said.
A full list of the candidates for the by-election can be found here.
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