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Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 2008
Labour party’s non-participation stance attracted specif-
ic criticism[citation needed] as appearing to be afraid to de-
bate, following recent poor election results and a record
low opinion poll result; while Davis attracted criticism as
being vain, wasting public money, and for contesting the
issue in his safe seat.
Background
See also: David Davis by-election campaign, 2008
Davis, the then Shadow Home Secretary, announced his
intention to resign on 12 June 2008,[3] a day after a House
David Davis MP of Commons vote passed the Counter-Terrorism Bill,
which would extend the legal detention of terror sus-
The 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election was a pects without charge to a maximum of 42 days. Explain-
by-election held in the United Kingdom on 10 July 2008 to ing his actions, Davis stated he intended to spark a wider
elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for constituen- public debate about the perceived erosion of civil liber-
cy of Haltemprice and Howden. The by-election was trig- ties by the current Labour government,[4] which in the
gered by the surprise and controversial resignation from following week was launched as the ’David Davis for Free-
the House of Commons of the sitting MP David Davis on dom campaign’.[5] Culture Secretary Andrew Burnham
12 June 2008. called on Davis to fund the cost of the by-election to the
Davis stated intention was to spark a wider public taxpayer, estimated at £80,000, from his own pocket.[6]
debate on the perceived erosion of civil liberties in the Davis had held the seat as a Conservative since its
UK by recontesting his seat on this single issue platform, creation in 1997, having previously been MP since 1987
launched as the David Davis for Freedom campaign. The for the predecessor seat of Boothferry. The Conservative
two other main political parties Labour and the Liberal position at the time of Davis’s resignation aligned with
Democrats declined to field candidates as they opposed Davis in to opposing the 42 day extension vote, although
Davis’s stance. Another minor party, the British National Davis’s decision to resign was characterised as personal
Party, ran no candidate as it supported Davis’s stance. and not a shadow cabinet decision, by Conservative
Davis was subsequently re-elected to his seat with leader David Cameron.
72% of the vote.[1] Davis received 17,113 votes, with the The by-election followed a heavy defeat for Labour in
closest challenge coming from the Green Party and Eng- the Crewe and Nantwich by-election in May 2008, who
lish Democrats with 1,758 and 1,714 votes respectively. were previously the third party in this seat behind the
All other candidates lost their deposit due to polling less second placed Liberal Democrats. The by-election also
than 5% of the vote. Due to the unusual circumstances, follows a previously failed attempt by the Liberal Democ-
the election broke several records, including the highest rats to target Davis as a high profile seat in a ’decapita-
number of candidates running in a UK parliamentary by- tion’ strategy against the Conservatives in the previous
election, the largest number of independents, the largest general election of 2005.
number of people losing their deposits and the best by-
election results up to that point for the Green Party and Analogous UK parliamentary elections
English Democrats.[2] Main article: UK by-election records#By-elections re-
While single issue by-elections such as this one were contested over a single issue
not unprecedented, they were rare in modern political A small number of previous by-elections have been initi-
times. As per election law, other candidates were free ated when the sitting MP resigned on a point of principle
to stand on their chosen manifesto and not necessarily and stood for immediate re-election. This has occurred
obliged to oppose or support Davis. Davis’s use of a by- three times since the Second World War, the Lincoln by-
election in this way attracted both praise and criticism election in 1973 and the Mitcham and Morden by-elec-
from politicians, the public and the media, with The Sun tion in 1982 when the sitting MPs changed parties, and in
newspaper initially considering fielding a candidate to 1986 when fifteen Northern Irish MPs resigned in protest
oppose Davis in support of anti-terrorism legislation. The against the Anglo-Irish Agreement. In addition in 1955
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Sir Richard Acland resigned with the intention to re-con- Independent Eamonn 31 0.1 N/A
test Gravesend as an independent in protest against the Fitzpatrick
Labour Party’s support for nuclear weapons, but the 1955
Make Politicians Ronnie Car- 29 0.1 N/A
general election overtook events and he lost.[7]
History roll
At the 1997 general election, neither Labour nor the
Liberal Democrats stood against the Conservatives in the Independent Thomas 25 0.1 N/A
seat of Tatton, urging their supporters to back the in- Darwood
dependent Martin Bell, over the Cash-for-questions af- Independent Christopher 23 0.1 N/A
fair.[8] Bell defeated Neil Hamilton and won the seat. In Foren
both the 2001 and 2005 general elections, the Liberal De- Independent Herbert 11 0.0 N/A
mocrats did not field a candidate in Wyre Forest, instead Crossman
supporting the Health Concern candidate Richard Taylor.
Independent Tony 8 0.0 N/A
Farnon
Result Independent Norman 8 0.0 N/A
Polling took place on 10 July 2008.[1] Scarth
Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 2008[9][10]
10] Majority 15,355 64.2 +53.5
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Turnout 23,911 34.03 –35.7
Conservative David Davis 17,113 71.6 +24.1 Conservative hold Swing N/A
Green Shan Oakes 1,758 7.4 N/A
English Democ- Joanne 1,714 7.2 N/A Candidates
rats Robinson
East Riding of Yorkshire council announced the accepted
National Front Tess Cul- 544 2.3 N/A candidates on Thursday 26 June 2008.[9] At 26, the num-
nane ber of candidates breaks the record for the number of
Miss Great Bri- Gemma 521 2.2 N/A candidates in a UK parliamentary by-election, previously
tain Party Garrett held by the Newbury by-election, 1993, which had 19 can-
Independent Jill Saward 492 2.1 N/A didates. The greatest number of candidates to have con-
tested a UK general election seat is 15, at Sedgefield in
Monster Raving Mad Cow- 412 1.7 N/A
2005.
Loony Girl
Due to the large number of candidates the ballot pa-
Independent Walter 238 1.0 N/A per for this election was arranged in two columns.[11] Al-
Sweeney so, the candidates stood in a line in front of a small plat-
Independent John Ni- 162 0.7 N/A form with the returning officer on it, rather than on a
cholson temporary stage as is normally practised because it was
Independent David Craig 135 0.6 N/A feared that the stage would not take the weight of all the
candidates.[12]
New Party David Pin- 135 0.6 N/A
der Christian Party
no label David Icke 110 0.5 N/A George Hargreaves stood for the Christian Party and is
Freedom 4 Hamish 91 0.4 N/A leader of that party. The party website said "he is asking
Choice Howitt the Haltemprice and Howden electorate to use their vote
Socialist Equali- Chris Tal- 84 0.4 N/A to demand a referendum on the European Union, which
ty bot he believes is the greatest threat to our civil liberties".[13]
Independent Grace Ast- 77 0.3 N/A
ley
Church of the Militant Elvis Party
David Bishop was the candidate for the Church of the
Christian George 76 0.3 N/A
Militant Elvis Party. He previously stood for this party
Hargreaves
in Erewash in the United Kingdom general election, 2005
Church of the David Bish- 44 0.2 N/A and in Brentwood and Ongar in 2001.
Militant Elvis op
Independent John Upex 38 0.2 N/A Conservative
Independent Greg Wood 32 0.1 N/A David Davis, MP for the constituency and its predecessor
from 1987 until his resignation brought about the by-
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election, stood as the official Conservative Party candi- The New Party
date.[14] He fought the campaign on the theme David
David Pinder stood for The New Party. He said "Read my
Davis for Freedom.
lips: what David Davis is saying is that Britain needs a
new party".[24]
English Democrats Party
The English Democrats Party selected Joanne Robinson as Official Monster Raving Loony Party
its candidate.[15] She previously stood as the United King-
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party’s candidate was
dom Independence Party candidate for the same con-
Rosalyn Warner, known as Mad Cow-Girl.[25] She stood
stituency in the 2001 general election.
on an indefinite-detention platform, combined with a
quote based on Douglas Adams’s "Hitchhikers Guide to
Freedom 4 Choice the Galaxy": "The answer is 42!!! Now we just need to fig-
Blackpool based Hamish Howitt was one of two pub land- ure out the real question!!!"[25] On BBC Radio 4, they were
lords who announced intentions to stand under the reported as saying ’because the sensible parties are act-
"Freedom to Choose" label, opposing the smoking ban in ing like lunatics in this election, we have decided to come
England.[16] up with sensible policies’. Later she remarked "I may be a
loony but I’m not mad enough to want dangerous people
Green Party to be walking the streets"[22] She has previously stood in
Shan Oakes was the Green Party candidate. She is also the Sunderland South in the 2001 and 2005 General Elections.
party’s candidate in the 2009 European Parliament elec-
tions.[17] Socialist Equality Party
She stood on a civil rights platform, highlighting the The Socialist Equality Party stood Chris Talbot as its can-
measures supported by David Davis that she claimed didate on a program of "genuine" socialism with a partic-
threaten civil liberties, including his support for the ular emphasis on a defence of "democratic rights".[26] He
death sentence.[18] David Davis admitted that the Green is a lecturer at the University of Huddersfield and con-
Party were his most serious contenders in the by-elec- tested South Wales Central in the National Assembly for
tion.[19] Wales election, 2007.[27]
Make Politicians History Independent candidates
Ronnie Carroll, standing for Make Politicians History, is • (real name Neil Glass), former management
the party’s leader and also a twice-defeated Eurovision consultant turned author critical of Gordon Brown
Song Contest entrant.[20] He stood in Hampstead and stood as an independent candidate.[28]
Highgate in the United Kingdom general election, 1997 • stood in Harrow West in the United Kingdom general
for the "Rainbow Dream Ticket", a predecessor of "Make election, 1997 for the Referendum Party.[27]
Politicians History", and in the Uxbridge by-election, Crossman told the VoteWise website he wants to
1997 for the ProLife Alliance. He told the VoteWise web- "make a difference to people’s life’s." {sic}[29]
site he stands for liberating "ourselves from the govern- • has letters published on the themes of monarchy and
ing classes, those lords of misrule" [21] religion on his web site.[30]
• told the VoteWise website his campaign was largely
Miss Great Britain Party based on his personal anti-smoking and smoking
The Miss Great Britain Party candidate was Gemma Gar- addiction programme, and that smokers could use
rett, following her last place, as an Independent, at the his "Winners Freedom Secrets".[31]
earlier Crewe and Nantwich by-election. The party regis- • , a Northampton market trader, stated that he would
tered with the Electoral Commission after that election. shut down his market stall for a month to campaign
Garrett expressed opposition to David Davis, declaring in favour of the government’s 42-day detention
herself "happy to be locked up for 42 days if I am a sus- plan.[32] Fitzpatrick has run in elections before,
pect".[22] standing in Northampton South.[33] Kelvin
MacKenzie urged his supporters and those in favour
National Front of 42 days detention to vote for Fitzpatrick. He
Tess Culnane was the National Front candidate; she was a received 31 votes.
London Assembly election, 2004 candidate for the British • was the Leeds Crown Prosecutor.[23]
National Party.[23] and a London Assembly election, 2008 • , a campaigner for rape law reform, stated in an
candidate for the NF. article on her website[34] that she would stand as a
candidate against David Davis, in response to Davis
"saying nothing at all" about sexual violence issues
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Candidate with no label
David Icke said he would stand for election under the slo-
gan "Big Brother - the Big Picture", but that if elected he
would refuse to take the oath of allegiance to the Queen
in order to take up his seat.[38] He opted to declare nei-
ther a party affiliation nor "Independent", so appeared
on the ballot paper with no party label. Icke told the
VoteWise website he had "no politics", and David Davis
had a "lot he doesn’t yet see".[39]
Not standing
Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, an-
nounced that his party would not field a candidate in the
by-election as the issue of civil liberties transcends par-
ty politics and the Liberal Democrats support Davis’s po-
sition on the issue, but he said that the party intended
to contest the seat as normal at the next general elec-
tion.[40] The Liberal Democrats came second in the 2005
general election in this seat.
The Labour Party also declared that it would not con-
test the by-election.[41] In the immediate aftermath of
Davis’s decision, Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the
by-election a "farce", and Davis’s opposite number, Home
Secretary Jacqui Smith said the Conservative Party was in
"disarray".[42] In a statement on the Labour Party’s web-
Jill Saward site, NEC Chair, Dianne Hayter, said: "This is a phoney by-
election that is completely unnecessary and the Labour
while serving as Shadow Home Secretary. She stated Party will not be taking part in what is a political
that the DNA Database should be extended to help stunt".[43]
detection of sexual assault, and that there was a The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) did
disparity between the "thousands" of people affected not contest the election.[3] However, one UKIP MEP an-
by sexual assault each year, compared to the nounced that he would campaign for David Davis if he al-
detention proposals of the Counter-Terrorism Bill so addressed issues related to the European Union during
which "may not affect anyone at all".[35] In the early his campaign.[44]
hours of 26 June she revealed that she would be The British National Party announced that it would
standing in the election and later that afternoon she support Davis and not run.[45]
confirmed that her nomination papers had been The editor of The Sun newspaper, Rebekah Wade and
accepted.[36] its proprietor Rupert Murdoch requested in the immedi-
• stood as "Anti Crime" in the Sedgefield by-election, ate days following Davis’s decision that columnist Kelvin
2007, where he came bottom of the poll with 34 MacKenzie stand against Davis for election. MacKenzie
votes. He had previously contested Chesterfield in stated "The Sun is very, very hostile to David Davis be-
the United Kingdom general election, 1997, as cause of his 28 day stance and The Sun has always been
"Independent Old Age Pensioner". very up for 42 days and perhaps even 420 days."[46] In
• is the former Conservative MP for Vale of its editorial The Sun described Davis as deranged.[47]
Glamorgan.[23] MacKenzie’s candidature was soon considered uncertain
• is a former United Kingdom Independence Party following an apparently off-the-cuff disparaging remark,
(UKIP) member,[23] and was UKIP candidate in when MacKenzie described the nearby city of Kingston
Wakefield in the United Kingdom general election, upon Hull as "shocking, simply shocking".[48] MacKenzie
2005. confirmed on 19 June 2008 that he would not be standing,
• had served as a doctor with the Royal Navy for primarily due to having no financial backing. He urged
sixteen years. His candidature was on the single people to vote instead for Eamonn Fitzpatrick.[49]
issue of better care for the armed forces and
veterans.[37]
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