2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election website he stands for liberating "ourselves from the governing classes, those lords of misrule" The Miss Great Britain Party candidate was Gemma Garrett, following her last place, as an Independent, at the earlier Crewe and Nantwich by-election. The party registered with the Electoral Commission after that election. Garrett expressed opposition to David Davis, declaring herself "happy to be locked up for 42 days if I am a suspect". Tess Culnane was the National Front candidate; she was a 2004 London Assembly election candidate for the British National Party. and a London Assembly election, 2008 candidate for the NF. David Pinder
2008 Glasgow East by-election a minor party of his own creation, having stood under the same title in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election. As a result of the United States diplomatic cables leak, the website WikiLeaks later disclosed that senior US diplomats perceived Gordon Brown to be "finished" following the result. Curran would subsequently defeat Mason and regain the seat for Labour in the 2010 general election with a majority of almost 12,000, only to be defeated herself by the SNP in 2015. The seat was created at the 2005 election. 2008 Glasgow East by-election The 2008 Glasgow East by-election was a by-election for