2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election would not take the weight of all the candidates. George Hargreaves stood for the Christian Party and is leader of that party. The party website said "he is asking the Haltemprice and Howden electorate to use their vote to demand a referendum on the European Union, which he believes is the greatest threat to our civil liberties". David Bishop was the candidate for the Church of the Militant Elvis Party. He previously stood for this party in Erewash in the United Kingdom general election, 2005 and in Brentwood and Ongar in 2001. David Davis, MP for the constituency and its
Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency) Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency) Nottingham was a parliamentary borough in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295. In 1885 the constituency was abolished and the city of Nottingham divided into three single-member constituencies. Nottingham sent two representatives to Parliament from 1283 onwards. The constituency was abolished in 1885 and replaced by Nottingham East, Nottingham South and Nottingham West. Notes Ferguson's death caused a by-election. Walter and Charlton retired half an hour after the poll opened. Larpent resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election. Walter's election