2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election that if elected he would refuse to take the oath of allegiance to the Queen in order to take up his seat. He opted to declare neither 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". Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, announced that his party would not field a candidate in the by-election as the issue of civil liberties transcended party politics and the Liberal Democrats supported Davis's position on the issue,
Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency) seat for Dyfed. This led to the seat being split two to one between Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire. Morris' death caused a by-election. Nevill resigned, causing a by-election. Cowell-Stepney resigned, causing a by-election. Williams resigned after being appointed a County Court judge, causing a by-election. Carmarthen by-election, 1941 Labour: Moelwyn Hughes elected unopposed. Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency) Carmarthen (Welsh: "Caerfyrddin") was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1542 and 1997. It was named