Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency) Conservative David Davis, who had previously been the member for Boothferry; he was re-elected in the 2001, 2005 and 2010 general elections. The area was placed as 10th most affluent in the country in the 2003 Barclays Private Clients survey. On 12 June 2008, a day after a vote on the extension of detention of terror suspects without charge, in an unexpected move, Davis took the Chiltern Hundreds, effectively resigning his seat as the constituency's MP. He stated this was to force a by-election, in which he intended to provoke a wider public debate on the single issue of the
Bridport (UK Parliament constituency) county division. Warburton resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election. Baillie-Cochrane resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds in order to seek re-election as a support of free trade. After scrutiny, Baillie-Cochrane's election was declared void and Romilly was declared elected on 28 April 1846. Martin withdrew his name early into polling. The seat was reduced to one member. Mitchell's death caused a by-election. Bridport (UK Parliament constituency) Bridport was a parliamentary borough in Dorset, England, which elected two Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons from