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
The New Party (UK, 2003) errors. In July 2008 David Pinder, the national spokesman, became the party's first UK parliamentary candidate at the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, polling 135 votes. In August 2009 Richard Vass was named leader, declaring the party's intention to contest the 2010 General Election. On 1 July 2010, the New Party was de-registered with the Electoral Commission and is no longer able to field candidates. The New Party describes its philosophy as follows: The New Party is a party of economic liberalism, political reform and internationalism. We stand for individual freedom and personal responsibility in preference to state control. We believe