David Davis by-election campaign, 2008 David Davis by-election campaign, 2008 The David Davis by-election campaign of 2008 was a political campaign against the erosion of civil liberties in the United Kingdom, led by the former Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), David Davis, labelled by Davis as the David Davis For Freedom campaign. The campaign was initiated in June 2008, following Davis's surprise resignation as an MP and from his position as the Shadow Home Secretary, and was the platform he used in standing for re-election to his seat in the subsequent Haltemprice and Howden by-election. Davis subsequently won his seat back with 72% of the
Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency) Abbotts, Eardingdon, Oldbury, Romsley and Tasley. This was smaller than the municipal borough, which only contained the first four. Pigot's election was declared void on petition due to bribery, causing a by-election. Whitmore was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election. On 22 March 1866, after scrutiny, Dalberg-Acton was unseated and Whitmore was duly elected in his place. Whitmore was then appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election. The seat was reduced to one member for the 1868 election. Whitmore resigned, causing a by-election. Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency) Bridgnorth was a parliamentary borough in