2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election would extend the legal detention of terror suspects without charge to a maximum of 42 days. Explaining his actions, Davis stated he intended to spark a wider public debate about the perceived erosion of civil liberties by the then Labour government, which in the following week was launched as the 'David Davis for Freedom campaign'. Culture Secretary Andy Burnham called on Davis to fund the cost of the by-election to the taxpayer, estimated at £80,000, from his own pocket. Davis had held the seat as a Conservative since its creation in 1997, having previously been MP since 1987 for the
UK Parliamentary by-elections the 1967 Hamilton by-election. In some cases, an MP or MPs may deliberately trigger a by-election to make a political point, as when all the sitting Unionist MPs in Northern Ireland resigned together in 1986 or as occurred in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 2008. For a list of by-election results since 2010, see: List of United Kingdom by-elections For a list of exceptional results and records in the history of by-elections in the United Kingdom, see: United Kingdom by-election records UK Parliamentary by-elections A parliamentary by-election occurs in the United Kingdom following a vacancy arising in the House of