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
Midhurst (UK Parliament constituency) of the Chiltern Hundreds in order to contest a by-election at Antrim, causing a by-election. Walpole was appointed Home Secretary, requiring a by-election. Walpole resigned, causing a by-election. Warren resigned after being appointed a Master in Lunacy, requiring a by-election. Perceval succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Egmont, and causing a by-election. Midhurst (UK Parliament constituency) Midhurst was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons from 1311 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished. Before the Great Reform Act of 1832,