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
Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency) Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency) Stockton-on-Tees is a former borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was abolished in the boundary changes which took effect at the 1983 general election, and was replaced by the two new constituencies of Stockton North and Stockton South. 1918-1950: The Boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby-on-Tees. 1950-1983: The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. Dodds resigned, causing a by-election. Communist Party candidate George Short submitted correct nomination papers but refused to submit the