Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency) Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency) Haltemprice and Howden is a constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by David Davis, a Conservative who was also Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union until his resignation from that role on 8 July 2018. The Electoral Reform Society considers it to be historically the second safest seat in the country, after North Shropshire. Taking into account the previous seats roughly covering its boundaries, the Society considers that the seat has been held continuously by the Conservative Party since
George Hargreaves (politician) Parliament election. Hargreaves also founded the Welsh Christian Party to contest the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007. Hargreaves stood for the Christian Party at the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 2008, where he asked the Haltemprice and Howden electorate to use their vote to demand a referendum on the European Union, which he believes to be "the greatest threat to our civil liberties". In August 2008, Hargreaves fronted the Channel 4 programme "Make Me a Christian". He had planned to stand in the Western Isles in the 2010 general election, but withdrew his candidacy in February 2010 after his wife's