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
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