2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election
Result
Polling took place on 10 July 2008.

2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: Polling took place on 10 July 2008.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Conservative	David Davis	17,113	71.6	24.1

Green	Shan Oakes	1,758	7.4	N/A

English Democrat	Joanne Robinson	1,714	7.2	N/A

National Front	Tess Culnane	544	2.3	N/A

Miss Great Britain Party	Gemma Garrett	521	2.2	N/A

Independent	Jill Saward	492	2.1	N/A

Monster Raving Loony	Mad Cow-Girl	412	1.7	N/A

Independent	Walter Sweeney	238	1.0	N/A

Independent	John Nicholson	162	0.7	N/A

Independent	David Craig	135	0.6	N/A

New Party	David Pinder	135	0.6	N/A

No description	David Icke	110	0.5	N/A

Freedom 4 Choice	Hamish Howitt	91	0.4	N/A

Socialist Equality	Chris Talbot	84	0.4	N/A

Independent	Grace Astley	77	0.3	N/A

Christian	George Hargreaves	76	0.3	N/A

Church of the Militant Elvis	David Bishop	44	0.2	N/A

Independent	John Upex	38	0.2	N/A

Independent	Greg Wood	32	0.1	N/A

Independent	Eamonn Fitzpatrick	31	0.1	N/A

Make Politicians History	Ronnie Carroll	29	0.1	N/A

Independent	Thomas Darwood	25	0.1	N/A

Independent	Christopher Foren	23	0.1	N/A

Independent	Herbert Crossman	11	0.0	N/A

Independent	Tony Farnon	8	0.0	N/A

Independent	Norman Scarth	8	0.0	N/A

Majority	15,355	64.2	53.5

Turnout	23,911	34.03	35.7

Conservative hold	Swing	N/A

Sentence(s)

Davis received 17,113 votes, with the closest challenge coming from the Green Party and English Democrats with 1,758 and 1,714 votes respectively.

final_sentence: Davis received 17,113 votes, with the closest challenge coming from the Green Party and English Democrats with 1,758 and 1,714 votes respectively.