Davis has 25 by-election rivals

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A total of 26 candidates - half of them independents - will contest the by-election sparked by the resignation of senior Tory David Davis as an MP.

The ex-shadow home secretary quit to generate a debate on civil liberties, especially the government's 42-day detention limit for terror suspects.

Neither Labour nor the Liberal Democrats will field a candidate in Haltemprice and Howden on 10 July.

At the 2005 general election, Mr Davis won with a majority of 5,116.

It is thought to be the highest number of candidates ever to stand at a by-election in recent times.

Here is the full list of candidates:

<ul class="bulletList"><li>Grace Christine Astley - Independent<li>David Laurence Bishop - Church of the Militant Elvis Party<li>Ronnie Carroll - Make Politicians History<li>Mad Cow-Girl - The Official Monster Raving Loony Party<li>David Craig - Independent<li>Herbert Winford Crossman - Independent<li>Tess Culnane - National Front Britain for the British<li>Thomas Faithful Darwood - Independent<li>David Michael Davis - Conservative<li>Tony Farnon - Independent<li>Eamonn "Fitzy" Fitzpatrick - Independent<li>Christopher Mark Foren - Independent<li>Gemma Dawn Garrett - Miss Great Britain Party<li>George Hargreaves - Christian Party<li>Hamish Howitt - Freedom 4 Choice<li>David Icke - No party listed<li>John Nicholson - Independent<li>Shan Oakes - Green Party<li>David Pinder - The New Party<li>Joanne Robinson - English Democrats: Putting England First<li>Jill Saward - Independent<li>Norman Scarth - Independent<li>Walter Edward Sweeney - Independent<li>Christopher John Talbot - Socialist Equality Party<li>John Randle Upex - Independent<li>Greg Wood - Independent</li></ul>