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| Haltemprice campaign nearing end | |
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| Candidates in Thursday's Haltemprice and Howden by-election - sparked by Tory David Davis's resignation - are making their final pitch for votes. | Candidates in Thursday's Haltemprice and Howden by-election - sparked by Tory David Davis's resignation - are making their final pitch for votes. |
| Mr Davis is bidding to regain his seat after quitting in protest at the government's stance on civil liberties. | Mr Davis is bidding to regain his seat after quitting in protest at the government's stance on civil liberties. |
| He is taking on 25 candidates including the Greens, English Democrats and Christian Party. The Lib Dems and Labour are not contesting the seat. | He is taking on 25 candidates including the Greens, English Democrats and Christian Party. The Lib Dems and Labour are not contesting the seat. |
| Polling stations open from 0700 BST to 2200 BST on Thursday. | Polling stations open from 0700 BST to 2200 BST on Thursday. |
| Green challenge | |
| Earlier, Mr Davis was joined by Labour MP Bob Marshall-Andrews, Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti and London bombings survivor Rachel North at a debate in the East Yorkshire constituency. | Earlier, Mr Davis was joined by Labour MP Bob Marshall-Andrews, Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti and London bombings survivor Rachel North at a debate in the East Yorkshire constituency. |
| He has also received backing for his opposition to 42 day detention of terror suspects from poverty campaigner Bob Geldof and Iraq war veteran Colonel Tim Collins. | He has also received backing for his opposition to 42 day detention of terror suspects from poverty campaigner Bob Geldof and Iraq war veteran Colonel Tim Collins. |
| I hope people do vote, even though it is a very, very unusual by-election, the like of which we have not seen in living memory Simon HughesLib Dem President | |
| Most commentators expect the former shadow home secretary to retake the seat. | Most commentators expect the former shadow home secretary to retake the seat. |
| But the Green Party claims they are on course to give the Conservatives a "scare" by beating their previous best ever by-election result of 6.1% of the vote. | But the Green Party claims they are on course to give the Conservatives a "scare" by beating their previous best ever by-election result of 6.1% of the vote. |
| They have criticised Mr Davis for supporting the current pre-charge detention limit of 28 days for terrorism suspects and his attitudes on gay rights and capital punishment. | They have criticised Mr Davis for supporting the current pre-charge detention limit of 28 days for terrorism suspects and his attitudes on gay rights and capital punishment. |
| Green Party candidate Shan Oakes describes herself as the "real civil liberties candidate". | Green Party candidate Shan Oakes describes herself as the "real civil liberties candidate". |
| Lib Dem stand | |
| The English Democrats' Joanne Robinson is campaigning on different issues - a referendum on the EU Treaty, "honest and plain-speaking" in politics, an English Parliament and prime minister and an end to "uncontrolled mass immigration". | The English Democrats' Joanne Robinson is campaigning on different issues - a referendum on the EU Treaty, "honest and plain-speaking" in politics, an English Parliament and prime minister and an end to "uncontrolled mass immigration". |
| The Christian Party's George Hargreaves is also opposing the development of the European Union, which he says will "imprison the whole nation for 42 years or more". He is calling for the UK to have a referendum on the EU Treaty, as happened recently in Ireland. | The Christian Party's George Hargreaves is also opposing the development of the European Union, which he says will "imprison the whole nation for 42 years or more". He is calling for the UK to have a referendum on the EU Treaty, as happened recently in Ireland. |
| Liberal Democrat President Simon Hughes said he hoped people would vote in the by-election - and that it had provoked debate on 42 day detention. | |
| He said it would have been a "nonsense" for the Lib Dems to put up a candidate as they agreed with Mr Davis on civil liberties but it was "extraordinary" that Labour had not stood. | |
| "I hope people don't stay at home even though it's a contrived election because Labour should have been there. | |
| "Labour are the people who are arguing for the extension of the power of detention and they should have put a candidate in the field and they have bottled it." | |
| He said he feared the turnout will be "low" but he urged voters to either back David Davis, vote for another "serious" candidate or "mark your ballot paper against 42 days". | |
| "People have the chance to vote and I hope people do vote, even though it is a very, very unusual by-election, the like of which we have not seen in living memory." | |
| At the last general election, in 2005, Mr Davis won the seat with a 5,116 majority over the Liberal Democrats. | At the last general election, in 2005, Mr Davis won the seat with a 5,116 majority over the Liberal Democrats. |
| Labour came third, followed by the British National Party and the UK Independence Party. | Labour came third, followed by the British National Party and the UK Independence Party. |
| Some 70,100 people eligible to vote in the by-election, with a result expected during the early hours of Friday. | Some 70,100 people eligible to vote in the by-election, with a result expected during the early hours of Friday. |
| Here is the full list of candidates: | Here is the full list of candidates: |
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