The 2008 Haltemprice and Howden (H&H) by-election was somewhat different from other by-elections, as such the presence of Conservative Future (CF) on the ground was sporadic.
Due to the date of the by-election, Thursday 10th July 2008, CF experienced a problem with finding people available to attend. Due to the end of term and exams in early June many of the CF membership both locally and nationally were either working to pay for the next year of University and could not afford to take time off to help or they were …

Hello from Haltemprice and Howden, well what a couple of days it has been! The campaigning has been relentless and amazing. We have today had Iain Duncan Smith, Chris Grayling and Jeremy Hunt up from London for a full day of campaigning. CF have been hitting the ground running again delivering thousands of leaflets and making sure that the public are totally aware of the campaign and the issues at stake. We have had brilliant feedback for David, with people who have previously voted LibDem and Labour now coming out …

Since the day David Davis resigned as Shadow Home Secretary there has been a hive of activity in Haltemprice and Howden, Conservative Future have been zipping round the vast constituency of Haltemprice and Howden putting out thousands of leaflets so that people understand what the issues are all about, the response we are having on the door step has been astounding, people are really coming out to back their local MP and those who have not previously voted for him are now thinking seriously of doing so.
It is obvious in …

Sky News have a great interview with David Davis, following his decision to force a by-election. Many CF members will want to go and campaign for him – Patrick Sullivan, National Campaigns Director, is currently putting plans in place.
If CF members have any views on David’s move then please leave a comment.
There is already a Facebook group here setup by YBF to organise activists to campaign – you can join that – we will also send CF updates through the main groups.