10:18am Friday 11th July 2008
By Tristan Kirk
A RAYNERS Lane resident suffered an embarrassing defeat in yesterday's by-election in Haltemprice and Howden.
Herbie Crossman polled just 11 votes, beaten by 23 candidates including Mad Cow Girl and Miss Great Britain Gemma Garrett.
He had entered the by-election in the hope of defeating former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis.
But in reality he did not come close, only beating two candidates out of the 26 standing and losing his deposit.
Mr Davis was re-elected last night as MP for the Yorkshire constituency with a majority of 15,355.
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