Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi won an uncontested presidential election the following year, marking the final stage in the exit of Mr Saleh - the country's longest-serving leader in recent times.

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Despite these and many other slips into the fringe, Broun was uncontested in his most recent election and serves on the House Science Committee.

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Of the 98 Wiltshire Council seats up for election, six are uncontested and all are Conservative controlled.

BBC: Wiltshire

In that 2009 election, according to a council spokeswoman, there were no seats uncontested.

BBC: Wiltshire