So David Davis, in wasting thousands of pounds of taxpayers money in a farce of a by-election, has answered my question. Sadly, his answer is exceedingly pedestrian. It’s revealed in the Treasury press release that announced his appointment to the Chiltern Hundreds:

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today appointed the Right Honourable David Michael Davis to be Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern. The Chancellor has also granted Mr Davis’s request to be released from this appointment today.

For the first time in many years, no-one is Stewarding or, er, Bailiffing the hundreds of Stoke, Desborough, and Burnham. Let’s hope they don’t get away.