2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich was held on 22 May 2008, triggered by the death of incumbent Labour Party MP Gwyneth Dunwoody. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate Edward Timpson, who defeated the Labour candidate Tamsin Dunwoody—Gwyneth's daughter—on a large swing of Conservative of 17.6%. This was the first seat gained by the Conservatives in a by-election since the 1982 Mitcham and Morden by-election and the first seat they had taken from Labour in a by-election since the 1978 Ilford North by-election thirty years earlier.

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