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2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election

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888:). Independent candidate Mark Walklate is a locally educated salesperson (with a business degree) who stood for the Conservatives in the 2006 and 2007 council elections. Paul Thorogood's party, Cut Tax on Petrol and Diesel, was registered with the Electoral Commission on 23 March 2008, with Thorogood as its Leader, Nominating Officer and Treasurer, although his party is listed on the nomination paper as "Cut Tax on Diesel and Petrol" (the fourth and sixth words reversed). The newly formed Beauties for Britain Party fielded 265: 38: 119: 1165: 1140: 1119: 1100: 1074: 1047: 770: 728: 528: 502: 473: 250: 242: 232: 407:
election result for this seat. Telling the BBC the Labour vote "held up" in a "democratic decision", defeated Labour candidate Tamsin Dunwoody called herself a "fighter". New MP Edward Timpson said in his victory speech that he would "not let you down", whilst Brown attributed the defeat to rising petrol prices, and the recent increases in the cost of living.
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Immediately following the announcement of the result following the speeches, the defeated Tamsin Dunwoody speaking live to the BBC blamed the swing on a higher turn-out than usual due to the high interest in the election, despite both the turnout and winning vote being lower than the 2005 general
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At the time of the by-election, a swing of 7% in a general election would have seen the Conservatives gain an overall majority over Labour. This was the first seat gained by the Conservatives in a by-election since the
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The total of the votes cast for all candidates is 41,498, or 41,565 including spoilt ballots, which does not match the official total of 41,856 given by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council.
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On the last day of the campaign, the accidental communication by a Conservative party worker of voting intention data of 8,000 people to a radio station sparked an investigation by the
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An ICM poll from mid-May gave the Conservative candidate 43% to Labour's 39% and the Lib Dems' 16%; a second ICM poll from a week after gave the Conservatives 45% to Labour's 37%.
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stood "The Flying Brick" (his legal name, although he was formerly known as Nick Delves), the party's treasurer and Shadow Minister for the Abolition of Gravity (see
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The constituency had been held by Gwyneth Dunwoody for Labour since its creation in 1983. Just three parties contested the seat at the
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The election had attracted high media and public interest following heavy defeats for the incumbent Labour party in the
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The Labour Party ran a personal class-based campaign against the Conservative candidate, calling him "the
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members in the House of Commons. However the writ was moved with the approval of the Dunwoody family.
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from Labour to Conservative of 17.6%, a swing that in a general election would have seen nine Labour
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The by-election was called following the death on 17 April 2008 of the sitting MP
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and the first seat they had taken from Labour in a by-election since the
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and a former deputy party leader. Robert Smith, a 23-year-old
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was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 May 2008, for the
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Index

Crewe and Nantwich by-election, 2008
2005
2010
Crewe and Nantwich
Blank
Blank
Edward Timpson
Tamsin Dunwoody
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats

Crewe and Nantwich
Cheshire
Gwyneth Dunwoody
Labour
Edward Timpson
Conservative
House of Commons
Crewe and Nantwich
Cheshire
Conservative
Edward Timpson
Labour
Tamsin Dunwoody
swing
cabinet ministers
1982 Mitcham and Morden by-election
1978 Ilford North by-election
Gwyneth Dunwoody

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