Crewe And Nantwich (UK Parliament Constituency)
Crewe and Nantwich is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. For 25 years since its creation in 1983, the constituency had elected the Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody. In 2008, Gwyneth Dunwoody died, leading to a by-election which was won by the Conservative candidate Edward Timpson.
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