Death
Dunwoody died peacefully during the evening of 17 April 2008 in John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, following emergency heart surgery. Her funeral was held at St. Margaret's, Westminster on 8 May 2008. She is buried at North Sheen Cemetery.
Her former husband died in 2006. She was survived by her daughter and two sons.
Her daughter Tamsin Dunwoody was selected as the Labour Party candidate in the by-election for Crewe & Nantwich. The by-election was announced by chief party whip Geoff Hoon on Wednesday 30 April 2008 and was held on Thursday 22 May 2008. Dunwoody failed to win the by-election and the Conservative candidate, Edward Timpson, became her mother's successor.
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