Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody was a British Labour Party politician,who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1966 to 1970,and then for Crewe from February 1974 to her death in 2008. She was a moderate socialist and had a reputation as a fiercely independent parliamentarian,described as "intelligent,obstinate,opinionated and hard-working".
Crewe and Nantwich was,from 1974 to 2009,a local government district with borough status in Cheshire,England. It had a population of 111,007. It contained 69 civil parishes and one unparished area:the town of Crewe. It now forms part of the unitary authority of Cheshire East.
Sir Alan Campbell is a British politician who has served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tynemouth since 1997.
Michael Henry Nattrass FRICS is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands constituency,from 2004 to 2014. He was elected as a candidate for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) for the first time in June 2004 and re-elected in June 2009,but resigned from the party in September 2013. He lost his seat in the May 2014 election.
David George Hanson,Baron Hanson of Flint,,is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Minister of State for the Home Office since July 2024. He previously served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Delyn from 1992 to 2019. He held several ministerial offices in the Blair and Brown governments,serving in the Home Office,the Ministry of Justice,the Wales Office,the Northern Ireland Office and the Whips' Office. Hanson sat on Ed Miliband's opposition front bench as a shadow treasury minister,and later the shadow immigration minister.
Congleton is a parliamentary constituency in Cheshire,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sarah Russell of the Labour Party.
Crewe and Nantwich is a constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was created in 1983;since 2024 its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Connor Naismith of the Labour Party.
Eddisbury was a constituency in Cheshire last represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Edward Timpson,a Conservative who left office at the dissolution of parliament in advance of the 2024 United Kingdom general election,at which this former constituency was replaced.
Mitcham and Morden is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Dame Siobhain McDonagh of the Labour Party.
Crewe was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Michael Lee Amesbury is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Runcorn and Helsby,previously Weaver Vale,since 2017. A member of the Labour Party,he has been suspended pending a police investigation since October 2024 and has subsequently been charged with common assault.
Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire,England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council,which is based in the town of Sandbach. Other towns within the area include Crewe,Macclesfield,Congleton,Wilmslow,Nantwich,Poynton,Knutsford,Alsager,Bollington and Handforth.
The 2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 May 2008,for the House of Commons constituency of Crewe and Nantwich,in Cheshire,England. The election was won by the Conservative party candidate Edward Timpson,who defeated the Labour party candidate Tamsin Dunwoody,on a swing from Labour to Conservative of 17.6%,a swing that in a general election would have seen nine Labour cabinet ministers lose their seats.
Anthony Edward Timpson,is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eddisbury in Cheshire from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Cheshire East Council is the local authority for Cheshire East,a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire,England. The council is a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. It has been under no overall control since 2019,being run by a coalition of Labour,local parties and independent councillors,led by Labour councillor Sam Corcoran.
Laura Smith is a British politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe and Nantwich from 2017 to 2019. In 2017,she defeated the incumbent Conservative Edward Timpson by 48 votes,before losing her seat at the 2019 general election.
Kieran John Mullan is a British Conservative Party politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexhill and Battle. He was previously the MP for the marginal seat of Crewe and Nantwich between 2019 and 2024. He has been Shadow Minister for Transport since July 2024.
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of the City of Chester was held on 1 December 2022. It followed the resignation of incumbent member of Parliament Chris Matheson as on 21 October 2022 after accusations of sexual misconduct and a recommendation from the Independent Expert Panel that he be suspended from the House of Commons for four weeks.
Samantha Kate Dixon is a British politician who serves as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chester North and Neston. She sat for City of Chester from 2022 until the seat's abolition in 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she was Leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council from 2015 to 2019.
Andrew Steven Ranger is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Wrexham since July 2024.
