Crewe and Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Crewe and Nantwich
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Crewe and Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency)
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Boundary of Crewe and Nantwich in North West England
County Cheshire
Electorate 76,236 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Crewe, Nantwich
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Connor Naismith (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Crewe, Nantwich

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.

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Constituency profile

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election following the major reorganisation of local authorities under the Local Government Act 1972, which came into effect on 1 April 1974. It combined parts of the abolished separate constituencies of Crewe and Nantwich and reunited the towns of Crewe and Nantwich in one constituency.

The seat is marginal as Crewe tends to vote Labour, and Nantwich and the surrounding Cheshire villages are more Conservative-inclined. Its residents are slightly poorer than the UK average. [2]

Political history

The seat had been a marginal seat since 2008, as its winner's majority had not exceeded 11.8% of the vote since the 18.9% majority won in that year. A swing seat, it has changed hands three times since 2008. Its 2017 general election result was the eighth-closest result, a winning margin of 48 votes. [3] In 2019, the Conservative candidate secured a 15.7% majority. The 2024 General Election saw a 20.7% majority in favour of Labour.

On its formation for the 1983 general election, the Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody, who had served for the previous constituency of Crewe, came close to losing her second seat in 1983 (she had earlier lost her Exeter seat in 1970), when she scraped in by just 290 votes. Dunwoody increased her majorities at the general elections of 1987, 1992 and 1997. Her majority was slightly reduced at the 2001 and 2005 general elections. She died on 17 April 2008, after 34 years representing the seat and its predecessor, leading to a by-election held on 22 May 2008 which was won by the Conservative candidate Edward Timpson. [4] [5] [6] [7] The Labour candidate, Dunwoody's daughter Tamsin, came a distant second. Having previously enjoyed a considerable lead in support over the Conservatives (as indicated in Gwyneth Dunwoody's over 7,000 majority in 2005), the Labour government had lost support due to the onset of the Great Recession and Gordon Brown’s relatively weak image as a leader.

The by-election produced the first Conservative MP for the seat and nationally the first gain for a Conservative Party candidate at a parliamentary by-election since the Mitcham and Morden by-election in 1982 during the Falklands War, and the first from Labour since the Ilford North by-election of 1978.

Timpson held the seat until 2017, where Labour's Laura Smith gained it with a narrow majority of just 48 votes, the closest margin in the seat's history and the second-narrowest Labour gain of the election (behind Kensington, at 20 votes). In the 2019 general election the Conservatives regained the seat with a majority of 8,508 on a swing of 7.9% to the Conservatives, with Kieran Mullan becoming the new MP. Edward Timpson became the Conservatives' 2019 candidate for Eddisbury, replacing Antoinette Sandbach, who lost the whip earlier that year due to her opposition to a no-deal Brexit; Timpson regained the seat for the Conservatives.

The 2024 general election saw Labour’s Connor Naismith regain the seat from the Conservatives on a swing of 16.1% to Labour.

Boundaries

Crewe and Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1983–1997: The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich wards of Acton, Alexandra, Audlem, Barony Weaver, Bunbury, Combermere, Coppenhall, Delamere, Grosvenor, Maw Green, Minshull, Peckforton, Queens Park, Ruskin Park, St Barnabas, St John's, Shavington, Waldron, Wellington, Weston Park, Willaston East, Willaston West, Wistaston, Wrenbury, and Wybunbury [8]

Comprised the former Municipal Borough of Crewe, previously making up about half of the abolished constituency of Crewe, together with Nantwich and remaining parts of the new Borough of Crewe and Nantwich (excluding Haslington), previously in the abolished constituency of Nantwich

1997–2010: The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich wards of Alexandra, Barony Weaver, Coppenhall, Delamere, Grosvenor, Haslington, Maw Green, Queens Park, Ruskin Park, St Barnabas, St John's, Shavington, Waldron, Wellington, Weston Park, Willaston East, Willaston West, Wistaston, and Wybunbury [9]

The rural wards of Acton, Audlem, Bunbury, Combermere, Minshull, Peckforton, and Wrenbury were transferred to Eddisbury. To compensate for this loss, Haslington was transferred from Congleton

2010–2024: The Borough of Cheshire East wards of Crewe Central, Crewe East, Crewe North, Crewe St Barnabas, Crewe South, Crewe West, Haslington, Leighton (part), Nantwich North & West, Nantwich South & Stapeley, Shavington, Willaston & Rope, Wistaston, and Wybunbury.

2024–present: As above, minus Wybunbury. [10]

Wybunbury moved to Chester South and Eddisbury to bring the electorate within the permitted range.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [11] Party
1983 Gwyneth Dunwoody Labour
2008 by-election Edward Timpson Conservative
2017 Laura Smith Labour
2019 Kieran Mullan Conservative
2024 Connor Naismith Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Crewe and Nantwich [12] [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Connor Naismith 20,837 44.1 +4.9
Conservative Ben Fletcher11,11023.5−27.3
Reform UK Matthew Wood9,60220.3+17.7
Liberal Democrats Matt Theobald2,2864.8−0.3
Green Te Ata Browne2,1514.6+2.7
Putting Crewe FirstBrian Silvester5881.2N/A
Workers Party Phillip Lane3730.8N/A
Monster Raving Loony Lord Psychobilly Tractor2500.5N/A
Rejected ballots140
Majority9,72720.6N/A
Turnout 47,19760.2–5.6
Registered electors 78,423
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg16.1

Changes are from notional results of the 2019 election, using the new boundaries. [15]

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [16]
PartyVote %
Conservative 25,51150.8
Labour 19,69539.2
Liberal Democrats 2,5735.1
Brexit Party 1,3172.6
Green 9511.9
Others1490.3
Turnout50,19665.8
Electorate76,236
General election 2019: Crewe and Nantwich [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kieran Mullan 28,704 53.1 +6.1
Labour Laura Smith 20,19637.4−9.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Theobald2,6184.8+2.4
Brexit Party Matt Wood1,3902.6N/A
Green Te Ata Browne9751.8N/A
Libertarian Andrew Kinsman1490.3N/A
Majority8,50815.7N/A
Turnout 54,03267.3−2.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.9
General election 2017: Crewe and Nantwich [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laura Smith 25,928 47.1 +9.4
Conservative Edward Timpson 25,88047.0+2.0
UKIP Michael Stanley1,8853.4−11.1
Liberal Democrats David Crowther1,3342.4−0.4
Majority480.1N/A
Turnout 55,02769.7+2.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.7
General election 2015: Crewe and Nantwich [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Timpson 22,445 45.0 −0.8
Labour Adrian Heald18,82537.7+3.7
UKIP Richard Lee7,25214.5+11.7
Liberal Democrats Roy Wood1,3742.8−12.2
Majority3,6207.3−4.5
Turnout 49,89667.4+1.5
Conservative hold Swing −2.3
General election 2010: Crewe and Nantwich [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Timpson 23,420 45.8 +12.9
Labour David Williams17,37434.0−14.4
Liberal Democrats Roy Wood7,65615.0−3.7
UKIP James Clutton1,4142.8N/A
BNP Phil Williams1,0432.0N/A
Independent Mike Parsons1770.3N/A
Majority6,04611.8N/A
Turnout 51,08465.9−2.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +17.6

Elections in the 2000s

2008 by-election: Crewe and Nantwich [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Timpson 20,539 49.5 +16.9
Labour Tamsin Dunwoody 12,67930.6−18.2
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Shenton6,04014.6−4.0
UKIP Mike Nattrass 9222.2N/A
Green Robert Smith3590.9N/A
English Democrat David Roberts2750.7N/A
Monster Raving Loony The Flying Brick2360.6N/A
Independent Mark Walklate2170.5N/A
Cut Tax on Diesel and PetrolPaul Thorogood1180.3N/A
Independent Gemma Garrett 1130.3N/A
Majority7,86018.9N/A
Turnout 41,49858.2−1.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +17.6
General election 2005: Crewe and Nantwich [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 21,240 48.8 −5.5
Conservative Eveleigh Moore-Dutton14,16232.6+2.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Roberts8,08318.6+5.1
Majority7,07816.2−6.7
Turnout 43,48560.0−0.2
Labour hold Swing -3.7
General election 2001: Crewe and Nantwich [25] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 22,556 54.3 −3.9
Conservative Donald Potter12,65030.4+3.4
Liberal Democrats David Cannon5,59513.5+1.8
UKIP Roger Croston7461.8N/A
Majority9,90623.9−7.3
Turnout 41,54760.2−13.7
Labour hold Swing −3.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Crewe and Nantwich [26] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 29,460 58.2 +10.6
Conservative Michael Loveridge13,66227.0−11.5
Liberal Democrats David Cannon5,94011.7−0.8
Referendum Peter Astbury1,5433.0N/A
Majority15,79831.2+26.8
Turnout 50,60573.9−8.0
Labour hold Swing +13.4
General election 1992: Crewe and Nantwich [27] [24] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 28,065 45.7 +1.7
Conservative Brian Silvester25,37041.3−0.8
Liberal Democrats Gwyn Griffiths7,31511.9−2.0
Green Natalie Wilkinson6511.1N/A
Majority2,6954.4+2.5
Turnout 61,40181.9+2.6
Labour hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Crewe and Nantwich [29] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 25,457 44.0 +2.9
Conservative Angela Browning 24,36542.1+1.5
SDP Kenneth Roberts8,02213.9−4.4
Majority1,0921.9+1.4
Turnout 57,84479.3+4.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1983: Crewe and Nantwich [31] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyneth Dunwoody 22,031 41.1
Conservative Patrick Rock 21,74140.6
SDP John Pollard9,82018.3
Majority2900.5
Turnout 53,59274.7
Labour win (new seat)

See also

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