Crewe and Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Crewe and Nantwich
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Crewe and Nantwich in Cheshire.
Location of Cheshire within England.
County	Cheshire
Electorate	78,845 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Edward Timpson (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Crewe and Nantwich
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Crewe and Nantwich is a constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2008 by Edward Timpson of the Conservative Party.

The constituency was created for the 1983 General Election. For 25 years the constituency elected the Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody. Dunwoody gained increasing majorities in the elections of 1987, 1992 and 1997. Her majority was slightly reduced in the 2001 and 2005 elections. Gwyneth Dunwoody died on 17 April 2008 leading to a by-election held on 22 May 2008 which was won by the Conservative candidate Edward Timpson.

The by-election produced the first Conservative MP for the seat and nationally the first gain for a Conservative 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.

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.

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.

2010-present: The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich wards of Alexandra, Barony Weaver, Birchin, Coppenhall, Delamere, Englesea, Grosvenor, Haslington, Leighton, Maw Green, St Barnabas, St John's, St Mary's, Shavington, Valley, Waldron, Wellington, Wells Green, Willaston, Wistaston Green, and Wybunbury.