Who won a spectacular victory for the Tories in the Crewe and Nantwichby-election on May 22nd. (2008)?
2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election 2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election The Crewe and Nantwich by-election, 2008 was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 May 2008, for the British 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 see nine Labour cabinet ministers lose their seats. At the time of the by-election, a swing of 7% in a general election would have seen the Conservatives gain an overall
2008 Texas's 22nd congressional district election 2008 Texas's 22nd congressional district election The 2008 election for Texas's 22nd congressional district was held on November 4, 2008, as part of the United States House of Representatives elections for the 111th United States Congress. Pete Olson defeated the incumbent Nick Lampson. This race was considered a key race because the seat was previously held by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, as well as the fact that the seat is represented by a Democrat, Nick Lampson, whose victory was largely attributed to Republicans being forced to run a write-in campaign. The Republican candidate is Pete Olson who is