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 majority over Labour.
 This was the first seat gained by the Conservatives in a by-election since the Mitcham and Morden by-election, 1982.
Laura Smith is a British Labour Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe and Nantwich at the 2017 general election, having defeated the incumbent Conservative Edward Timpson.
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Baron Crewe, of Crewe in the County of Chester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
 It was created on 25 February 1806 for the politician and landowner John Crewe, of Crewe Hall, Cheshire.
 This branch of the Crewe (or Crew) family descended from Sir Ranulph Crewe (1558–1646), Speaker of the House of Commons and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
 He was the brother of Sir Thomas Crewe, also Speaker of the House of Commons and the father of John Crew, 1st Baron Crew (a title which became extinct in 1721; see Baron Crew).
 Sir Ranulph's grandson John Crewe was the father of Ann Crewe, who married John Offley, of Madeley Manor, Staffordshire.
 Their son John assumed by Act of Parliament the surname of Crewe in lieu of his patronymic in 1708.
 He sat as a Knight of the Shire for Cheshire.
 His son John Crewe also represented Cheshire in Parliament.
 The latter was the father of the first Baron Crewe.
 Lord Crewe died in 1829 and was succeeded by his son, the second Baron.
 He was a General in the British Army.
 The title became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baron, in 1894.
Anthony Edward Timpson (born (1973--)26 1973 ) is a British Conservative Party politician.
 He was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe and Nantwich at the 2008 by-election but lost his seat in the 2017 general election to the Labour candidate, Laura Smith.
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Question: Crewe and Nantwich is a constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017, by Laura Smith, elected as what for Crewe and Nantwich at the 2017 general election?
Answer: the Member of Parliament (MP)