Question: Who was defeated in the 2017 general election for a constituency in Cheshire?

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52nd New Zealand Parliament: The 52nd New Zealand Parliament was elected at the 2017 general election.  The 52nd Parliament consists of 120 members, pending the release of official results, and will serve until the next general election.  Under section 17 of the Constitution Act 1986, Parliament expires three years "from the day fixed for the return of the writs issued for the last preceding general election of members of the House of Representatives, and no longer."  With the date for the return of writs for the general election set at 12 October 2017, the 52nd Parliament must be dissolved on or before 12 October 2020.

William Broderick: William Joseph Broderick (20 May 1877 – 1 June 1957) was an Irish politician and farmer.  He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency at the 1932 general election.  He was re-elected at the 1933 general election but lost his seat at the 1937 general election.  At the 1938 general election, he was elected as a Fine Gael TD for the Waterford constituency.  At the 1943 general election, he moved to the Cork South-East constituency, and was re-elected for this constituency at the 1944 general election.  He did not contest the 1948 general election.

Joseph Mongan: Joseph W. Mongan (11 March 1880 – 12 March 1951) was an Irish politician.  He was an unsuccessful candidate at the June 1927 general election, but was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway constituency at the September 1927 general election.  He was re-elected at the 1932 general election but lost his seat at the 1933 general election.  At the 1937 general election, he was elected as a Fine Gael TD for the Galway West constituency.  He was re-elected at each subsequent general election and served until his death in 1951.

Samuel Manetoali: Samuel Manetoali (born January 24, 1969) is a member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands.  He represents the Gao/Bugotu constituency in Isabel Province.  He attended Lepi Primary School and then went on to do his secondary education at the prestigious King George Sixth National School in Honiara.  He attended law school at the University of Papua New Guinea and graduated with an LLB degree and further unspecified qualifications from the University of Tasmania and University of South Australia.  Prior to entering politics he worked in the country's Public Solicitors Office, then he worked as a private lawyer and a legal adviser to the Isabel Provincial Government.  He first entered parliament in the 2006 general election and re-elected in the 2010 general election. .  He served as the Solomon Islands' Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Services in Prime Minister Derek Sikua's Cabinet until May 2009, when he was transferred to the position of Minister for Lands, Survey, and Housing.  Following the 2010 general election, he remained in Cabinet, under new Prime Minister Danny Philip, as Minister for Tourism and Culture.  In this year's (2014) general election which was held on the 19th November, he was voted in again for the third term with a landslide victory.  .  He contested as an independent candidate in last week's election. .  As a lawyer, many people had expected more from him seeing that many world leaders including Barack Obama and Tony Abott are lawyers by profession and he appears to be a potential candidate for the prime minister's post given his experience as a politician (3 terms including the current term) and his noble profession.  His current success in the recent election could be attributed to projects such as mini-fisheries projects that he established in the various villages in his constituency.  He also helped the villages and communities by giving handouts such as roofing irons, outboard motor engines, fiber boats, solar panels, cash money and other form of support as a way to maintain and broaden his support.  He also supported local tourism in his constituency by giving financial help to tourism operators such as on Sigana Island,albeit, tourism is still at its infant stage in his constituency.  His other elixir to maintain his popularity and support is through facilitating and sending Bamboo Bands/groups notably the Hageulu bamboo band overseas for the promotion of tourism and culture for the country and he managed to do that in his capacity as the minister of Tourism and Culture in the Lilo-led government.  He was also instrumental in establishing the Gao-Bugotu Cultural Festival initially held in Huali Village in Gao and in Sepi/Lepi Villages in Bugotu.

Laurence Walsh: Laurence Joseph Walsh (1 August 1883 – 11 August 1962) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.  A farmer and merchant, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency at the 1937 general election.  He was re-elected at the 1938 general election but lost his seat at the 1943 general election.  He regained his seat at the 1944 general election but was again defeated at the 1948 general election.  He was once more re-elected at the 1951 general election but lost his seat again at the 1954 general election.  In 1957 he was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 9th Seanad.  Walsh was also Mayor of Drogheda, and a member of the Irish Volunteers, participating in the 1916 Easter Rising.  He retired from politics in 1961.

Louise Irvine: Louise Irvine (born 1957, full name Marie-Louise Irvine) is a British general practitioner, health campaigner, and parliamentary candidate.  She unsuccessfully stood for election in the 2015 General election and the 2017 General election for the National Health Action Party in the constituency of South West Surrey.  She came second to Jeremy Hunt in the 2017 election; reducing his majority.

Crewe and Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency): Crewe and Nantwich is a constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017, by Laura Smith of the Labour Party.

Bernard Maguire: Bernard John "Ben" Maguire was an Irish politician, farmer and company director.  Maguire stood unsuccessfully for election at the June 1927 general election.  He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Leitrim–Sligo constituency at the September 1927 general election.  He was re-elected for the same constituency at the 1932 and 1933 general elections.  At the 1937 general election he was elected for the Leitrim constituency and was re-elected for this constituency at the 1938 general election.

Patrick Gorry: Patrick J. Gorry (14 July 1896 – 23 October 1965) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.  A farmer, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Leix–Offaly constituency at the September 1927 general election.  He was re-elected at the 1932 general election but lost his seat at the 1933 general election.  He re-gained his seat at the 1937 general election and was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he lost his seat at the 1951 general election.  He was elected to the 7th Seanad in 1951 on the Agricultural Panel.  He was defeated at the 1954 Seanad election.

Laura Smith (politician): 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.

Supporting paragraphs: Crewe and Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency) Laura Smith (politician)
Answer: Edward Timpson