Julian Sturdy

Congratulations to Edward Timpson MP, our new Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich following his election on Thursday in the by-election. 

I spent a number of days over in Nantwich helping to campaign and there was no doubt that the good people of Crewe and Nantwich were ready for a change. However, I have to confess I was not expecting the size of the victory that we achieved, it was a fantastic result announced in the early hours of Friday morning, which saw the Conservatives gain the seat  with a 17.6% swing from Labour. 

Reading the papers today this crushing defeat for Gordon Brown and his Labour Party has attracted some very bad headlines for him:

“Labour fighting for its Life: the Government has been put on notice after Labours mauling in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.” Yorkshire Post

“Is this the end of new Labour. As Labour reeled from its worst by-election defeat for 30 years, the Cabinet yesterday launched a last ditch effort to save Gordon Brown.” Daily Mail 

Despite these damming headlines for Gordon Brown (and I am sure the Sunday Papers will be no better) this is only one by-election, a General Election whenever it is called will be a different ball game. But the tide is turning and there must be a lot of very worried Labour and Liberal MP’s starting to look over their shoulders and wonder what the future holds. A Conservative future led by David Cameron.