^"Tories snatch Crewe from Labour". BBC News. 23 مايو 2008. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2009-02-05. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2008-05-23. Tory candidate Edward Timpson won 7,860 more votes than his Labour rival, overturning a 7,000 Labour majority at the general election – a 17.6% swing.