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[edit] 2008

23 May: Conservative Edward Timpson takes the Crewe and Nantwich constituency from Labour at the byelection of 22 May with a swing of 17.6%, in the first Conservative byelection gain from Labour since 1978.

22 May: Byelection held in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency, due to the death of the sitting MP, Gwyneth Dunwoody.

2 May: The Conservatives take control of both of the new unitary authorities after the 1 May council elections, with majorities of 37 councillors in Cheshire East and 38 councillors in Cheshire West and Chester. Elected members will form a "shadow" council until April 2009.

1 May: Elections held to the councils of the two new unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East.

30 April: Byelection called in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency for 22 May, due to the death of the sitting MP, Gwyneth Dunwoody. Candidates include Dunwoody's daughter, Tamsin Dunwoody.

17 April: Gwyneth Dunwoody, Labour MP for Crewe (1974–83) and Crewe and Nantwich (1983–2008), dies after surgery for a heart condition. She was the longest-serving female MP in the UK.

14 April: 106.9 Silk FM release the "The Jodrell Bank Song" by The Astronomers, together with a music video filmed in front of the Lovell Telescope, in a campaign to save the Jodrell Bank Observatory, threatened with closure by government funding cuts.

4 March: Local government reorganisation approved by the House of Lords. From 1 April 2009, Cheshire will be administered under two new unitary authorities, Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East. Elections to the new councils will take place on 1 May.

3 March: The Science and Technology Facilities Council reported to be considering withdrawing its planned £2.7 million annual funding of the e-MERLIN project at Jodrell Bank near Goostrey.

[edit] 2007

September: The Brindley theatre and arts centre in Runcorn wins the the National Lottery Awards "Best Arts Project in the UK", beating competition from other centres including the Tate Modern.