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The funeral of Gwyneth Dunwoody, the Labour MP for Crewe and Nantwich hasn't taken place yet but all the same, Labour have tabled the writ for the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.

The veteran Conservative MP, Sir Nicholas Winterton, doesn't think that's on. This morning he opposed the moving of the writ because he says things are being done with "unseemly haste".

Not so, say Labour who have the support of Mrs Dunwoody's family: "Our mother proudly represented this constituency for 34 years, and would not want to see local people go without an MP"

Given the matter's being discussed elsewhere I will mention that Gwyneth Dunwoody's daughter, Tamsin, who lost her Preseli Pembrokeshire seat in the Assembly last year, has confirmed she's hoping to fight for her mother's seat and 7,000 majority.

The shortlist will be announced this Friday.

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