List of parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire
The ceremonial county of Cheshire (which includes the areas of the Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington unitary authorities) is divided into 11 Parliamentary constituencies. The 2 divisions of Warrington are Borough constituencies, with the remaining 9 being County constituencies.
Constituencies
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Electoral wards[3][4] | Map | ||
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City of Chester CC | 76,057 | 6,164 | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Chris Matheson‡ | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Samantha George† | Cheshire West and Chester District Council: Blacon Hall, Blacon Lodge, Boughton, Boughton Heath, Christleton, City & St Anne's, College, Curzon & Westminster, Dodleston, Handbridge & St Mary's, Hoole All Saints, Hoole Groves, Huntington, Lache Park, Mollington, Newton Brook, Newton St Michaels, Saughall, Upton Grange, Upton Westlea, Vicars Cross. | |
Congleton CC | 80,930 | 18,591 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Fiona Bruce† | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jo Dale‡ | Cheshire East Borough Council: Alsager Central, Alsager East, Alsager West, Astbury, Brereton, Buglawton, Congleton Central, Congleton North, Congleton North West, Congleton South, Congleton West, Dane Valley, Holmes Chapel, Lawton, Middlewich Cledford, Middlewich Kinderton, Odd Rode, Sandbach East, Sandbach North, Sandbach West. | |
Crewe and Nantwich CC | 80,321 | 8,508 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Kieran Mullan† | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Laura Smith‡ | Cheshire East Borough Council: Alexandra, Barony Weaver, Birchin, Coppenhall, Delamere, Englesea, Grosvenor, Haslington, Leighton, Maw Green, St Barnabas, St John's, St Mary's, Shavington, Valley, Waldron, Wellington, Wells Green, Willaston, Wistaston Green, Wybunbury. | |
Eddisbury CC | 73,700 | 18,443 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Edward Timpson† | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Terry Savage‡ | Cheshire West and Chester District Council: Barrow, Cuddington & Oakmere, Davenham & Moulton, Farndon, Kelsall, Malpas, Mara, Tarporley & Oulton, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Tilston, Waverton, Winsford Dene, Winsford Gravel, Winsford Over, Winsford Swanlow, Winsford Verdin, Winsford Wharton. Cheshire East Borough Council: Acton, Audlem, Bunbury, Minshull, Peckforton, Wrenbury. | |
Ellesmere Port and Neston CC | 70,327 | 8,764 | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Justin Madders‡ | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Alison Rodwell† | Cheshire West and Chester District Council: Barrow, Burton & Ness, Central, Farndon, Grange, Groves, Kelsall, Ledsham, Little Neston, Malpas, Neston, Parkgate, Pooltown, Rivacre, Riverside, Rossmore, Stanlow & Wolverham, Strawberry Fields, Sutton, Sutton Green & Manor, Westminster, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Tilston, Waverton, Whitby, Willaston & Thornton. | |
Halton CC | 71,930 | 18,975 | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Derek Twigg‡ | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Charles Rowley† | Halton Borough Council: Appleton, Birchfield, Broadheath, Castlefields, Ditton, Farnworth, Grange, Hale, Halton Brook, Halton View, Heath, Hough Green, Kingsway, Mersey, Riverside. | |
Macclesfield CC | 76,216 | 10,711 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Rutley† | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Neil Puttick‡ | Cheshire East Borough Council: Bollington Central, Bollington East, Bollington West, Disley & Lyme Handley, Gawsworth, Henbury, Macclesfield Bollinbrook, Macclesfield Broken Cross, Macclesfield Central, Macclesfield East, Macclesfield Hurdsfield, Macclesfield Ivy, Macclesfield Ryles, Macclesfield South, Macclesfield Tytherington, Macclesfield West, Poynton Central, Poynton East, Poynton West, Prestbury, Rainow, Sutton. | |
Tatton CC | 69,018 | 17,387 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Esther McVey† | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | James Weinburg‡ | Cheshire East Borough Council: Alderley Edge, Chelford, Dean Row, Fulshaw, Handforth, High Legh, Hough, Knutsford Bexton, Knutsford Nether, Knutsford Norbury Booths, Knutsford Over, Lacey Green, Mere, Mobberley, Morley & Styal, Plumley. Cheshire West and Chester District Council: Barnton, Cogshall, Lostock & Wincham, Rudheath & South Witton, Seven Oaks & Marston, Shakerley. | |
Warrington North BC | 72,235 | 1,509 | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Charlotte Nichols‡ | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Wendy Maisey† | Warrington Borough Council: Birchwood, Burtonwood and Winwick, Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, Fairfield and Howley, Orford, Poplars and Hulme, Poulton North, Poulton South, Rixton and Woolston, Westbrook. | |
Warrington South BC | 86,015 | 2,010 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Andy Carter† | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Faisal Rashid‡ | Warrington Borough Council: Appleton, Bewsey and Whitecross, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, Hatton, Stretton and Walton, Latchford East,Latchford West, Lymm, Penketh and Cuerdley, Stockton Heath, Whittle Hall. | |
Weaver Vale CC | 70,551 | 563 | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Mike Amesbury‡ | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Adam Wordsworth† | Halton Borough Council: Beechwood, Daresbury, Halton Lea, Norton North, Norton South, Windmill Hill. Cheshire West and Chester District Council: Forest, Frodsham North, Frodsham South, Hartford & Whitegate, Helsby, Kingsley, Leftwich & Kingsmead, Milton Weaver, Northwich Castle, Northwich Winnington, Northwich Witton, Weaverham. |
Boundary changes for 2010
Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England, the existing 11 constituencies were retained with changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. These changes were implemented at the 2010 United Kingdom general election.
Name | Pre-2010 Boundaries | Post-2010 Boundaries |
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Proposed boundary changes
The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.
Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.
On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[5]
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cheshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 267,127 | 46.4% | 1.2% | 6 | 2 |
Labour | 227,481 | 39.5% | 8.1% | 5 | 2 |
Liberal Democrats | 51,665 | 9.0% | 4.8% | 1 | 0 |
Greens | 13,872 | 2.4% | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 14,287 | 2.5% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 1,426 | 0.2% | 1.8% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 575,858 | 100.0 | 11 |
Percentage votes
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 45.6 | 44.8 | 44.7 | 33.4 | 35.6 | 37.1 | 40.7 | 43.0 | 45.2 | 46.4 |
Labour | 29.7 | 34.4 | 39.1 | 46.5 | 46.3 | 40.5 | 32.4 | 36.6 | 47.6 | 39.5 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 24.4 | 20.6 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 15.6 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 9.0 |
Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.5 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 2.6 | 11.9 | 1.4 | * |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.5 |
Other | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
Labour | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
Independent1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
1Martin Bell, MP for Tatton.
Maps
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Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
1918 to 1950
Coalition Labour Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Common Wealth Conservative Independent Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931-68)
1950 to 1983
Conservative Labour Liberal Social Democratic Speaker
1983 to present
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in the North West (region)
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
Notes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
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- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
- ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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