The City of Chester is a constituency [ n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Chris Matheson of the Labour Party.[ n 2]
Boundaries
The constituency covers the English city of Chester on the border of Wales and parts of the surrounding Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority, including the villages of Aldford , Capenhurst , Christleton , Guilden Sutton , Mollington , Newtown , Pulford and Saughall .
Much of the city of Chester itself is residential of varying characteristics, with more middle-class areas such as Upton and the large rural former council estate of Blacon . However, the estate of Blacon is, except where purchased under the right to buy , owned run and maintained by the Chester And District Housing Trust.CDHT .
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cheshire, the Boundary Commission for England made minor changes to the existing arrangement as a consequence of population changes. The electoral wards included in this modified constituency were (as at 12 April 2005):
Blacon Hall , Blacon Lodge , Boughton , Boughton Heath , Christleton , City and St Anne's , College , Curzon and Westminster, Dodleston , Handbridge and St Mary's , Hoole All Saints, Hoole Groves, Huntington , Lache Park, Mollington , Newton Brook, Newton St Michaels, Saughall , Upton Grange , Upton Westlea and Vicars Cross , all from the Chester District [ 3]
The changes were approved in 2007 and came into effect at the 2010 general election .[ 4]
History
As part of a county palatine with a parliament of its own until the early 16th century Chester was not enfranchised (sent no MPs) until an Act of 1543 since which it returned two MPs to Parliament as a parliamentary borough until 1885, when the representation was reduced to one. For most of the 19th century, the seat was held by the Whigs and (later) the Liberals .
From 1910 until 1997, Chester was held by Conservative Party MPs. In most elections it was a safe seat, although the party's MPs had more marginal majorities at the 1929 general election over the Liberal candidate (when Labour formed a minority government) and at the 1992 election over the Labour candidate, when the Conservatives had a small parliamentary majority.
Labour's Christine Russell gained the seat easily at the 1997 election and held it until 2010. Her majority over the Conservatives had been reduced to under 1,000 at the 2005 election . The Conservative Stephen Mosley regained the seat for a term, before Labour's Chris Matheson was returned in 2015 .
Four of the six candidates at the 2010 general election had contested the seat previously; Christine Russell (1997, 2001, 2005); Allan Weddell (2001, 2005); Ed Abrahms (2005) and Tom Barker (1992). All candidates had contested at least one election for local authorities for wards inside the constituency. The Liberal Democrats including their two predecessor parties amassed their largest share of the vote in 2005 at 21.9% of the vote.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1545 to 1660
† Smith and Gamull were Both disabled from serving in 1644.
MPs 1660–1880
Year
First member[ 7]
First party
Second member[ 7]
Second party
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1660
John Ratcliffe
William Ince
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1661
Sir Thomas Smith, Bt
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1673
Robert Werden
Tory
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1675
William Williams
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1679
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Bt
Tory
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1681
Roger Whitley
Whig
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1685
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Bt
Tory
Robert Werden
Tory
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1689
Roger Whitley
Whig
George Mainwaring
Whig
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1690
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Bt
Tory
Sir Richard Levinge, Bt
Tory
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1695
Roger Whitley
Whig
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January 1698
Thomas Cowper
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July 1698
Peter Shakerley
Tory
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1701
Sir Henry Bunbury, Bt
Tory
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1715
Sir Richard Grosvenor, Bt
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1727
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Bt
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January 1733
Sir Robert Grosvenor, Bt
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March 1733
Sir Charles Bunbury, Bt
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1742
Philip Henry Warburton
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1754
Sir Richard Grosvenor, Bt
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1755
Thomas Grosvenor
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1761
Richard Wilbraham-Bootle
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1790
Viscount Belgrave
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1795
Thomas Grosvenor
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1802
Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor
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1807
John Grey Egerton
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1818
Viscount Belgrave
Tory
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1826
Lord Robert Grosvenor
Whig
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1830
Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bt
Conservative
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1831
Foster Cunliffe-Offley
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May 1832
John Finchett Maddock
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December 1832
Sir John Jervis
Liberal
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1847
Earl Grosvenor
Liberal
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1850
William Owen Stanley
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1857
Enoch Gibbon Salisbury
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1859
Philip Stapleton Humberston
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1865
William Henry Gladstone
Liberal
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1868
Henry Cecil Raikes
Conservative
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1869
Hon. Norman Grosvenor
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1874
John George Dodson
Liberal
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1880
Beilby Lawley
Liberal
Constituency suspended (1880)
MPs since 1885
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
Sir Owen Philipps
endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1900s
Alfred Mond
Elections 1832-1900
Idris
Foster
Appointment of J G Dodson as President of the Local Government Board
Succession of Earl Grosvenor to the peerage as Marquess of Westminster
Resignation of Lord Robert Grosvenor to contest Middlesex
Appointment of Lord Robert Grosvenor to H M Household
Appointment of John Jervis as Solicitor General
See also
Notes and references
Notes
References
^ "City of Chester: Usual Resident Population, 2011" . Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 March 2015 .
^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England" . 2011 Electorate Figures . Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011 .
^ The Chester district and its constituent wards were abolished on 1 April 2009, when they became part of the new unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester; however, the boundaries of the parliamentary constituency remain fixed according to the wards in operation at 12 April 2005.
^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 , S.I. 2007/1681.
^ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/smith-sir-lawrence-1516-82
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "History of Parliament" . Retrieved 2011-09-22 .
^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
^ "Chester 1660-" . Hansard 1803-2005 . UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 March 2015 .
^ "Election Data 2015" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
^ "Chester, City of" . BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015 .
^ "Election Data 2010" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b12.stm
^ "Election Data 2005" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Election Data 2001" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Election Data 1997" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Election Data 1992" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "UK General Election results April 1992" . Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources . Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06 .
^ "Election Data 1987" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Election Data 1983" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1832-1885 (Craig)
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