Chester North and Neston | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Chester North and Neston in North West England | |
County | Cheshire |
Electorate | 72,327 (2023) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Samantha Dixon (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | City of Chester & Ellesmere Port and Neston (part) |
Chester North and Neston is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [3]
The constituency is composed of the following wards of the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat covers the majority of, and replaces, the former City of Chester constituency, comprising areas of Chester to the north of the River Dee, including the city centre. It extends northwards to include the town of Neston, previously part of the abolished Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency. [5]
City of Chester and Ellesmere Port and Neston prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Samantha Dixon | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Samantha Dixon | 22,258 | 49.8 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | Simon Eardley | 10,388 | 23.2 | −15.3 | |
Reform UK | Nicholas Goulding | 5,870 | 13.1 | +10.3 | |
Green | Nick Brown | 4,102 | 9.2 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gribbon | 2,076 | 4.6 | −1.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 216 | ||||
Majority | 11,870 | 26.6 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,694 | 63.7 | −10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 70,215 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Changes are from the notional 2019 results on the 2024 boundaries. [7]
2019 notional result [8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 27,137 | 50.3 | |
Conservative | 20,746 | 38.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,337 | 6.2 | |
Brexit Party | 1,502 | 2.8 | |
Green | 1,202 | 2.2 | |
Turnout | 53,924 | 74.6 | |
Electorate | 72,327 |
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