Chester South and Eddisbury

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Chester South and Eddisbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Chester South and Eddisbury
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Boundary of Chester South and Eddisbury in North West England
County Cheshire
Electorate 71,975 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Chester (part), Cuddington, Weaverham, Kelsall
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Aphra Brandreth (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Eddisbury & City of Chester (part)

Chester South and Eddisbury 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, [3] it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The Member of Parliament elected in 2024 is Aphra Brandreth of the Conservative Party. It is one of only three currently held by the Conservatives in the North West Region.

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Constituency profile

Chester South and Eddisbury is a large rural constituency located in Cheshire. It contains southern suburbs of the city of Chester (Handbridge, Lache and Huntington) and many small rural settlements, including the small market town of Malpas and the villages of Weaverham, Cuddington and Tarporley. The constituency's name references the traditional hundred (division) of Cheshire which was named after Eddisbury hill fort, an Iron Age settlement near the village of Delamere. The constituency is generally affluent, particularly in Christleton and Tarvin, [4] and house prices are high. [5]

Compared to national averages, residents of the constituency are older, more religious and have high levels of income, education and professional employment. White people make up 96% of the population. [5] At the local council level, the Chester suburbs are represented by Labour Party councillors whilst the rest of the constituency elected Conservatives. An estimated 52% of voters in the constituency supported remaining in the European Union in the 2016 Brexit referendum compared to 48% nationally. [5]

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The seat covers the majority of, and replaces, the former Eddisbury constituency, excluding the town of Winsford (now part of the new constituency of Mid Cheshire), together with areas of Chester to the south of the River Dee from the abolished City of Chester constituency. In addition, Weaverham was transferred from Weaver Vale (also abolished) and Wybunbury from Crewe and Nantwich. [7]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Aphra Brandreth Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Chester South and Eddisbury [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aphra Brandreth 19,905 37.9 −21.3
Labour Angeliki Stogia 16,84832.1+10.6
Reform Peter Langley6,41412.2+11.2
Liberal Democrats Rob Herd5,43010.3−5.0
Green Steve Davies2,2784.3+2.2
Independent Gillian Edwards1,6113.1N/A
Majority 3,0575.8−31.9
Turnout 52,48670.7–6.0
Registered electors 74,284
Conservative hold Swing −15.9
2019 notional result [10]
PartyVote%
Conservative 32,70359.2
Labour 11,87721.5
Liberal Democrats 8,44615.3
Green 1,1632.1
Brexit Party 5691.0
Others4510.8
Turnout55,20976.7
Electorate71,975

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Boundaries review: The ancient city of Chester being split in two". BBC News. 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  3. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  4. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Seat Details - Chester South and Eddisbury". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  7. ↑ "New Seat Details - Chester South and Eddisbury". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  8. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Cheshire West and Chester Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Chester South and Eddisbury - General Election Results 2024". BBC News. 7 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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