Chester South and Eddisbury | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() 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) |
Seats | One |
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.
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. [5]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Aphra Brandreth | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Aphra Brandreth | 19,905 | 37.9 | −21.3 | |
Labour | Angeliki Stogia | 16,848 | 32.1 | +10.6 | |
Reform UK | Peter Langley | 6,414 | 12.2 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob Herd | 5,430 | 10.3 | −5.0 | |
Green | Steve Davies | 2,278 | 4.3 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Gillian Edwards | 1,611 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,057 | 5.8 | −31.9 | ||
Turnout | 52,486 | 70.7 | –6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 74,284 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −15.9 |
2019 notional result [8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 32,703 | 59.2 | |
Labour | 11,877 | 21.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8,446 | 15.3 | |
Green | 1,163 | 2.1 | |
Brexit Party | 569 | 1.0 | |
Others | 451 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 55,209 | 76.7 | |
Electorate | 71,975 |