Ellesmere Port and Bromborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough (UK Parliament constituency)
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Boundary of Ellesmere Port and Bromborough in North West England
County Cheshire
Merseyside
Electorate 71,027 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Ellesmere Port, Bromborough, Port Sunlight
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Justin Madders (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Ellesmere Port and Neston and Wirral South

Ellesmere Port and Bromborough is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] It was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3] The seat is currently represented by Justin Madders of the Labour Party. Madders was MP for the predecessor seat of Ellesmere Port and Neston from 2015 to 2024.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, and is composed of the following wards:

The seat covers the majority of, and replaces, the Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency, comprising the town of Ellesmere Port, with Neston being included in the new seat of Chester North and Neston. It extends northwards to include the two Wirral Borough communities of Bromborough and Eastham from the abolished constituency of Wirral South. [5] The two parts of the constituency are not internally connected by any public road or path.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Justin Madders Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Ellesmere Port and Bromborough [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Justin Madders 24,186 57.6 −1.7
Reform UK Michael Aldred7,27817.3+13.0
Conservative Lee Evans5,21012.4−14.7
Green Harry Gorman2,7066.4+4.5
Liberal Democrats Chris Carubia2,3285.5−1.9
Independent Ruth Boulton2560.6N/A
Majority16,90840.3+8.1
Rejected ballots153
Turnout 41,96459.3−4.4
Registered electors 70,799
Labour hold Swing −7.3

Changes are from the notional 2019 results on the 2024 boundaries. [8]

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [9]
PartyVote %
Labour 26,81159.3
Conservative 12,23427.1
Liberal Democrats 3,3557.4
Brexit Party 1,9574.3
Green 8591.9
Turnout45,21663.7
Electorate71,027

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