Chester South and Eddisbury

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]

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

• The Borough of Cheshire East wards of: Audlem; Bunbury; Wrenbury; Wybunbury.
• The Borough of Cheshire West and Chester wards of: Christleton & Huntington; Farndon; Handbridge Park; Lache; Malpas; Tarporley; Tarvin & Kelsall; Tattenhall; Weaver & Cuddington.^[6]

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]