Ellesmere Port and Neston (constituency)

Ellesmere Port and Neston was a constituency^{[n 1]} of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.^{[n 2]}

Electorate69,522 (2018)^[1]

Major settlementsEllesmere Port and Neston

SeatsOne

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Ellesmere Port and Neston
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ellesmere Port and Neston in Cheshire
Location of Cheshire within England
County	Cheshire
Electorate	69,522 (2018)^[1]
Major settlements	Ellesmere Port and Neston
1983–2024
Seats	One
Created from	Bebington and Ellesmere Port, Wirral and City of Chester^[2]
Replaced by	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough Chester North and Neston

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Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to boundary changes which involved the loss of Neston to the new constituency of Chester North and Neston. To compensate, the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral wards of Bromborough and Eastham were transferred from the disappearing seat of Wirral South. As a consequence of these changes, the constituency was renamed Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, first contested at the 2024 general election.^[3]

History

The constituency was formed in 1983, largely from the southern parts of the former Bebington and Ellesmere Port and Wirral constituencies. Both were former Conservative seats. Mike Woodcock of the Conservatives held the seat from the 1983 election until the 1992 election, when it was taken by Andrew Miller of the Labour Party. Miller held the seat until his retirement from the Commons in 2015, during which time it became a relatively safe Labour seat, and was succeeded by Justin Madders.^[4]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 2019–2024

1983–1997: The Borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston, and the City of Chester wards of Elton, Mollington, and Saughall.^[5]

The majority of the constituency (Ellesmere Port) had previously been one half of the abolished Bebington and Ellesmere Port constituency, whilst Neston had been a smaller part of the abolished Wirral constituency. The three City of Chester wards were transferred from the City of Chester constituency.

1997–2010: The Borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston, and the City of Chester ward of Elton.^[6]

The Mollington and Saughall wards transferred back to City of Chester.

2010–2019: The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 defined the boundaries as:

The Borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston (all wards), and the City of Chester wards of Elton and Mickle Trafford.^[7]

Minor changes due to revision of ward boundaries.

Before the new boundaries came into force for the 2010 election, the districts making up the county of Cheshire were abolished on 1 April 2009, being replaced by four unitary authorities. Consequently, the constituency's boundaries became:

The Cheshire West and Chester wards of Chester Villages (part), Ellesmere Port Town, Elton, Grange, Ledsham and Manor, Little Neston and Burton (part), Neston, Netherpool, Parkgate, Rossmore, St Paul's, Strawberry, Sutton, Whitby, and Willaston and Thornton.

2019–2024: Following a further local government ward boundary review in 2019, the boundaries were:

The Cheshire West and Chester wards of Central and Grange, Gowy Rural (part), Ledsham and Manor, Little Neston, Neston, Netherpool, Parkgate, Sandstone (part), Strawberry, Sutton Villages, Westminster, Whitby Groves, Whitby Park, Willaston and Thornton (part), and Wolverham.^[8]

The constituency included the industrial town of Ellesmere Port, the smaller residential town of Neston and villages such as Burton, Parkgate, Willaston, Elton and Mickle Trafford.^[9]

Members of Parliament

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	Member^[10]	Party
1983	Mike Woodcock	Conservative
1992	Andrew Miller	Labour
2015	Justin Madders	Labour

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