Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire
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From 2024, the ceremonial county of Cheshire (which comprises the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington) is divided into twelve parliamentary constituencies; one borough constituency, and 11 county constituencies. Two constituencies (Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, and Widnes and Halewood) are partly in the county of Merseyside.
Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Reform UK
| Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate | Majority[nb 2] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards[1] | Map | ||
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| Chester North and Neston CC | 70,215 | 11,870 | Samantha Dixon‡ | Simon Eardley† | Cheshire West and Chester Council: Blacon, Chester City and the Garden Quarter, Great Boughton, Little Neston, Neston, Newton and Hoole, Parkgate, Saughall and Mollington, Upton, Willaston and Thornton. |  | ||
| Chester South and Eddisbury CC | 74,284 | 3,057 | Aphra Brandreth† | Angeliki Stogia‡ | Cheshire East Council: Audlem, Bunbury, Wrenbury, Wybunbury. Cheshire West and Chester Council: Christleton and Huntington, Farndon, Handbridge Park, Lache, Malpas, Tarporley, Tarvin and Kelsall, Tattenhall, Weaver and Cuddington. |  | ||
| Congleton CC | 74,243 | 3,387 | Sarah Russell‡ | Fiona Bruce† | Cheshire East Council: Alsager, Brereton Rural, Congleton East, Congleton West, Dane Valley, Odd Rode, Sandbach Elworth, Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock, Sandbach Heath and East, Sandbach Town. |  | ||
| Crewe and Nantwich CC | 78,423 | 9,727 | Connor Naismith‡ | Ben Fletcher† | Cheshire East Council: Crewe Central, Crewe East, Crewe North, Crewe South, Crewe St. Barnabas, Crewe West, Haslington, Leighton, Nantwich North and West, Nantwich South and Stapeley, Shavington, Willaston and Rope, Wistaston. |  | ||
| Ellesmere Port and Bromborough BC | 70,799 | 16,908 | Justin Madders‡ | Michael Aldred¤ | Cheshire West and Chester Council: Central and Grange, Ledsham and Manor, Netherpool, Strawberry, Sutton Villages, Westminster, Whitby Groves, Whitby Park, Wolverham. Wirral Council: Bromborough, Eastham. |  | ||
| Macclesfield CC | 76,416 | 9,120 | Tim Roca‡ | David Rutley† | Cheshire East Council: Bollington, Broken Cross and Upton, Disley, Gawsworth, Macclesfield Central, Macclesfield East, Macclesfield Hurdsfield, Macclesfield South, Macclesfield Tytherington, Macclesfield West and Ivy, Poynton East and Pott Shrigley, Poynton West and Adlington, Prestbury, Sutton. |  | ||
| Mid Cheshire CC | 70,384 | 8,927 | Andrew Cooper‡ | Charles Fifield† | Cheshire East Council: Middlewich. Cheshire West and Chester Council: Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead, Hartford and Greenback, Northwich Leftwich, Northwich Winnington and Castle, Northwich Witton, Rudheath, Winsford Dene, Winsford Gravel, Winsford Over and Verdin, Winsford Swanlow, Winsford Wharton |  | ||
| Runcorn and Helsby CC | 71,955 | 6 2025 by-election |
Sarah Pochin¤ | Karen Shore‡ | Cheshire West and Chester Council: Frodsham, Gowy Rural, Helsby, Sandstone. Halton Borough Council: Beechwood and Heath, Bridgewater, Daresbury, Moore and Sandymoor, Grange, Halton Castle, Halton Lea, Mersey and Weston, Norton North, Norton South and Preston Brook. |  | ||
| Tatton CC | 75,978 | 1,136 | Esther McVey† | Ryan Jude‡ | Cheshire East Council: Alderley Edge, Chelford, Handforth, High Legh, Knutsford, Mobberley, Wilmslow Dean Row, Wilmslow East, Wilmslow Lacey Green, Wilmslow West and Chorley. Cheshire West and Chester Council: Marbury, Shakerley. Warrington Borough Council: Lymm North and Thelwall (polling districts SNA, SNB, SPA, SPB and SPC), Lymm South. |  | ||
| Warrington North CC | 70,601 | 9,190 | Charlotte Nichols‡ | Trevor Nicholls¤ | Warrington Borough Council: Birchwood, Burtonwood and Winwick, Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, Fairfield & Howley, Orford, Poplars and Hulme, Poulton North, Poulton South, Rixton and Woolston, Westbrook. |  | ||
| Warrington South CC | 78,399 | 11,340 | Sarah Hall‡ | Andy Carter† | Warrington Borough Council: Appleton, Bewsey and Whitecross, Chapelford and Old Hall, Grappenhall, Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall, Great Sankey South, Latchford East, Latchford West, Lymm North and Thelwall (polling districts SNC, SND, SNE and SNF), Penketh and Cuerdley, Stockton Heath. |  | ||
| Widnes and Halewood CC | 70,161 | 16,425 | Derek Twigg‡ | Jake Fraser¤ | Halton Borough Council: Appleton, Bankfield, Birchfield, Central and West Bank, Ditton, Hale Village and Halebank, Farnworth, Halton View, Highfield, Hough Green. Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Halewood North, Halewood South, Whiston and Cronton (polling districts WC1, WC1A, WC2, WC3 and WC4). |  | ||
Boundary changes
2024
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
| Former name | Boundaries 2010-2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024–present |
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For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Cheshire with Merseyside as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies of Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, and Widnes and Halewood, which avoided the need for a constituency spanning the River Mersey. As a consequence, there were significant changes in the west of the county. The town of Neston was transferred from Ellesmere Port and Neston to City of Chester, resulting in these constituencies being replaced by Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, and Chester North and Neston respectively. Halton was abolished, with the majority of the seat being included in the new constituency of Widnes and Halewood, and the remainder in the new constituency of Runcorn and Helsby. Eddisbury and Weaver Vale were both abolished, being largely replaced by Chester South and Eddisbury, and Runcorn and Helsby, respectively. Mid Cheshire was created as a new constituency which did not contain a majority of any previous seat, being composed of minority portions of the former Eddisbury, Weaver Vale, Congleton and Tatton.[2][3][4][5]
The following constituencies were proposed and adopted:
Containing electoral wards from Cheshire East
- Chester South and Eddisbury (part)
- Congleton
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Macclesfield
- Mid Cheshire (part)
- Tatton (part)
Containing electoral wards from Cheshire West and Chester
- Chester North and Neston
- Chester South and Eddisbury (part)
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough (part also in the Merseyside borough of Wirral)
- Mid Cheshire (part)
- Runcorn and Helsby (part)
Containing electoral wards from Halton
- Runcorn and Helsby (part)
- Widnes and Halewood (part also in the Merseyside borough of Knowsley)
Containing electoral wards from Warrington
- Tatton (part)
- Warrington North
- Warrington South
2010
Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England, the existing 11 constituencies were retained with changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. These changes were implemented at the 2010 United Kingdom general election.
| Name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Boundaries 2010–2024 |
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Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]
2024
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies in Cheshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 252,726 | 45.9% |  6.4% |
10 | 5 |
| Conservative | 135,749 | 24.7% |  21.7% |
2 | 4 |
| Reform UK | 90,090 | 16.4% | 13.9% |
0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 34,774 | 6.3% | 2.7% |
0 | 0 |
| Greens | 29,250 | 5.3% | 2.9% |
0 | 0 |
| Others | 7,970 | 1.4% | 1.2% |
0 | 0 |
| Total | 550,558 | 100.0 | 12 |
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cheshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 267,127 | 46.4% | 1.2% |
6 | 2 |
| Labour | 227,481 | 39.5% | 8.1% |
5 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 51,665 | 9.0% | 4.8% |
0 | 0 |
| Greens | 13,872 | 2.4% | 1.4% |
0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 14,287 | 2.5% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 1,426 | 0.2% | 1.8% |
0 | 0 |
| Total | 575,858 | 100.0 | 11 |
Percentage votes
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 29.7 | 34.4 | 39.1 | 46.5 | 46.3 | 40.5 | 32.4 | 36.6 | 47.6 | 39.5 | 45.9 |
| Conservative | 45.6 | 44.8 | 44.7 | 33.4 | 35.6 | 37.1 | 40.7 | 43.0 | 45.2 | 46.4 | 24.7 |
| Liberal Democrat1 | 24.4 | 20.6 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 15.6 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 6.3 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.5 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 5.3 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 2.6 | 11.9 | 1.4 | * | - |
| Reform UK2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.5 | 16.4 |
| Other | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
22019 - Brexit Party
* Included in Other
Seats
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| Conservative | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Independent1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
1Martin Bell, MP for Tatton.
Maps
1885–1910
1885
1886
1892
1895
1900
1906
Jan 1910
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1918–1945
1918
1922
1923
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1929
1931- 1935
1945
1950–1979
1950- 1951
1955- 1959
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1983–present
1983- 1987
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2010
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2019
2024
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
| Constituency | 1885 | 86 | 1886 | 87 | 1892 | 93 | 94 | 1895 | 00 | 1900 | 05 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | 10 | Dec 1910 | 12 | 13 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | J. Brooks | W. Brooks | Disraeli | Crossley | Kebty-Fletcher | Hamilton | ||||||||||||
| Birkenhead | Hamley | Keppel | Lees | Vivian | Bigland | |||||||||||||
| Chester | Foster | Yerburgh | Mond | Yerburgh | Philipps | |||||||||||||
| Crewe | Latham | McLaren | Ward | Tomkinson | McLaren | Craig | ||||||||||||
| Eddisbury | Tollemache | Stanley | Barnston | |||||||||||||||
| Hyde | Ashton | Sidebotham | Chapman | Schwann | Neilson | Jacobsen | ||||||||||||
| Knutsford | Egerton | King | Sykes | |||||||||||||||
| Macclesfield | W. C. Brocklehurst | Bromley-Davenport | W. B. Brocklehurst | |||||||||||||||
| Northwich | J. T. Brunner | Verdin | J. T. Brunner | J. F. Brunner | ||||||||||||||
| Stalybridge | Sidebottom | Ridley | Cheetham | Wood | ||||||||||||||
| Stockport | Jennings | Whiteley | → | Leigh | Duckworth | Hughes | ||||||||||||
| Tipping | Gedge | Leigh | Melville | Wardle | ||||||||||||||
| Wirral | Cotton-Jodrell | Hoult | Lever | Stewart | ||||||||||||||
1918 to 1950
Coalition Labour Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23) Common Wealth Conservative Independent Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931–68)
| Constituency | 1918 | 20 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 25 | 29 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 33 | 1935 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 1945 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham / Altrincham and Sale (1945) | Hamilton | Alstead | Atkinson | Grigg | Erroll | |||||||||||||||
| Bucklow | Shepherd | |||||||||||||||||||
| Birkenhead East | Bigland | White | Stott | White | Soskice | |||||||||||||||
| Birkenhead West | Grayson | Stott | Egan | Nuttall | Egan | Allen | Collick | |||||||||||||
| Chester | Philipps | Cayzer | Nield | |||||||||||||||||
| Crewe | Davies | Hemmerde | Craig | Bowen | Somervell | Allen | ||||||||||||||
| Eddisbury | Barnston | Russell | → | Loverseed | → | → | Barlow | |||||||||||||
| Knutsford | Sykes | Makins | Bromley-Davenport | |||||||||||||||||
| Macclesfield | Remer | Weston | Harvey | |||||||||||||||||
| Northwich | Dewhurst | Crichton-Stuart | Foster | |||||||||||||||||
| Stalybridge and Hyde | Wood | Rhodes | Tattersall | Wood | Lawrie | Hope | Dunne | Trevor-Cox | Lang | |||||||||||
| Stockport | Wardle | Greenwood | Townend | Dower | Gridley | |||||||||||||||
| Hughes | Fildes | Royle | Hammersley | Hulbert | ||||||||||||||||
| Wallasey | McDonald | Chadwick | Moore-Brabazon | Reakes | Marples | |||||||||||||||
| Wirral | Stewart | Dodds | Grace | Clayton | Graham | Lloyd | ||||||||||||||
1950 to 1983
Conservative Labour Liberal Social Democratic Speaker
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 55 | 1955 | 56 | 1959 | 1964 | 65 | 1966 | 1970 | 71 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 76 | 79 | 1979 | 81 | Destination |
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| Altrincham and Sale | Erroll | Barber | Montgomery | Greater Manchester | ||||||||||||||
| Bebington / & Ellesmere Port (1974) | Oakshott | Howe | Brooks | Cockeram | Bates | Porter | Cheshire, Merseyside | |||||||||||
| Birkenhead | Collick | Dell | Field | Merseyside | ||||||||||||||
| Cheadle | Shepherd | Winstanley | Normanton | Greater Manchester, Cheshire | ||||||||||||||
| Chester | Nield | Temple | Morrison | Cheshire | ||||||||||||||
| Crewe | Allen | Dunwoody | Cheshire | |||||||||||||||
| Hazel Grove | Winstanley | Arnold | Greater Manchester | |||||||||||||||
| Knutsford | Bromley-Davenport | Davies | Bruce-Gardyne | Cheshire | ||||||||||||||
| Macclesfield | Harvey | Winterton | Cheshire | |||||||||||||||
| Nantwich | Grant-Ferris | Cockcroft | Bonsor | Cheshire | ||||||||||||||
| Northwich | Foster | Goodlad | Cheshire | |||||||||||||||
| Runcorn | Vosper | Carlisle | Cheshire | |||||||||||||||
| Stalybridge and Hyde | Lang | Blackburn | Pendry | Greater Manchester | ||||||||||||||
| Stockport North | Hulbert | Gregory | Owen | Bennett | Greater Manchester | |||||||||||||
| Stockport South | Gridley | Steward | Orbach | McNally | → | Greater Manchester | ||||||||||||
| Wallasey | Marples | Chalker | Merseyside | |||||||||||||||
| Wirral | Lloyd | → | Hunt | Merseyside | ||||||||||||||
1983 to 2024
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 99 | 2001 | 2005 | 08 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 19 | 2019 | 22 |
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| City of Chester | Morrison | Brandreth | Russell | Mosley | Matheson | Dixon | ||||||||
| Congleton | Winterton | Bruce | ||||||||||||
| Crewe and Nantwich | Dunwoody | Timpson | Smith | Mullan | ||||||||||
| Eddisbury | Goodlad | O'Brien | Sandbach | → | Timpson | |||||||||
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | Woodcock | Miller | Madders | |||||||||||
| Halton | Oakes | Twigg | ||||||||||||
| Macclesfield | Winterton | Rutley | ||||||||||||
| Tatton | Hamilton | Bell | Osborne | McVey | ||||||||||
| Warrington South | Carlisle | Butler | Hall | Southworth | Mowat | Rashid | Carter | |||||||
| Warrington North | Hoyle | Jones | Nichols | |||||||||||
| Weaver Vale | Hall | Evans | Amesbury | |||||||||||
2024 to present
Conservative Independent Labour Reform UK
1contains areas of Merseyside
