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
Boundary changes
2024
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
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 not contain a majority of any previous seat, being composed of minority portions of the former Eddisbury, Weaver Vale, Congleton and Tatton.
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.
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
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:
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:
Percentage votes
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
22019 - Brexit Party
* Included in Other
Seats
1Martin Bell, MP for Tatton.
Maps
1885–1910
1918–1945
1950–1979
1983–present
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
1918 to 1950
Coalition Labour Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23) Common Wealth Conservative Independent Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931–68)
1950 to 1983
Conservative Labour Liberal Social Democratic Speaker
1983 to present
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
1contains areas of Merseyside
See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cheshire
Notes
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