List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Cheshire

List of parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire

List of parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire

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The ceremonial county of Cheshire (which includes the areas of the Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington unitary authorities) is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies. The 2 divisions of Warrington are borough constituencies, with the remaining 9 being county constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour

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2010 boundary changes

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.

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Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[7] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Cheshire be combined 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 avoids the need for a constituency which spans the River Mersey. As a consequence, there are significant changes in the west of the county. The town of Neston would be moved from Ellesmere Port and Neston to City of Chester, resulting in these constituencies being replaced by Chester North and Neston, and Ellesmere Port and Bromborough respectively. Halton would be abolished, with Widnes being included in the new constituency of Widnes and Halewood, and Runcorn in the new constituency of Runcorn and Helsby. Eddisbury and Weaver Vale would both be abolished, being replaced by Chester South and Eddisbury, and Mid Cheshire.[8][9][10]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Cheshire East

Containing electoral wards from Cheshire West and Chester

Containing electoral wards from Halton

Containing electoral wards from Warrington

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[11]

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:

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Percentage votes

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11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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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

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1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. Britain Elects [@BritainElects] (1 December 2022). "Chester by-election, turnout: 41.2% 28,541 votes cast" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  4. "Labour Holds Chester In By-Election Blow To Tories". HuffPost UK. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. "Parliament boundary changes: Splitting of Chester seat condemned". BBC News. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  7. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 763-814. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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