List of parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire

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 twelve parliamentary constituencies; one borough constituency, and 11 county constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate	Majority[nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards[1]	Map
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	14,696		Mike Amesbury‡		Jason Moorcroft¤	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).

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.

Name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Boundaries 2010–present
City of Chester CC Congleton CC Crewe and Nantwich CC Eddisbury CC Ellesmere Port and Neston CC Halton CC Macclesfield CC Tatton CC Warrington North BC Warrington South BC Weaver Vale CC

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.^[2] 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.^[3][4][5]

The following constituencies are proposed:

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

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[6]

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

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

¹Martin Bell, MP for Tatton.

Maps

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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

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the North West (region)
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cheshire

Notes

References