Chester South and Eddisbury | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Cheshire |
Electorate | 71,975 (2023) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Aphra Brandreth ( Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Eddisbury & City of Chester (part) |
Chester South and Eddisbury is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, [3] it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency is composed of the following wards:
The seat covers the majority of, and replaces, the former Eddisbury constituency, excluding the town of Winsford, together with areas of Chester to the south of the River Dee from the abolished City of Chester constituency. In addition, Weaverham was transferred from Weaver Vale (also abolished) and Wybunbury from Crewe and Nantwich. [5]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Aphra Brandreth | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Aphra Brandreth | 19,905 | 37.9 | ||
Labour | Angeliki Stogia | 16,848 | 32.1 | ||
Reform UK | Peter Langley | 6,414 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rob Herd | 5,430 | 10.3 | ||
Green | Steve Davies | 2,278 | 4.3 | ||
Independent | Gillian Edwards | 1,611 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 3,057 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 52,486 | 70.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |