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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Runcorn and Helsby is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]
Runcorn and Helsby | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cheshire |
Electorate | 70,950 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Runcorn, Frodsham and Helsby |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Mike Amesbury (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Weaver Vale, Halton, City of Chester and Ellesmere Port and Neston |
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat comprises the following areas:[4]
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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2024 | Mike Amesbury | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Amesbury | 22,358 | 52.9 | +4.1 | |
Reform UK | Jason Moorcroft | 7,662 | 18.1 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Jade Marsden | 6,756 | 16.0 | −20.8 | |
Green | Chris Copeman | 2,715 | 6.4 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Rowe | 2,149 | 5.1 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Danny Clarke | 479 | 1.1 | N/A | |
SDP | Paul Murphy | 116 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 171 | ||||
Majority | 14,696 | 34.8 | +22.9 | ||
Turnout | 42,235 | 58.7 | −9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 71,955 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.6 |
Changes are from the notional results of the 2019 election on the new boundaries. [9]
2019 notional result[10] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 23,617 | 48.8 | |
Conservative | 17,838 | 36.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,247 | 6.7 | |
Brexit Party | 2,302 | 4.8 | |
Green | 1,414 | 2.9 | |
Turnout | 48,418 | 68.2 | |
Electorate | 70,950 |
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