Chester South and Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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 Member of Parliament elected in 2024 is Aphra Brandreth of the Conservative Party. It is one of only three currently held by the Conservatives in the North West Region.

Chester South and Eddisbury
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Chester South and Eddisbury in North West England
County	Cheshire
Electorate	71,975 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Chester (part), Cuddington, Weaverham, Kelsall
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Aphra Brandreth (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Eddisbury & City of Chester (part)

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of Cheshire East wards of: Audlem; Bunbury; Wrenbury; Wybunbury.
• The Borough of Cheshire West and Chester wards of: Christleton & Huntington; Farndon; Handbridge Park; Lache; Malpas; Tarporley; Tarvin & Kelsall; Tattenhall; Weaver & Cuddington.^[4]

The seat covers the majority of, and replaces, the former Eddisbury constituency, excluding the town of Winsford (now part of the new constituency of Mid Cheshire), 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]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Aphra Brandreth	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Chester South and Eddisbury^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aphra Brandreth	19,905	37.9	−21.3
	Labour	Angeliki Stogia	16,848	32.1	+10.6
	Reform UK	Peter Langley	6,414	12.2	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Herd	5,430	10.3	−5.0
	Green	Steve Davies	2,278	4.3	+2.2
	Independent	Gillian Edwards	1,611	3.1	N/A
Majority			3,057	5.8	−31.9
Turnout			52,486	70.7	–6.0
Registered electors			74,284
	Conservative hold		Swing	−15.9

2019 notional result[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	32,703	59.2
	Labour	11,877	21.5
	Liberal Democrats	8,446	15.3
	Green	1,163	2.1
	Brexit Party	569	1.0
	Others	451	0.8
Turnout		55,209	76.7
Electorate		71,975