Mid Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Cheshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It is represented by Andrew Cooper of the Labour Party.

Mid Cheshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Mid Cheshire in North West England
Electorate	70,384 (2024)[1]
Major settlements	Northwich, Middlewich, and Winsford
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Andrew Cooper (Labour)
Created from	Congleton, Eddisbury & Weaver Vale
1868–1885
Created from	North Cheshire South Cheshire
Replaced by	Altrincham Hyde Knutsford Crewe Macclesfield Northwich

It was formerly a two-member United Kingdom parliamentary constituency which existed in the 19th century.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was re-established as a single-member seat and was first contested at the 2024 general election.^[2][3]

History

Under the Reform Act 1867,^[4] the Parliamentary County of Cheshire was divided into three 2-member constituencies. This was achieved by the creation of Mid Cheshire which comprised the Hundred of Bucklow from North Cheshire and the Hundred of Northwich from South Cheshire.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885,^[5] the three 2-member seats were abolished and re-divided into eight single-member constituencies: Altrincham, Crewe, Eddisbury, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich and Wirral.

Boundaries

1868–1885: The Hundreds of Bucklow and Northwich.^[6]

Boundaries of re-established seat

Map of boundaries from 2024

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

• The Borough of Cheshire East ward of Middlewich.

• The Borough of Cheshire West and Chester wards of: Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead; Hartford & Greenbank; Northwich Leftwich; Northwich Winnington & Castle; Northwich Witton; Rudheath; Winsford Dene; Winsford Gravel; Winsford Over & Verdin; Winsford Swanlow; Winsford Wharton.^[7]

The seat comprises the following mid Cheshire towns, together with surrounding villages and rural areas:

• Middlewich, transferred from Congleton;
• Northwich, transferred from Weaver Vale (abolished, with majority of electorate being included in the new constituency of Runcorn and Helsby); and
• Winsford, transferred from Eddisbury (renamed Chester South and Eddisbury).^[8]

Members of Parliament

From 1868 until the constituency was abolished in 1885, Mid Cheshire was represented by two members of parliament.

Election			First member	First party	Second member	Second Party
		1868	Hon. Wilbraham Egerton	Conservative	George Legh	Conservative
		1873 by-election			Egerton Leigh	Conservative
		1876 by-election			Piers Egerton-Warburton	Conservative
		1883 by-election	Hon. Alan Egerton	Conservative
		1885	Constituency abolished

In 2024, Mid Cheshire was re-established as a constituency and elects one MP.

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Andrew Cooper	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Mid Cheshire ^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Cooper	18,457	44.5	+2.9
	Conservative	Charles Fifield	9,530	23.0	−23.9
	Reform UK	Emma Guy	7,967	19.2	+18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Price-Harbach	2,465	5.9	−2.5
	Green	Mark Green	1,967	4.7	+2.7
	Independent	Helen Clawson	850	2.0	N/A
	Independent	Stella Mellor	273	0.7	N/A
Rejected ballots			115
Majority			8,927	21.5	N/A
Turnout			41,509	59.0	−8.2
Registered electors			70,384
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.4

Changes are from the notional 2019 results on the 2024 boundaries.^[11]

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,022	46.9
	Labour	19,528	41.6
	Liberal Democrats	3,934	8.4
	Green	921	2.0
	Brexit Party	502	1.1
Turnout		46,907	67.2
Electorate		69,775

Election results 1868–1883

Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 16 Mar 1883: Mid Cheshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Egerton	4,214	54.0	+0.6
	Liberal	George William Latham	3,592	46.0	−0.7
Majority			622	8.0	+5.7
Turnout			7,806	78.7	−0.5 (est)
Registered electors			9,915
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

Egerton's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Egerton, triggered a by-election.

General election 1880: Mid Cheshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilbraham Egerton	3,868	27.3	N/A
	Conservative	Piers Egerton-Warburton	3,700	26.1	N/A
	Liberal	George William Latham	3,374	23.8	New
	Liberal	Vernon Armitage[14]	3,247	22.9	New
Majority			326	2.3	N/A
Turnout			7,095 (est)	79.2 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			8,963
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1870s

By-election, 18 July 1876: Mid Cheshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Piers Egerton-Warburton	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,050
	Conservative hold

Leigh's death triggered a by-election.

General election 1874: Mid Cheshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilbraham Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative	Egerton Leigh	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,050
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-election, 10 Mar 1873: Mid Cheshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Egerton Leigh	3,508	62.4	−9.0
	Liberal	George William Latham	2,118	37.6	+9.0
Majority			1,390	24.8	+17.9
Turnout			5,626	72.1	−4.9
Registered electors			7,801
	Conservative hold		Swing	−9.0

Legh resigned, triggering a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Mid Cheshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilbraham Egerton	3,063	35.7
	Conservative	George Legh	3,056	35.7
	Liberal	John Warren	2,452	28.6
Majority			604	6.9
Turnout			5,512 (est)	77.0 (est)
Registered electors			7,158
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cheshire