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Runcorn and Helsby (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Runcorn and Helsby is a constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]
The incumbent MP is Sarah Pochin of Reform UK, who defeated Labour candidate Karen Shore by six votes at a by-election on 1 May 2025, overturning a 34.8% majority.
Its predecessor constituency, Weaver Vale, had a Conservative MP from 2010 to 2017.[3]
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Boundaries
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The Borough of Cheshire West and Chester wards of: Frodsham; Gowy Rural; Helsby; Sandstone.
- The Borough of Halton wards of: Beechwood & Heath; Bridgewater; Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor; Grange; Halton Castle; Halton Lea; Mersey & Weston; Norton North; Norton South & Preston Brook.[4]
The seat comprises the following areas:[5]
- Helsby, Frodsham and the parts of the Borough of Halton transferred from the former constituency of Weaver Vale, comprising about half the electorate
- The town of Runcorn, transferred from the former constituency of Halton
- The Gowy Rural ward. This includes village of Elton, transferred from the former constituency of Ellesmere Port and Neston,[6] Guilden Sutton, transferred from the former constituency of City of Chester and other small villages plus Dunham-on-the-Hill from the former constituency of Eddisbury.
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Elections in the 2020s
Changes are from the notional results of the 2019 election on the new boundaries.[11]
Elections in the 2010s
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