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Chester (UK Parliament Constituency)
The City of Chester was a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2 December 2022 by Samantha Dixon of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. She was elected in the 2022 City of Chester by-election, by-election held following the Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, resignation of Chris Matheson (politician), Chris Matheson MP on 21 October 2022. The constituency has been split in two by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies with the majority, comprising areas to the north of the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, including the city centre, being combined with the town of Neston to form Chester North and Neston, to be first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. Areas to the south of the river have been added to Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency), Eddisbury, to be renamed Chester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary. The largest settlement is Warrington. The county has an area of and had a population of 1,095,500 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. The areas around the River Mersey in the north of the county are the most densely populated, with Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, and Ellesmere Port located on the river. The city of Chester lies in the west of the county, Crewe in the south, and Macclesfield in the east. For Local government in England, local government purposes Cheshire comprises four Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas: Cheshire East, Cheshire We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 United Kingdom General Election
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. The opposition Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, won a landslide victory over the governing Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party under Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. Labour secured 411 seats and a 174-seat majority, the fourth-best showing in the party's history and its best since 2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001. The party's vote share was 33.7%, the lowest of any majority party on record, making this the #Proportionality concerns, least proportional general election in British history. They became the largest party in England, Scotland, and Wales. The Conservatives suffered their worst-ever defeat, winning just 121 seats with 23.7% of the vote and losing 251 seats, including those of former prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle-class
The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status. The term has historically been associated with modernity, capitalism and political debate. Common definitions for the middle class range from the middle fifth of individuals on a nation's income ladder, to everyone but the poorest and wealthiest 20%. Theories like "Paradox of Interest" use decile groups and wealth distribution data to determine the size and wealth share of the middle class. Terminology differs in the United States, where the term ''middle class'' describes people who in other countries would be described as working class. There has been significant global middle-class growth over time. In February 2009, ''The Economist'' asserted that over half of the world's population belonged to the middle class, as a result of rapid growth in emerging countries. It characterized the middle class as having a reasonable amount o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saughall
Saughall is a village in the civil parish of Saughall and Shotwick Park, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Located between Shotwick and Blacon, it is approximately north west of Chester and from Sealand across the Welsh border. At the 2001 census, there were 3,084 residents in the village reducing to 3,009 at the 2011 census. A total of 3,585 people living in the ward of Saughall, with 48.5% male and 51.5% female. This electoral ward was called Saughall and Mollington at the 2011 census. The total ward population at this census was 4,463. Etymology The name Saughall is Anglo-Saxon in origin, meaning "willow nook" or "corner where willows grow". History The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions the village as ''Salhale''. Most of the land is recorded as in the possession of a Norman baron, William Malbank (or Malbanc). The remainder was held by St Werburgh Abbey in Chester. Saughall was a fishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulford
Pulford is a village and former civil parishes in England, civil parish, now in the parish of Poulton and Pulford, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is on the B5445 road, to the south west of Chester and on the England–Wales border, border with Wales. The civil parish, which included the Hamlet (place), hamlet of Cuckoo's Nest, was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged with Poulton, Cheshire, Poulton to form "Poulton and Pulford". According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, the population of the entire parish was 395, increasing to 580 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census. History The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, consisting of seven households across two separate landowners: Hugh FitzOsbern and Chester Cathedral, St Weburgh Abbey, in Chester. Pulford was previously a parish within Hundreds of Cheshire, Broxton Hundred, becoming a civil parish in 1866. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtown, Chester
Newtown is an area of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. History Newtown is an area of north-east Chester, just outside the city walls and to the east of Chester Cathedral and the Phoenix Tower. The main layout of streets originated in the late 1790s because of the location by the cattle market and along the Shropshire Union Canal. Newtown, together with Boughton and Hoole, provided most of the workers to Chester during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th century, leading to substantial wealth for the city. Newtown's growth and importance to the Chester economy was driven from about 1793 by its location in the canal network, and from the 1840s by its location in the railway network, close to the two Chester railway stations: Chester General and Chester Northgate. The area supported a thriving community of artisans and working-class families who lived mainly in "two-up-two-down" terrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollington, Cheshire
Mollington is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is two miles north of the city of Chester, with the A41 road, A41 Liverpool–Chester trunk road and Shropshire Union Canal to the east and southeast, the A540 road, A540 Wirral peninsula trunk road to the south and west and the A5117 road, A5117 link road to the north. Nearby settlements include Backford, Blacon, Capenhurst and Saughall. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census, the village had a population of 626. History The name derives from Old English, meaning 'a farmstead or settlement (''tūn'') connected with a person named Moll'. Mollington was mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Molintune'' and comprised eleven households (three villagers, three smallholders and five slaves/servants). The village previously consisted of two separate settlements. Great Mollington was formerly known as Moll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilden Sutton
Guilden Sutton is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies approximately to the east of Chester and is south of the village of Mickle Trafford. The community consists of a church, a primary school, a post office, a pub, a village hall and several local businesses. The 2001 census recorded the population at 1,525, reducing to 1,467 at the 2011 census. History The likely meaning of the name Guilden Sutton is "golden south farm or settlement", derived from the Old English ''gylden'' (golden, rich) - ''sūð'' (south/southern) - ''tūn'' (a settlement, enclosure or farmstead). This could perhaps be in reference to being at the southern extremity of the then Wilaveston Hundred. Since the twelfth century, across a period of five hundred years, the name of the village has been spelt in different ways; such as ''Guldesocton'', ''Guyldenesutton'', ''Sutton-Gelders'' and ''Gilen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christleton
Christleton is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The Shropshire Union Canal (originally Chester Canal) passes through the village. The 2001 census recorded a population for the entire civil parish of 2,112, reducing to 2,053 in the 2011 census. Christleton was named "one of the best places to live" in Cheshire and the North West by The Sunday Times in 2022 and again in 2024. History The likely meaning of the name Christleton is "Christians' farm or settlement", derived from the Old English ''cristen'' (a Christian) - ''tūn'' (a settlement, enclosure or farmstead). Its history can be traced with certainty to the Domesday Book, which contains an entry for ''Christetone'', though there is evidence of earlier occupation. By 1086, the land was under the ownership of Robert FitzHugh (son of Hugh Lupus) and comprised 23 households: twelve villagers, fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capenhurst
Capenhurst is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is two miles south west of Ellesmere Port, at the southern end of the Wirral Peninsula. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census, Capenhurst had a population of 380. History Capenhurst was known as ‘Capeles’ at the time of the Domesday Book. Capenhurst was a township in Shotwick Parish of the Wirral Hundred and included parts of the hamlets of Dunkirk and Two Mills. The population was 147 in 1801, 148 in 1851, 159 in 1901, 253 in 1951 and 237 in 2001. Detail Capenhurst is home to a uranium enrichment plant owned by Urenco Group. A new Uranium tailings, Tails Management Facility is expected to be commissioned in 2018. Adjacent, but separate from this is the Capenhurst Technology Park. This contains EA Technology, (previously the Electricity Council Research Centre prior to privatisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldford
Aldford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aldford and Saighton, in the Cheshire West and Chester district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. (). The village is approximately to the south of Chester, on the east bank of the River Dee. The Aldford Brook joins the Dee just north of the village. In the 2001 census, the population of the parish was 213. The population of the civil parish was recorded as 272 in the 2011 census. History The name Aldford means "Old Ford" and likely derives from Old English. Aldford Castle dates back over 800 years. The village was a township in Broxton Hundred. A civil parish from 1866, it was abolished on 1 April 2015 to form Aldford and Saighton civil parish. The population was 331 in 1801, rising to 521 in 1851, then 113 in 1901 and decreasing to 96 by 1951. Between 1960 and 1991, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshire West And Chester
Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. It superseded the boroughs of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal and the Chester (district), City of Chester. The remainder of the ceremonial county of Cheshire is composed of Cheshire East, Borough of Halton, Halton and Borough of Warrington, Warrington. Cheshire West and Chester has three key urban areas: Chester, Ellesmere Port and Northwich/Winsford. The decision to create the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007 following a consultation period, in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected. Governance The council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
