Chester South and Eddisbury is a
constituency
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of the
House of Commons
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in the
UK Parliament
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. Further to the completion of the
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
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, it was first contested at the
2024 general election. The
Member of Parliament elected in 2024 is
Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Kendal Alice Brandreth (born 18 July 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chester South and Eddisbury since 2024.
Background
Brandreth was born in Middlesex Hospital in Lo ...
of the
Conservative Party. It is one of only three currently held by the Conservatives in the North West Region.
Boundaries
The constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
* The Borough of Cheshire East wards of:
Audlem
Audlem ( ) is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire, North West England. In 2021, it had a population of 1,832.
The largest village in southern Cheshire, Audlem is approximately south of Nantwich, just north of t ...
; 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.
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
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
to the south of the
River Dee from the abolished
City of Chester constituency. In addition,
Weaverham was transferred from
Weaver Vale
Weaver Vale was a constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished at the 2024 general election. Just ...
(also abolished) and
Wybunbury from
Crewe and Nantwich
Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population (2001 census) of 111,007. It contained 69 ci ...
.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
References
External links
Chester South and Eddisbury UK Parliament constituency(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
{{Constituencies in North West England
Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024