Chester South and Eddisbury.
Conservative and Unionist Party MP Aphra Brandreth holds the seat on 37.9% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
2 Jun 2026
Brandreth's most visible achievement as a new MP has been shepherding the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Act through Parliament -- a private member's bill she drafted after a constituent raised the problem of dogs attacking farm animals. The law, which gained Royal Assent in early 2026, gives police powers to seize livestock-worrying dogs and charge owners for kennelling costs. On assisted dying, she broke from the Conservative majority on multiple votes during the Terminally Ill Adults Bill's Report Stage in June 2025, opposing several amendments her party backed while supporting restrictions that would prevent voluntary starvation from qualifying someone as terminally ill -- suggesting she favoured a tighter, more restrictive version of the bill rather than opposing it outright.
At 67% participation she sits below the Commons average, though this is common among newer MPs still establishing their workload. She votes with the Conservatives 96% of the time, making her assisted dying deviations the clearest public signals of independent judgement. Her speeches cluster around economy and jobs, health, social care, and agriculture -- consistent with a mixed rural and suburban constituency. She scores notably higher than her party average on armed forces welfare votes, and notably lower on pension protection, end-of-life autonomy, and tenant rights.
She sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, which may explain the defence and international threads running through her speech record, though her most substantive local impact to date has been on agriculture. News coverage over the past 90 days spans crime, culture, and education but carries near-neutral sentiment, suggesting steady local presence without major controversy. Voting and speech data from TheyWorkForYou cover her full term since July 2024.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audlem | Rachel Bailey | 1,023 | Cheshire East Con | May 2023 |
| Bunbury | Rebecca Posnett | 912 | Cheshire East Con | May 2023 |
| Christleton Huntington(2 seats) | Williams · Parker | 1,876 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Farndon | Adrian Gerard Waddelove | 852 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Handbridge Park(2 seats) | Carter · Daniels | 3,523 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Lache | Alex Tate | 807 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Malpas | Rachel Williams | 839 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Tarporley | Charles Robert Hardy | 861 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Tarvin Kelsall(2 seats) | Lush · Cooper | 2,558 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Tattenhall | Mike Jones | 797 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Weaver Cuddington(3 seats) | Edwards · Stocks · Rimmer | 5,944 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Wrenbury | James Pearson | 806 | Cheshire East Con | May 2023 |
| Wybunbury | Janet Clowes | 1,170 | Cheshire East Con | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Rural & dispersed (32,295), with Chester (18,396) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 94,328.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Rural & dispersed | 32,295 | large town |
| Chester | 18,396 | city |
| Weaverham | 6,584 | town |
| Cuddington (Cheshire West and Chester) | 5,318 | town |
| Christleton and Waverton | 3,377 | village |
| Malpas | 3,291 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 55.9% | 57.1% | -2% |
| Owner-occupied | 76.2% | 63.1% | +21% |
| Private rented | 14.0% | 20.0% | -30% |
| Social rented | 9.8% | 16.8% | -42% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £533m |
| Taxpayers | 53,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,600 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £10,100 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aphra BrandrethWON | Con | 19,905 | 37.9 |
| Angeliki Stogia | Lab | 16,848 | 32.1 |
| Peter Langley | Ref | 6,414 | 12.2 |
| Rob Herd | LD | 5,430 | 10.3 |
| Steve Davies | Grn | 2,278 | 4.3 |
| Gillian Edwards | Ind | 1,611 | 3.1 |
Turnout 52,486
Prior contests.
Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo