The placeConstituency · North West · Electorate 74,284 · 2023 boundaries

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.

Member of ParliamentAphra Brandreth · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilsCheshire West and Chester · Cheshire East
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001164
Electorate · 2024
74.3k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
37.9%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +5.8pp over Lab
Settlements
17
Largest: Rural & dispersed
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
9.8
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

37.9%
Con vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
13
Wards · 18 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.13 wards · 18 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Audlem Rachel Bailey1,023Cheshire East ConMay 2023
Bunbury Rebecca Posnett912Cheshire East ConMay 2023
Christleton Huntington(2 seats)Williams · Parker1,876Cheshire West and Chester LabMay 2023
Farndon Adrian Gerard Waddelove852Cheshire West and Chester LabMay 2023
Handbridge Park(2 seats)Carter · Daniels3,523Cheshire West and Chester LabMay 2023
Lache Alex Tate807Cheshire West and Chester LabMay 2023
Malpas Rachel Williams839Cheshire West and Chester LabMay 2023
Tarporley Charles Robert Hardy861Cheshire West and Chester LabMay 2023
Tarvin Kelsall(2 seats)Lush · Cooper2,558Cheshire West and Chester LabMay 2023
Tattenhall Mike Jones797Cheshire West and Chester LabMay 2023
Weaver Cuddington(3 seats)Edwards · Stocks · Rimmer5,944Cheshire West and Chester LabMay 2023
Wrenbury James Pearson806Cheshire East ConMay 2023
Wybunbury Janet Clowes1,170Cheshire East ConMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.17 named places

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.

city 18,396large-town 32,295town 14,326village 29,311

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Rural & dispersed32,295large town
Chester18,396city
Weaverham6,584town
Cuddington (Cheshire West and Chester)5,318town
Christleton and Waverton3,377village
Malpas3,291village
Showing 6 of 17·All 17 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate55.9%57.1%-2%
Owner-occupied76.2%63.1%+21%
Private rented14.0%20.0%-30%
Social rented9.8%16.8%-42%

Ethnicity.

White96.2%
Asian1.5%
Black0.5%
Mixed1.4%
Other0.4%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.8% Female 51.3% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£33,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£49,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
5,255
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
54
41 primary · 7 secondary
GCSE pass
72.6%
Attainment 8: 50.4

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£533m
Taxpayers53,000
Median per taxpayer£3,600
Mean per taxpayer£10,100

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
9.8
-53% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
3.3
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
48% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences4.7
Public order1.0
Anti-social behaviour0.8
Criminal damage & arson0.8
Other theft0.6
Burglary0.5
Other crime0.4

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Aphra BrandrethWONCon19,90537.9
Angeliki StogiaLab16,84832.1
Peter LangleyRef6,41412.2
Rob HerdLD5,43010.3
Steve DaviesGrn2,2784.3
Gillian EdwardsInd1,6113.1

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
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission