Mid Cheshire.
Labour Party MP Andrew Cooper holds the seat on 44.5% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
3 Jun 2026
A steady, constituency-focused MP who has made a visible mark on local issues without straying from the Labour line in Westminster. Cooper's most notable recent actions have been outside the chamber: he publicly named two Mid Cheshire petrol stations over pump prices in March, championed SEND funding for Cheshire families, and was credited with helping unlock government approval for the long-awaited Middlewich bypass after lobbying Treasury officials alongside a local peer. In Parliament, he has voted with Labour on every recorded division -- a 100% party alignment across 482 votes -- including supporting tightened asylum support rules and the government's reserve power over pension fund investment.
His participation rate of 94% sits above the Commons average. Speeches cluster around economy and jobs, social care, local government, health, and education -- a pattern consistent with his seat on the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. He deviates from his Labour colleagues most sharply on consumer protection (voting in line with that position more often than nine in ten of his party peers) and leans slightly more sceptical on assisted dying than the average Labour MP, though the vote count there is small. He shows no rebel votes in his parliamentary career to date.
The clearest picture of Cooper is of an MP prioritising visible local wins -- infrastructure, cost of living, SEND provision -- while maintaining an unbroken voting record with the government. News coverage over the past 90 days is broadly neutral in tone across 150 articles. No committee reports or major parliamentary set-pieces have drawn wider attention yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davenham Moulton Kingsmead(2 seats) | Marr · Sinar | 2,509 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Hartford Greenbank(2 seats) | Loftus · Parkes | 2,426 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Middlewich(3 seats) | Bulman · Marshall · Bird | 3,250 | Cheshire East Con | May 2023 |
| Northwich Leftwich | Rachel Waterman | 978 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | Jul 2024 |
| Northwich Winnington Castle(2 seats) | Neil · Davies | 1,800 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Northwich Witton | Sam Naylor | 592 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Rudheath | Olwyn Denise Dean | 553 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Winsford Dene | Mandy Clare | 499 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Winsford Gravel | Martin David Beveridge | 441 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Winsford Over Verdin(3 seats) | Lewis · Bingham · Blackmore | 3,094 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Winsford Swanlow | Simon Laurence Boone | 485 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
| Winsford Wharton | Nathan Pardoe | 444 | Cheshire West and Chester Lab | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Winsford (33,551), with Northwich (18,277) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 93,903.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Winsford | 33,551 | large town |
| Northwich | 18,277 | town |
| Davenham | 14,737 | town |
| Middlewich | 14,426 | town |
| Hartford | 5,885 | town |
| Rudheath | 5,074 | town |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 60.8% | 57.1% | +6% |
| Owner-occupied | 68.3% | 63.1% | +8% |
| Private rented | 15.4% | 20.0% | -23% |
| Social rented | 16.1% | 16.8% | -4% |
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 | £248m |
| Taxpayers | 47,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,000 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £5,330 |
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.
Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.
Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew CooperWON | Lab | 18,457 | 44.5 |
| Charles Fifield | Con | 9,530 | 23.0 |
| Emma Guy | Ref | 7,967 | 19.2 |
| Jack Price-Harbach | LD | 2,465 | 5.9 |
| Mark Green | Grn | 1,967 | 4.7 |
| Helen Clawson | Ind | 850 | 2.0 |
| Stella Mellor | Ind | 273 | 0.7 |
Turnout 41,509
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