Ellesmere Port and Neston (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°16′34″N 2°58′08″W / 53.276°N 2.969°W

Ellesmere Port and Neston
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ellesmere Port and Neston in Cheshire.
Location of Cheshire within England.
County	Cheshire
Electorate	66,995 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Justin Madders (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bebington and Ellesmere Port, Wirral and City of Chester[2]
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Ellesmere Port and Neston is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Justin Madders of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

The constituency was formed in 1983, largely from the southern parts of the former Bebington and Ellesmere Port and Wirral constituencies. Both were former Conservative seats. Mike Woodcock of the Conservatives held the seat from the 1983 election until the 1992 election, when it was taken by Andrew Miller of the Labour Party. Miller held the seat until his retirement from the Commons in 2015, during which time it became a relatively safe Labour seat, and was succeeded by Justin Madders.^[3]

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston, and the City of Chester wards of Elton, Mollington, and Saughall.

1997-2010: The Borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston, and the City of Chester ward of Elton.

2010-present: The Borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston, and the City of Chester wards of Elton and Mickle Trafford.

The constituency includes the industrial town of Ellesmere Port, the smaller residential town of Neston and villages such as Burton, Parkgate, Willaston, Elton and Mickle Trafford.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[5]	Party
	1983	Mike Woodcock	Conservative
	1992	Andrew Miller	Labour
	2015	Justin Madders	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Ellesmere Port and Neston^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Justin Madders	22,316	47.8	+3.1
	Conservative	Katherine Fletcher	16,041	34.3	−0.5
	UKIP	Jonathan Starkey	5,594	12.0	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Trish Derraugh	1,563	3.3	−11.7
	Green	Michelle Palmer	990	2.1	N/A
	TUSC	Felicity Mary Dowling	192	0.4	N/A
	Independent	John Alfred Dyer	31	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,275	13.4
Turnout			46,727	68.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

General Election 2010: Ellesmere Port and Neston^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew Peter Miller	19,750	44.6	−4.1
	Conservative	Stuart Penketh	15,419	34.9	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Denise Aspinall	6,663	15.1	−0.7
	UKIP	Henry Frederick Crocker	1,619	3.7	+0.8
	Independent	Jonathan Starkey	782	1.8	N/A
Majority			4,331	9.8	−9.6
Turnout			44,233	70.1	+8.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Ellesmere Port and Neston^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew Peter Miller	20,371	48.4	−6.9
	Conservative	Myles Hogg	13,885	33.0	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Cooke	6,607	15.7	+4.1
	UKIP	Henry Frederick Crocker	1,206	2.9	+0.9
Majority			6,486	15.4
Turnout			42,069	61.6	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.4

General Election 2001: Ellesmere Port and Neston^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew Peter Miller	22,964	55.3	−4.3
	Conservative	Gareth David Williams	12,103	29.1	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Edward Kelly	4,828	11.6	+2.7
	UKIP	Henry Frederick Crocker	824	2.0	N/A
	Green	Geoff Lane Nicholls	809	1.9	N/A
Majority			10,861	26.2
Turnout			41,528	60.9	−16.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Ellesmere Port and Neston^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew Peter Miller	31,310	59.6	+13.5
	Conservative	Lynn Turnbull	15,274	29.1	−13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Joanna Lesley Pemberton	4,673	8.9	−1.0
	Referendum	Colin S. Rodden	1,305	2.5	N/A
Majority			16,036	30.5
Turnout			52,562	75.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Ellesmere Port and Neston^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew Peter Miller	27,782	46.1	+4.9
	Conservative	Andrew Pearce	25,793	42.8	−1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth B. Jewkes	5,944	9.9	−4.2
	Green	Mike C. Money	589	1.0	N/A
	Natural Law	Alan Rae	105	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,989	3.3	+0.1
Turnout			60,213	84.1	+3.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Ellesmere Port and Neston^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mike Woodcock	25,664	44.4	−1.5
	Labour Co-op	Helen Jones	23,811	41.2	+8.6
	Social Democratic	Simon Andrew Holbrook	8,143	14.1	−7.4
	PRP	David John Edward Carson	185	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,853	3.2
Turnout			57,803	81.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.1

General Election 1983: Ellesmere Port and Neston^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mike Woodcock	24,371	45.9	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Davies	17,284	32.6	N/A
	Liberal	Lester George	11,413	21.5	N/A
Majority			7,087	13.4	N/A
Turnout			53,068	75.8	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire
• Politics of the United Kingdom

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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4. Open Street Map
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