| Mid Cheshire | |
| Type: | County |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Electorate: | 69,775 (2023)[1] |
| Mp: | Andrew Cooper |
| Party: | Labour |
| Towns: | Northwich, Middlewich, and Winsford |
| Previous: | Congleton, Eddisbury & Weaver Vale |
| Previous2: | North Cheshire South Cheshire |
| Next2: | Altrincham Hyde Knutsford Crewe Macclesfield Northwich |
| Year2: | 1868 |
| Abolished2: | 1885 |
Mid Cheshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It is represented by Andrew Cooper of the Labour Party.
It was formerly a two-member United Kingdom parliamentary constituency which existed in the 19th century.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was re-established as a single-member seat and was first contested at the 2024 general election.[2] [3]
Under the Reform Act 1867,[4] the Parliamentary County of Cheshire was divided into three 2-member constituencies. This was achieved by the creation of Mid Cheshire which comprised the Hundred of Bucklow from North Cheshire and the Hundred of Northwich from South Cheshire.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885,[5] the three 2-member seats were abolished and re-divided into eight single-member constituencies: Altrincham, Crewe, Eddisbury, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich and Wirral.
1868–1885: The Hundreds of Bucklow and Northwich.[6]
The re-established constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The re-established seat will comprise the following mid Cheshire towns, together with surrounding villages and rural areas:
From 1868 until the constituency was abolished in 1885, Mid Cheshire was represented by two members of parliament.
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Conservative | Conservative | |||||
| 1873 by-election | Conservative | ||||||
| 1876 by-election | Conservative | ||||||
| 1883 by-election | Conservative | ||||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | ||||||
In 2024, Mid Cheshire was re-established as a constituency and elects one MP.
Changes are from the notional 2019 results on the 2024 boundaries.[9]
| 2019 notional result[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 22,022 | 46.9 | ||
| 19,528 | 41.6 | ||
| 3,934 | 8.4 | ||
| 921 | 2.0 | ||
| 502 | 1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 46,907 | 67.2 | |
| Electorate | 69,775 | ||
Egerton's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Egerton, triggered a by-election.
Leigh's death triggered a by-election.
Legh resigned, triggering a by-election.