Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
| Ellesmere Port and Bromborough | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
Boundary of Ellesmere Port and Bromborough in North West England | |
| County | Cheshire Merseyside |
| Electorate | 71,027 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Ellesmere Port, Bromborough, Port Sunlight |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Justin Madders (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Ellesmere Port and Neston and Wirral South |
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] It was first contested at the 2024 general election.[3] The seat is currently represented by Justin Madders of the Labour Party. Madders was MP for the predecessor seat of Ellesmere Port and Neston from 2015 to 2024.
Constituency profile
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough is a constituency located in North West England. It covers the large town of Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, which has a population of around 65,000,[4] and the smaller town of Bromborough in Merseyside, including the neighbourhoods of New Ferry, Port Sunlight and Eastham. The constituency lies on the Wirral Peninsula on the bank of the Mersey estuary. Ellesmere Port is port town with a large oil refinery and a history of industry, whilst Bromborough is a historic market town. The constituency has average levels of wealth; the southern and western suburbs of Ellesmere Port are affluent and fall within the 10% least-deprived areas in England, whilst there are high levels of deprivation in New Ferry and in the east of Ellesmere Port.[5] House prices are lower than regional and national averages.[6]
Residents of the constituency have average levels of education, income and professional employment compared with the rest of the country. White people made up 96% of the population at the 2021 census.[6] At the local council level, Ellesmere Port is represented mostly by Labour Party councillors, Eastham by Liberal Democrats and Bromborough by Greens. An estimated 55% of voters in the constituency supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, marginally higher than the nationwide figure of 52%.[6]
Boundaries
The constituency was created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, and is composed of the following wards:
- The Borough of Cheshire West and Chester wards of Central & Grange, Ledsham & Manor, Netherpool, Strawberry, Sutton Villages, Westminster, Whitby Groves, Whitby Park, and Wolverham.
- The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral wards of Bromborough and Eastham.[7]
The seat covers the majority of, and replaces, the Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency, comprising the town of Ellesmere Port, with Neston being included in the new seat of Chester North and Neston. It extends northwards to include the two Wirral Borough communities of Bromborough and Eastham from the abolished constituency of Wirral South.[8] The two parts of the constituency are not internally connected by any public road or path.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Justin Madders | Labour | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Justin Madders | 24,186 | 57.6 | −1.7 | |
| Reform UK | Michael Aldred | 7,278 | 17.3 | +13.0 | |
| Conservative | Lee Evans | 5,210 | 12.4 | −14.7 | |
| Green | Harry Gorman | 2,706 | 6.4 | +4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Carubia | 2,328 | 5.5 | −1.9 | |
| Independent | Ruth Boulton | 256 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 153 | ||||
| Majority | 16,908 | 40.3 | +8.1 | ||
| Turnout | 41,964 | 59.3 | −4.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 70,799 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −7.3 | |||
Changes are from the notional 2019 results on the 2024 boundaries.[11]
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result[12] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 26,811 | 59.3 | |
| Conservative | 12,234 | 27.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,355 | 7.4 | |
| Brexit Party | 1,957 | 4.3 | |
| Green | 859 | 1.9 | |
| Turnout | 45,216 | 63.7 | |
| Electorate | 71,027 | ||
References
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for Englandaccess-date=6 July 2024.
- ^ "Boundaries review: The ancient city of Chester being split in two". BBC News. 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ^ a b c "Seat Details - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
- ^ "New Seat Details – Ellesmere Port and Bromborough". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "Ellesmere Port and Bromborough – General Election Results 2024". BBC News.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Notional election for the constituency of Ellesmere Port and Bromborough". UK Parliament.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
External links
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK