City of Chester

City of Chester is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the North West region of England. The seat was last held by Samantha Dixon (Labour) between 1 December 2022 to 30 May 2024.

2022-12-01 City of Chester By-election

The 2022-12-01 City of Chester By-election was held on 1 December 2022. A total of 9 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
10,974
Electorate
69,367
Turnout
41%

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Samantha Kate Dixon
Labour
17,309 60.8% 11.05
Liz Wardlaw
Conservative
6,335 22.2% -16.10
Rob Herd
Liberal Democrat
2,368 8.3% 1.50
Paul Richard Bowers
Green Party
987 3.5% 0.86
Jeanie Barton
Reform UK
773 2.7% 0.21
Richard John Howard Hewison
Rejoin EU
277 1.0% 0.97
Cain Steven Griffiths
UK Independence Party
179 0.6% 0.63
Howling Laud Hope
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
156 0.5% 0.55
Chris Quartermaine
Freedom Alliance
91 0.3% 0.32