City of Chester
2010 Results:
Conservative: 18995 (40.6%)
Labour: 16412 (35.08%)
Liberal Democrat: 8930 (19.09%)
UKIP: 1225 (2.62%)
Green: 535 (1.14%)
English Democrat: 594 (1.27%)
Independent: 99 (0.21%)
Majority: 2583 (5.52%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 17088 (38.8%)
Conservative: 16275 (37%)
Liberal Democrat: 9611 (21.8%)
Other: 1063 (2.4%)
Majority: 813 (1.8%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 16543 (36.8%)
Labour: 17458 (38.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 9818 (21.9%)
UKIP: 776 (1.7%)
Other: 308 (0.7%)
Majority: 915 (2%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 14866 (33.1%)
Labour: 21760 (48.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 6589 (14.7%)
UKIP: 899 (2%)
Other: 763 (1.7%)
Majority: 6894 (15.4%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 19253 (34.2%)
Labour: 29806 (53%)
Liberal Democrat: 5353 (9.5%)
Referendum: 1487 (2.6%)
Other: 358 (0.6%)
Majority: 10553 (18.8%)
Boundary changes: only minor changes. Loses small parts of Elton to Ellesmere Port and Tattenhall and Waverton to Cheshire. These are all rural parts of larger split wards, and the changes may actually be better for Labour than the raw figures suggest.
Profile: the seat covers Chester itself and surrounding villages. Chester is a historic walled market town in Cheshire. During the industrial revolution Chester became an upmarket residential town for the upper classes fleeing the industiral sprawl of Manchester and Liverpool and like much of Cheshire it is a relatively affluent area. However, Labour support in housing estates like Blacon and Lache make Chester into a marginal seat. Conservative for most of the twentieth century, Chester fell to Labour in the 1997 landslide, unseated the television celebrity Gyles Brandreth.
Current MP: Stephen Mosley (Conservative) Cheshire county councillor since 2005. Chester councillor since 2000. Deputy leader of the Conservative group on Chester city council







2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 88739
Male: 47.9%
Female: 52.1%
Under 18: 20.6%
Over 60: 22.7%
Born outside UK: 5.6%
White: 97.7%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 0.8%
Mixed: 0.7%
Other: 0.6%
Christian: 76.8%
Muslim: 0.7%
Full time students: 5.8%
Graduates 16-74: 27.5%
No Qualifications 16-74: 24.4%
Owner-Occupied: 70.4%
Social Housing: 16.7% (Council: 7.1%, Housing Ass.: 9.6%)
Privately Rented: 9.3%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 7.6%