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City Of Chester — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

City Of Chester was won by Labour at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 6,164 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in City Of Chester from 1832 to 2019.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Robert Grosvenor (Whig); John Jervis (Radical) 1,053 42.9% (top seat) John Finchett Maddock (Whig) 554 (20.4 pts) 67.0%
1835 Robert Grosvenor (Whig); John Jervis (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 Robert Grosvenor (Whig); John Jervis (Radical) 1,109 46.7% (top seat) Frederick Dudley Ryder (Conservative) 757 (27.6 pts) 59.7%
1841 Robert Grosvenor (Whig); John Jervis (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1847 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (Whig); John Jervis (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (Whig); William Owen Stanley (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1857 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (Whig); Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury (Radical) 924 42.1% (top seat) Henry Riversdale Grenfell (Whig) 138 (4.7 pts) 60.8%
1859 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (Liberal); Philip Stapleton Humberston (Conservative) 1,110 44.6% (top seat) Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury (Liberal) 402 (12.2 pts) 65.6%
1865 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (Liberal); William Henry Gladstone (Liberal) 860 39.6% (top seat) William Fenton (Conservative) 295 (9.1 pts) 71.3%
1868 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (Liberal); Henry Cecil Raikes (Conservative) 2,198 33.3% (top seat) Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury (Liberal) 915 (13.4 pts) 56.3%
1874 Henry Cecil Raikes (Conservative); John George Dodson (Liberal) 2,134 35.6% (top seat) Thomas Gibbons Frost (Liberal) 9 (0.1 pts) 52.8%
1880 John George Dodson (Liberal); Beilby Lawley (Liberal) 3,147 30.9% (top seat) Henry Cecil Raikes (Conservative) 1,091 (10.5 pts) 68.2%
1885 Balthazar Walter Foster (Liberal) 2,740 52.9% Robert Armstrong Yerburgh (Conservative) 300 (5.8 pts) 82.3%
1886 Robert Armstrong Yerburgh (Conservative) 2,549 50.7% Balthazar Walter Foster (Liberal) 66 (1.3 pts) 79.9%
1892 Robert Armstrong Yerburgh (Conservative) 3,148 55.5% Hugh Halkett (Liberal) 620 (10.9 pts) 84.1%
1895 Robert Armstorng Yerburgh (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Robert Armstrong Yerburgh (Conservative) 3,303 56.2% Thomas Howell Williams Idris (Liberal) 729 (12.4 pts) 81.0%
1906 Alfred Moritz Mond (Liberal) 3,524 50.3% Robert Armstrong Yerburgh (Conservative) 47 (0.7 pts) 88.4%
Dec 1910 Robert Armstrong Yerburgh (Conservative) 3,787 50.7% Edward Paul (Liberal) 106 (1.4 pts) 92.2%
Jan 1910 Robert Armstrong Yerburgh (Conservative) 3,978 51.3% Edward Paul (Liberal) 202 (2.6 pts) 95.7%
1918 Owen Cosby Philipps (Unionist) 10,043 56.3% Edward Paul (Liberal) 5,050 (28.3 pts) 65.2%
1922 Charles William Cayzer (Unionist) 11,938 54.2% George Muff (Labour) 6,524 (29.6 pts) 81.2%
1923 Charles William Cayzer (Unionist) 9,985 45.4% William Craven Llewelyn (Liberal) 3,773 (17.2 pts) 78.6%
1924 Charles William Cayzer (Unionist) 12,491 53.2% William Cravel Llewelyn (Liberal) 6,953 (29.6 pts) 81.9%
1929 Charles William Cayzer (Unionist) 13,454 41.3% Aubrey Herbert (Liberal) 162 (0.5 pts) 82.3%
1931 Charles William Cayzer (Conservative) 18,174 51.7% Aubrey Herbert (Liberal) 6,404 (18.2 pts) 85.8%
1935 Charles William Cayzer (Conservative) 16,882 50.4% Emlyn Hugh Garner Evans (Liberal) 6,699 (20.0 pts) 77.9%
1945 Basil Edward Nield (Conservative) 19,064 50.3% David Martin Hopkinson (Labour) 5,479 (14.5 pts) 72.0%
1950 Basil Edward Nield (Conservative) 23,660 51.4% Campbell McKinnon (Labour) 7,639 (16.6 pts) 83.9%
1951 Basil Edward Nield (Conservative) 26,743 58.5% John Hughes (Labour) 7,785 (17.0 pts) 82.6%
1955 Basil Edward Nield (Conservative) 24,905 56.7% John McKay Forrester (Labour) 11,002 (25.0 pts) 77.9%
1959 John Meredith Temple (Conservative) 27,847 61.4% Lewis Carter-Jones (Labour) 10,355 (22.8 pts) 78.7%
1964 John Meredith Temple (Conservative) 23,172 48.8% Anthony Bernard Blond (Labour) 6,464 (13.6 pts) 79.6%
1966 John Temple (Conservative) 21,673 46.1% John Crawford (Labour) 2,803 (6.0 pts) 78.0%
1970 John Temple (Conservative) 25,877 52.0% John Crawford (Labour) 7,005 (14.1 pts) 73.1%
Feb 1974 Peter Morrison (Conservative) 24,527 44.3% John Crawford (Labour) 6,768 (12.2 pts) 80.3%
Oct 1974 Peter Morrison (Conservative) 23,095 44.0% John Crawford (Labour) 4,618 (8.8 pts) 75.4%
1979 Peter Morrison (Conservative) 28,764 51.4% Richard David Blair (Labour) 9,314 (16.7 pts) 77.6%
1983 Peter Morrison (Conservative) 22,645 47.1% David Robertson (Labour) 9,099 (18.9 pts) 74.5%
1987 Peter Morrison (Conservative) 23,582 44.9% David Robinson (Labour) 4,855 (9.2 pts) 79.8%
1992 Gyles Brandreth (Conservative) 23,411 44.1% David Robinson (Labour) 1,101 (2.1 pts) 83.8%
1997 Christine Russell (Labour) 29,806 53.0% Gyles Brandreth (Conservative) 10,553 (18.8 pts) 78.4%
2001 Christine Russell (Labour) 21,760 48.5% David Jones (Conservative) 6,894 (15.4 pts) 63.8%
2005 Christine Russell (Labour) 17,458 38.9% Paul Offer (Conservative) 915 (2.0 pts) 64.3%
2010 Stephen Mosley (Conservative) 18,995 40.6% Christine Russell (Labour) 2,583 (5.5 pts) 66.8%
2015 Chris Matheson (Labour) 22,118 43.2% Stephen Mosley (Conservative) 93 (0.2 pts) 69.0%
2017 Christian Matheson (Labour) 32,023 56.8% Will Gallagher (Conservative) 9,176 (16.3 pts) 77.6%
2019 Christian Matheson (Labour) 27,082 49.6% Samantha George (Conservative) 6,164 (11.3 pts) 71.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Grosvenor Whig 1,16642.9% Yes
John Jervis Radical 1,05338.7% Yes
John Finchett Maddock Whig 49918.4% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Grosvenor Whig Unopposed Yes
John Jervis Radical Unopposed Yes

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Grosvenor Whig 1,28246.7% Yes
John Jervis Radical 1,10940.4% Yes
Frederick Dudley Ryder Conservative 35212.8% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Grosvenor Whig Unopposed Yes
John Jervis Radical Unopposed Yes

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor Whig Unopposed Yes
John Jervis Radical Unopposed Yes

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor Whig Unopposed Yes
William Owen Stanley Whig Unopposed Yes

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor Whig 1,24442.1% Yes
Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury Radical 92431.3% Yes
Henry Riversdale Grenfell Whig 78626.6% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor Liberal 1,46444.6% Yes
Philip Stapleton Humberston Conservative 1,11033.8% Yes
Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury Liberal 70821.6% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor Liberal 1,28439.6% Yes
William Henry Gladstone Liberal 86026.5% Yes
William Fenton Conservative 56517.4% No
Henry Cecil Raikes Conservative 53316.4% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor Liberal 2,27033.3% Yes
Henry Cecil Raikes Conservative 2,19832.2% Yes
Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury Liberal 1,28318.8% No
Richard Hoare Liberal 1,07115.7% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cecil Raikes Conservative 2,35635.6% Yes
John George Dodson Liberal 2,13432.3% Yes
Thomas Gibbons Frost Liberal 2,12532.1% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Dodson Liberal 3,20430.9% Yes
Beilby Lawley Liberal 3,14730.3% Yes
Henry Cecil Raikes Conservative 2,05619.8% No
Thomas Myles Sandys Conservative 1,96118.9% No
Frederick Lewis Malgarini Independent 160.2% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Balthazar Walter Foster Liberal 2,74052.9% Yes
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh Conservative 2,44047.1% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh Conservative 2,54950.7% Yes
Balthazar Walter Foster Liberal 2,48349.3% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh Conservative 3,14855.5% Yes
Hugh Halkett Liberal 2,52844.5% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Armstorng Yerburgh Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh Conservative 3,30356.2% Yes
Thomas Howell Williams Idris Liberal 2,57443.8% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Moritz Mond Liberal 3,52450.3% Yes
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh Conservative 3,47749.7% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh Conservative 3,78750.7% Yes
Edward Paul Liberal 3,68149.3% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh Conservative 3,97851.3% Yes
Edward Paul Liberal 3,77648.7% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Owen Cosby Philipps Unionist 10,04356.3% Yes
Edward Paul Liberal 4,99328.0% No
Arthur Mason Labour 2,79915.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Cayzer Unionist 11,93854.2% Yes
George Muff Labour 5,41424.6% No
Joseph Banks Liberal 4,68821.3% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Cayzer Unionist 9,98545.4% Yes
William Craven Llewelyn Liberal 6,21228.3% No
George Muff Labour 5,77326.3% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Cayzer Unionist 12,49153.2% Yes
William Cravel Llewelyn Liberal 5,53823.6% No
George Beardsworth Labour 5,45123.2% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Cayzer Unionist 13,45441.3% Yes
Aubrey Herbert Liberal 13,29240.8% No
William Herron Labour 5,84617.9% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Cayzer Conservative 18,17451.7% Yes
Aubrey Herbert Liberal 11,77033.5% No
Joseph Lewis Labour 5,18614.8% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Cayzer Conservative 16,88250.4% Yes
Emlyn Hugh Garner Evans Liberal 10,18330.4% No
Agnes Lois Bulley Labour 6,45019.2% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Basil Edward Nield Conservative 19,06450.3% Yes
David Martin Hopkinson Labour 13,58535.9% No
Ashwood Everett Jones Liberal 5,22913.8% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Basil Edward Nield Conservative 23,66051.4% Yes
Campbell McKinnon Labour 16,02134.8% No
Arthur Harvey Willitt Liberal 6,34213.8% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Basil Edward Nield Conservative 26,74358.5% Yes
John Hughes Labour 18,95841.5% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Basil Edward Nield Conservative 24,90556.7% Yes
John McKay Forrester Labour 13,90331.6% No
John Desmond Seys-Llewellyn Liberal 5,14511.7% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Meredith Temple Conservative 27,84761.4% Yes
Lewis Carter-Jones Labour 17,49238.6% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Meredith Temple Conservative 23,17248.8% Yes
Anthony Bernard Blond Labour 16,70835.2% No
Peter James Samuel Liberal 7,58316.0% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Temple Conservative 21,67346.1% Yes
John Crawford Labour 18,87040.1% No
Peter Samuel Liberal 6,51613.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Temple Conservative 25,87752.0% Yes
John Crawford Labour 18,87238.0% No
Michael Tompkins Liberal 4,97810.0% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Morrison Conservative 24,52744.3% Yes
John Crawford Labour 17,75932.1% No
Ralph Malcolm Green Liberal 13,09823.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Morrison Conservative 23,09544.0% Yes
John Crawford Labour 18,47735.2% No
Ralph Malcolm Green Liberal 10,90720.8% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Morrison Conservative 28,76451.4% Yes
Richard David Blair Labour 19,45034.8% No
Andrew Stunell Liberal 7,71113.8% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Morrison Conservative 22,64547.1% Yes
David Robertson Labour 13,54628.2% No
Andrew Stunell Liberal 11,87424.7% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Morrison Conservative 23,58244.9% Yes
David Robinson Labour 18,72735.6% No
Andrew Stunell Liberal 10,26219.5% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gyles Brandreth Conservative 23,41144.1% Yes
David Robinson Labour 22,31042.0% No
J Gordon Smith Liberal Democrat 6,86712.9% No
Tom Barker Green 4480.8% No
Stephen Richard Harold Cross Natural Law 980.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christine Russell Labour 29,80653.0% Yes
Gyles Brandreth Conservative 19,25334.2% No
David Simpson Liberal Democrat 5,3539.5% No
Richard Mullen Referendum Party 1,4872.6% No
Ian Sanderson Monster Raving Loony 2040.4% No
William Johnson West Cheshire College in Crisis 1540.3% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christine Russell Labour 21,76048.5% Yes
David Jones Conservative 14,86633.1% No
Tony Dawson Liberal Democrat 6,58914.7% No
Allan Weddell UKIP 8992.0% No
George Rogers Independent 7631.7% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christine Russell Labour 17,45838.9% Yes
Paul Offer Conservative 16,54336.8% No
Mia Jones Liberal Democrat 9,81821.9% No
Allan Weddell UKIP 7761.7% No
Ed Abrams English Democrats 3080.7% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Mosley Conservative 18,99540.6% Yes
Christine Russell Labour 16,41235.1% No
Elizabeth Jewkes Liberal Democrat 8,93019.1% No
Alan Weddell UKIP 1,2252.6% No
Ed Abrams English Democrats 5941.3% No
Tom Barker Green 5351.1% No
John Whittingham Independent 990.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Chris Matheson Labour 22,11843.2% Yes
Stephen Mosley Conservative 22,02543.1% No
Stephen Ingram UKIP 4,1488.1% No
Bob Thompson Liberal Democrat 2,8705.6% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christian Matheson Labour 32,02356.8% Yes
Will Gallagher Conservative 22,84740.5% No
Lizzie Jewkes Liberal Democrat 1,5512.7% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christian Matheson Labour 27,08249.6% Yes
Samantha George Conservative 20,91838.3% No
Bob Thompson Liberal Democrat 3,7346.8% No
Nicholas Brown Green 1,4382.6% No
Andy Argyle Brexit Party 1,3882.5% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 20.4 pts 1837: Whig margin 27.6 pts 1857: Whig margin 4.7 pts 1859: Liberal margin 12.2 pts 1865: Liberal margin 9.1 pts 1868: Liberal margin 13.4 pts 1874: Conservative margin 0.1 pts 1880: Liberal margin 10.5 pts 1885: Liberal margin 5.8 pts 1886: Conservative margin 1.3 pts 1892: Conservative margin 10.9 pts 1900: Conservative margin 12.4 pts 1906: Liberal margin 0.7 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 1.4 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 2.6 pts 1918: Unionist margin 28.3 pts 1922: Unionist margin 29.6 pts 1923: Unionist margin 17.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 29.6 pts 1929: Unionist margin 0.5 pts 1931: Conservative margin 18.2 pts 1935: Conservative margin 20.0 pts 1945: Conservative margin 14.5 pts 1950: Conservative margin 16.6 pts 1951: Conservative margin 17.0 pts 1955: Conservative margin 25.0 pts 1959: Conservative margin 22.8 pts 1964: Conservative margin 13.6 pts 1966: Conservative margin 6.0 pts 1970: Conservative margin 14.1 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 12.2 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 8.8 pts 1979: Conservative margin 16.7 pts 1983: Conservative margin 18.9 pts 1987: Conservative margin 9.2 pts 1992: Conservative margin 2.1 pts 1997: Labour margin 18.8 pts 2001: Labour margin 15.4 pts 2005: Labour margin 2.0 pts 2010: Conservative margin 5.5 pts 2015: Labour margin 0.2 pts 2017: Labour margin 16.3 pts 2019: Labour margin 11.3 pts 1832 1837 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

City Of Chester has been contested at 48 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won City Of Chester in the 2019 general election?

Labour won City Of Chester in 2019 with 27,082 votes (49.6%), a majority of 6,164 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won City Of Chester since 1832?

Since 1832, City Of Chester has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in City Of Chester?

The closest result on record for City Of Chester was 1874, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 9 votes (0.1 percentage points).

Did City Of Chester ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, City Of Chester elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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