2022 City of Chester by-election

2022 City of Chester by-election
1 December 2022
City of Chester constituency
Turnout41.2% ( 30.5 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lib
Candidate Samantha Dixon Liz Wardlaw Rob Herd
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 49.6% 38.3% 6.8%
Popular vote 17,309 6,335 2,370
Percentage 60.8% 22.2% 8.3%
Swing 11.2 pp 16.1 pp 1.5 pp
MP before election

Chris Matheson
Labour

Elected MP

Samantha Dixon
Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of City of Chester was held on 1 December 2022 following the resignation of incumbent Labour Party MP Chris Matheson. It was won by Samantha Dixon, also of Labour. The 14-point swing was Labour's best-ever result in the seat, and the worst result for the Conservative Party in Chester since 1837 (as its precursor, the Tories).

This was the first by-election to be held during both the reign of King Charles III and the premiership of Rishi Sunak.

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