Constituency profile

Ellesmere Port and Bromborough

North West · Borough constituency

Justin Madders MP
Sitting MP

Justin Madders

Labour

First elected May 2015

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North West
Borough constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
52.5% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +0.6pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +20.2pp
vs Reform UK 27.6%
NorthernBrexit-marginalWorking-class profile

About the Ellesmere Port and Bromborough constituency

Ellesmere Port and Bromborough is a borough constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Justin Madders (Labour), first elected in May 2015. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 57.6% to 17.3% for Reform UK, a majority of 16,908 votes on a 59.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 47.8% and Reform UK on 27.6%, a margin of 20.2 points.

Who lives in Ellesmere Port and Bromborough? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
52.5%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
27.2%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
18.4%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
66.3%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
32.7%
UK average ~36%
Median age
41.4
UK median ~40
Age 65+
22.9%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
29.4%
UK average ~28%

How did Ellesmere Port and Bromborough vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 16,908 votes (40.3pp) · turnout 59.3%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Ellesmere Port and Bromborough

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Ellesmere Port and Bromborough within Cheshire West and Chester and Wirral

Ellesmere Port and Bromborough crosses council boundaries: Cheshire West and Chester (70%), Wirral (30%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Cheshire West and Chester
44 LSOAs
70%
Wirral
19 LSOAs
30%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
2 Oct 2025Strawberry
Cheshire West & Chester
Lab HOLDLab 36% Ref 32% Other 14%
9 May 2024Wolverham
Cheshire West and Chester
Lab HOLD

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
BromboroughLabour 58.8%vs Reform 17.8%2023 Green 54.0%vs Labour 38.9%-38.3%
Central & GrangeLabour 56.6%vs Reform 21.9%2023 Labour 80.6%vs Conservative 11.9%-19.6%
EasthamLabour 51.3%vs Reform 17.8%2023 Lib Dem 58.8%vs Labour 23.6%-38.1%
Ledsham & ManorLabour 55.3%vs Conservative 17.9%2023 Labour 57.9%vs Conservative 29.3%-41.4%
NetherpoolLabour 57.5%vs Reform 17.8%2023 Labour 69.7%vs Conservative 23.6%-32.1%
StrawberryLabour 57.7%vs Reform 16.3%2023 Labour 68.6%vs Conservative 24.6%-34.8%
Sutton VillagesLabour 63.0%vs Reform 16.8%2023 Labour 77.8%vs Conservative 18.4%-27.5%
WestminsterLabour 64.7%vs Reform 12.3%2023 Labour 79.5%vs Conservative 10.0%-22.5%
Whitby GrovesLabour 58.2%vs Reform 14.2%2023 Labour 44.0%vs Green 42.1%-43.0%
Whitby ParkLabour 58.4%vs Reform 15.4%2023 Green 52.5%vs Labour 37.3%-41.8%
WolverhamLabour 61.7%vs Reform 20.7%2023 Labour 79.7%vs Conservative 11.3%-23.0%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Ellesmere Port and Bromborough at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdAndrew Miller Ellesmere Port and Neston MP44.6%34.9%15.1%3.7% UKIP-1.8%4,33166.5%
2015predecessorLab holdJustin Madders Ellesmere Port and Neston MP47.8%34.3%3.3%12.0% UKIP2.1%0.5%6,27567.5%+1.0
2017predecessorLab holdJustin Madders Ellesmere Port and Neston MP59.2%36.8%1.8%1.6% UKIP0.7%-11,39074.2%+6.7
2019notionalLabour winnerJustin Madders Ellesmere Port and Neston MP, pre-review boundary59.3%27.1%7.4%-1.9%4.3%14,57763.7%
2024Lab holdJustin Madders57.6%12.4%5.5%17.3% Ref6.4%0.6%16,90859.3%-4.4

Ellesmere Port and Bromborough was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Ellesmere Port and Neston (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

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Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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