Riding profile

Chester North and Neston

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Chester North and Neston: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Chester North and Neston, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 27-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 32% vote share, against 26% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Samantha Dixon

Sits with Labour

Since
2022-12-01
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Labour

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.2
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 32.4%
  • Reform UK 26.5%
  • Conservative 18.2%
  • Green 15.5%
  • Lib Dems 6.0%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Conservative Green
HereChester North and Neston 32.4%26.5%18.2%15.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +10.8 25.3% +1.2 18.9% −0.7 11.8% +3.7

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
26.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-22.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Samantha Dixon Elected Labour 22,258 49.8
Simon Eardley Conservative 10,388 23.2
Nicholas Goulding Reform UK 5,870 13.1
Nick Brown Green 4,102 9.2
Steve Gribbon Lib Dems 2,076 4.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,282
Median age
42
Employment rate
89.0%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029