2022 City of Chester by-election

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of the City of Chester was held on 1 December 2022. It followed the resignation of incumbent member of Parliament Chris Matheson as on 21 October 2022 after accusations of sexual misconduct and a recommendation from the Independent Expert Panel that he be suspended from the House of Commons for four weeks.

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
LDM
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 2,368
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

This was the first by-election to be held during both the reign of King Charles III and the premiership of Rishi Sunak. It was also the first by-election in North West England since the 2017 Copeland by-election, the first in a parliamentary constituency in Cheshire since the 2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election, and the penultimate by-election of 2022. The by-election was won by Samantha Dixon of the Labour Party. 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). The by-election was held two weeks before a by-election in Stretford and Urmston in nearby Greater Manchester.

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