Labour's Justin Madders wins new Ellesmere Port and Bromborough seat

Jonathan Blackburn

4 July 2024 at 10:59 pm·1-min read

Labour has taken the new Ellesmere Port and Bromborough seat. Labour candidate Justin Madders, MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston before this election, won by a margin of 16,908.

Mr Madders won the Ellesmere Port and Neston seat in 2019 by a majority of 8,764. The constituency was retired by the Boundary Commission, with Mr Madders now representing a seat that extends along much of the eastern coast of the Wirral, including Bromborough, Port Sunlight and New Ferry.

Results are as follows:

Justin Madders (Labour): 24,186
Lee Evans (Conservative): 5,210
Michael Christopher Aldred (Reform UK): 7,278
Chris Carubia (Liberal Democrats): 2,328
Harry Ross Gorman (Green Party): 2,706
Ruth Kathleen Boulton (Independent): 256

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