UK general elections › 2019 › City of Chester
City of Chester — 2019
Christian Matheson (Labour Party) was elected with 27,082 votes— 49.6% of 54,560 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 49.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,560
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Matheson | Labour Party | 27,082 | 49.6% | −0.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Samantha George | Conservative Party | 20,918 | 38.3% | — | |
| 3 | Bob Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 3,734 | 6.8% | — | |
| 4 | Nicholas Brown | Green Party | 1,438 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Andy Argyle | The Brexit Party | 1,388 | 2.5% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.