2022 City of Chester by-election
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A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of the City of Chester was held on 1 December 2022.[1] It followed the resignation of incumbent member of Parliament Chris Matheson as on 21 October 2022 after accusations of sexual misconduct[2] and a recommendation from the Independent Expert Panel that he be suspended from the House of Commons for four weeks.[2]
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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.