Warrington South (constituency)

Warrington South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Warrington South in Cheshire.
Location of Cheshire within England.
County	Cheshire
Electorate	81,212 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Faisal Rashid (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Warrington, Runcorn and Newton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Warrington South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Faisal Rashid, a Labour Party politician.

The seat is one of seven won (held or gained) by a Labour candidate in 2017 from a total of 11 covering its county. Rashid's 2017 win was one of 30 net gains of the Labour Party.

The seat has been relative to others a marginal seat since 2001 as well as a swing seat as its winner's majority has not exceeded 7.5% of the vote since the 16.3% majority won in that year. The seat has changed hands twice since that year.

1983-1997: The Borough of Warrington wards of Appleton and Stretton, Booths Hill, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, Heatley, Latchford, Lymm, Penketh and Cuerdley, Statham, Stockton Heath, and Walton and Westy, and the Borough of Halton wards of Daresbury and Norton.

1997-2010: The Borough of Warrington wards of Appleton, Stretton and Hatton, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, Howley and Whitecross, Latchford, Lymm, Penketh and Cuerdley, Stockton Heath, and Walton and Westy.

2010-present: The Borough of Warrington wards of Appleton, Bewsey and Whitecross, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, Hatton, Stretton and Walton, Latchford East, Latchford West, Lymm, Penketh and Cuerdley, Stockton Heath, and Whittle Hall.

The constituency is one of two in Warrington, the other being Warrington North. It covers the parts of the town lying south of the River Mersey, including Appleton, Grappenhall and , the town centre and the Penketh and Sankey areas in the west of the town. It also includes the village of Lymm.