2011 Cheshire East Council election

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Cheshire East Council Election, 2011
Coat of arms of Cheshire East Borough Council.png
  2008 5 May 2011 2015  

All 82 seats in Cheshire East Council
42 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before59612
Seats won52164
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Increase2.svg10Decrease2.svg8
Popular vote91,73651,16724,206

 Fourth party
 
Party Middlewich First

Elected Council Leader

TBD

Map of the results of the 2011 Cheshire East council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Handforth Ratepayers Association, Middlewich First and Shavington First in white, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey. Cheshire East UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Cheshire East council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Handforth Ratepayers Association, Middlewich First and Shavington First in white, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

Elections to Cheshire East Council happened on Thursday 5 May 2011. Elections occurred in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council.

Contents

The wards were all new, having been created in a boundary review which took effect in January 2011. [1] They replaced the previous 27 three-seat wards used in the 2008 election, which were identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.

Overall results

The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 52 out of 82 seats, with a majority of 22 councillors. [2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Cheshire East Council election - 2011 - summary
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 52747.7591,7366.4
  Labour 16+1026.651,167+12.7
  Liberal Democrats 4812.624,2068.9
 Middlewich First32.44,578
 Handforth 'Ratepayers' Association21.63,010
 Shavington First10.3608
 Others4+68.716,804

Ward results

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor.

Alderley Edge

Alderley Edge (1 Seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Keegan* 1,151 72.53
Labour Dominic James Brown43627.47
Majority 71545.06
Turnout 1,58743.40
Conservative win

Councillor Keegan previously served as a member for the now dissolved Alderley ward.

Alsager

Alsager (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rod Fletcher* 1,895 16.63 −2.77
Liberal Democrats Derek Ian Hough* 1,760 15.44 −3.36
Liberal Democrats Shirley Jones* 1,648 14.46 −3.44
Conservative Andrew William Large1,19310.47+0.47
Conservative Harriet Emily Weatherby Crompton1,16410.21+2.31
Labour Bill Howell9478.31+5.51
Conservative Richard Peers8227.21−0.69
Labour Bob Ashley8057.06+4.06
Labour Simon Henley Norman Bishop7256.36+3.76
Green Hilary Robinson4393.85
Majority 4553.99
Turnout 11,38945.20
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Audlem

Audlem (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rachel Anne Bailey 1,451 79.86
Labour Louise Mary Taylor36620.14
Majority 1,08559.72
Turnout 1,81748.8
Conservative win

Councillor Bailey previously served as a member for the now dissolved Cholmondeley ward.

Bollington

Bollington (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Harold Livesley* 814 13.59
Conservative Peter Hayes 813 13.57
Bollington FirstAmanda Stott78813.16
Labour Heidi Reid77812.99
Bollington FirstJames Nicholas75812.66
Labour Malcolm Bailey71411.92
Independent Tony Mills5759.60
Liberal Democrats Shirley Sockett4367.28
Liberal Democrats Simon Christopher Owen3135.23
Majority 100.17
Turnout 48.3
Conservative win
Conservative win

Councillor Livesley previously served as a councillor for the now dissolved Prestbury and Tytherington ward.

Brereton Rural

The one seat for this ward was uncontested and the Conservative Party candidate, John Valentine Frank Wray, was elected unopposed.

References

  1. "The Cheshire East (Electoral Changes) Order 2011" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  2. "Elections 2011 - results overview". Cheshire East Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  3. "Alderley Edge Ward". cheshireeast.gov.uk. Cheshire East Council. 6 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.