2011 Cheshire West and Chester Council election

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Cheshire West and Chester Council Election, 2011
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All 75 seats on Cheshire West and Chester Council
38 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderMike JonesDerek Bateman
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Tattenhall Ellesmere Port Town
Last election55134
Seats before50134
Seats wonDecrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 19Decrease2.svg 3
Seats after42321
Popular vote84,70569,82922,223
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
LeaderRichard Lowe [lower-alpha 1]
Party Independent UKIP
Leader's seat Garden Quarter
(defeated)
Last election00
Seats before41
Seats wonDecrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 1
Seats after00
Popular vote5,7322,889
Leader of the Council before election

Mike Jones
Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Mike Jones
Conservative

The 2011 elections to Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council were the first elections to this Council after it had been re-warded into a mixture of single-, two- and three-member wards. They took place on 5 May alongside the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. The previous election held for 2008 were based on the old Cheshire County Council electoral divisions each of which returned 3 members. The 2008 elections elected 72 members to serve first on the shadow authority and then, with effect from 1 April 2009, the new Council when it took over responsibility for the delivery of local government services.

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Given the re-warding that took place in time for the 2011 elections, direct comparisons between the 2008 and 2011 results are problematic. Superficially, the 2011 results give the impression of a dramatic swing to Labour when compared with the 2008 results; however, this is misleading. In 2008, the Labour Party was particularly unpopular, with the local government elections taking place shortly after the '10p tax rate' had been abolished, plunging Labour support to a particular low. This unpopularity, coupled with the then large electoral wards electing three councillors per ward, and the first-past-the-post system, very much favoured the then leading party in the opinion polls – the Conservatives – who, in 2008, won a much greater majority than had otherwise been predicted.

The 2011 elections with the re-warding took place one year into the national Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition, at a time when support for the Liberal Democrats was at a particular low. Nationally, Labour's support had rallied considerably when compared with 2008.

Before the elections in 2011, the majority Conservative party suffered a small number of defections, principally almost certainly associated with existing councillors failing to be selected by the party to fight the seat of their choice.

The count at Northgate Arena. Vote 2011 at Chester (5695631895).jpg
The count at Northgate Arena.

As noted, the Conservatives had reduced in number from 55 to 50 through resignations, defections and withdrawal of the party whip associated with the processes for selection of candidates to fight the 2011 election.

Four political groups which had unsuccessfully put forward candidates in 2008 did not do so in 2011. Several deselected Conservatives stood without the party whip, but there were no other independent candidates.

Results summary

Seats

   Conservative (56%)
   Labour (42.6%)
   Liberal Democrats (1.33%)

Vote share

   Conservative (45.34%)
   Labour (37.38%)
   Liberal Democrats (11.90%)
   Independent (3.07%)
   UKIP (1.55%)
   Green (0.56%)
   Socialist Labour (0.13%)
   BNP (0.08%)

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Summary of the 2011 Cheshire West and Chester Council election results
Political partyGroup leaderCandidatesTotal
votes		Total
seats		Seats,
net change		Seats,
of total (%)		Votes,
of total (%)		Total votes,
change (%)
Conservative Mike Jones7584,70542Decrease2.svg 85645.34
Labour Derek Bateman7569,82932Increase2.svg 1942.637.38
Liberal Democrats —5122,2231Decrease2.svg 31.3311.90
Independent —95,7320Decrease2.svg 403.07
UKIP Richard Lowe [lower-alpha 1] 152,8890Decrease2.svg 101.55
Green —41,0420Steady2.svg00.56
Socialist Labour —12510Steady2.svg00.13
BNP —11510Steady2.svg00.08

Seat composition between 2008 (top) and 2011 (bottom):

55134
42321

    Councillor changes

    New councillors

    • David Armstrong (Labour, Winsford Swanlow and Dene)
    • Alex Black (Labour, Hoole)
    • Tom Blackmore (Labour, Winsford Over and Verdin)
    • Stephen Burns (Labour, Winsford Swanlow and Dene)
    • Keith Butcher (Labour, Ledsham and Manor)
    • Samantha Dixon (Labour, Chester City)
    • Paul Dolan (Labour, Winnington and Castle)
    • Charles Fifield (Conservative, Weaver and Cuddington)
    • Carolyn Graham (Labour, Blacon)
    • Howard Greenwood (Conservative, Farndon)
    • Louise Gittins (Labour, Little Neston and Burton)
    • Don Hammond (Conservative, Marbury)
    • Graham Heatley (Conservative, Elton)
    • Mark Henesy (Labour, Sutton)
    • Brian Jones (Labour, Whitby)
    • Lynda Jones (Conservative, Winsford Over and Verdin)
    • Tony Lawrenson (Labour, Witton and Rudheath)
    • John Leather (Conservative, Tarvin and Kelsall)
    • Nicole Meardon (Labour, Sutton)
    • Amy Mercer-Bailey (Labour, Winnington and Castle)
    • Eveleigh Moore Dutton (Conservative, Tarporley)
    • Margaret Parker (Conservative, Chester Villages)
    • Ben Powell (Labour, St Paul's)
    • Diane Roberts (Labour, Netherpool)
    • David Robinson (Labour, Boughton)
    • Bob Rudd (Labour, Garden Quarter)
    • Gaynor Sinar (Conservative, Davenham and Moulton)
    • Neil Sullivan (Conservative, Handbridge Park)
    • Julia Tickridge (Labour, Witton and Rudheath)
    • Elton Watson (Conservative, Davenham and Moulton)
    • Andrew Williams (Labour, Neston)

    Outgoing councillors

    • Brian Anderson (Conservative)
    • Kimberley Anderson (Conservative)
    • Brian Bailey (Independent)
    • Bob Barton (Liberal Democrats)
    • Kate Birtwistle (Conservative)
    • Terry Birtwistle (Conservative)
    • Lynn Clare (Labour)
    • Linda Cooper (Conservative) [lower-alpha 2]
    • Max Drury (Conservative) [lower-alpha 2]
    • John Ebo (Conservative)
    • Malcolm Gaskill (Liberal Democrats)
    • Arthur Harada (Conservative) [lower-alpha 2]
    • Mark Ingram (Conservative) [lower-alpha 2]
    • Katherine Lord (Conservative) [lower-alpha 2]
    • Pat Lott (Conservative) [lower-alpha 2]
    • Richard Lowe (UKIP)
    • Jan Mashlan (Conservative) [lower-alpha 2]
    • Simon McDonald (Independent)
    • William Mealor (Conservative)
    • George Miller (Conservative)
    • Andrew Needham (Conservative) [lower-alpha 2]
    • Charlie Parkinson (Liberal Democrats)
    • Neil Ritchie (Conservative) [lower-alpha 2]
    • Barbara Roberts (Independent)
    • Richard Short (Conservative)
    • Graham Smith (Conservative)
    • Andrew Storrar (Independent)
    • Keith Wilson (Conservative) [lower-alpha 2]

    Re-elected councillors

    • Gareth Anderson (Conservative, Ledsham and Manor)
    • Derek Bateman (Labour, Ellesmere Port Town)
    • Don Beckett (Winsford Over and Verdin, Labour)
    • Keith Board (Conservative, Great Boughton)
    • Pamela Booher (Labour, Winsford Wharton)
    • Malcolm Byram (Conservative, Marbury)
    • Brian Clarke (Labour, Winsford Wharton)
    • Angela Claydon (Labour, St Paul's)
    • Bob Crompton (Conservative, Whitby)
    • Brian Crowe (Conservative, Saughall and Mollington)
    • Razia Daniels (Conservative, Handbridge Park)
    • Andrew Dawson (Conservative, Frodsham)
    • Hugo Deynem (Conservative, Tarvin and Kelsall)
    • Paul Donovan (Labour, Sutton)
    • Brenda Dowding (Conservative, Parkgate)
    • Leslie Ford (Conservative, Helsby)
    • John Grimshaw (Conservative, Weaver and Cuddington)
    • Pamela Hall (Conservative, Great Boughton)
    • Myles Hogg (Conservative, Willaston and Thornton)
    • Jill Houlbrook (Conservative, Upton)
    • Eleanor Johnson (Conservative, Gowy)
    • Mike Jones (Conservative, Tattenhall)
    • Reggie Jones (Labour, Blacon)
    • Kay Loch (Conservative, Little Neston and Burton)
    • Justin Madders (Labour, Ellesmere Port Town)
    • Herbert Manley (Conservative, Hartford and Greenbank)
    • Alan McKie (Conservative, Weaver and Cuddington)
    • Hilarie McNae (Conservative, Upton)
    • Pat Merrick (Labour, Rossmore)
    • Keith Musgrave (Conservative, Hartford and Greenbank)
    • Marie Nelson (Labour, Blacon)
    • Ralph Oultram (Conservative, Kingsley)
    • Stuart Parker (Conservative, Chester Villages)
    • Tom Parry (Conservative, Newton)
    • Lynn Riley (Conservative, Frodsham)
    • Tony Sherlock (Labour, Grange)
    • Mark Stocks (Conservative, Shakerley)
    • Alexandra Tate (Labour, Lache)
    • Bob Thompson (Liberal Democrats, Hoole)
    • Adrian Walmsley (Conservative, Newton)
    • Helen Weltman (Conservative, Davenham and Moulton)
    • Mark Williams (Conservative, Dodleston and Huntington)
    • Ann Wright (Conservative, Malpas)
    • Norman Wright (Conservative, Marbury)

    Results by ward

    Blacon

    Blacon (3 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Reggie Jones2,10324.20
    Labour Marie Nelson1,90621.93
    Labour Carolyn Graham1,72519.85
    Conservative Bob Blacker8509.78
    Conservative Danny Worley7228.88
    Conservative Nick Watkins7358.46
    UKIP Alan Weddell3023.48
    UKIP David Evans2973.42

    Boughton

    Boughton (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour David Robinson96052.09
    Conservative Michael Turvey74440.37
    Liberal Democrats James Latham1397.54

    Chester City

    Chester City (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Samantha Dixon 51946.88
    Conservative Pauline Brown46542.01
    Liberal Democrats Sandy Clyne827.41
    UKIP David Scott413.70

    Chester Villages

    Chester Villages (Christleton, Guilden Sutton, Mickle Trafford and Waverton, 2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Stuart Parker1,94128.54
    Conservative Margaret Parker1,88027.64
    Labour Paul Cornwall81511.98
    Independent Brian Bailey81211.94
    Labour Steve Davies75811.15
    Independent Michael Roberts5958.75

    Davenham and Moulton

    Davenham and Moulton (3 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Elton Watson1,63815.82
    Conservative Helen Weltman1,61915.64
    Conservative Gaynor Sinar1,43213.83
    Labour Mark Green1,05610.2
    Labour Robert Harmston1,05610.2
    Labour David Speak1,0169.81
    Liberal Democrats Arthur Wood7246.99
    Independent Sarah Flannery6746.51
    Green Howard Thorp4474.32
    Independent Emma Guy4053.91
    Independent Simon McDonald2852.75

    Dodleston and Huntington

    Dodleston and Huntington (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Mark Williams1,00863.40
    Labour John Creswick37223.40
    Liberal Democrats Christopher Ward21013.21

    Ellesmere Port Town

    Ellesmere Port Town (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Derek Bateman1,52245.47
    Labour Justin Madders 1,21236.21
    Conservative Graham Pritchard2587.71
    Conservative Gordon Meldrum2266.75
    Liberal Democrats Michael Shipman1293.85

    Elton

    Elton (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Graham Heatley68351.05
    Labour Tony Mills65548.95

    Farndon

    Farndon (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Howard Greenwood93755.67
    Liberal Democrats Paul Roberts54832.56
    Labour Susan Pearson19811.76

    Frodsham

    Frodsham (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Andrew Dawson1,80130.55
    Conservative Lynn Riley1,62527.57
    Labour Anna Huchinson1,16319.73
    Labour Kyle McGregor1,02117.32
    Liberal Democrats Marilyn Theron2854.83

    Garden Quarter

    Garden Quarter (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Bob Rudd49748.82
    Conservative Aden Lucas27026.52
    Liberal Democrats Sarah-Jane Smith10510.31
    Green Simon Brown747.27
    UKIP Richard Lowe727.07

    Gowy

    Gowy (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Eleanor Johnson1,11864.81
    Green Jackie Tait24814.38
    Labour Nick Dixon23013.33
    Liberal Democrats Andrew Hyde1297.48

    Grange

    Grange (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Tony Sherlock84482.58
    Conservative Sandra Evans17817.42

    Great Boughton

    Great Boughton (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Pamela Hall1,55122.84
    Conservative Keith Board1,50222.12
    Labour Helen Heaviside82712.18
    Liberal Democrats Ann Farrell79511.71
    Labour Peter Barnard78311.53
    Liberal Democrats Rose Price75111.06
    UKIP Peter Lowe3354.93
    UKIP Charles Dodman2473.46

    Handbridge Park

    Handbridge Park (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Razia Daniels2,40631.43
    Conservative Neil Sullivan2,03026.52
    Labour Pamela Stanley1,16715.25
    Labour Phillip Tate1,01613.27
    Liberal Democrats Phil Taylor3925.12
    Liberal Democrats Christopher Reeve3214.19
    UKIP Wendy Moore1722.25
    UKIP Peter Steele1501.96

    Hartford and Greenbank

    Hartford and Greenbank (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Herbert Manley1,71832.30
    Conservative Keith Musgrave1,69431.85
    Labour George Gibson79714.98
    Labour Eric Mashiter61211.51
    Liberal Democrats Allan Clark4989.36

    Helsby

    Helsby (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Leslie Ford88650.80
    Labour Una Long64637.04
    Liberal Democrats Joan Laming21212.16

    Hoole

    Hoole (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Bob Thompson1,21118.80
    Labour Alex Black1,10817.20
    Conservative John Ebo98915.35
    Liberal Democrats David Mead94314.64
    Conservative Lesley George90414.04
    Labour Jason Stiles74011.49
    Green Diana Wilderspin-Jones2734.24
    Independent John Whittingham1101.71
    UKIP Stephen Nichols901.40
    UKIP Roger Coston731.13

    Kingsley

    Kingsley (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Ralph Oultram1,19265.86
    Labour Jill Peters41622.98
    Liberal Democrats George England20211.16

    Lache

    Lache (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Alexandra Tate91652.73
    Conservative Mike Tomlinson65337.59
    UKIP John Moore965.53
    Liberal Democrats Aminul Hassan724.15

    Ledsham and Manor

    Ledsham and Manor (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Gareth Anderson1,21324.53
    Labour Keith Butcher1,13823.01
    Labour Edward Lloyd1,08922.02
    Conservative Graham Smith1,06721.58
    UKIP Neil Gregory2464.97
    Liberal Democrats Robert Taylor1923.88

    Little Neston and Burton

    Little Neston and Burton (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Kay Loch1,37321.09
    Labour Louise Gittins1,03615.91
    Conservative Richard Short98915.19
    Liberal Democrats Tony Cummins96114.76
    Liberal Democrats Derek Gaskell95714.70
    Labour Robert Perry89513.75
    UKIP Henry Crocker3004.61

    Malpas

    Malpas (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Ann Wright98869.77
    Liberal Democrats Sherrie Roberts25317.87
    Labour Nonny Shearer17512.36

    Marbury

    Marbury (3 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Malcolm Byram2,32822.27
    Conservative Norman Wright2,26521.67
    Conservative Don Hammond2,03519.47
    Labour Gillian Gough1,18411.33
    Labour Andy Stott1,12210.73
    Labour Noel Huchinson9489.07
    Liberal Democrats Alan Bailey5725.47

    Neston

    Neston (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Andrew Williams70851.83
    Conservative William Mealor54940.19
    Liberal Democrats Tom Marlow1097.98

    Netherpool

    Netherpool (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Diane Roberts70779.89
    Conservative Nigel Hunt17820.11
    Majority52959.77

    Newton

    Newton (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Tom Parry1,43222.01
    Conservative Adrian Walmsley1,41521.75
    Labour Frank Baker1,06316.34
    Labour Jenny Baker1,04216.02
    Liberal Democrats Mark Williams67410.36
    Liberal Democrats Neil Christian6439.88
    UKIP Steven Woolfe 2373.64

    Parkgate

    Parkgate (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Brenda Dowding1,08566.77
    Labour Susan Davies39324.18
    Liberal Democrats Richard Farrance1479.05

    Rossmore

    Rossmore (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Pat Merrick46750.87
    Socialist Labour Kenny Spain25127.34
    Conservative John Wilson20021.79

    Saughall and Mollington

    Saughall and Mollington (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Brian Crowe91746.74
    Independent Andrew Storrar70535.93
    Labour Janet Black34017.33

    Shakerley

    Shakerley (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Mark Stocks91366.40
    Labour Eira Bowden32423.56
    Liberal Democrats Patricia Higgins13810.04

    St Paul's

    St Paul's (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Angela Claydon1,49632.56
    Labour Ben Powell1,32928.92
    Conservative Brian Anderson76016.54
    Conservative Richard Soper61513.38
    UKIP Andrew Roberts2315.03
    Liberal Democrats Joan Butcher1643.57

    Strawberry

    Strawberry (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Mark Henesy96249.79
    Conservative Nicholas Hebson84843.89
    Liberal Democrats Hilary Chrusciezl1226.31

    Sutton

    Sutton (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Paul Donovan2,00238.66
    Labour Nicole Meardon1,67232.28
    Conservative Kimberley Anderson75714.62
    Conservative Nicholas Lacey56010.81
    Liberal Democrats Graham Handley1883.63

    Tarporley

    Tarporley (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Eveleigh Moore Dutton1,31373.93
    Labour Ann Pearce27915.71
    Liberal Democrats Jo Gaskill18410.36

    Tarvin and Kelsall

    Tarvin and Kelsall (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative John Leather1,70730.15
    Conservative Hugo Deynem1,53027.03
    Independent Barbara Roberts84714.96
    Liberal Democrats Raymond Williams67111.85
    Labour Christine Davies4958.74
    Labour Sandra Rudd4117.26

    Tattenhall

    Tattenhall (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Mike Jones1,19767.21
    Labour John Vernon30016.84
    Liberal Democrats Vera Roberts28415.95

    Upton

    Upton (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Jill Houlbrook1,73527.54
    Conservative Hilarie McNae1,52724.24
    Labour Yvonne Gibson1,11317.67
    Labour Ian Gibson1,02416.25
    Liberal Democrats Jean Evans5879.32
    Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Jewkes3144.98

    Weaver and Cuddington

    Weaver and Cuddington (3 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Charles Fifield1,97216.26
    Conservative John Grimshaw1,82315.03
    Conservative Alan McKie1,51912.53
    Liberal Democrats Val Godfrey1,40611.59
    Independent Gillian Edwards1,29910.71
    Labour Derek Bowden9778.06
    Labour Robert Cernik9127.52
    Labour Val Armstrong8637.12
    Liberal Democrats Peter Hampson7626.28
    Liberal Democrats Sybil Turner5944.90

    Whitby

    Whitby (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Brian Jones1,48928.64
    Conservative Bob Crompton1,18022.70
    Labour Abdul Jilani1,17522.60
    Conservative Kathy Lord1,13021.73
    Liberal Democrats Kurt Jewkes2254.33

    Willaston and Thornton

    Willaston and Thornton (1 seat)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Myles Hogg1,39678.96
    Labour Lynn Clare27615.61
    Liberal Democrats Trish Derraugh965.43

    Winnington and Castle

    Winnington and Castle (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Paul Dolan1,04127.11
    Labour Amy Mercer-Bailey99525.91
    Conservative Kate Birtwistle74419.38
    Conservative Terry Birtwistle70418.33
    Liberal Democrats Paul Carter2055.34
    BNP Jon Westerby1513.93

    Winsford Over and Verdin

    Winsford Over and Verdin (3 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Don Beckett1,15213.64
    Labour Tom Blackmore1,16713.81
    Conservative Lynda Jones1,10613.09
    Conservative Mark Garratt1,09913.01
    Labour Mike Burns1,07712.75
    Conservative Susan Kaur95911.35
    Liberal Democrats Des Worthington7128.43
    Liberal Democrats Charlie Parkinson6267.41
    Liberal Democrats Brandon Parkey5506.51

    Winsford Swanlow and Dene

    Winsford Swanlow and Dene (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Stephen Burns89920.26
    Labour David Armstrong81718.41
    Liberal Democrats Malcolm Gaskill74416.77
    Conservative Sue Langley68115.35
    Liberal Democrats Bob Barton67915.30
    Conservative Stacey Collister61713.91

    Winsford Wharton

    Winsford Wharton (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Brian Clarke1,11928.07
    Labour Pamela Booher1,11027.84
    Conservative Margaret Dolphin61115.32
    Conservative Stephen Lorriman57314.37
    Liberal Democrats Bev Theron3328.33
    Liberal Democrats Janet Fitzmaurice2426.07

    Witton and Rudheath

    Witton and Rudheath (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Tony Lawrenson1,31933.63
    Labour Julia Tickridge 1,07127.31
    Conservative George Miller75119.15
    Conservative Nick Goulding63916.29
    Liberal Democrats Graham Newton1423.62

    Notes

    1. 1 2 As the only UKIP councillor, Richard Lowe was their de facto group leader, no UKIP candidates were subsequently elected.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Did not stand for election.

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    Northwich Rural District was a rural district surrounding, but not including the towns of Northwich and Winsford in Cheshire, which were separate urban districts. It was created in 1894 from the Northwich Rural Sanitary District.

    The county of Cheshire, England, has many buildings that have been listed.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 Cheshire West and Chester Council election</span> 2015 UK local government election

    The 2015 Cheshire West and Chester Council election took place on 7 May 2015, electing members of Cheshire West and Chester Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the country as well as the general election.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Cheshire West and Chester Council election</span> 2019 UK local government election

    The 2019 Cheshire West and Chester Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Cheshire West and Chester Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Five fewer seats were contested because of boundary changes. No party gained overall control. The Labour Party gained a seat but lost control of the council; the Conservatives lost 8 seats, while the Independents gained 4, the Liberal Democrats gained 2, and the Green Party gained one.

    The ceremonial county of Cheshire, which comprises the unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington, has returned 11 MPs to the UK Parliament since 1997.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Cheshire West and Chester Council election</span>

    The 2023 Cheshire West and Chester Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cheshire West and Chester Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, including contested elections in the civil parishes of Broxton, Dutton, Great Boughton, Mouldsworth and Tarporley and the towns of Frodsham, Northwich and Winsford.

    References

    1. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Consolidated results — Cheshire West and Chester 2011". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
    2. ↑ "Results Overview". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
    3. ↑ "England council elections - Cheshire West & Chester". www.bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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