Cheshire East Council elections

Last updated October 30, 2024

Cheshire East Council elections are held every four years. Cheshire East Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2011, 82 councillors have been elected from 52 wards.^[1]

Council elections

District result maps

2011 results map
2015 results map
2019 results map
2023 results map

By-elections

2008-2011

Knutsford By-Election 9 October 2008^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Wilkinson	1,679	59.7	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Aldhouse	817	29.0	+5.0
	Labour	Laurie Burton	318	11.3	−7.2
Majority			862	30.7
Turnout			2,814	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cholmondeley By-Election 19 November 2009^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilfred Davies	1,764	77.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Halson	508	22.4	+4.9
Majority			1,256	55.2
Turnout			2,272	19.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alderley By-Election 30 September 2010^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Lloyd	1,647	67.9	+16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Romain	779	32.1	+8.5
Majority			868	35.8
Turnout			2,426
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Macclesfield Hurdsfield By-Election 25 April 2013^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Carter	341	36.7	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Broadhead	239	25.8	−1.0
	Conservative	Alastair Kennedy	168	18.1	−8.5
	UKIP	David Lonsdale	132	14.2	+14.2
	Green	John Knight	48	5.2	+5.2
Majority			102	11.0
Turnout			928
	Labour hold		Swing

Crewe West By-Election 13 March 2014^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Hickson	720	49.9	−6.6
	UKIP	Richard Lee	387	26.8	+26.8
	Independent	Chris Curran	159	11.0	+11.0
	Conservative	Chris Waling	122	8.5	−16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Icke	55	3.8	−14.3
Majority			333	23.1
Turnout			1,443
	Labour hold		Swing

2015-2019

Congleton East by-election, 29 October 2015^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Baggott	700	36.5	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Murphy	542	28.3	+18.6
	Labour	Robert Boston	409	21.3	+1.4
	UKIP	Dawn Allen	266	13.9	−3.1
Majority			158	8.2
Turnout			1,917
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bollington by-election, 16 February 2017^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bollington First	James Nicholas	939	50.6	+13.5
	Conservative	Philip Bolton	319	17.2	−13.4
	Labour	Rob Vernon	239	12.9	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sam al-Hamdani	198	10.7	−0.2
	Green	Richard Purslow	162	8.7	+8.7
Majority			620	33.4
Turnout			1,857
	Bollington First gain from Conservative		Swing

Crewe East by-election, 5 October 2017^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joy Bratherton	1,174	60.7	+14.8
	Conservative	Mary Addison	542	28.0	+6.2
	UKIP	Eddie Ankers	158	8.2	−14.7
	Green	Melanie English	59	3.1	−6.4
Majority			632	32.7
Turnout			1,933
	Labour hold		Swing

Bunbury by-election, 22 March 2018^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Green	663	53.3	−16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jones	342	27.5	+27.5
	Labour	Jake Lomax	178	14.3	−3.4
	Green	Mark Sharkey	60	4.8	−7.2
Majority			321	25.8
Turnout			1,243
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019-2023

Crewe South by-election, 27 February 2020^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Laura Smith	854	54.0
	Conservative	Martin Deakin	566	35.8
	Green	Richard McCarthy	69	4.4
	Independent	Roy Cartlidge	67	4.2
	Independent	Brian Silvester	34	2.2
Majority			288	18.2
Turnout			1,580	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Crewe West by-election, 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Connor Naismith	724	42.3	−19.9
	Conservative	Teja Vaddala	539	31.5	+7.5
	Crewe First	Brian George Silvester	184	10.7	new
	Green	Melanie Ruth English	126	7.4	new
	Independent	Roy Cartlidge	72	4.2	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul James Weaver	55	3.2	new
	Workers Party	Chris McGrane	13	0.8	new
Majority			185	10.8
Turnout			1723	22.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.7

Wilmslow Dean Row by-election, 2 September 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents of Wilmslow	Lata Anderson	447	43.3	−18.7
	Conservative	Frank McCarthy	354	40.2	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Birgitta Hoffmann	46	5.2	new
	Green	James Andrew Booth	34	3.9	new
Majority			93	10.6
Turnout			881	22.5
	Residents of Wilmslow hold		Swing	-14.2

2023-2027

Crewe Central by-election, 8 February 2024^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Morris	335	43.3	+19.8
	Labour	Kim Jamson	277	35.8	−18.9
	Putting Crewe First	Brian Silvester	128	16.5	+1.2
	Women's Equality	Vicky Pulman	22	2.8	new
	Green	Te Ata Browne	12	1.6	new
Majority			58	7.5
Turnout			774
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Crewe West by-election, 5 September 2024^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ben Wye	553	43.4
	Reform UK	Nick Goulding	333	26.1
	Conservative	David Simcox	217	17.0
	Putting Crewe First	Brian Silvester	109	8.5
	Green	Melanie English	63	4.9
Majority			220	17.3
Turnout			1,275	16.5
	Labour hold		Swing

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References

1 2 "The Cheshire East (Electoral Changes) Order 2011", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2011/3, retrieved 4 September 2022
↑ "Knutsford By-Election Win for Pickmere Man". Cheshire East Council. 10 October 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
↑ "Tory romps home in Cholmondeley by-election". Crewe Chronicle. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Alderley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Macclesfield Hurdsfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Crewe West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Congleton East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bollington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bunbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bunbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
↑ "Declaration of result of Poll (Crewe South Ward)" (PDF). Cheshire East council. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Crewe Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Crewe West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

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[2011order-1] 1 2 "The Cheshire East (Electoral Changes) Order 2011", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2011/3, retrieved 4 September 2022

[knutsford-2] "Knutsford By-Election Win for Pickmere Man". Cheshire East Council. 10 October 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2009.

[headine-3] "Tory romps home in Cholmondeley by-election". Crewe Chronicle. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[4] "Local Elections Archive Project — Alderley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[5] "Local Elections Archive Project — Macclesfield Hurdsfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[6] "Local Elections Archive Project — Crewe West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[7] "Local Elections Archive Project — Congleton East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[8] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bollington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[9] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bunbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[10] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bunbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[11] "Declaration of result of Poll (Crewe South Ward)" (PDF). Cheshire East council. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[12] "Local Elections Archive Project — Crewe Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Crewe West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

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v t e Council elections in Cheshire
Cheshire East Council	2008 2011 2015 2019 2023
Cheshire West and Chester Council	2008 2011 2015 2019 2023
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Warrington Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
Cheshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished
Chester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Congleton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
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