Cheshire West and Chester

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Cheshire West and Chester
Unitary authority area and borough
Skyline of Chester with the Cathedral.jpg
Chester, the county town of Cheshire and the largest settlement in Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester UK locator map.svg
Cheshire West and Chester shown within Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°12′47″N2°54′07″W / 53.213°N 2.902°W / 53.213; -2.902
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country England
Region North West
Ceremonial county Cheshire
Incorporated1 April 2009
Government
[1]
 • Type Unitary authority with leader and cabinet
 • Body Cheshire West and Chester Council
 •  Control Labour
 •  Leader Louise Gittins (L)
 • ChairmanRobert Bisset
 •  Chief Executive Delyth Curtis
 •  House of Commons
5 MPs
Area
[2]
 • Total363.4 sq mi (941.2 km2)
 • Land360 sq mi (920 km2)
 • Rank 31st
Population
 (2021) [3]
 • Total357,699
 • Rank 24th
 • Density1,010/sq mi (389/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[4]
 •  Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[4]
 •  Religion
List
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas
  • CH1–4
  • CH33–34
  • CH64–66
  • CW6–10
  • SY14
  • WA4–6
Dialling codes
  • 01244
  • 01270
  • 01477
  • 0151
  • 01565
  • 01606
  • 01829
  • 01925
  • 01928
  • 01948
ISO 3166 code GB-CHW
GSS code E06000050
ITL code TLD63
GVA 2021 estimate [5]
 •Total £11.7 billion
 •Per capita£32,846
GDP (nominal)2021 estimate [5]
 •Total£13.1 billion
 •Per capita£36,518
Website cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. [6] It superseded the boroughs of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal and the City of Chester; its council assumed the functions and responsibilities of the former Cheshire County Council within its area. The remainder of ceremonial Cheshire is composed of Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington. Cheshire West and Chester has three key urban areas: Chester, Ellesmere Port and Northwich/Winsford.

Contents

The decision to create the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007 following a consultation period, in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected. [7]

Governance

Political composition of Cheshire West and Chester Council (2023)
Political party Seats
Conservative 23
Green 2
Independent 2
Labour 38
Liberal Democrats 1
Unaffiliated 1
Winsford Salt of the Earth3
Total70

In line with every other district in Cheshire, the cabinet (formerly 'the executive' between 2009 and 2015) [8] is composed of elected councillors. From its establishment in 2009, Cheshire West and Chester was governed by the Conservative Party, with Mike Jones as leader. Since the 2015 elections it has been governed by the Labour Party, with Samantha Dixon becoming the first female leader of the council upon taking office.

The leader presently oversees a cabinet of eight, with each member holding a specific portfolio. Opposition parties can also elect to appoint shadow cabinet members, though they have no executive power.

All councillors vote to appoint a chairman for the following municipal year (May) at the council AGM. Traditionally, this role was combined with that of the apolitical and ceremonial Lord Mayor of Chester, but in 2015 these roles were separated and the role of chairman was politicised. [9]

The cabinet is scrutinised by one general committee and four district committees made up of councillors, which replaced six dedicated scrutiny committees for different topics in May 2015. [9]

Elections

The first elections to the authority took place on 1 May 2008, with the electoral wards being the same as those used in the former Cheshire County Council elections, each ward electing three councillors. There were twenty-four wards in total, meaning that seventy-two councillors were elected.

An electoral review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England was put into effect prior to the 2011 elections, meaning that three additional councillors were created, making a total of seventy-five in the borough. The ward boundaries were also comprehensively re-drawn, with their number being increased by twenty-two to forty-six. The new wards were mostly single-member wards, with two and three-member wards for the more populous areas. [10] [11]

The 2015 election took place on 7 May, producing the first change of executive in the council's history. [12]

Last electionBy-electionsNext election
2019 (all-out) 2023 (all-out)

Subdivisions

The borough is divided into forty-six wards, [10] [11] listed below in alphabetical order.

There are ninety-seven parish councils in the borough, [13] [14] despite there being a total of 166 civil parishes before a community governance review was undertaken by the borough council in 2014 [15] under section 82 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. [16]

Notes
  1. ^
    3: Civil parishes highlighted in bold have unilaterally declared town status under section 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Members of Parliament

Constituency Member of Parliament Political party Year first electedNotesWebsiteParliamentary profile
City of Chester Chris Matheson Labour Party 2015 Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) Website Profile Official portrait of Christian Matheson MP crop 2.jpg
Eddisbury Edward Timpson Conservative Party 2019
[Note 4] 		Website Profile Official portrait of Edward Timpson MP crop 2.jpg
Ellesmere Port and Neston Justin Madders Labour Party 2015 Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) Website Profile Official portrait of Justin Madders MP crop 2.jpg
Tatton Esther McVey Conservative Party 2017
[Note 5] 		Website Profile Official portrait of Esther McVey crop 2.jpg
Weaver Vale Mike Amesbury Labour Party 2017 Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Website Profile Official portrait of Mike Amesbury MP crop 2.jpg
MPs in Cheshire West and Chester, 2005 onwards [Note 6]
Election year → 2005 2010 [Note 7] 2015 2017 2019
City of Chester Christine Russell Stephen Mosley Chris Matheson
Eddisbury Stephen O'Brien Antoinette Sandbach Edward Timpson
Ellesmere Port and Neston Andrew Miller Justin Madders
Tatton George Osborne Esther McVey
Weaver Vale Mike Hall Graham Evans Mike Amesbury

Current MPs are highlighted in bold.

Notes
  1. ^
    4: Previously elected to parliament in 2008 for the Crewe and Nantwich constituency.
  2. ^
    5: Previously elected to parliament in 2010 for the Wirral West constituency.
  3. ^
    6: From the last election before the borough of Cheshire West and Chester was established.
  4. ^
    7: From the first election following the most recent periodic review of Westminster constituencies, where boundary changes affected the constituencies.
Last electionBy-electionsNext election
2019 2024 (or earlier)

Demography

Ethnicity

Ethnicity in Cheshire West and Chester (2021) [4]
EthnicityPercent(%)
White
 
95.3%
Asian
 
2.0%
Mixed
 
1.5%
Black
 
0.6%
Other
 
0.6%

In line with nearly every local government district in England and Wales, the majority of the population describe themselves as 'white'. The exact figure - 95.3% - is comparable with metropolitan counties such as Merseyside, non-metropolitan counties such as Cumbria and principal areas throughout Wales. This would suggest that the figure is not a significant outlier nationwide.

The next largest ethnic group in the borough is Asian, who along with other ethnic minorities are supported by the Cheshire Asian & Minority Communities Council, a registered charity headquartered in Chester.

Religion

Religion in Cheshire West and Chester (2021) [4]
ReligionPercent(%)
Christian
 
54.5%
No religion
 
37.8%
Undeclared
 
5.5%
Muslim
 
1.0%
Hindu
 
0.4%
Other
 
0.3%
Buddhist
 
0.3%
Jewish
 
0.1%
Sikh
 
0.1%

The main religion in Cheshire West and Chester is Christianity, with a percentage figure above the average for England (46.3%, 2021). [19] The single largest church is the Church of England, with the borough being served by the Chester Archdeaconry, with six deaneries and an average of twenty parish churches in each deanery. Roman Catholicism also has a significant presence across the borough, with all its churches located in the Diocese of Shrewsbury.

Methodist churches in the borough form groups averaging ten, known as 'circuits' (the four in Cheshire West and Chester are all part of the Chester and Stoke-on-Trent District). More marginal churches include Assemblies of God, Baptist Union, Elim Pentecostal, United Reformed and the English Presbyterian Church of Wales in Chester.

Aside from churches, there are two mosques in Cheshire West and Chester - one each in Chester and Ellesmere Port - which were subjected to property theft [20] and racially aggravated disorder [21] respectively in 2014.

Geography

Neighbouring council areas
Local authorityIn relation to the district
City of Liverpool North (over the river)
Halton North
Warrington North east
Cheshire East East
Newcastle-under-Lyme South
Wrexham South west
Flintshire West
Wirral North west

Local nature reserves

Cheshire West and Chester Council maintains six Local Nature Reserves: Burton Mill Wood, Helsby Quarry, Marshall's Arm, Rivacre Valley, Stanney Wood, and Whitby Park. [22]

Transport

Air

There are no passenger airports in the borough (a grass airfield exists in Little Budworth), with the nearest being Liverpool and Manchester which licensed vehicles provide transport to. Airbus' fleet of A300-600ST Beluga transporter aircraft are based at Hawarden Airport in neighbouring Flintshire, adjacent to their wing manufacturing facility.

Cycling

National routes which pass through the borough include NCR5, NCR45 (Mercian Way), NCR56, NCR562, NCR563, NCR568 and NCR573. Regional routes include 70 (Cheshire Cycleway) and 71.

Three disused railways in the borough have been converted to off-road cycleways, including:

The Shropshire Union Canal towpath between Waverton and the National Waterways Museum is paved with asphalt and is a shared-use route between cyclists and pedestrians, for a distance of 12.5 miles. Between Tarvin Bridge and Blacon Avenue, it is also lit.

In 2009, Chester was awarded the status of 'Cycling Town' by Cycling England. To reflect this, a series of colour-coded signposted routes around the city were devised in 2012. [23] The total length of new signposted routes created by the project was thirty-eight miles, bringing the overall total in the borough to 312.5. The total funding received from the cycling town project, which ended in 2011 when Cycling England was disbanded, was £4.4 million. [24] A similar network of over thirty miles of cycle routes branded the Ellesmere Port Grenway has been proposed by the town's development board. [25]

Park and Ride

Chester has four park and ride sites located adjacent to radial routes on the city's outskirts (Boughton Heath, Sealand Road, Upton and Wrexham Road) running on two lines which intersect at Chester Bus Interchange. A fifth site is proposed near Hoole Village.

Chester Park and Ride services
RouteTerminusIntermediate stopChester city centreIntermediate stopTerminus
Blue (PR1) Upton (Zoo) Countess of Chester Hospital Delamere StreetChester Bus InterchangeForegate StreetPepper StreetGrosvenor Road Wrexham Road
Green (PR2) Sealand RoadSealand Road (Greyhound Park)Canal Street Boughton Boughton Heath

Hooton station is designated as a park and ride facility for railway services on the Wirral Line, it contains a 418-space car park. [26]

Rail

Chester railway station Chester railway station 1.JPG
Chester railway station

Chester is the hub of the railway network in the borough, with around 4.7 million passengers annually. [27] Passenger numbers doubled to this figure in the ten years to 2015, making the station the eighth-busiest in North West England. [28] Railway lines (and their associated franchise(s)) in the borough - not necessarily connecting to Chester - include:

Current and proposed improvements

The sections of railway between Chester - Stockport and Chester - Warrington Bank Quay are proposed for electrification during the period 2019–2024. [29]

The Crewe North Rolling Stock Depot serving High Speed Two is proposed to be built in the civil parish of Stanthorne and Wimboldsley. The line itself enters the borough in that location and leaves it again near the A556/A559 junction at Lostock Gralam. [30]

Road

A556 west of Northwich looking towards Sandiway. A556, Chester Road, Sandiway - geograph.org.uk - 192607.jpg
A556 west of Northwich looking towards Sandiway.

Motorways and primary routes in the borough which are maintained by National Highways (trunk roads de jure) include the M6, M53, M56, A55, A483, A494, A550 and a short section of the A41 in Hooton. Other primary routes which are maintained by the council (principal roads de jure) include the A41, A49, A51, A54, A56, A483, A530, A533, A534, A556, A5115, A5116, A5117 and A5268.

Chester and Ellesmere Port - both primary route destinations - form the hub of the road network in Cheshire West and Chester, with routes of national importance carrying traffic in all directions to locations including Flintshire, Halton, Wirral and Wrexham.

European Route E05 is routed via the M6, carrying international traffic between Scotland, North West England, the West Midlands and France via Southampton. European route E22 is routed via the A494 and M56, carrying international traffic between Ireland (the route in fact begins at the Port of Holyhead), North Wales, North West England, Yorkshire and the Netherlands. Both routes meet at Lymm Interchange, which lies in neighbouring Cheshire East.

Three Roman roads exist in Cheshire West and Chester, Two originating in Chester ( Deva Victrix ) and running to Northwich ( Condate ) and Whitchurch ( Mediolanum ) respectively. The Roman road of kings street in Northwich which runs from Middlewich to Warrington.

The section of the A51 between its western terminus and the B5132 was named as one of the most congested roads in the United Kingdom by INRIX in August 2015. [31]

Three local MPs - Graham Evans, Justin Madders and Chris Matheson - raised safety concerns about the M56 between J12 and J14 in parliament after more than one hundred-and-sixty incidents were recorded since 2011. In response, Andrew Jones, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, confirmed that an upgrade to smart motorway will only take place after 2020. [32] [33]

Water

Navigable waterways in the borough include the Manchester Ship Canal, Shropshire Union Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal and the Weaver Navigation, the latter two being connected together by the Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich, the only caisson lift lock in the United Kingdom.

Places of interest

Tourist attractions

Key
AP Icon.svg Abbey/Priory/Cathedral
UKAL icon.svg Accessible open space
Themepark uk icon.png Amusement/Theme Park
CL icon.svg Castle
Country parks.svg Country Park
EH icon.svg English Heritage
Forestry Commission
HR icon.svg Heritage railway
HH icon.svg Historic House
AP Icon.svg Places of Worship
Museum icon.svg
Museum icon (red).svg 		Museum (free/not free)
NTE icon.svg National Trust
Drama-icon.svg Theatre
Zoo icon.jpg Zoo

Sport

Football

Deva Stadium Deva Stadium.jpg
Deva Stadium

Chester FC are the highest ranked club in the area and compete in the National League North (the sixth tier of English football. Northwich has four semi-professional teams - Barnton, Northwich Victoria, Witton Albion and 1874 Northwich - all of whom play in regional leagues. Winsford is also represented in the non-league pyramid by Winsford United, and Ellesmere Port by Vauxhall Motors FC – the former works team of the Vauxhall Ellesmere Port assembly plant.

Below level ten of the English pyramid are county-wide amateur leagues, with two covering the geographic area of the borough - the Cheshire Association Football League and West Cheshire Association Football League. Although several clubs are members of the former, many more compete in the latter. Below that is the Chester & Wirral Football League, and also the Mid-Cheshire district leagues who cater for the areas of knutsford, Northwich, Middlewich and Winsford where teams representing neighbourhoods/villages and/or pubs/social clubs ('pub teams') compete.

The largest football stadium in Cheshire West and Chester is the Deva Stadium, home to Chester FC, although the ground famously straddles the England-Wales border.

Twin towns

Whilst the borough per se does not have any twinning agreements, several of its settlements have agreements predating its creation in 2009, listed below:

Settlement(s)Twin town(s)
Barrow
Littleton 		Flag of France.svg Aubignan
Chester Flag of France.svg Sens
Flag of Germany.svg Lörrach
Flag of Italy.svg Senigallia
Ellesmere Port Flag of Germany.svg Reutlingen
Malpas Flag of France.svg Questembert
Northwich Flag of France.svg Dole
Flag of Ireland.svg Carlow
Tarporley Flag of France.svg Bohars
Upton-by-Chester Flag of France.svg Arradon
Winsford Flag of France.svg Deuil-la-Barre

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