Cheshire West and Chester Council elections are held every four years. Cheshire West and Chester Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester in Cheshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 70 councillors have been elected from 45 wards. [1]
Cheshire West and Chester was created on 1 April 2009 replacing Chester, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal and Cheshire County Council. The first election to the new council was held in 2008, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 2009. Political control of the council since 2009 has been held by the following parties: [2] [3] [4] [5]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 2009–2015 | |
Labour | 2015–2019 | |
No overall control | 2019–2023 | |
Labour | 2023–present |
The leaders of the council since 2009 have been: [6]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Jones | Conservative | 1 Apr 2009 | 21 May 2015 | |
Samantha Dixon | Labour | 21 May 2015 | 21 May 2019 | |
Louise Gittins | Labour | 21 May 2019 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynn Clare | 686 | 71.6 | - | |
Conservative | Graham Pritchard | 102 | 10.6 | ||
Socialist Labour | Kenny Spain | 65 | 6.8 | ||
UKIP | Andrew Roberts | 64 | 6.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Chrusciezl | 41 | 4.3 | ||
Majority | 584 | 61.0 | |||
Turnout | 958 | 15.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martyn Delaney | 614 | 44.8 | -7.3% | |
Conservative | Kate Vaughan | 469 | 34.2 | -6.2% | |
UKIP | Charles Dodman | 131 | 9.6 | +9.6% | |
Green | John McNamara | 86 | 6.3 | +6.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Gant | 70 | 5.1 | -2.4% | |
Majority | 145 | 10.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,370 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sam Naylor | 525 | 39.5 | ||
Conservative | Jim Sinar | 418 | 31.4 | ||
UKIP | Amos Wright | 307 | 23.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alice Chapman | 80 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 107 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,330 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Powell | 1,556 | 59.1 | 0% | |
Conservative | Jack Jackson | 574 | 21.8 | +4% | |
Independent | Steve Ingram | 434 | 16.5 | +16.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Lizzie Jewkes | 70 | 2.7 | +2.7% | |
Majority | 982 | 37.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,634 | 25.4 | -35.8% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edwardson, Mike | 1,447 | 82.9 | ||
Conservative | Griffiths, Robert Douglas | 239 | 13.7 | ||
Green | Roberts, Matthew Joseph | 60 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 1208 | 69.2 | |||
Turnout | 1746 | 24.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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