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]
Election | Conservative | Independent | Green | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Unaligned Independent | Winsford Salt of the Earth | Total | |||||||
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2008 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
2011 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |||||||
2015 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |||||||
2019 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | |||||||
2023 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | |||||||
Current | 23 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 70 |
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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