Congleton Borough Council elections

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Congleton was a non-metropolitan district in Cheshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Cheshire East.

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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [1]

Party in controlYears
No overall control 1973–1976
Conservative 1976–1982
No overall control 1982–1983
Conservative 1983–1986
No overall control 1986–1991
Liberal Democrats 1991–1992
No overall control 1992–1994
Liberal Democrats 1994–2002
No overall control 2002–2003
Conservative 2003–2009

Council elections

By-election results

Congleton North By-Election 10 August 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Atkin30350.9+9.6
Liberal Democrats 15626.2-24.9
Conservative 13622.9+15.3
Majority14724.7
Turnout 59521.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Congleton North West By-Election 10 August 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Appleton27537.2+11.3
Liberal Democrats 25134.0-8.3
Labour 21328.8-3.0
Majority243.2
Turnout 73924.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Congleton North By-Election 26 August 2004 (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 191
Conservative 174
Labour 142
Labour 133
Liberal Democrats Simon Davey111
Liberal Democrats Paul Jones108
Turnout 85915.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Congleton West By-Election 28 October 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 49153.7-1.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Davey27530.1+6.2
Labour 14816.2-4.8
Majority26123.6
Turnout 91420.5
Conservative hold Swing
Alsager Central By-Election 17 February 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Burgess53256.1-14.2
Conservative Warwick Till36538.5+8.8
Labour William Howell525.5+5.5
Majority16717.6
Turnout 94934.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Congleton North West By-Election 24 November 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Davey34154.8+54.8
Conservative Matthew Carey19130.7-13.3
Labour Lisa Bossons9014.5-9.2
Majority15024.1
Turnout 62221.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Sandbach West By-Election 18 October 2007
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stella Furlong44545.1+3.6
Liberal Democrats Patrick Darnes38238.7-3.1
Labour Keith Haines16016.2-0.5
Majority636.4
Turnout 98719.2
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Congleton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Congleton (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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