Macclesfield Borough Council elections

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Macclesfield 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 1976-2009

Council elections

By-election results

North East By-Election 20 June 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,27850.5
Conservative 1,00839.8
Labour 2459.7
Majority27010.7
Turnout 2,53137.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Prestbury By-Election 12 September 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 96778.8
Liberal Democrats 25921.1
Majority70857.7
Turnout 1,22628.0
Conservative hold Swing
Plumley By-Election 3 July 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 50656.3-1.3
Liberal Democrats 39243.7+12.6
Majority11412.6
Turnout 89846.0
Conservative hold Swing
Knutsford Over By-Election 4 November 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 47852.5+12.3
Labour 27530.2+7.5
Independent 12013.2-3.9
Liberal Democrats 384.2-7.0
Majority20322.3
Turnout 91121.9
Conservative hold Swing
Knutsford Bexton By-Election 1 February 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 34645.9+11.3
Conservative 33644.6-0.9
Labour 729.5-10.5
Majority101.3
Turnout 75434.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Morley and Styal By-Election 5 April 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 85759.6+12.6
Conservative 58040.4+2.8
Majority27719.2
Turnout 1,43736.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Macclesfield West By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,29060.0+0.8
Conservative 53825.0+4.5
Liberal Democrats 32114.9+0.4
Majority75235.0
Turnout 2,149
Labour hold Swing
Pornton Central By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,62145.5-8.5
Liberal Democrats 1,18733.3-2.0
Labour 75621.2+10.5
Majority43412.2
Turnout 3,564
Conservative hold Swing
Bollington West By-Election 31 July 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shirley Sockett43462.6+41.4
Conservative 16223.4-17.4
Labour 9714.0-24.0
Majority27239.2
Turnout 69336.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Hurdsfield By-Election 27 November 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 46756.3-0.3
Conservative 21225.5+9.0
Labour 15118.2-8.7
Majority25530.8
Turnout 83024.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knutsford Nether By-Election 16 September 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vivien Davies38561.1-8.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Moss19931.6+12.6
Labour 467.3-4.6
Majority18629.5
Turnout 63030.4
Conservative hold Swing
Plumley By-Election 5 May 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Fisher78963.3-25.6
Liberal Democrats Heulwen Barlow32926.4+26.4
Labour Laurences Hobday12910.3-0.8
Majority46036.9
Turnout 1,24765.3
Conservative hold Swing
Prestbury By-Election 26 January 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Stratford95089.5+89.5
Liberal Democrats Anne Goddard11210.5-26.5
Majority83879.0
Turnout 1,06225.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Hurdsfield By-Election 20 July 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Enid Tomlinson50058.2+5.2
Labour Simon Truss17820.7-3.9
Conservative Matthew Davies829.6-12.8
Independent Fred Grundy536.2+6.2
Green John Knight455.2+5.2
Majority32237.5
Turnout 85825.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ↑ The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  3. ↑ The Macclesfield and Vale Royal (Areas) Order 1982
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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