Macclesfield Town Council

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Macclesfield Town Council
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History
Founded2015
Preceded byMacclesfield Charter Trustees, Macclesfield Borough Council, Macclesfield Municipal Borough.
Leadership
Town Mayor
Cllr Emma Gilman (Independent)
Deputy Mayor
Cllr James Barber-Chadwick (Labour)
Town Clerk
Laura Smith
Civic Officer
Nicola Mellor
Structure
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Independents
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Elections
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
Date TBC
Website
www.macclesfield-tc.gov.uk

Macclesfield Town Council is the town council for Macclesfield which was established in 2015. [1] Created following a Local Governance Review carried out by Cheshire East Council, the new council adopted town council status on 5 May 2015, allowing it to appoint its chairman as Mayor of Macclesfield.

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Town Mayor

Macclesfield Town council has a Town Mayor and Deputy Mayor. A councillor can only hold the position of mayor for one year.

YearMayorDeputy MayorTown Clerk
2015Cllr Liz DurhamCllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBEPete Turner
2016 [2] Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBECllr Beverley DooleyPete Turner
2017Cllr Beverley DooleyCllr Adam SchofieldPete Turner
2018 [3] Cllr Adam SchofieldCllr Chris AndrewPete Turner
2019 [4] Cllr Janet Jackson MBECllr Sarah Bennett-WakePete Turner
2020Cllr Sarah Bennett-WakeCllr David EdwardesPete Turner
2021Cllr David EdwardesCllr Fiona WilsonLaura Smith
2022Cllr Fiona WilsonCllr Chris WilcockLaura Smith
2023Cllr Chris WilcockCllr Sandy LivingstoneLaura Smith
2024Cllr Sandy LivingstoneCllr Emma GilmanLaura Smith
2025Cllr Emma GilmanCllr James Barber-ChadwickLaura Smith

Councillors

The current list of councillors in Macclesfield Town Council, following the Local Elections on 4 May 2023. [5]

NameWardParty
Cllr Dr Ruth ThompsonBroken Cross

and Upton [6]

Labour
Cllr Christopher Wilcock Labour
Cllr Sandy LivingstoneCentral [7] Labour
Cllr James Barber-Chadwick Labour
Cllr Mick WarrenEast [8] Independent
Cllr Sarah Bennett-WakeHurdsfield [9] Labour
Cllr Neil PuttickSouth [10] Labour
Cllr Fiona Wilson Labour
Cllr David EdwardesTytherington [11] Independent
Cllr Emma Gilman Independent
Cllr Alift Harewood MBEWest and Ivy [12] Labour [13]
Cllr Mike HutchisonLabour [14]

Elections

4 May 2023

The council had its third election on 4 May 2023, the same day as the elections to Cheshire East Council. At the time of the elections there were two vacant seats on the Town Council. All 10 of the incumbent Councillors were re-elected, and Cllr Emma Gilman, Independent for Tytherington and Cllr James Barber-Chadwick, Labour candidate for Central Ward were elected to the empty seats.

Cllr Chris Wilcock was then unanimously elected as Mayor of Macclesfield on the 15th May 2023, with Cllr Sandy Livingstone unanimously elected as Deputy Mayor.

2 May 2019

The council had its second election on 2 May 2019, the same day as the 2019 United Kingdom local elections in England and Northern Ireland, which included elections to Cheshire East Council. The Conservatives lost control of Cheshire East Council for the first time, including losing all their Macclesfield councillors. [15] These results were reflected in the Town Council too, where the Tories lost all eight of their seats. Labour fared better, gaining five seats to a total of nine, while Independents won the remaining three. [16]

Broken Cross and Upton Ward

Fin Shenton and Chris Wilcock were elected. The turnout was 66.1%. [17]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2019: Broken Cross and Upton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fin Shenton978N/A
Labour Chris Wilcock891N/A
Conservative Liz Durham818N/A
Conservative Gareth Jones684N/A
Majority N/A
Turnout N/A

7 May 2015

The first election of Macclesfield Town Council was held on 7 May 2015. Broken Cross, Central, Tytherington, South and West & Ivy Wards elect two councillors. East and Hurdsfield Wards elect one.

Broken Cross and Upton Ward

Liz Durham and Martin Hardy were elected. The turnout was 66.1%. [18]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2015: Broken Cross and Upton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Durham2,20134.0N/A
Conservative Martin Hardy1,94030.0N/A
UKIP David Langley85313.4N/A
Labour David Toby1,47622.8N/A
Majority 4647.2N/A
Turnout 6,47066.6N/A

Central Ward

Bev Dooley and Janet Jackson were elected. The turnout was 59.3%. [19]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2015: Central Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bev Dooley1,21719N/A
UKIP Adrian Howard68410.7N/A
Labour Janet Jackson1,55324.2N/A
Green John Knight89614.0N/A
Conservative Bill Livesly94214.7N/A
Labour Richard Watson1,10717.3N/A
Majority 2824.4N/A
Turnout 6,39959.33N/A

East Ward

Philip Bolton was elected. The turnout was 68.6%. [20]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2015: East Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Bolton81535.4N/A
Green Lindy Brett34014.8N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Broadhead46620.3N/A
Labour Eileen Talbot68030.0N/A
Majority 1355.9N/A
Turnout 2,30168.6N/A

Hurdsfield Ward

Matthew Sharrocks was elected. The turnout was 57.15%. [21]

CandidatePartyVote Share
Brian DohertyGreen20.4%
Bernadette McKennaConservative35.3%
Matthew SharrocksLabour44.3%

South Ward

Neil Puttick and Chris Andrew were elected. The turnout was 63.1%. [22]

CandidatePartyVote Share
Liam ActonGreen9.7%
Chris AndrewConservative19.4%
Jane LeighUKIP14.2%
Neil PuttickLabour20.3%
Bradley SnellingConservative18.6%
Fiona WilsonLabour17.7%

Tytherington Ward

Arnold Ainsley and Gareth Jones were elected. The turnout was 70.0%. [23]

CandidatePartyVote Share
Arnold AinsleyConservative31.9%
John HoustonGreen11.2%
Gareth JonesConservative24.1%
Lloyd RobertsIndependent18.6%
Christopher WilcockLabour14.3%

West and Ivy Ward

Alift Harewood-Jones MBE and Adam Schofield were elected. The turnout was 62.1%. [24]

CandidatePartyVote Share
Martin AultUKIP15.2%
Alift Harewood-Jones MBELabour23.9%
Matthew LewisLabour20.7%
Adam SchofieldConservative21.0%
Madge SlaterConservative19.2%

Cadet to the Mayor of Macclesfield

In 2016 the incoming Mayor, Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones, established the position of Mayor's cadet, to have a young person from a local cadet organisation to assist in civic duties.

YearNameOrganisation
2016 [2] Sgt Emily StorerAir Cadets201 (Macclesfield) Squadron
2017 [25] Cpl Kieran ForshawAir Cadets201 (Macclesfield) Squadron
2018 [4] Cpl Julia DomanskaAir Cadets201 (Macclesfield) Squadron
2019 [4] Leading Cadet Jasmine WrennSea CadetsBollington & Macclesfield Sea Cadets

References

  1. "Macclesfield Town Council | Macclesfield Town Council". macclesfield-tc.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "AGM Minutes 2016" (PDF). macclesfield-tc.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. "2018/19 Annual report, Macclesfield Town Council" (PDF).
  4. 1 2 3 "Your Mayor".
  5. "Parish and Town Councils Election May 2019 - Kettleshulme to Nantwich". Cheshire East. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  6. "Macclesfield Parish Council - Broken Cross and Upton Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  7. "Macclesfield Parish Council - Central Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  8. "Macclesfield Parish Council - East Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  9. "MACCLESFIELD TOWN COUNCIL - HURDSFIELD WARD" (PDF). Cheshire East Council.
  10. "Macclesfield Parish Council - South Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  11. "Macclesfield Parish Council - Tytherington Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  12. "Macclesfield Parish Council - West and Ivy Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  13. "About Cllr Janet Jackson". Cheshire East Council. 8 January 2022.
  14. "Labour candidate co-opted onto Macclesfield Town Council". Silk106.9. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  15. "Tories lose flagship Cheshire East Council for first time". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  16. "Parish and Town Councils Election May 2019 - Kettleshulme to Nantwich". Cheshire East Council.
  17. "Broken Cross and Upton Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  18. "Broken Cross and Upton Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  19. "Central Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  20. "East Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  21. "Hurdsfield Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  22. "South Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East.
  23. "Tytherington Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  24. "West and Ivy Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  25. "Agenda for the meeting of Macclesfield Town Council" (PDF). 2017.