2023 Cheshire West and Chester Council election

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Cheshire West and Chester Council election, 2023
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  2019 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)2027 

All 70 seats on Cheshire West and Chester Council
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.1% [1]
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderLouise GittinsMargaret Parker
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Leader since10 May 2019 [2] 9 May 2019 [3]
Leader's seat Little Neston Gowy Rural
Last election35 seats, 36.74%28 seats, 39.17%4 seats, 5.81%
Seats before33286
Seats won39235
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote69,84151,96911,140
Percentage42.55%31.66%6.79%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.81 pp Decrease2.svg 7.51 pp Increase2.svg 0.98 pp

 Fourth partyFifth party
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LeaderPaul Bowers [lower-alpha 1] Paul Roberts [4] [5]
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Leader since 2 May 2019
Leader's seat Helsby
(stood in Tarvin & Kelsall this time)
Farndon
(defeated)
Last election1 seat, 5.35%2 seats, 12.25%
Seats before12
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote9,19221,092
Percentage5.6%12.85%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.25 pp Increase2.svg 0.6 pp

2023 Cheshire West and Chester Council election.svg
Result by wards

Leader before election

Louise Gittins
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

Louise Gittins
Labour

The 2023 Cheshire West and Chester Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cheshire West and Chester Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, including contested elections in the civil parishes of Broxton, Dutton, Great Boughton [lower-alpha 2] , Mouldsworth and Tarporley and the towns of Frodsham [lower-alpha 3] , Northwich [lower-alpha 4] and Winsford. [6]

Contents

The council had been under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Labour minority administration. Labour won a majority on the council at this election, taking 39 of the 70 seats. [7]

Wards and candidates

Seat composition between 2019 (top) and 2023 (bottom):

3528421

The Statement of Persons Nominated for each electoral ward was published on 5 April 2023, twenty-four hours after nominations closed. [6]

New councillors

Outgoing councillors

Re-elected councillors

Seat changes

Ward results

Blacon

Blacon (3 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sheila Little 1,689 70.67
Labour Carol Gahan 1,687 70.59
Labour Alan Smith 1,561 65.31
Conservative Christopher Hughes39216.40
Conservative Benjamin Fletcher38215.98
Conservative Maria Jombikova34714.52
Green Simon Brown30112.59
Liberal Democrats Kris Patterson1948.12
Turnout 2,39024.8 [1]
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Central and Grange

Central and Grange (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Karen Shore 1,169 73.02
Labour Robert Bisset 1,085 67.77
Liberal Democrats Lizzie Jewkes20812.99
Conservative Nicholas Lacey17110.68
Conservative David Rowlands16310.18
Turnout 1,60120.1 [1]
Labour hold
Labour hold

Chester City and the Garden Quarter

Chester City and the Garden Quarter (3 seats) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Paul Chamberlain 2,229 59.74
Labour Katrina Kerr 2,176 58.32
Labour Ben Walker 2,136 57.25
Conservative Max Gerrard74820.05
Conservative Kate Vaughan72519.43
Conservative Matthew Morgan67818.17
Green Kerry Taylor-Brown52013.94
Independent Martyn Delaney40210.77
Liberal Democrats Timothy Longman3539.46
Liberal Democrats Przemyslaw Rusak1814.85
Liberal Democrats Alexander Tolani1814.85
Turnout 3,73131.4 [1]
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Christleton and Huntington

Christleton and Huntington (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mark Williams 976 27.12
Conservative Stuart Parker 900 25.00
Green Steve Davies87624.34
Labour Max Hudson79422.06
Green Nick Brown74920.81
Independent Dave Whitehead68419.01
Liberal Democrats Chris Ward66718.53
Labour Tommy Williams66518.48
Liberal Democrats Bob Thompson52414.56
Turnout 3,59943.2 [1]
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead

Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead (2 seats) [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Dan Marr 1,289 47.20
Conservative Gaynor Sinar 1,220 44.67
Labour Paul Dolan98836.18
Independent Simon McDonald52719.30
Liberal Democrats Vikki Moran44516.29
Liberal Democrats Jack Price-Harbach39414.43
Turnout 2,73133.0 [1]
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Farndon

Farndon (1 seat) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Adrian Waddelove 852 47.44
Liberal Democrats Paul Roberts82846.10
Labour Conran Tickle894.96
Green Daniel Owen271.50
Turnout 48.8 [1]
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Frodsham

Frodsham (2 seats) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michael Garvey 1,537 49.04
Labour Lucy Sumner 1,422 45.37
Conservative Lynn Riley1,16237.08
Conservative Sara Wakefield1,02432.67
Green Christine Webber3129.96
Liberal Democrats Patrick Eakin2357.50
Reform UK Jason Moorcroft1625.17
Liberal Democrats Ross Sibson1504.79
Turnout 3,13443.1 [1]
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Gowy Rural

Gowy Rural (2 seats) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Margaret Parker 1,122 44.81
Conservative Graham Heatley 1,121 44.77
Labour John Stockton1,04841.85
Green Jackie Tait56322.48
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hyde27510.98
Liberal Democrats Trevor Jones1937.71
Turnout 2,50435.1 [1]
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Great Boughton

Great Boughton (2 seats) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Steve Collings 1,866 47.42
Labour Elizabeth MacGlashan 1,736 44.12
Conservative Ashley Avery-Bennett1,21430.85
Conservative David Barter1,20030.50
Liberal Democrats Rob Herd73218.60
Liberal Democrats John Salt45811.64
Green Karen Brown2185.54
Green Barry Brown1684.27
TUSC Mark Pearson451.14
Turnout 3,93546.5 [1]
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Handbridge Park

Handbridge Park (2 seats) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Matt Carter 1,811 46.87
Conservative Razia Daniels 1,712 44.31
Labour Michael Robert Mitchell1,69143.76
Conservative Neil Anthony Sullivan1,53639.75
Green Tom Barker3087.97
Liberal Democrats Sarah Victoria Charlotte Roberts1995.15
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Daniel Rule1453.75
Turnout 3,86451.7 [1]
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Hartford and Greenbank

Hartford and Greenbank (2 seats) [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Martin David Loftus 1,223 48.15
Conservative Patricia Mary Parkes 1,203 47.36
Labour Graham John Emmett80531.69
Labour Jane Thomas76430.08
Liberal Democrats Val Godfrey32812.91
Green Sue Beesley31212.28
Liberal Democrats Richard James Dawson2369.29
Turnout 2,54036.8 [1]
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative hold

Helsby

Helsby (1 seat) [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Chris Copeman 908 54.31
Labour Pauline Elizabeth Lowrie38222.85
Conservative Stephen Brendan Garrity35521.23
Liberal Democrats David Heath271.61
Turnout {{{votes}}}40.4 [1]
Green hold

Lache

Lache (1 seat) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alex Tate 807 62.36
Conservative Gareth Lawrence36828.44
Green Christine McArdle Davies765.87
Liberal Democrats John Hall433.32
Turnout {{{votes}}}33.7 [1]
Labour hold

Ledsham and Manor

Ledsham and Manor (2 seats) [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter Joseph Wheeler 1,673 55.42
Labour Christine Veronica Williams Warner 1,544 51.14
Conservative Nicholas Hebson82127.19
Conservative Ike Efobi80926.80
Independent Mark Andrew Hartley44014.57
Liberal Democrats Graham Handley2718.98
Turnout 3,01938.7 [1]
Labour hold
Labour hold

Little Neston

Little Neston (1 seat) [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Louise Gittins 1,271 61.40
Conservative Steve Wastell65131.45
Green David Oldham743.57
Liberal Democrats Geoff Swaffer743.57
Turnout 50.9 [1]
Labour hold

Malpas

Malpas (1 seat) [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Rachel Williams 839 56.96
Liberal Democrats Charles Higgie53436.25
Labour Stephen Burns1006.79
Turnout 38.4 [1]
Conservative hold

Marbury

Marbury (3 seats) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Norman Geoffrey Wright 1,379 39.52
Conservative Lynn Joyce Gibbon 1,328 38.06
Conservative Phil Marshall 1,306 37.43
Liberal Democrats Roy Garton1,29737.17
Liberal Democrats Sam Dodgshon1,29637.15
Liberal Democrats Annie Makepeace1,13532.53
Labour Catriona Stewart91826.31
Alliance for Democracy and FreedomAlistair John Nicholls3088.83
Turnout 3,48935.1 [1]
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Neston

Neston (1 seat) [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Keith Millar 894 67.37
Conservative John Turnbull32824.72
Liberal Democrats Matthew Crook1057.91
Turnout 33.1 [1]
Labour hold

Netherpool

Netherpool (1 seat) [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Katie Kendrick 895 69.70
Conservative Richard Soper30329.60
Liberal Democrats Rosemarie Quinn866.70
Turnout 31.1 [1]
Labour hold

Newton and Hoole

Newton and Hoole (3 seats) [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Richard Mark Beacham 2,956 66.06
Labour Gill Watson 2,718 60.74
Labour Adam Langan 2,672 59.71
Conservative Suzanne Booth85919.20
Green Molly Wilderspin-Jones78017.43
Conservative Robert Daniel Jones66414.84
Conservative Rebecca Wimpey64714.46
Liberal Democrats Rose Price3397.58
Liberal Democrats Neil Connan3167.06
Liberal Democrats Bev Fraser3006.70
TUSC Kenny Cunningham1353.02
Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great ResetChristopher William Aberdeen1342.99
Turnout 4,47541.2 [1]
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Northwich Leftwich

Northwich Leftwich (1 seat) [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Andrew Graham Cooper 602 59.19
Conservative Harry James William Sharrock30429.89
Reform UK Emma Claire Guy565.51
Liberal Democrats Trevor David Hampson555.41
Turnout 28.5 [1]
Labour hold

Northwich Winnington and Castle

Northwich Winnington and Castle (2 seats) [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Arthur Leslie Neil 947 48.39
Labour Felicity Laura Janet Davies 853 43.59
Liberal Democrats Lee Siddall82442.11
Liberal Democrats Keith Hinde39420.13
Conservative Max Alexander Hills33016.86
Conservative Olivia Abigail Newey26813.69
Turnout 1,95728.7 [1]
Labour hold
Labour hold

Northwich Witton

Northwich Witton (1 seat) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sam Naylor 592 68.52
Conservative Derek Andrew Smith19422.45
Liberal Democrats Alice Philippa Chapman789.03
Turnout {{{votes}}}23.9 [1]
Labour hold

Parkgate

Parkgate (1 seat) [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Martin Trevor Barker 955 53.29
Conservative Lynn Turnbull37220.76
Labour Paul Doughty34719.36
Green Drew Bellis724.02
Liberal Democrats John Derry Lawrence Edwards462.57
Turnout {{{votes}}}45.5 [1]
Independent hold

Rudheath

Rudheath (1 seat) [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Olwyn Denise Dean 553 48.05
Conservative Helen Treeby52345.44
Liberal Democrats Griff Griffiths756.52
Turnout {{{votes}}}27.7 [1]
Labour gain from Conservative

Sandstone

Sandstone (1 seat) [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Hugo William Edward Deynem 864 50.85
Labour Julie Dilworth45326.66
Liberal Democrats Audrey Isobel Griffiths21412.6
Green Alexandra Dedman1689.89
Turnout {{{votes}}}42.4 [1]
Conservative hold

Saughall and Mollington

Saughall and Mollington (1 seat) [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Simon James Vernon Eardley 1,048 59.85
Labour Howard Timothy Jennings56732.38
Green Jane Barker764.34
Liberal Democrats Sandra Mary Hall603.43
Turnout {{{votes}}}42.2 [1]
Conservative hold

Shakerley

Shakerley (1 seat) [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mark Lister Stocks 605 49.51
Labour Andy Stott33527.41
Liberal Democrats John David Harding21017.18
Green Jon Stutfield725.89
Turnout {{{votes}}}30.9 [1]
Conservative hold

Strawberry

Strawberry (1 seat) [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Gareth David Gould 972 68.64
Conservative Andrew Wade Merrill34924.65
Liberal Democrats Rob Hall-Jones956.71
Turnout {{{votes}}}35.0 [1]
Labour hold

Sutton Villages

Sutton Villages (2 seats) [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Paul Francis Donovan 1,624 76.60
Labour Caroline Olwyn Ellis 1,444 68.11
Conservative Helen Louise Kelly37417.64
Conservative Derek Harold Dickson35216.60
Liberal Democrats Les Litwin1476.93
Turnout 2,12027.2 [1]
Labour hold
Labour hold

Tarporley

Tarporley (1 seat) [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Charles Robert Hardy 861 46.02
Independent Eveleigh Hilda Moore Dutton81043.29
Labour Cathy Reynolds1367.27
Green Anna Elise Crowder643.42
Turnout {{{votes}}}46.4 [1]
Conservative gain from Independent

Tarvin and Kelsall

Tarvin and Kelsall (2 seats) [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Ted Lush 1,332 46.59
Conservative Tom Cooper 1,226 42.88
Conservative Thomas John Patrick Carey1,08537.95
Liberal Democrats Tim Mobbs94433.02
Labour Philip Alvin Tate42014.69
Green Paul Richard Bowers39313.75
Turnout 2,85939.1 [1]
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Tattenhall

Tattenhall (1 seat) [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mike Jones 797 46.58
Labour Michael David Foster60535.36
Green Charlie Cooke19411.34
Liberal Democrats Vera Sandra Roberts1156.72
Turnout {{{votes}}}44.0 [1]
Conservative hold

Upton

Upton (2 seats) [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Matt Bryan 1,647 50.57
Labour Sherin Akhtar 1,598 49.06
Conservative Jill Houlbrook1,31940.50
Conservative Steven Hesketh1,05732.45
Green Helen Louise Wilman3049.33
Liberal Democrats Noel Francis McGlinchey2016.17
Liberal Democrats Ian Hopkinson1344.11
Turnout 3,25743.8 [1]
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Weaver and Cuddington

Weaver and Cuddington (3 seats) [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Gillian Edwards 2,931 65.12
Conservative Lynn Marie Stocks 1,515 33.66
Conservative Phil Rimmer 1,498 33.28
Labour Kate Cernik1,43431.86
Conservative Adam Wordsworth1,32729.48
Labour Bob Cernik1,22827.28
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mark Donhue1,09124.24
Turnout 4,50139.4 [1]
Independent hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Westminster

Westminster (1 seat) [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Lisa Valerie Denson 630 79.55
Conservative Linda Ellen Jones799.97
Reform UK Darren Lee Simon Lythgoe486.06
Liberal Democrats Janet Boys Cole354.42
Turnout {{{votes}}}22.2 [1]
Labour hold

Whitby Groves

Whitby Groves (1 seat) [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jimmy Shannon 678 44.03
Green Kate Grannell64942.14
Conservative Brian Anderson21313.83
Turnout {{{votes}}}42.5 [1]
Labour hold

Whitby Park

Whitby Park (1 seat) [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green John William Roach 864 52.52
Labour Peter Anthony Rooney61337.26
Conservative Luke James Sharples1307.90
Liberal Democrats Kurt Jewkes382.31
Turnout {{{votes}}}41.7 [1]
Green gain from Labour

Willaston and Thornton

Willaston and Thornton (1 seat) [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Myles Hogg 1,102 60.88
Labour Matthew Bracken47926.46
Green Robina Elizabeth Hetherington1447.96
Liberal Democrats Carol Anne Braithwaite854.7
Turnout {{{votes}}}43.9 [1]
Conservative hold

Winsford Dene

Winsford Dene (1 seat) [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Mandy Clare 499 45.95
Labour Denise Bingham39336.19
Liberal Democrats Bob Barton999.12
Conservative Felicity Roochove958.75
Turnout {{{votes}}}29.0 [1]
Independent gain from Labour

Winsford Gravel

Winsford Gravel (1 seat) [48]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Martin David Beveridge 441 45.05
Labour Joanne Elizabeth Moorcroft38038.82
Conservative Victoria Elizabeth Relf12512.77
Liberal Democrats Richard Neil Dutton333.37
Turnout {{{votes}}}31.2 [1]
Independent gain from Labour

Winsford Over and Verdin

Windsford Over and Verdin (3 seats) [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Tommy Blackmore 1,061 33.95
Labour Stuart John Bingham 1,037 33.18
Labour Gina Lewis 996 31.87
Independent Dan Ford89728.70
Independent Wayne David Fletcher87728.06
Independent Claire Louise Broughton84827.14
Liberal Democrats Charlie Parkinson55117.63
Conservative Adam Boulton-Rawlinson54217.34
Conservative Carole Hilda Cozier53917.25
Liberal Democrats Helena Miriam Bernadette Conlon53717.18
Conservative Graham William Spencer52116.67
Liberal Democrats Danny Bond48915.65
Turnout 3,12529.2 [1]
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Winsford Swanlow

Winsford Swanlow (1 seat) [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Simon Laurence Boone 485 37.80
Labour Lyndsay Barwell32725.49
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Ian Gaskill30023.38
Conservative Adrian Richard Morgan17113.33
Turnout {{{votes}}}37.4 [1]
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Winsford Wharton

Winsford Wharton (1 seat) [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Nathan Pardoe 444 46.93
Independent Graham Newton28229.81
Liberal Democrats Bev Theron869.09
Conservative Sandra Jane Hardy727.61
Independent Will Charlton626.55
Turnout {{{votes}}}26.6 [1]
Labour hold

Wolverham

Wolverham (1 seat) [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michael Edwardson 668 79.71
Conservative Sam Corner9511.34
Liberal Democrats Alec Owen Jonnes758.98
Turnout {{{votes}}}23.0 [1]
Labour hold

Changes 2023–2027

Wolverham by-election: 2 May 2024 [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Robert Stockton 576
Green Katie Sarah Grannell73
Independent Jonathan Charles Starkey64
Party of WomenSally Ann James42
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Jewkes35
Conservative Luke James Sharples31
Turnout 83322.8
Labour hold

The Wolverham by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Michael Edwardson. [54]

Notes

  1. As the only Green councillor, Bowers was their de facto group leader. He was not subsequently returned at this election.
  2. North ward only.
  3. Waterside ward only.
  4. All wards except Northwich Witton.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Did not stand for election.

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