Macclesfield Town Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 2015 |
Preceded by | Macclesfield Charter Trustees, Macclesfield Borough Council, Macclesfield Municipal Borough. |
Leadership | |
Town Mayor | Cllr Chris Wilcock (Labour) |
Deputy Mayor | Cllr Sandy Livingstone (Labour) |
Town Clerk | Laura Smith |
Civic Officer | Nicola Mellor |
Structure | |
Seats | |
8 / 12 | |
Independents | 3 / 12 |
Elections | |
Last election | 4 May 2023 |
Next election | Date TBC |
Website | |
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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.
Macclesfield Town council has a Town Mayor and Deputy Mayor. A councillor can only hold the position of mayor for one year.
Year | Mayor | Deputy Mayor | Town Clerk | ||
2015 | Cllr Liz Durham | Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBE | Pete Turner | ||
2016 [2] | Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBE | Cllr Beverley Dooley | Pete Turner | ||
2017 | Cllr Beverley Dooley | Cllr Adam Schofield | Pete Turner | ||
2018 [3] | Cllr Adam Schofield | Cllr Chris Andrew | Pete Turner | ||
2019 [4] | Cllr Janet Jackson MBE | Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake | Pete Turner | ||
2020 | Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake | Cllr David Edwardes | Pete Turner | ||
2021 | Cllr David Edwardes | Cllr Fiona Wilson | Laura Smith | ||
2022 | Cllr Fiona Wilson | Cllr Chris Wilcock | Laura Smith | ||
2023 | Cllr Chris Wilcock | Cllr Sandy Livingstone | Laura Smith | ||
The current list of councillors in Macclesfield Town Council, following the Local Elections on 4 May 2023. [5]
Name | Ward | Party | |
Cllr Dr Ruth Thompson | Broken Cross and Upton [6] | Labour | |
Cllr Christopher Wilcock | Labour | ||
Cllr Sandy Livingstone | Central [7] | Labour | |
Cllr James Barber | Labour | ||
Cllr Mick Warren | East [8] | Independent | |
Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake | Hurdsfield [9] | Labour | |
Cllr Neil Puttick | South [10] | Labour | |
Cllr Fiona Wilson | Labour | ||
Cllr David Edwardes | Tytherington [11] | Independent | |
Cllr Emma Gilman | Independent | ||
Cllr Alift Harewood MBE | West and Ivy [12] | Labour [13] | |
Cllr Mike Hutchison | Labour [14] |
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, Labour 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.
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]
Fin Shenton and Chris Wilcock were elected. The turnout was 66.1%. [17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fin Shenton | 978 | N/A | ||
Labour | Chris Wilcock | 891 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Liz Durham | 818 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Gareth Jones | 684 | N/A | ||
Majority | N/A | ||||
Turnout | N/A |
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.
Liz Durham and Martin Hardy were elected. The turnout was 66.1%. [18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Liz Durham | 2,201 | 34.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Martin Hardy | 1,940 | 30.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | David Langley | 853 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Labour | David Toby | 1,476 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 464 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,470 | 66.6 | N/A |
Bev Dooley and Janet Jackson were elected. The turnout was 59.3%. [19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bev Dooley | 1,217 | 19 | N/A | |
UKIP | Adrian Howard | 684 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Janet Jackson | 1,553 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Green | John Knight | 896 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bill Livesly | 942 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Richard Watson | 1,107 | 17.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 282 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,399 | 59.33 | N/A |
Philip Bolton was elected. The turnout was 68.6%. [20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Bolton | 815 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Green | Lindy Brett | 340 | 14.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Broadhead | 466 | 20.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Eileen Talbot | 680 | 30.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 135 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,301 | 68.6 | N/A |
Matthew Sharrocks was elected. The turnout was 57.15%. [21]
Candidate | Party | Vote Share | |
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Brian Doherty | Green | 20.4% | |
Bernadette McKenna | Conservative | 35.3% | |
Matthew Sharrocks | Labour | 44.3% |
Neil Puttick and Chris Andrew were elected. The turnout was 63.1%. [22]
Candidate | Party | Vote Share | |
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Liam Acton | Green | 9.7% | |
Chris Andrew | Conservative | 19.4% | |
Jane Leigh | UKIP | 14.2% | |
Neil Puttick | Labour | 20.3% | |
Bradley Snelling | Conservative | 18.6% | |
Fiona Wilson | Labour | 17.7% |
Arnold Ainsley and Gareth Jones were elected. The turnout was 70.0%. [23]
Candidate | Party | Vote Share | |
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Arnold Ainsley | Conservative | 31.9% | |
John Houston | Green | 11.2% | |
Gareth Jones | Conservative | 24.1% | |
Lloyd Roberts | Independent | 18.6% | |
Christopher Wilcock | Labour | 14.3% |
Alift Harewood-Jones MBE and Adam Schofield were elected. The turnout was 62.1%. [24]
Candidate | Party | Vote Share | |
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Martin Ault | UKIP | 15.2% | |
Alift Harewood-Jones MBE | Labour | 23.9% | |
Matthew Lewis | Labour | 20.7% | |
Adam Schofield | Conservative | 21.0% | |
Madge Slater | Conservative | 19.2% |
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.
Year | Name | Organisation | |
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2016 [2] | Sgt Emily Storer | Air Cadets | 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron |
2017 [25] | Cpl Kieran Forshaw | Air Cadets | 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron |
2018 [4] | Cpl Julia Domanska | Air Cadets | 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron |
2019 [4] | Leading Cadet Jasmine Wrenn | Sea Cadets | Bollington & Macclesfield Sea Cadets |
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