Cheshire East Council election, 2008
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Elections to the newly created Cheshire East
Council took place on 1 May 2008. Elections occurred in all 27 wards, with each ward returning three councillors to the council. The wards were identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.
From May 2008 until April 2009, the elected members formed a "shadow" council, which made preparations for the changeover from the county and borough structure to the new unitary authority
structure. Thereafter, the members serve for two years from May 2009 with the next elections are scheduled for May 2011.
took overall control of the council with a majority of 37 councillors.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
N.B. The change in voting percentages refers to the change since the Cheshire Council election, 2005, the last time that voting took place in the same wards.
controlled wards, 6 Labour
controlled wards, 5 Liberal Democrat
controlled wards and 1 ward controlled by an independent
. Based on the 2005 results, the Cheshire East Council election would have resulted in 45 Conservative councillors, 18 Labour councillors, 15 Liberal Democrat councillors and 3 independents; the projected results would have given the Conservatives overall control of the council, with a majority of 9 councillors.
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Cheshire East
Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.The borough was established in April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in...
Council took place on 1 May 2008. Elections occurred in all 27 wards, with each ward returning three councillors to the council. The wards were identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.
From May 2008 until April 2009, the elected members formed a "shadow" council, which made preparations for the changeover from the county and borough structure to the new unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
structure. Thereafter, the members serve for two years from May 2009 with the next elections are scheduled for May 2011.
Results
The Conservative PartyConservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
took overall control of the council with a majority of 37 councillors.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
59 - Liberal DemocratLiberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
12 - LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
6 - Middlewich FirstMiddlewich FirstMiddlewich First is a minor British political party based in the town of Middlewich, Cheshire. It holds three seats on the unitary Cheshire East Council....
3 - Nantwich Independent 1
N.B. The change in voting percentages refers to the change since the Cheshire Council election, 2005, the last time that voting took place in the same wards.
Comparison with projections based on the 2005 results
At the 2005 Cheshire County Council election, there were 15 ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
controlled wards, 6 Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
controlled wards, 5 Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
controlled wards and 1 ward controlled by an independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
. Based on the 2005 results, the Cheshire East Council election would have resulted in 45 Conservative councillors, 18 Labour councillors, 15 Liberal Democrat councillors and 3 independents; the projected results would have given the Conservatives overall control of the council, with a majority of 9 councillors.
Alderley ward
Current county councillor: Mark Asquith (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Alsager ward
Current county councillor: Rod Fletcher (Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrats
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Bollington and Disley ward
Current county councillor: Sylvia Roberts (Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrats
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Broken Cross ward
Current county councillor: David Freear (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Bucklow ward
Current county councillor: Steve Wilkinson (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Cholmondeley ward
Current county councillor: Allan Richardson (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Congleton Rural ward
Current county councillor: Ken Oliver (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Congleton Town East ward
Current county councillor: Peter Mason (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Congleton Town West ward
Current county councillor: Bill Wolstencroft (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Crewe East ward
Current county councillor: Gordon Fyffe (LabourLabour Party (UK)
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Crewe North ward
Current county councillor: Peter Nurse (LabourLabour Party (UK)
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Crewe South ward
Current county councillor: Dorothy Flude (LabourLabour Party (UK)
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Crewe West ward
Current county councillor: David Newton (LabourLabour Party (UK)
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Doddington ward
Current county councillor: David Brickhill (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Knutsford ward
Current county councillor: Bert Grange (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Macclesfield Forest ward
Current county councillor: Barrie Hardern (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Macclesfield Town ward
Current county councillor: Nell Carter (LabourLabour Party (UK)
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Macclesfield West ward
Current county councillor: Ken Edwards (LabourLabour Party (UK)
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Middlewich ward
Current county councillor: Mark Dickson (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Nantwich ward
Current county councillor: Arthur Moran (IndependentIndependent (politician)
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Poynton ward
Current county councillor: Chris Claxton (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Prestbury and Tytherington ward
Current county councillor: Paul Findlow (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Rope ward
Current county councillor: Margaret Simon (ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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Sandbach ward
Current county councillor: Neville Price (IndependentIndependent (politician)
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Sandbach East and Rode ward
Current county councillor: Roy Giltrap (Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrats
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Wilmslow North ward
Current county councillor: Adrian Bradley (Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrats
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Wilmslow South ward
Current county councillor: Pat Fearnley (Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrats
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