Cheshire West and Chester Council elections
Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority in Cheshire, England. It was created on 1 April 2009 replacing Chester, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal and Cheshire County Council.
Political control[]
Since the first election to the council in 2008 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2][3]
Executive | Leader | Term of office | Elections won | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Jones | 15 May 2008 – 21 May 2015 | 2008, 2011 | |
Labour | Samantha Dixon | 21 May 2015 – 3 May 2019 | 2015 | |
No overall control | 3 May 2019 – present | 2019 |
Council elections[]
- 2008 Cheshire West and Chester Council election
- 2011 Cheshire West and Chester Council election
- 2015 Cheshire West and Chester Council election
- 2019 Cheshire West and Chester Council election
By-election results[]
2011[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynn Clare | 686 | - | ||
Conservative | Graham Pritchard | 102 | |||
Socialist Labour | Kenny Spain | 65 | |||
UKIP | Andrew Roberts | 64 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Chrusciezl | 41 | |||
Majority | 584 | ||||
Turnout | 15.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martyn Delaney | 614 | 44.8 | -7.3% | |
Conservative | Kate Vaughan | 469 | 34.2 | -6.2% | |
UKIP | Charles Dodman | 131 | 9.6 | +9.6% | |
Green | John McNamara | 86 | 6.3 | +6.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Gant | 70 | 5.1 | -2.4% | |
Majority | 145 | 10.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,370 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sam Naylor | 525 | 39.5 | ||
Conservative | Jim Sinar | 418 | 31.4 | ||
UKIP | Amos Wright | 307 | 23.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alice Chapman | 80 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 107 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,330 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2017[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Powell | 1,556 | 59.1 | 0% | |
Conservative | Jack Jackson | 574 | 21.8 | +4% | |
Independent | Steve Ingram | 434 | 16.5 | +16.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Lizzie Jewkes | 70 | 2.7 | +2.7% | |
Majority | 982 | 37.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,634 | 25.4 | -35.8% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
2018[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edwardson, Mike | 1,447 | |||
Conservative | Griffiths, Robert Douglas | 239 | |||
Green | Roberts, Matthew Joseph | 60 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 24.51 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ "Cheshire West & Chester Council Elections 2019". The Standard. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Cheshire West and Chester". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Ellesmere Port Town Ward". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Boughton, 2014". www.englishelections.org.uk. Kristofer Keane. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Boughton, 2014". www.englishelections.org.uk. Kristofer Keane. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "By-election - Blacon Ward". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ "Ellesmere Port Town Ward by-election". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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