Cheshire West and Chester Council elections

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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[]

By-election results[]

2011[]

Ellesmere Port Town by-election, 20 October 2011[4]
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[]

Boughton by-election, 10 July 2014[5]
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
Winnington and Castle by-election, 10 July 2014[6]
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[]

Blacon by-election, 20 April 2017[7]
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[]

Ellesmere Port Town by-election, 3 May 2018[8]
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[]

  1. ^ "Cheshire West & Chester Council Elections 2019". The Standard. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Cheshire West and Chester". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Boughton, 2014". www.englishelections.org.uk. Kristofer Keane. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Boughton, 2014". www.englishelections.org.uk. Kristofer Keane. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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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