Macclesfield (borough)
Borough of Macclesfield | |
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![]() Shown withinCheshire | |
History | |
• Origin | Macclesfield Municipal Borough Alderley Edge Urban District Bollington Urban District Knutsford Urban District Wilmslow Urban District Disley Rural District Macclesfield Rural District Bucklow Rural District(part of) |
• Created | 1 April 1974 |
• Abolished | 31 March 2009 |
• Succeeded by | Cheshire East |
Status | Non-metropolitan district |
ONS code | 13UG |
•HQ | Macclesfield |
Macclesfieldwas, from 1974 to 2009, alocal government districtwithborough statusinCheshire,England.It included the towns ofBollington,Knutsford,MacclesfieldandWilmslowand within its wider area the villages and hamlets ofAdlington,Disley,Gawsworth,Kerridge,Pott Shrigley,Poynton,Prestbury,Rainow,Styal,SuttonandTytherington.
History[edit]
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under theLocal Government Act 1972.It was a merger ofMacclesfieldmunicipal borough,Alderley Edge,Bollington,KnutsfordandWilmslowurban districts,along with the single parishDisley Rural District,Macclesfield Rural Districtand part ofBucklow Rural District.The new district was awardedborough statusfrom its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor.[1]
In 2006 theDepartment for Communities and Local Governmentconsidered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the2009 structural changes to local government in England.The decision to merge the boroughs of Macclesfield,CongletonandCrewe and Nantwichto create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected.[2]
The Borough of Macclesfield was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the newCheshire Eastunitary authority was formed.[3]
Civil parishes[edit]
The borough contained 52civil parishesand 2 discreteunparished areas(namely, the towns ofMacclesfieldandWilmslow). Of the 52 civil parishes, five (Agden,Little Bollington,Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough,Tatton,andWincle) heldparish meetingsrather than elect a parish council.[4]Of the remaining 47 civil parishes, two contained towns (BollingtonandKnutsford) and so had town councils rather than parish councils administering them.[4]A number of adjacent or abutting civil parishes were grouped together under a single parish council:OllertonwithMarthall,PlumleywithToftandBexton,and Tabley (for the parishes ofTabley InferiorandTabley Superior) The remaining 37 civil parishes had their own parish council.[4]
The following civil parishes were included in the borough:
- Adlington
- Agden
- Alderley Edge
- Ashley
- Aston by Budworth
- Bexton
- Bollington(town)
- Bosley
- Chelford
- Chorley
- Disley
- Eaton
- Gawsworth
- Great Warford
- Henbury
- High Legh
- Higher Hurdsfield
- Kettleshulme
- Knutsford(town)
- Little Bollington
- Little Warford
- Lower Withington
- Lyme Handley
- Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
- Marthall
- Marton
- Mere
- Millington
- Mobberley
- Mottram St Andrew
- Nether Alderley
- North Rode
- Ollerton
- Over Alderley
- Peover Inferior
- Peover Superior
- Pickmere
- Plumley
- Pott Shrigley
- Poynton with Worth
- Prestbury
- Rainow
- Rostherne
- Siddington
- Snelson
- Sutton
- Tabley Inferior
- Tabley Superior
- Tatton
- Toft
- Wincle
Political control[edit]
The town ofMacclesfieldhad been amunicipal boroughfrom 1836 to 1974 with a borough council.[5]The first elections to the new Macclesfield Borough created under the Local Government Act 1972 were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2009 was held by the following parties:[6]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1974–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–2009 |
Leadership[edit]
Theleaders of the councilfrom 1983 were:
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Margaret Duddy[7] | Conservative | 1983 | 2001 | |
Peter Burns[8] | Conservative | 2001 | May 2004 | |
Sue Kipling[9] | Conservative | 2004 | 23 Sep 2004 | |
Wesley Fitzgerald | Conservative | 2004 | 31 Mar 2009 |
Wesley Fitzgerald went on to become the firstleader of Cheshire East Council.
Composition[edit]
The political composition of the council at its abolition in 2009 was:
Party | Councillors | |
Conservative | 38 | |
Liberal Democrat | 12 | |
Labour | 6 | |
Handforth Ratepayer | 2 | |
Independent | 2 |
Council elections[edit]
- 1973 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1976 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1979 Macclesfield Borough Council election(New ward boundaries)[10]
- 1980 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1982 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1983 Macclesfield Borough Council election(Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[11]
- 1984 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1986 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1987 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1988 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1990 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1991 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1992 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1994 Macclesfield Borough Council election(Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[12][13][14]
- 1995 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1996 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1998 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1999 Macclesfield Borough Council election(New ward boundaries)[15]
- 2000 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 2002 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 2003 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 2004 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 2006 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 2007 Macclesfield Borough Council election
By-election results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,278 | 50.5 | |||
Conservative | 1,008 | 39.8 | |||
Labour | 245 | 9.7 | |||
Majority | 270 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,531 | 37.0 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 967 | 78.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 259 | 21.1 | |||
Majority | 708 | 57.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,226 | 28.0 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 506 | 56.3 | -1.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 392 | 43.7 | +12.6 | ||
Majority | 114 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 898 | 46.0 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 478 | 52.5 | +12.3 | ||
Labour | 275 | 30.2 | +7.5 | ||
Independent | 120 | 13.2 | -3.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 38 | 4.2 | -7.0 | ||
Majority | 203 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 911 | 21.9 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 346 | 45.9 | +11.3 | ||
Conservative | 336 | 44.6 | -0.9 | ||
Labour | 72 | 9.5 | -10.5 | ||
Majority | 10 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 754 | 34.1 | |||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 857 | 59.6 | +12.6 | ||
Conservative | 580 | 40.4 | +2.8 | ||
Majority | 277 | 19.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,437 | 36.7 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,290 | 60.0 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative | 538 | 25.0 | +4.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 321 | 14.9 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 752 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,149 | ||||
Labourhold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,621 | 45.5 | -8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,187 | 33.3 | -2.0 | ||
Labour | 756 | 21.2 | +10.5 | ||
Majority | 434 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,564 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Sockett | 434 | 62.6 | +41.4 | |
Conservative | 162 | 23.4 | -17.4 | ||
Labour | 97 | 14.0 | -24.0 | ||
Majority | 272 | 39.2 | |||
Turnout | 693 | 36.6 | |||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 467 | 56.3 | -0.3 | ||
Conservative | 212 | 25.5 | +9.0 | ||
Labour | 151 | 18.2 | -8.7 | ||
Majority | 255 | 30.8 | |||
Turnout | 830 | 24.7 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Vivien Davies | 385 | 61.1 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Moss | 199 | 31.6 | +12.6 | |
Labour | 46 | 7.3 | -4.6 | ||
Majority | 186 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 630 | 30.4 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Fisher | 789 | 63.3 | -25.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Heulwen Barlow | 329 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
Labour | Laurences Hobday | 129 | 10.3 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 460 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,247 | 65.3 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Stratford | 950 | 89.5 | +89.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Goddard | 112 | 10.5 | -26.5 | |
Majority | 838 | 79.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,062 | 25.0 | |||
ConservativegainfromIndependent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Enid Tomlinson | 500 | 58.2 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Simon Truss | 178 | 20.7 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | Matthew Davies | 82 | 9.6 | -12.8 | |
Independent | Fred Grundy | 53 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Green | John Knight | 45 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 322 | 37.5 | |||
Turnout | 858 | 25.2 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
References[edit]
- ^"District Councils and Boroughs".Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).28 March 1974.Retrieved3 September2022.
- ^BBC News, 25 July 2007 – County split into two authorities.Retrieval Date: 25 July 2007.
- ^"The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008".opsi.gov.uk.Archivedfrom the original on 6 July 2008.
- ^abc"Parish Clerks".Borough of Macclesfield. Archived fromthe originalon 11 April 2008.Retrieved25 November2008.
- ^"Macclesfield Municipal Borough".A Vision of Britain through Time.GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth.Retrieved5 September2022.
- ^"Compositions calculator".The Elections Centre.Retrieved10 August2022.
- ^"Tributes paid to 'truly remarkable' leader".Macclesfield Express.6 March 2013.Retrieved5 September2022.
- ^"Council leader resigns after arrest".Macclesfield Express.19 May 2004.Retrieved5 September2022.
- ^"Sue answers God's call".Manchester Evening News.21 September 2004.Retrieved5 September2022.
- ^The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
- ^The Macclesfield and Vale Royal (Areas) Order 1982
- ^legislation.gov.uk –The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992.Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^legislation.gov.uk –The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1992.Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^legislation.gov.uk –The Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993.Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^legislation.gov.uk –The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.Retrieved on 4 October 2015.