2011 Cheshire East Council election
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Elections toCheshire EastCouncilhappened on Thursday 5 May 2011. Elections occurred in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council.
The wards were all new, having been created in a boundary review which took effect in January 2011.[1]They replaced the previous 27 three-seat wards used in the2008 election,which were identical to the formerCheshire County Councilwards.
Overall results[edit]
TheConservative Partyretained overall control of the council, winning 52 out of 82 seats, with a majority of 22 councillors.[2]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Conservative52
- Labour16
- Others 10
- Liberal Democrat4
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 52 | −7 | 47.75 | 91,736 | −6.4 | ||||
Labour | 16 | +10 | 26.6 | 51,167 | +12.7 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | −8 | 12.6 | 24,206 | −8.9 | ||||
Middlewich First | 3 | 2.4 | 4,578 | ||||||
Handforth 'Ratepayers' Association | 2 | 1.6 | 3,010 | ||||||
Shavington First | 1 | 0.3 | 608 | ||||||
Others | 4 | +6 | 8.7 | 16,804 |
Ward results[edit]
An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor.
Alderley Edge[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frank Keegan* | 1,151 | 72.53 | ||
Labour | Dominic James Brown | 436 | 27.47 | ||
Majority | 715 | 45.06 | |||
Turnout | 1,587 | 43.40 | |||
Conservativewin |
Councillor Keegan previously served as a member for the now dissolved Alderley ward.
Alsager[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Rod Fletcher* | 1,895 | 16.63 | −2.77 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Ian Hough* | 1,760 | 15.44 | −3.36 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Jones* | 1,648 | 14.46 | −3.44 | |
Conservative | Andrew William Large | 1,193 | 10.47 | +0.47 | |
Conservative | Harriet Emily Weatherby Crompton | 1,164 | 10.21 | +2.31 | |
Labour | Bill Howell | 947 | 8.31 | +5.51 | |
Conservative | Richard Peers | 822 | 7.21 | −0.69 | |
Labour | Bob Ashley | 805 | 7.06 | +4.06 | |
Labour | Simon Henley Norman Bishop | 725 | 6.36 | +3.76 | |
Green | Hilary Robinson | 439 | 3.85 | ||
Majority | 455 | 3.99 | |||
Turnout | 11,389 | 45.20 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Audlem[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rachel Anne Bailey | 1,451 | 79.86 | ||
Labour | Louise Mary Taylor | 366 | 20.14 | ||
Majority | 1,085 | 59.72 | |||
Turnout | 1,817 | 48.8 | |||
Conservativewin |
Councillor Bailey previously served as a member for the now dissolved Cholmondeley ward.
Bollington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Harold Livesley* | 814 | 13.59 | ||
Conservative | Peter Hayes | 813 | 13.57 | ||
Bollington First | Amanda Stott | 788 | 13.16 | ||
Labour | Heidi Reid | 778 | 12.99 | ||
Bollington First | James Nicholas | 758 | 12.66 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Bailey | 714 | 11.92 | ||
Independent | Tony Mills | 575 | 9.60 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Sockett | 436 | 7.28 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Christopher Owen | 313 | 5.23 | ||
Majority | 10 | 0.17 | |||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
Conservativewin | |||||
Conservativewin |
Councillor Livesley previously served as a councillor for the now dissolved Prestbury and Tytherington ward.
Brereton Rural[edit]
The one seat for this ward was uncontested and the Conservative Party candidate, John Valentine Frank Wray, was elected unopposed.
References[edit]
- ^"The Cheshire East (Electoral Changes) Order 2011"(PDF).Archived(PDF)from the original on 30 August 2012.Retrieved16 June2012.
- ^"Elections 2011 - results overview".Cheshire East Council. Archived fromthe originalon 9 May 2011.Retrieved16 June2011.
- ^"Alderley Edge Ward".cheshireeast.gov.uk.Cheshire East Council.6 May 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 11 October 2017.Retrieved11 October2017.