Elections to Cheshire East Council happened on Thursday 5 May 2011. Elections occurred in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council.
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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 the 2008 election, which were identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.
Overall results
editThe Conservative Party retained 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:
- Conservative 52
- Labour 16
- Others 10
- Liberal Democrat 4
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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
editAn asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor.
Alderley Edge
editParty | 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 | |||
Conservative win |
Councillor Keegan previously served as a member for the now dissolved Alderley ward.
Alsager
editParty | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Audlem
editParty | 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 | |||
Conservative win |
Councillor Bailey previously served as a member for the now dissolved Cholmondeley ward.
Bollington
editParty | 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 | ||||
Conservative win | |||||
Conservative win |
Councillor Livesley previously served as a councillor for the now dissolved Prestbury and Tytherington ward.
Brereton Rural
editThe 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. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ "Elections 2011 - results overview". Cheshire East Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Alderley Edge Ward". cheshireeast.gov.uk. Cheshire East Council. 6 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.