2011 Cheshire East Council election

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.

Cheshire East Council Election, 2011

5 May 2011
All 82 seats in Cheshire East Council 42 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 59 6 12 Seats won 52 16 4 Seat change 7 10 8 Popular vote 91,736 51,167 24,206   Fourth party   Party Middlewich First
Elected Council Leader TBD

Map of the results of the 2011 Cheshire East council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Handforth Ratepayers Association, Middlewich First and Shavington First in white, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

The wards were all new, having been created in a boundary review which took effect in January 2011. 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

The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 52 out of 82 seats, with a majority of 22 councillors.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 52
• Labour 16
• Others 10
• Liberal Democrat 4

Cheshire East Council election - 2011 - summary

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

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor.

Alderley Edge

Alderley Edge (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Alsager (3 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Audlem (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Bollington (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

The one seat for this ward was uncontested and the Conservative Party candidate, John Valentine Frank Wray, was elected unopposed.