2023 Cheshire East Council election
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All 82 seats to Cheshire East Council
42 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Janet Clowes Sam Corcoran Craig Browne
Party Conservative Labour Independent Group
Seats before 30 24 17
Seats after 33 31 14
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Phil Williams
Party Liberal Democrats Non-aligned Independents Vacant
Seats before 4 4 3
Seats after 2 2 0
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Cheshire East Council election
Leader before election

Sam Corcoran
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

Sam Corcoran
Labour
No overall control

The 2023 Cheshire East Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2023 to elected all 82 members of Cheshire East Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The council had been under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Labour minority administration with support from independent councillors. The council remained under no overall control after the election. The Conservatives formed the largest single party, but an agreement was reached between Labour and most of the independent councillors to continue running the council.[1]

Summary

Election result

2023 Cheshire East Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 81 33 4 5 -1 40.24 36.70 64,154 +3,315
  Labour 60 31 10 4 +6 37.80 30.15 52,712
  Independent 25 10 4 5 -1 12.20 11.06 19,338
  Residents of Wilmslow 5 5 1 0 +1 6.09 2.94 5,143
  Liberal Democrats 31 2 0 2 -2 2.44 8.00 13,983
  Alderley Edge First 1 1 0 0 0 1.22 0.63 1,095
  Green 33 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.95 12,148
  Putting Crewe First 10 0 0 0 0 0 2.05 3,580
  Bollington First 2 0 0 2 -2 0 0.68 1,195
  Women's Equality 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.65 1,132
  Reform UK 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.07 114
  SDP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.09 157
  Monster Raving Loony 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 57
  Handforth Ratepayers Association 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0

Results by ward

The results for each ward were:[2][3]

Alderley Edge

Alderley Edge (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Alderley Edge First Craig Browne 1,095 79.00
Conservative Carl Curran 195 14.07
Green Katerine Boxer 96 6.93
Turnout  
Alderley Edge First hold

Alsager

Alsager (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Rod Fletcher 1,653 63.38
Labour Brian Drake 1,326 50.84
Liberal Democrats Reg Kain 1,281 49.12
Labour Michael Unett 1,210 46.40
Conservative Wendy Whittaker-Large 1,068 40.95
Conservative Sam Worthington 845 32.40
Green Hilary Robinson 679 26.04
Green Richard McCarthy 653 25.04
Turnout 2,608
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Audlem

Audlem (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Rachel Anne Bailey 1,023 64.22
Liberal Democrats John Phillips 570 35.78
Turnout  
Conservative hold

Bollington

Bollington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ken Edwards 992 38.35
Labour John Place 730 28.22
Conservative Jon Weston 714 27.60
Bollington First Amanda Stott 646 24.97
Liberal Democrats Johanna Maitland 562 21.72
Bollington First James William David Nicholas 549 21.22
Conservative John Withers 535 20.68
Green Jennifer Allen 302 11.67
Green Liam Bergin 163 6.30
Turnout 2,587
Labour gain from Bollington First
Labour gain from Bollington First

Brereton Rural

Brereton Rural (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Wray 841 42.11
Liberal Democrats Robert Douglas 627 31.40
Labour Mark Mitchell 529 26.49
Turnout  
Conservative hold

Broken Cross and Upton

Broken Cross and Upton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Rob Vernon 1,301 61.37
Labour Judy Snowball 1,248 58.87
Conservative Gareth Jones 894 42.17
Conservative Uche John 854 40.28
Turnout 2,120
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bunbury

Bunbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Rebecca Posnett 912 51.88
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Bill 846 48.12
Turnout
Conservative hold

Chelford

Chelford (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Anthony Harrison 913 65.97
Liberal Democrats Nicola Standitch 275 19.87
Green Nick Speakman 196 14.16
Turnout
Conservative hold

Congleton East

Congleton East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Rob Moreton 1,322 40.71
Conservative Sally Holland 1,297 39.94
Conservative David Brown 1,151 35.45
Women's Equality Kay Wesley 1,132 34.86
Conservative Glen Williams 955 29.41
Labour Sarah Russell 895 27.56
Independent Heather Pearce 813 25.04
Green Lisa Miller 760 23.41
Liberal Democrats Denis Murphy 605 18.63
Liberal Democrats Michael Duffy 451 13.89
Independent Martin Amies 448 13.80
Turnout 3,247
Independent hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold

Congleton West

Congleton West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Emma Hall 1,207 37.46
Conservative George Hayes 1,183 36.72
Labour Heather Seddon 1,179 36.59
Conservative Amanda Martin 1,080 33.52
Liberal Democrats Suzy Firkin 1,069 33.18
Independent Suzie Akers Smith 1,066 33.09
Independent Mark Edwardson 1,005 31.19
Liberal Democrats Robert Hemsley 764 23.71
Green Olga Whitmore 671 20.83
Independent Mark Hill 565 17.54
Turnout 3,222
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Independent

Crewe Central

Crewe Central (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anthony Critchley 448 54,70
Conservative Christopher Waling 192 23.44
Putting Crewe First Ireneusz Kryczka 126 15.38
Reform UK Matthew Wood 53 6.47
Turnout
Labour hold

Crewe East

Crewe East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Hazel Faddes 1,329 53.78
Labour Martin Edwards 1,199 48.52
Labour Jill Rhodes 1,168 47.27
Putting Crewe First Richard Ford 646 26.14
Putting Crewe First Jackie Barthelmes 601 24.32
Putting Crewe First Helen Elliott 590 23.88
Conservative Jonathan Bebbington 442 17.89
Conservative Carol Groves 408 16.51
Conservative Peter Hargreaves 386 15.62
Green Melanie English 314 12.71
Green Ian Mumford 223 9.02
Green Gareth Woods 166 6.72
Turnout 2,471
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crewe North

Crewe North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Joy Bratherton 483 51.77
Putting Crewe First Brian Silvester 334 35.80
Conservative Daniel Hill 116 12.43
Turnout
Labour hold

Crewe South

Crewe South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Laura Smith 1,026 63.29
Labour Dawn Clark 1,011 62.37
Conservative Ryan Moore 353 21.78
Putting Crewe First Tom Maguire 314 19.37
Conservative Adam Boulton-Rawlinson 299 18.45
Putting Crewe First Tony Mortimer 263 16.22
Turnout 3,242
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crewe St. Barnabas

Crewe St. Barnabas (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative James Pratt 348 49.50
Labour Sally Handley 266 37.84
Putting Crewe First Tony Mortimer 89 12.66
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour

Crewe West

Crewe West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Marilyn Houston 965 60.01
Labour Connor Naismith 911 56.65
Putting Crewe First Stephen Macallan 318 19.78
Putting Crewe First Craig Porter 299 18.59
Conservative Daniel Bull 277 17.23
Conservative Jacquie Weatherill 277 17.23
Turnout 1,608
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dane Valley

Dane Valley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Andrew Kolker 1,616 56.78
Conservative Russell Chadwick 1,394 48.98
Liberal Democrats Diane Tams 1,065 37.42
Labour Craig Hynes 756 26.56
Green Martin Wood 631 22.17
Green Robert Green 271 9.52
Turnout 2,846
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Disley

Disley (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sue Adams 868 56.65
Labour Nell Carter 533 34.08
Independent Paul Moss 145 9.27
Turnout
Conservative gain from Independent

Gawsworth

Gawsworth (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Lesley Smetham 843 63.34
Labour Sam Hale 204 15.33
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Hall 180 13.52
Green Andrew Wheatstone 104 7.81
Turnout
Conservative hold

Handforth

Handforth (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Julie Smith 1,474 68.98
Independent John Smith 1,300 60.83
Labour Ribia Nisa 668 31.26
Conservative Simon Hutchence 312 14.60
Conservative Matthew Robertson 291 13.62
Liberal Democrats James Earl 273 12.77
Turnout 2,137
Independent hold
Independent gain from Handforth Ratepayers' Association

One of the two Handforth seats had been vacant since November 2022 following the death of the previous Handforth Ratepayers' Association councillor Barry Burkhill.[4]

Haslington

Haslington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Steven Edgar 1,240 52.63
Conservative Alison Heler 1,149 48.77
Labour Simon Richards 1,027 43.59
Labour Jamie Messent 943 40.03
Green Te Ata Browne 379 16.09
Turnout 2,356
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

High Legh

High Legh (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kate Parkinson 865 63.00
Liberal Democrats Christopher Fortune 451 32.85
Monster Raving Loony Andy Sheik El Wright'O 57 4.15
Turnout
Conservative hold

Knutsford

Knutsford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stewart Gardiner 1,716 50.07
Conservative Tony Dean 1,672 48.79
Conservative Peter Coan 1,662 48.50
Labour Sue Addison 1,348 39.33
Green Amanda Iremonger 1,090 31.81
Labour Kevin Harkin 963 28.10
Independent April Johnson 708 20.66
Liberal Democrats Adrian Cardwell 645 18.82
Independent Rex Mears 519 15.14
Turnout 3,427
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Independent

Leighton

Leighton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Clair Chapman 456 36.69
Independent Jim Weir 412 33.15
Conservative Teja Vaddala 375 30.17
Turnout 31.48
Labour gain from Independent

Macclesfield Central

Macclesfield Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Liz Braithwaite 1,368 69.76
Labour Ashley Farrall 1,102 56.20
Green John Knight 558 28.45
Conservative Abhishika Srivastav 345 17.59
Conservative Jessica Beaumont 328 16.73
Liberal Democrats Stephen Broadhead 251 12.80
Turnout 1,961
Labour hold
Labour hold

Macclesfield East

Macclesfield East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Mick Warren 789 58.88
Labour Terry Bell 292 21.79
Conservative Nicholas Taylor 120 8.96
Green Lindy Brett 111 8.28
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lovell 28 2.09
Turnout
Independent hold

Macclesfield Hurdsfield

Macclesfield Hurdsfield (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sarah Bennett-Wake 640 69.19
Liberal Democrats Steve Broadhurst 173 18.70
Conservative Barrie Malpas 112 12.11
Turnout
Labour hold

The Macclesfield Hurdsfield seat had been vacant since December 2022 following the death of the previous Labour councillor Steve Carter.[5]

Macclesfield South

Macclesfield South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Fiona Wilson 916 53.47
Labour Brian Puddicombe 868 50.67
Independent Andy Oldfield 504 29.42
Conservative David Dooley 308 17.98
Conservative Joyce Beasley 293 17.10
Independent Eddie Murphy 292 17.05
Green John Peckham 258 15.06
Turnout 1,713
Labour hold
Labour hold

Macclesfield Tytherington

Macclesfield Tytherington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent David Edwardes 1,472 55.11
Independent Louise Gilman 1,117 41.82
Conservative Beverley Dooley 878 32.87
Conservative John Le Moignan 755 28.27
Labour John Bowden 606 22.69
Green David Mayers 347 12.99
Green Walter Houston 192 7.19
Turnout 2,671
Independent hold
Independent hold

One of the Macclesfield Tytherington seats had been vacant since November 2022 following the resignation of the previous independent councillor Lloyd Roberts.[6]

Macclesfield West and Ivy

Macclesfield West and Ivy (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Nicholas Peter Mannion 1,176 72.01
Labour Mary Brooks 1,061 64.97
Conservative Timothy Swatridge 559 34.23
Conservative Rajeev Rajan 511 31.29
Turnout 1,633
Labour hold
Labour hold

Middlewich

Middlewich (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Carol Bulman 1,088 39.97
Independent Marshall Garnet 1,084 39.82
Independent John Bird 1,078 39.60
Labour Michael Hunter 1,036 38.06
Labour Jonathan Parry 1,030 37.84
Conservative Paul Edwards 811 29.79
Conservative David Harrop 782 28.73
Green Cerys Jones 667 24.50
Conservative Robert Brittain 619 22.74
Turnout 2,722
Labour hold
Independent gain from Labour
Independent gain from Labour

Mobberley

Mobberley (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Hannah Moss 884 73.00
Labour Paul Thomson 205 16.93
Liberal Democrats Kevin Boyle 122 10.07
Turnout
Conservative hold

Nantwich North and West

Nantwich North and West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anna Burton 1,109 51.63
Independent Arthur Moran 768 35.75
Conservative Vicky Higham 724 33.71
Conservative John Statham 637 29.66
Independent Stuart Bostock 593 27.61
Green Kim Hayes 317 14.76
Green Tom Levins 182 8.47
Turnout 2,148
Labour gain from Independent
Independent hold

Nantwich South and Stapeley

Nantwich South and Stapeley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Geoffrey Smith 1,483 52.85
Labour John Priest 1,478 52.67
Conservative Andrew Martin 1,395 49.71
Conservative Peter Groves 1,316 46.90
Turnout 2,806
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Odd Rode

Odd Rode (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Patrick Redstone 1,152 57.23
Conservative Liz Wardlaw 1,131 56.18
Labour Ursula Griffiths 900 44.71
Labour Gareth Lindop 886 44.01
Turnout 2,013
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Poynton East and Pott Shrigley

Poynton East and Pott Shrigley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Jos Saunders 1,310 54.49
Conservative Hayley Whitaker 1,256 52.25
Labour Sarah Marshall 810 33.69
Labour Geoff Thompson 797 33.15
Green James Booth 505 21.01
SDP Tim O'Rourke 157 6.53
Turnout 2,404
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Poynton West and Adlington

Poynton West and Adlington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Michael Beanland 1,432 51.64
Conservative Mike Sewart 1,421 51.24
Labour Tony Penny 898 32.38
Labour Amy House 829 29.90
Green Kathy Booth 595 21.46
Turnout 2,773 39.67
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Prestbury

Prestbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Thelma Jackson 980 74.36
Independent Stuart Redgard 338 25.64
Turnout
Conservative hold

Sandbach Elworth

Sandbach Elworth (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Nicola Cook 718 43.05
Labour Kathryn Flavell 616 36.93
Conservative Arabella Holland 253 15.17
Liberal Democrats Callum Chalmers 81 4.86
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour

Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock

Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Laura Crane 715 53.76
Conservative Martin Deakin 445 33.46
Green Patricia Lloyd 99 7.44
Liberal Democrats Michelle Hough 71 5.34
Turnout
Labour hold

Sandbach Heath and East

Sandbach Heath and East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sam Corcoran 563 40.83
Conservative Tim Wheatcroft 423 30.67
Independent Dave Poole 322 23.35
Green Peter Kent 71 5.15
Turnout
Labour hold

Sandbach Town

Sandbach Town (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Mike Muldoon 688 45.59
Labour John Arnold 598 39.63
Liberal Democrats Artie Chalmers 141 9.34
Green Hope Voyce 82 5.43
Turnout
Conservative hold

Shavington

Shavington (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Linda Buchanan 573 40.81
Independent David Marren 486 34.62
Conservative Claire Wain 345 24.27
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative

Sutton

Sutton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Chris O'Leary 678 45.47
Liberal Democrats Trevor Priestman 311 20.86
Labour Steve Kay 276 18.51
Green Laura Jones 226 15.16
Turnout
Conservative hold

Willaston and Rope

Willaston and Rope (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Allen Gage 957 54.13
Labour Ben Wye 630 35.63
Green Richard Bennett 120 6.79
Reform UK Julie Fousert 61 3.45
Turnout
Conservative hold

Wilmslow Dean Row

Wilmslow Dean Row (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Residents of Wilmslow Lata Anderson 703 53.42
Conservative Jack Illingworth 481 36.55
Liberal Democrats Olivia Walker 132 10.03
Turnout
Residents of Wilmslow hold

Wilmslow East

Wilmslow East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Residents of Wilmslow David Jefferay 832 64.00
Conservative John Duckworth 383 29.46
Liberal Democrats Sarah Murphy 85 6.54
Turnout
Residents of Wilmslow hold

Wilmslow Lacey Green

Wilmslow Lacey Green (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Residents of Wilmslow Chris Hilliard 591 47.55
Conservative Don Stockton 475 38.21
Liberal Democrats James Robin 177 14.24
Turnout
Residents of Wilmslow gain from Conservative

Wilmslow West and Chorley

Wilmslow West and Chorley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Residents of Wilmslow Mark Goldsmith 1,560 55.08
Residents of Wilmslow Michael Gorman 1,457 51.45
Conservative Barry Estill 977 34.50
Conservative Hannan Sarwar 787 27.79
Green Michelle Anderson 539 19.03
Liberal Democrats Gareth Wilson 366 12.92
Turnout 2,832
Residents of Wilmslow hold
Residents of Wilmslow hold

Wistaston

Wistaston (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alan Coiley 1,418 51.83
Conservative Margaret Joan Simon 1,321 48.28
Labour Kim Jamson 1,295 47.33
Conservative Gary Poole 1,120 40.94
Green Claire Wilkinson 340 12.43
Turnout 2,736
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Wrenbury

Wrenbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative James Pearson 806 49.69
Liberal Democrats Sacha Sandbach 575 35.45
Green Dave Manning 241 14.86
Turnout
Conservative hold

Wybunbury

Wybunbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Janet Christine Clowes 1,170 70.52
Labour Dennis Straine-Francis 336 20.25
Liberal Democrats Stephen Ford 153 9.22
Turnout
Conservative hold

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Cheshire East Council to be run by coalition after deal is struck". BBC News. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 Cheshire East Borough Election Results - All results by Ward". cheshireeast.gov.uk.
  3. ^ Coyle, Simon (4 May 2023). "Cheshire East local council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. ^ Boothroyd, David (25 November 2022). "Lib Dems back on the island". Local Councils. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  5. ^ Porter, Gary (30 December 2022). "Tributes paid after sudden death of Macclesfield councillor who 'always represented decency'". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. ^ Greensmith, Alex (25 January 2023). "No by-elections despite multiple vacant Macclesfield council seats". Macclesfield Nub News. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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