Cheshire East Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1 April 2009 |
Preceded by | Cheshire County Council Congleton Borough Council Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council Macclesfield Borough Council |
Leadership | |
Mayor of Cheshire East | Sarah Pochin[citation needed] since 19 April 2021 |
Leader of the Council | Sam Corcoran, Labour since 22 May 2019 |
Chief executive | Lorraine O'Donnell since 30 March 2020 |
Structure | |
Seats | 82 councillors[1] |
Political groups |
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Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
Plurality-at-large | |
Last election | 2 May 2019 |
Next election | 4 May 2023 |
Meeting place | |
Westfields, Sandbach | |
Website | |
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Cheshire East Council is the local authority of the Borough of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. The council was first elected on 1 May 2008, a year before coming into its powers on 1 April 2009. After an election in May 2019, no party holds overall control.[2] The civil parish of Sandbach hosts the administrative headquarters for the council.
The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, Cheshire East is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, Cheshire East Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a local education authority, responsible for social services, libraries and waste disposal. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gillani was appointed a Major Projects consultant to the Council in 2016.
Further information: Cheshire East Council elections |
Since the first election to the council in 2008 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[3]
Executive | Leader | Term of office | Elections | ||
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Conservative | Wesley Fitzgerald | 2008–2012[4] | 2008, 2011 | ||
Conservative | Michael Jones | 2012–2016 | 2015 | ||
Conservative | Rachel Bailey[5] | 2016–2019[6] | |||
No Overall Control | Sam Corcoran[2] | 2019–present | 2019 |
In May 2019, following local elections, the Conservatives lost control of the council for the first time since it was created in 2008. On 22 May 2019, the newly elected councillors met for the first time and elected Labour's Sam Corcoran as leader, after the party came to an agreement with independent councillors.[2]
Cheshire East Council has been the subject of a number of police investigations. At one point there were seven investigations, four of which are outlined below: