2019 Cheshire East Council election

Elections to Cheshire East Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council. The Conservative party lost overall control of the council, losing 17 seats; the Labour party gained 9 seats, independents gained 6 and the Liberal Democrats gained 2.[1]

2019 Cheshire East Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

All 82 seats in Cheshire East Council
42 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
Ind
Leader Rachel Bailey Sam Corcoran Arthur Moran
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Leader's seat Audlem Sandbach Heath and East Nantwich North and West
Seats before 51 16 13
Seats won 34 25 19
Seat change 17 9 6
Popular vote 35.52% 27.91% 19.79%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
LD
Grn
UKIP
Party Liberal Democrats Green UKIP
Seats before 2 0 0
Seats won 4 0 0
Seat change 2 0 0
Popular vote 11.02% 5.47% 0.29%

Council Leader before election

Rachel Bailey
Conservative

Elected Council Leader

Sam Corcoran
Labour

The elections were held against a background of a number of controversies, with the council facing eight criminal investigations. Multiple Conservative Cabinet members lost their seats, with Ainsley Arnold (Planning) losing out to Independents in Macclesfield Tytherington and Paul Bates (Finance) falling to fifth place in Congleton East, whilst then-Leader of the Council Rachel Bailey came within 78 votes of losing her seat to the Liberal Democrats. The biggest shocks came in Broken Cross and Upton, with Labour's Rob Vernon and James Barber becoming the first ever Labour councillors for the area and unseating the Mayor-elect, Liz Durham, and Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock, where Laura Crane achieved a huge swing to win the seat for Labour against Conservative councillor Gail Wait.

No party or grouping held a majority of the council seats, and so after a few weeks of negotiation, Labour and the Independents agreed to form a joint-Cabinet that would run the council for the following year, with a focus on changing the system of governance to abolish the Cabinet and replace it with the old committee system.

Results by Ward

Alderley Edge

Alderley Edge (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Alderley Edge First Craig Julian Browne 1,219 76.86%
Conservative Paul Nicholas Brearley 255 16.08%
Green Keith Andrew Boxer 112 7.06%
Turnout   42.79%
Alderley Edge First hold

Alsager

Alsager (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Rod Fletcher 1,457 13.50%
Liberal Democrats June Elizabeth Buckley 1,340 12.41%
Liberal Democrats Phil Williams 1,297 12.02%
Labour Jo Dale 1,082 10.02%
Conservative Sue Helliwell 1,026 9.51%
Conservative Martin William Deakin 920 8.52%
Labour Julia Hawkins 919 8.51%
Labour Michael James Unett 871 8.07%
Conservative Paul Hugh Redstone 799 7.40%
Green Hilary Jean Robinson 547 5.07%
Animal Welfare Party Jane Catherine Smith 536 4.97%
Turnout   40.69%
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Audlem

Audlem (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Rachel Anne Bailey 746 52.76%
Liberal Democrats Richard John Derricutt 668 47.24%
Turnout   36.03%
Conservative hold

Bollington

Bollington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Bollington First Amanda Stott 1,447 28.01%
Bollington First James William David Nicholas 1,310 25.36%
Labour John William Place 705 13.65%
Labour Mike Hutchison 635 12.29%
Conservative Elaine Mary Houghton 481 9.31%
Liberal Democrats Johanna Maitland 309 5.98%
Conservative Christopher Paul O'Leary 279 5.40%
Turnout 40.11%
Bollington First hold
Bollington First hold

Brereton Rural

Brereton Rural (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Valentine Wray 850 52.24%
Independent Mark Cameron Elves 474 29.13%
Labour Geraint Huw Price Jones 303 18.62%
Turnout 34.95%
Conservative hold

Broken Cross and Upton

Broken Cross and Upton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Rob Vernon 948 20.77%
Labour James William Barber 889 19.48%
Conservative Liz Durham 764 16.74%
Conservative Gareth Jones 653 14.31%
Green David John Mayers 406 8.90%
Liberal Democrats Max Muncaster 392 8.59%
Independent Martin Christopher Hardy 317 6.95%
UKIP Maddie Mitchell 195 4.27%
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Bunbury

Bunbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sarah Joanne Pochin 750 54.47%
Liberal Democrats Mark Peregrine Ireland-Jones 627 45.53%
Turnout 37.51%
Conservative hold

Chelford

Chelford (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Marc Nigel Asquith 646 51.75%
Liberal Democrats Heulwen Ann Barlow 330 26.48%
Independent Laurence Michael Hobday 270 21.67%
Turnout 36.21%
Conservative hold

Congleton East

Congleton East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Denis Murphy 1,041 10.15%
Independent Rob Moreton 1,040 10.14%
Conservative David Thomas Brown 1,028 10.02%
Independent Anthony Philip Bolding 989 9.64%
Conservative Paul David Bates 950 9.26%
Conservative Glen Samuel Williams 894 8.72%
Women's Equality Kay Wesley 826 8.05%
Liberal Democrats Robert Julian Douglas 765 7.46%
Liberal Democrats James Nicholas Andrew Smith 740 7.22%
Independent Simon Peter Clodd-Broom 699 6.82%
Labour Peter John Ranson 649 6.33%
Labour Ethel Mary Ranson 635 6.19%
Turnout 34.78%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Congleton West

Congleton West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Suzie Akers Smith 1,195 12.30%
Conservative George Patrick Hayes 1,059 10.90%
Conservative Sally Ann Holland 1,009 10.38%
Conservative Geoff Baggot 960 9.88%
Liberal Democrats Suzy Firkin 933 9.60%
Labour Heather Seddon 700 7.20%
Labour Alfie Seddon 685 7.05%
Liberal Democrats Paul Michael Duffy 665 6.84%
Liberal Democrats Robert Philip Hemsley 660 6.79%
Independent Adam Clive Scott 649 6.68%
Independent Sharon Smith 636 6.54%
Labour Irene Faseyi 567 5.83%
Turnout 32.52%
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold


Crewe Central

Crewe Central (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anthony Jack Critchley 450 60.98%
Conservative Jonathan Ford Bebbington 139 18.83%
Liberal Democrats Gwyn Griffiths 94 12.74%
Independent Adam Ali Mustafa 55 7.45%
Turnout 17.52%
Labour hold

Crewe East

Crewe East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Joy Bratherton 1,353 20.52%
Labour Suzanne Marie Brookfield 1,340 20.32%
Labour Hazel Faddes 1,239 18.79%
Independent James Albert Connor 610 9.25%
Conservative Peter Hargreaves 569 8.63%
Conservative Clive Dunning Elverstone 521 7.90%
Conservative Dominic John Bernard Wyartt 483 7.33%
Green Melanie Ruth English 478 7.25%
Turnout 23.69%
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crewe North

Crewe North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jill Rhodes 471 48.71%
The For Britain Movement Brian George Silvester 297 30.71%
Conservative Ryan Joseph Moore 199 20.58%
Turnout 26.90%
Labour hold

Crewe South

Crewe South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Dorothy Hilda Flude 1,138 33.80%
Labour Steven William Hogben 1,052 31.24%
Conservative Nicola Cooper 471 13.99%
Conservative Arnob Ahmed 466 13.84%
Liberal Democrats James Clifford Hughes 240 7.13%
Turnout 24.95%
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crewe St. Barnabas

Crewe St. Barnabas (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sally Elizabeth Handley 426 74.48%
Conservative Cherene Chantel Kefira Bracegirdle-Smith 146 25.52%
Turnout 15.95%
Labour hold

Crewe West

Crewe West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Brian Roberts 1,013 32.26%
Labour Marilyn Houston 940 29.94%
Independent Roy Cartlidge 434 13.82%
Conservative Patrick James Timms 409 13.03%
Conservative Martin Clynes 344 10.96%
Turnout 22.97%
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dane Valley

Dane Valley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Les Gilbert 1,583 27.79%
Conservative Andrew Michael James Kolker 1,539 27.01%
Liberal Democrats Richard James Wilson 936 16.43%
Liberal Democrats Michelle Boath 748 13.13%
Green Robert Michael St. John Green 402 7.06%
Labour Willow Dale 259 4.55%
Labour Pete Dale 230 4.04%
Turnout 37.58%
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Disley

Disley (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Brendan Patrick Murphy 762 49.16%
Labour Alison Smith 399 25.74%
Conservative Harold Davenport 389 25.10%
Turnout 39.32%
Independent gain from Conservative

Gawsworth

Gawsworth (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Lesley Smetham 883 72.85%
Labour Fiona Wilson 329 27.15%
Turnout 37.77%
Conservative hold

Handforth

Handforth (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Julie Anne Smith 1,297 30.31%
Handforth Ratepayers' Association (Independent) Barry Edward Burkhill 1,086 25.38%
Handforth Ratepayers' Association (Independent) Susan Ann Elizabeth Bidwell 918 21.45%
Conservative David Lonsdale 595 13.91%
Liberal Democrats Chris Fortune 383 8.95%
Turnout 33.67%
Independent gain from Handforth Ratepayers' Association
Handforth Ratepayers' Association hold

Haslington

Haslington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Steven John Edgar 1,061 25.81%
Conservative Mary Elizabeth Addison 1,058 25.74%
Labour Pete Gubbins 716 17.42%
Green Louise Amber Jewkes 696 16.93%
Liberal Democrats Nick Taylor 293 7.13%
Green Te Ata Browne 287 6.98%
Turnout 35.03%
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

High Legh

High Legh (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kate Parkinson 710 53.71%
Green Nigel Robert Hennerley 612 46.29%
Turnout 36.62%
Conservative hold

Knutsford

Knutsford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stewart Gardiner 1,310 15.37%
Independent Quentin Abel 1,290 15.13%
Conservative Tony Dean 1,243 14.58%
Conservative Peter David Coan 1,174 13.77%
Green Charlie William Abbott Booth 917 10.76%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Avery Wetherell 912 10.70%
Labour Joe Goddard 848 9.95%
Independent Helen Ghislaine Rogers 830 9.74%
Turnout 32.57%
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Leighton

Leighton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Byron Evans 608 44.74%
Conservative Sean Owen Alexander Houlston 425 31.27%
Labour Alison Joy Spiceer 326 23.99%
Turnout 31.48%
Independent gain from Conservative

Macclesfield Central

Macclesfield Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Liz Braithwaite 1,027 22.84%
Labour Ashley Philip Kenneth Farrall 829 18.44%
Green John Anthony Knight 783 17.42%
Green Charlie Morgan Keller 594 13.21%
Conservative Beverley Anne Dooley 505 11.23%
Conservative David Philip Dooley 437 9.72%
Independent Nigel Manton 216 4.80%
For Britain Tony Myrie 105 2.34%
Turnout 33.22%
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Macclesfield East

Macclesfield East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Mick Warren 984 69.00%
Labour Jan Elizabeth Baddeley 205 14.38%
Green Lindy Brett 137 9.61%
Conservative John Le Moignan 100 7.01%
Turnout 39.90%
Independent hold

Macclesfield Hurdsfield

Macclesfield Hurdsfield (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen Frank Carter 558 58.80%
Conservative Alastair Crawford Kennedy 206 21.71%
Green James Andrew Booth 185 19.49%
Turnout 27.93%
Labour hold

Macclesfield South

Macclesfield South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Laura Jeuda 1,133 34.24%
Labour Brian Mark Puddicombe 1,049 31.70%
Conservative Philip Bolton 599 18.10%
Conservative John Christopher Waterhouse 528 15.96%
Turnout 29.06%
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Macclesfield Tytherington

Macclesfield Tytherington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent David Edwardes 1,288 23.17%
Independent Lloyd Roberts 1,130 20.33%
Conservative Ainsley William Arnold 830 14.93%
Conservative Nick Taylor 742 13.35%
Labour Rebecca Ann Vernon 429 7.72%
Green Walter John Houston 394 7.09%
Liberal Democrats Ahmad Kamal Ibrahim Arafa 382 6.87%
Labour Victoria Amy Vernon 364 6.55%
Turnout 40.57%
Independent hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Macclesfield West and Ivy

Macclesfield West and Ivy (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Nicholas Peter Mannion 1,070 32.21%
Labour Alift Iris Eugenie Harewood 950 28.60%
Conservative Adam Francis Schofield 608 18.30%
Conservative Abhishika Srivastav 387 11.65%
UKIP Joseph Nicholas Foster 307 9.24%
Turnout 30.32%
Labour hold
Labour hold

Middlewich

Middlewich (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mike Hunter 1,735 18.76%
Labour Jonathan Parry 1,730 18.71%
Labour Carol Bulman 1,687 18.24%
Conservative Alison Roylance-White 755 8.16%
Conservative Paul John Edwards 747 8.08%
Middlewich First Bernice Walmsley 704 7.61%
Middlewich First Simon Nicholas McGrory 674 7.29%
Conservative Bill McCracken 633 6.84%
Middlewich First William Walmsley 583 6.30%
Turnout 29.94%
Labour gain from Middlewich First
Labour gain from Middlewich First
Labour gain from Middlewich First

Mobberley

This ward's single seat was uncontested.

Mobberley (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Charlotte Frances Leach 0 0.00%
Turnout 0.00%
Conservative hold

Nantwich North and West

Nantwich North and West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Arthur Moran 1,345 26.89%
Independent Penny Butterill 1,188 23.75%
Conservative Vicky Higham 718 14.35%
Conservative John Patrick Statham 700 13.99%
Labour Joy O'Hara-Douglas 531 10.62%
Labour Jake Lomax 520 10.40%
Turnout 36.97%
Independent hold
Independent hold

Nantwich South and Stapeley

Nantwich South and Stapeley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Andrew Edwin Martin 1,224 24.63%
Conservative Peter Graham Groves 1,106 22.25%
Labour Richard Alexander Banks 613 12.33%
Labour Sinead Vera Lois Wheeler 565 11.37%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Ford 520 10.46%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Cameron Theobald 516 10.38%
Independent Stuart Robert Bostock 426 8.57%
Turnout 36.37%
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Odd Rode

Odd Rode (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Liz Wardlaw 934 26.43%
Conservative Patrick Hugh Redstone 804 22.75%
Labour Sam O'Bree 656 18.56%
Labour James Longshaw 644 18.22%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Tyson 496 14.04%
Turnout 30.44%
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Poynton East and Pott Shrigley

Poynton East and Pott Shrigley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Jos Saunders 1,417 30.58%
Conservative Nicky Wylie 1,395 30.11%
Green Renaud Claire 606 13.08%
Labour Clayre Reid 693 14.96%
Labour Robert William Sabin 522 11.27%
Turnout 36.97%
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Poynton West and Adlington

Poynton West and Adlington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Michael Beanland 1,277 26.86%
Conservative Mike Sewart 1,241 26.10%
Green Kathleen Marjorie Booth 602 12.66%
Labour Sarah Jill Marshall 583 12.26%
Green Andrew Gordon Hill 563 11.84%
Labour Ronald Geoffrey Thompson 489 10.28%
Turnout 36.54%
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Prestbury

Prestbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Paul Findlow 1,162 88.57%
Labour Ted Wall 150 11.43%
Turnout 37.13%
Conservative hold

Sandbach Elworth

Sandbach Elworth (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kathryn Anne Flavell 808 56.70%
Conservative Gill Merry 617 43.30%
Turnout 33.46%
Labour gain from Conservative

Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock

Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Laura Elisabeth Crane 665 53.54%
Conservative Gail Wait 577 46.46%
Turnout 29.65%
Labour gain from Conservative

Sandbach Heath and East

Sandbach Heath and East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sam Corcoran 754 60.71%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Marie Hubbard 118 9.50%
Conservative Mike Muldoon 370 29.79%
Turnout 34.81%
Labour hold

Sandbach Town

Sandbach Town (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Mike Benson 914 59.86%
Labour Paula Eaton 613 40.14%
Turnout 37.44%
Conservative hold

Shavington

Shavington (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David Frank Marren 586 48.79%
Labour Linda Jane Buchanan 508 42.30%
Liberal Democrats John Martin Phillips 107 8.91%
Turnout 32.10%
Conservative hold

Sutton

Sutton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Andrew Harry Gregory 687 47.12%
Green Karen Jane Downard 310 21.26%
Labour John Reece Evans 297 20.37%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Laurence Broadhead 164 11.25%
Turnout 41.30%
Conservative hold

Willaston and Rope

Willaston and Rope (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Allen Gage 707 43.89%
Labour Ben Wye 536 33.27%
Green Richard John Bennett 248 15.39%
Liberal Democrats David Joseph Parkes 120 7.45%
Turnout 41.14%
Conservative hold

Wilmslow Dean Row

Wilmslow Dean Row (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Residents of Wilmslow Toni Fox 930 69.45%
Conservative Frank McCarthy 409 30.55%
Turnout 36.13%
Residents of Wilmslow hold

Wilmslow East

Wilmslow East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Residents of Wilmslow David Jefferay 1,076 73.30%
Conservative Barry Estill 392 26.70%
Turnout 45.50%
Residents of Wilmslow gain from Conservative

Wilmslow Lacey Green

Wilmslow Lacey Green (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Don Stockton 544 42.83%
Labour Ribia Nisa 408 32.13%
Liberal Democrats Damian Peter Carr 318 25.04%
Turnout 36.10%
Conservative hold

Wilmslow West and Chorley

Wilmslow West and Chorley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Residents of Wilmslow Mark Goldsmith 1,758 30..09%
Residents of Wilmslow Iain Macfarlane 1,470 25.16%
Conservative Gary Philip Barton 819 14.02%
Conservative Ellie Brooks 819 14.02%
Liberal Democrats Birgitta Hoffmann 532 9.10%
Liberal Democrats Oliver Jeremy Romain 445 7.62%
Residents of Wilmslow gain from Conservative
Residents of Wilmslow gain from Conservative
Turnout 39.03%

Wistaston

Wistaston (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Margaret Joan Simon 1,196 24.17%
Conservative Jacquie Weatherill 1,168 23.61%
Labour Vicky Smith 1,118 22.59%
Labour John Scott 975 19.70%
Green Kim Heyes 491 9.92%
Turnout 36.33%
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wrenbury

Wrenbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stan Davies 926 62.86%
Liberal Democrats Paul James Weaver 328 22.27%
Independent David John Bell 219 14.87%
Turnout 34.34%
Conservative hold

Wybunbury

Wybunbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Janet Christine Clowes 1,267 82.11%
Labour Joseph Andrew Cosby 276 17.89%
Turnout 36.02%
Conservative hold

Notes

  • Italics denote a sitting councillor for the same ward.
1. ^ Elected as a Conservative councillor for the same ward in 2015.

References

  1. "Cheshire East Council: 2019 Cheshire East Borough Election Results". Cheshire East Council. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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