Cheshire East Council elections

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 2008 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]

Party in controlYears
Conservative2008–2019
No Overall Control2019–present

Council elections

District result maps

Changes between elections

By-elections

Knutsford By-Election 9 October 2008[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Wilkinson 1,679 59.7 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Caroline Aldhouse 817 29.0 +5.0
Labour Laurie Burton 318 11.3 -7.2
Majority 862 30.7
Turnout 2,814 28.0
Conservative hold Swing
Cholmondeley By-Election 19 November 2009[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wilfred Davies 1,764 77.6 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Bryan Halson 508 22.4 +4.9
Majority 1,256 55.2
Turnout 2,272 19.6
Conservative hold Swing

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Bunbury by-election, 22 March 2018[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green, Chris 663 53.3 -16.9
Liberal Democrats Jones, Mark Peregrine Ireland 342 27.5 +27.5
Labour Lomax, Jake 178 14.3 -3.4
Green Sharkey, Mark 60 4.8 -7.2
Majority 321 25.82
Turnout 1,243 33.41
Conservative hold Swing

Changes of affiliation

Michael Jones (Bunbury) left the Conservative Party in September 2017. His later resignation from the council triggered the by-election on 22 March 2018.[8]

References

  1. "Local Democracy- Voting and Elections". Cheshire East Council. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  2. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. "Cheshire East". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
  4. "Knutsford By-Election Win for Pickmere Man". Cheshire East Council. 2008-10-10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
  5. "headline headline headline". Crewe Chronicle. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
  6. "Declaration of result of poll - Bunbury Ward" (PDF). Cheshire East Council. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  7. "Britain Elects on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  8. Ryan, Belinda (2018-03-23). "Conservatives hold Bunbury seat - but their majority was slashed by 17%". crewechronicle. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
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