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==Political control==
==Political control==
Since the first election to the council in 2008 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:<ref>{{cite web|title=Council compositions|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1|website=The Elections Centre|accessdate=3 May 2016}}</ref><ref name=change>{{cite news| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/13ub.stm | title = Cheshire West and Chester | accessdate = 15 February 2013 | publisher = ''[[BBC News Online]]'' | date= 10 May 2011}}</ref>
Since the first election to the council in 2008 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:<ref name=change>{{cite news| url = https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/17616627.live-cheshire-west-and-chester-council-election-2019-count/ | title = Cheshire West & Chester Council Elections 2019 | accessdate = 4 May 2019 | publisher = The Standard | date= 3 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Council compositions|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1|website=The Elections Centre|accessdate=3 May 2016}}</ref><ref name=change2>{{cite news| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/13ub.stm | title = Cheshire West and Chester | accessdate = 15 February 2013 | publisher = ''[[BBC News Online]]'' | date= 10 May 2011}}</ref>

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! colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | '''Executive'''
! Leader
! valign="top" | '''Term of office'''
! [[Cheshire West and Chester Council elections|Elections]] won
|-
|{{Party name with color|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| Mike Jones
| 15 May 2008 – 21 May 2015
| [[Cheshire West and Chester Council election, 2008|2008]], [[Cheshire West and Chester Council election, 2011|2011]]
|-
|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Samantha Dixon
| 21 May 2015 – 3 May 2019
| [[Cheshire West and Chester Council election, 2015|2015]]
|-
|{{Party name with color|No overall control}}
|
| 3 May 2019 – present
| [[2019 Cheshire West and Chester Council election|2019]]
|}



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Revision as of 16:41, 4 May 2019

Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority in Cheshire, England. It was created on 1 April 2009 replacing Chester, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal and Cheshire County Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 2008 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2][3]

Executive Leader Term of office Elections won
Conservative Mike Jones 15 May 2008 – 21 May 2015 2008, 2011
Labour Samantha Dixon 21 May 2015 – 3 May 2019 2015
No overall control 3 May 2019 – present 2019


Party in control Years
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative 2008-2015
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour 2015-present

Council elections

By-election results

2011

Ellesmere Port Town by-election, 20 October 2011[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Clare 686 -
Conservative Graham Pritchard 102
Socialist Labour Kenny Spain 65
UKIP Andrew Roberts 64
Liberal Democrats Hilary Chrusciezl 41
Majority 584
Turnout 15.3
Labour hold Swing

2014

Boughton by-election, 10 July 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Delaney 614 44.8 -7.3%
Conservative Kate Vaughan 469 34.2 -6.2%
UKIP Charles Dodman 131 9.6 +9.6%
Green John McNamara 86 6.3 +6.3%
Liberal Democrats Mark Gant 70 5.1 -2.4%
Majority 145 10.6
Turnout 1,370
Labour hold Swing
Winnington and Castle by-election, 10 July 2014[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sam Naylor 525 39.5
Conservative Jim Sinar 418 31.4
UKIP Amos Wright 307 23.1
Liberal Democrats Alice Chapman 80 6.0
Majority 107 8.0
Turnout 1,330
Labour hold Swing

2017

Blacon by-election, 20 April 2017[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Powell 1,556 59.1 0%
Conservative Jack Jackson 574 21.8 +4%
Independent Steve Ingram 434 16.5 +16.5%
Liberal Democrats Lizzie Jewkes 70 2.7 +2.7%
Majority 982 37.3
Turnout 2,634 25.4 -35.8%
Labour hold Swing

2018

Ellesmere Port Town by-election, 3 May 2018[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edwardson, Mike 1,447
Conservative Griffiths, Robert Douglas 239
Green Roberts, Matthew Joseph 60
Majority
Turnout 24.51
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Cheshire West & Chester Council Elections 2019". The Standard. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Cheshire West and Chester". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Ellesmere Port Town Ward". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Boughton, 2014". www.englishelections.org.uk. Kristofer Keane. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Boughton, 2014". www.englishelections.org.uk. Kristofer Keane. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  7. ^ "By-election - Blacon Ward". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Ellesmere Port Town Ward by-election". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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