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Revision as of 16:51, 4 May 2019
Cheshire West and Chester Council | |
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| File:Logo-cheshire-west.png | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 2009[a] |
| Preceded by | Cheshire County Council District councils:
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| Leadership | |
Cllr Alex Black, Labour since May 2018 | |
Chairman of Council | Cllr Bob Rudd, Labour since 21 May 2015 |
Chief Executive | Andrew Lewis since August 2018 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 70 councillors |
Political groups |
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| Committees | 13 (excluding the cabinet) |
Joint committees | Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership Cheshire Fire Authority Cheshire Police and Crime Panel Shared Services Joint Committee (with Cheshire East Council) |
| Elections | |
| First past the post (single-member wards) Plurality-at-large (multi-member wards) | |
Last election | 2 May 2019 |
| Meeting place | |
| Chester Town Hall, Chester HQ, Chester Wyvern House, Winsford | |
| Website | |
| www | |
Cheshire West and Chester Council is the local authority of Cheshire West and Chester. 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 legal powers on 1 April 2009.
Powers and functions
The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. It has a 'general power of competence' as described in the Localism Act 2011, i.e. it is permitted to act in any manner whatsoever which is not unlawful. For the purposes of local government, Cheshire West and Chester is one of the fifty-five unitary authorities in England. This means that is the only principal authority in its territorial jurisdiction, and it has the statutory powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and a non-metropolitan district council. The only exceptions to this are the fire and police services, which are still provided on a Cheshire-wide basis by joint boards composed of elected councillors and are funded by a Council Tax precept. Conversely, it is unnecessary for Cheshire West and Chester Council to set a precept for itself as it is also a billing authority.
Political control
Since the first election of the council in 2008, political control has been held by the following parties:[1]
| Executive | Leader | Term of office | Elections won | |
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| 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 | ||
Colour key (for political parties): Conservative Labour
| Election | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Conservative Party | style="background-color: Template:Independent (politics)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Independent | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Labour Party | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Liberal Democrats | style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Green Party | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 55 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 2011 | 42 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2015 | 36 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2019 | 28 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Current | 28 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 1 | [2] | |||||
Committees, boards, panels and working groups
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Statutory
| Health and Wellbeing board | |
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| Chair | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Samantha Dixon |
| Other councillors | |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Andrew Dawson |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Louise Gittins |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Paul Dolan |
| Other bodies | |
| Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Cheshire Constabulary | |
| Countess of Chester Hosiptal | |
| East Cheshire NHS Trust | |
| Healthwatch Cheshire West | |
| Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| NHS England | |
| Vale Royal Clinical Commissioning Group | |
| West Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group | |
| Co-optees | |
| Alternative Futures Group | |
| Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service | |
| Chester Voluntary Action | |
| ForViva Group | |
| Weaver Vale Housing Trust | |
| URL | |
| Licensing committee | |
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| Chair | |
| Vacant | |
| Deputy chair | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Brian Jones |
| Other councillors | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Alex Black |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tom Blackmore |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Keith Board |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Brian Crowe |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Myles Hogg |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Eleanor Johnson |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tony Lawrenson |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jane Mercer |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Peter Rooney |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Harry Tonge |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Andy Williams |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Paul Williams |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Norman Wright |
| URL | |
- General Licensing sub-committee
- Licensing Act (hearings) sub-committee
- Overview and Scrutiny (council)
- Overview and Scrutiny (people)
- Overview and Scrutiny (places)
- Planning
Other committees
- Appeals
- Audit and Governance
- Community Governance Review
- Local Plan
- Staffing
- Standards Dispensation
Councillors
Notes
References
- ^ "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) - ^ "Your Councillors by Party". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Your Councillors by Ward". www.cheshirewestamdchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
