Macclesfield Town Council
Macclesfield Town Council | |
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 Logo | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Preceded by | Macclesfield Charter Trustees, Macclesfield (borough) Council, Macclesfield Municipal Borough. |
| Leadership | |
Town Mayor | Cllr Janet Jackson MBE (Labour) |
Deputy Mayor | Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake (Labour) |
Town Clerk | Pete Turner FCMI MILCM |
Civic Officer | Harriet Worrell |
| Structure | |
| Seats |  |
8 / 12 | |
Independents | 3 / 12 |
Vacant | 1 / 12 |
| Elections | |
Last election | 2 May 2019 |
Next election | 4 May 2023 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Macclesfield Town Council is the town council for Macclesfield which was established in 2015.[2] Created following a Local Governance Review carried out by Cheshire East Council, the new council adopted town council status on 5 May 2015, allowing it to appoint its chairman as Mayor of Macclesfield.
Town Mayor
Macclesfield Town council has a Town Mayor and Deputy Mayor. A councillor can only hold the position of mayor for one year.
| Year | Mayor | Deputy Mayor | Town Clerk | ||
| 2015 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Liz Durham | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBE | Pete Turner |
| 2016 [3] | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBE | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Beverley Dooley | Pete Turner |
| 2017 | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Beverley Dooley | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Adam Schofield | Pete Turner |
| 2018 [4] | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Adam Schofield | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Chris Andrew | Pete Turner |
| 2019 [5] | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Janet Jackson MBE | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake | Pete Turner |
| 2020 | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr David Edwardes | Pete Turner |
Councillors
The current list of councillors in Macclesfield Town Council, following the Local Elections on 2 May 2019. [6]
| Name | Ward | Party | |
| Cllr Fin Shenton | Broken Cross
and Upton[7] |
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Labour |
| Cllr Christopher Wilcock | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Labour | |
| Vacant | Central[8] | N/A | |
| Cllr Janet Jackson MBE | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Labour | |
| Cllr Mick Warren | East[9] | bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Independent |
| Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake | Hurdsfield[10] | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Labour |
| Cllr Neil Puttick | South[11] | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Labour |
| Cllr Fiona Wilson | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Labour | |
| Cllr David Edwardes | Tytherington[12] | bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Independent |
| Cllr Lloyd Roberts | bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Independent | |
| Cllr Alift Harewood MBE | West and Ivy[13] | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Labour[14] |
| Cllr Mike Hutchison | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Labour[15] | |
The table below shows current and former compositions of the council.
| Election | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Labour | style="background-color: Template:Independent (politics)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Independent | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Conservative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015[16] | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 2019[6] | 9 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Current | 9 | 3 | 0 | |||
Elections
2 May 2019
The council had its second election on 2 May 2019, the same day as the 2019 United Kingdom local elections in England and Northern Ireland, which included elections to Cheshire East Council. The Conservatives lost control of Cheshire East Council for the first time, including losing all their Macclesfield councillors.[17] These results were reflected in the Town Council too, where the Tories lost all eight of their seats. Labour fared better, gaining five seats to a total of nine, while Independents won the remaining three.[18]
Broken Cross and Upton Ward
Fin Shenton and Chris Wilcock were elected. The turnout was 66.1%.[19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fin Shenton | 978 | N/A | ||
| Labour | Chris Wilcock | 891 | N/A | ||
| Conservative | Liz Durham | 818 | N/A | ||
| Conservative | Gareth Jones | 684 | N/A | ||
| Majority | N/A | ||||
| Turnout | N/A | ||||
7 May 2015
The first election of Macclesfield Town Council was held on 7 May 2015. Broken Cross, Central, Tytherington, South and West & Ivy Wards elect two councillors. East and Hurdsfield Wards elect one.
Broken Cross and Upton Ward
Liz Durham and Martin Hardy were elected. The turnout was 66.1%.[20]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liz Durham | 2,201 | 34.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Martin Hardy | 1,940 | 30.0 | N/A | |
| UKIP | David Langley | 853 | 13.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | David Toby | 1,476 | 22.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 464 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,470 | 66.6 | N/A | ||
Central Ward
Bev Dooley and Janet Jackson were elected. The turnout was 59.3%.[21]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bev Dooley | 1,217 | 19 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Adrian Howard | 684 | 10.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Janet Jackson | 1,553 | 24.2 | N/A | |
| Green | John Knight | 896 | 14.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Bill Livesly | 942 | 14.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Richard Watson | 1,107 | 17.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 282 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,399 | 59.33 | N/A | ||
East Ward
Philip Bolton was elected. The turnout was 68.6%.[22]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Bolton | 815 | 35.4 | N/A | |
| Green | Lindy Brett | 340 | 14.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Broadhead | 466 | 20.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Eileen Talbot | 680 | 30.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 135 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,301 | 68.6 | N/A | ||
Hurdsfield Ward
Matthew Sharrocks was elected. The turnout was 57.15%.[23]
| Candidate | Party | Vote Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Doherty | bgcolor="Template:Green Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Green | 20.4% |
| Bernadette McKenna | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 35.3% |
| Matthew Sharrocks |
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 44.3% |
South Ward
Neil Puttick and Chris Andrew were elected. The turnout was 63.1%.[24]
| Candidate | Party | Vote Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liam Acton | bgcolor="Template:Green Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Green | 9.7% |
| Chris Andrew | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 19.4% |
| Jane Leigh | bgcolor="Template:UKIP/meta/color" | | UKIP | 14.2% |
| Neil Puttick | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 20.3% |
| Bradley Snelling | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 18.6% |
| Fiona Wilson | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 17.7% |
Tytherington Ward
Arnold Ainsley and Gareth Jones were elected. The turnout was 70.0%.[25]
| Candidate | Party | Vote Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Ainsley | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 31.9% |
| John Houston | bgcolor="Template:Green Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Green | 11.2% |
| Gareth Jones | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 24.1% |
| Lloyd Roberts | Independent | 18.6% | |
| Christopher Wilcock | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 14.3% |
West and Ivy Ward
Alift Harewood-Jones MBE and Adam Schofield were elected. The turnout was 62.1%.[26]
| Candidate | Party | Vote Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Ault | bgcolor="Template:UKIP/meta/color" | | UKIP | 15.2% |
| Alift Harewood-Jones MBE | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 23.9% |
| Matthew Lewis | bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 20.7% |
| Adam Schofield | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 21.0% |
| Madge Slater | bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 19.2% |
Cadet to the Mayor of Macclesfield
In 2016 the incoming Mayor, Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones, established the position of Mayor's cadet, to have a young person from a local cadet organisation to assist in civic duties.
| Year | Name | Organisation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 [3] | Sgt Emily Storer | Air Cadets | 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron |
| 2017 [27] | Cpl Kieran Forshaw | Air Cadets | 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron |
| 2018 [28] | Cpl Julia Domanska | Air Cadets | 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron |
| 2019 [29] | Cpl Jasmine Wrenn | Air Cadets | 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron |
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