Chester City Council elections

Chester was a non-metropolitan district in Cheshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Cheshire West and Chester.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control		Years
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative	1973-1986
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" |	No overall control	1986-2007
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative	2007-2009

Council elections

• Chester City Council election, 1973
• Chester City Council election, 1976
• Chester City Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)
• Chester City Council election, 1980
• Chester City Council election, 1982
• Chester City Council election, 1983
• Chester City Council election, 1984
• Chester City Council election, 1986
• Chester City Council election, 1987
• Chester City Council election, 1988 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
• Chester City Council election, 1990
• Chester City Council election, 1991
• Chester City Council election, 1992
• Chester City Council election, 1994
• Chester City Council election, 1995
• Chester City Council election, 1996
• Chester City Council election, 1998
• Chester City Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)
• Chester City Council election, 2000
• Chester City Council election, 2002
• Chester City Council election, 2003
• Chester City Council election, 2004
• Chester City Council election, 2006
• Chester City Council election, 2007

By-election results

Vicars Cross By-Election 1 May 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Holding	1,466	42.5	−8.3
	Labour	Sara Barnsley	1,151	33.3	−0.3
	Conservative	Peter Moore-Dutton	834	24.2	+8.7
Majority			315	9.2
Turnout			3,451
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

College By-Election 26 June 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		664	74.9	+6.3
	Conservative		120	13.5	−4.6
	Independent		53	6.0	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats		50	5.6	−2.5
Majority			544	61.4
Turnout			887	16.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Newton Brook By-Election 21 September 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jordan?	572	55.1	+11.2
	Conservative		401	38.6	−5.6
	Labour		65	6.3	−5.6
Majority			171	16.5
Turnout			1,038	33.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

College By-Election 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,150	51.8	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats		570	25.6	+6.0
	Conservative		502	22.6	−3.2
Majority			580	26.2
Turnout			2,222
	Labour hold		Swing

Hoole Groves By-Election 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Black	886	41.4	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats		811	37.9	−20.2
	Conservative		406	19.1	+7.6
	Independent		35	1.6	+0.7
Majority			75	3.5
Turnout			2,103
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Malpas By-Election 6 September 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eveleigh Moore-Dutton	482	54.3	−19.5
	Liberal Democrats		405	45.7	+31.4
Majority			77	8.6
Turnout			887	20.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Blacon Hall By-Election 1 August 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Tushingham	592	77.1	+2.3
	Independent		119	15.5	+15.5
	Liberal Democrats		57	7.4	+7.4
Majority			473	61.6
Turnout			768	13.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Blacon Hall By-Election 14 August 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Stainthorp	714	66.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Charles Isaac	204	18.9	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats		160	14.8	+8.2
Majority			510	47.3
Turnout			1,078	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Boughton By-Election 29 July 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Atkinson	427	44.9	−7.9
	Conservative	Mark Williams	377	39.6	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Crotty (?)	147	15.5	+4.5
Majority			50	5.3
Turnout			951	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Blacon Lodge By-Election 18 November 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ethel Price	505	62.9	+4.1
	Conservative	John Burke ?	243	30.3	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats		55	6.8	−10.3
Majority			262	32.6
Turnout			803	21.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Hoole All Saints By-Election 5 May 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Sullivan	765	51.2	−8.6
	Labour		496	33.2	+10.9
	Conservative		233	15.6	+7.0
Majority			269	18.0
Turnout			1,494	65.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Curzon & Westminster By-Election 27 October 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Max Drury	875	63.8	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Stobie	258	18.8	+1.9
	Labour	Alexandra Tate	238	17.4	−0.8
Majority			617	45.0
Turnout			1,371	41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newton St. Michaels By-Election 26 October 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Walmsley	518	41.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Molly Hale	497	40.2	+8.1
	Labour	Alex Black	197	15.9	−2.9
	Green	Diana Wilderspin-Jones	24	1.9	−5.2
Majority			21	1.7
Turnout			1,236	46.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

External links

• Chester Council