Vale Royal Borough Council elections
Appearance
Vale Royal 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:[1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" | | No overall control | 1973-1991 |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 1991-2003 |
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" | | No overall control | 2003-2009 |
Council elections
- Vale Royal District Council election, 1973
- Vale Royal District Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)[2]
- Vale Royal District Council election, 1979
- Vale Royal District Council election, 1983 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3]
- Vale Royal District Council election, 1987
- Vale Royal Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
- Vale Royal Borough Council election, 1995
- Vale Royal Borough Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)[5]
- Vale Royal Borough Council election, 2003
- Vale Royal Borough Council election, 2007
By-election results
1995-1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 535 | 61.9 | |||
Conservative | 201 | 23.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 128 | 14.8 | |||
Majority | 334 | 38.6 | |||
Turnout | 864 | 18.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 637 | 61.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 218 | 21.2 | |||
Conservative | 174 | 16.9 | |||
Majority | 419 | 40.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,029 | 21.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 695 | 42.3 | |||
Labour | 486 | 29.6 | |||
Conservative | 461 | 28.1 | |||
Majority | 209 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,642 | 33.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 372 | 58.3 | |||
Labour | 138 | 21.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 128 | 20.1 | |||
Majority | 234 | 36.7 | |||
Turnout | 638 | 30.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1999-2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,413 | 60.5 | |||
Conservative | 456 | 19.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 320 | 13.7 | |||
Independent | 146 | 6.3 | |||
Majority | 957 | 41.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,335 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2003-2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 364 | 53.2 | +14.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 187 | 27.3 | −29.3 | ||
Labour | 133 | 19.4 | +14.9 | ||
Majority | 177 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 684 | 40.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 263 | 47.9 | −0.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 166 | 30.2 | −1.5 | ||
Labour | 120 | 21.9 | +2.1 | ||
Majority | 97 | 17.7 | |||
Turnout | 549 | 31.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 414 | 46.1 | +21.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 274 | 30.5 | −17.8 | ||
Labour | 185 | 20.6 | −6.3 | ||
Independent | 26 | 2.9 | +2.9 | ||
Majority | 140 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 899 | 26.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brandon Parkey | 326 | 48.9 | −20.3 | |
Conservative | 183 | 27.5 | +13.4 | ||
Labour | 157 | 23.6 | +6.9 | ||
Majority | 143 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 666 | 19.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Gannon | 336 | 56.4 | +18.7 | |
Labour | 188 | 31.5 | −8.6 | ||
Conservative | 72 | 12.1 | −12.1 | ||
Majority | 148 | 24.9 | |||
Turnout | 596 | 12.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Burder | 334 | 36.2 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glyn Roberts | 296 | 32.1 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Kathryn Birtwistle | 293 | 31.7 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 38 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 923 | 16.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2007-2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Helen Weltman | 855 | 54.8 | +24.5 | |
Labour | Paul Dolan | 383 | 24.5 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glyn Roberts | 323 | 20.7 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 472 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,561 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Vale Royal (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- ^ The Macclesfield and Vale Royal (Areas) Order 1982
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Vale Royal (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.