2019 Cheshire East Council election

2019 Cheshire East Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 82 seats to Cheshire East Council 42 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Independent Last election 51 seats, 45.0% 16 seats, 23.8% 1 seat, 2.8% Seats won 34 25 11 Seat change 17 9 10 Popular vote 60,839 47,807 18,951 Percentage 35.5% 27.9% 11.1% Swing 9.5% 4.1% 8.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Liberal Democrats Residents Last election 2 seats, 5.8% 1 seat, 0.7% Seats won 4 4 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 18,876 5,34 Percentage 11.0% 3.1% Swing 5.2% 2.4%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Cheshire East Council election
Leader of the council before election Rachel Bailey Conservative Leader of the council after election Sam Corcoran Labour

Elections to Cheshire East Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council, losing 17 seats; the Labour Party gained 9 seats, independents gained 6 and the Liberal Democrats gained 2.

The elections were held against a background of a number of controversies, with the council facing eight criminal investigations. Multiple Conservative Cabinet members lost their seats, with Ainsley Arnold (Planning) losing out to Independents in Macclesfield Tytherington and Paul Bates (Finance) falling to fifth place in Congleton East, whilst then-Leader of the Council Rachel Bailey came within 78 votes of losing her seat to the Liberal Democrats. The biggest shocks came in Broken Cross and Upton, with Labour's Rob Vernon and James Barber becoming the first ever Labour councillors for the area and unseating the Mayor-elect, Liz Durham, and Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock, where Laura Crane achieved a huge swing to win the seat for Labour against Conservative councillor Gail Wait.

No party or grouping held a majority of the council seats, and so after a few weeks of negotiation, Labour and the Independents agreed to form a joint-Cabinet that would run the council for the following year, with a focus on changing the system of governance to abolish the Cabinet and replace it with the old committee system.

Summary

Election result

2019 Cheshire East Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	81	34	0	17	17	41.5	35.5	60,839	–9.5
	Labour	65	25	9	0	9	30.5	27.9	47,807	+4.1
	Independent	25	11	7	0	10	13.4	11.1	18,951	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	33	4	2	0	2	4.9	11.0	18,876	+5.2
	Residents	4	4	3	0	3	4.9	3.1	5,234	+2.4
	Bollington First	1	2	0	0	1	2.4	1.6	2,757	+0.6
	Alderley Edge First	1	1	0	0		1.2	0.7	1,219	+0.2
	Handforth Ratepayers	2	1	0	1	1	1.2	1.2	2,004	±0.0
	Green	20	0	0	0		0.0	5.5	9,370	+1.2
	Women's Equality	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	826	N/A
	Middlewich First	3	0	0	3	3	0.0	1.1	1,961	–0.8
	Animal Welfare	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	536	N/A
	UKIP	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	502	–9.8
	For Britain	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	402	N/A

Results by ward

Alderley Edge

Alderley Edge (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alderley Edge First	Craig Julian Browne	1,219	76.86
	Conservative	Paul Nicholas Brearley	255	16.08
	Green	Keith Andrew Boxer	112	7.06
Turnout				42.79
	Alderley Edge First hold

Alsager

Alsager (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Fletcher	1,457	37.30
	Liberal Democrats	June Elizabeth Buckley	1,340	34.31
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Williams	1,297	33.21
	Labour	Jo Dale	1,082	27.70
	Conservative	Sue Helliwell	1,026	26.27
	Conservative	Martin William Deakin	920	23.55
	Labour	Julia Hawkins	919	23.53
	Labour	Michael James Unett	871	22.30
	Conservative	Paul Hugh Redstone	799	20.46
	Green	Hilary Jean Robinson	547	14.00
	Animal Welfare Party	Jane Catherine Smith	536	13.72
Turnout				40.69
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Audlem

Audlem (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rachel Anne Bailey	746	52.76
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Derricutt	668	47.24
Turnout				36.03
	Conservative hold

Bollington

Bollington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Bollington First	Amanda Stott	1,447	52.01
	Bollington First	James William David Nicholas	1,310	47.09
	Labour	John William Place	705	25.34
	Labour	Mike Hutchison	635	22.83
	Conservative	Elaine Mary Houghton	481	17.29
	Liberal Democrats	Johanna Maitland	309	11.11
	Conservative	Christopher Paul O'Leary	279	10.03
Turnout				40.11
	Bollington First hold
	Bollington First hold

Brereton Rural

Brereton Rural (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Valentine Wray	850	52.24
	Independent	Mark Cameron Elves	474	29.13
	Labour	Geraint Huw Price Jones	303	18.62
Turnout				34.95
	Conservative hold

Broken Cross and Upton

Broken Cross and Upton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rob Vernon	948	38.23
	Labour	James William Barber	889	35.85
	Conservative	Liz Durham	764	30.81
	Conservative	Gareth Jones	653	26.33
	Green	David John Mayers	406	16.37
	Liberal Democrats	Max Muncaster	392	15.81
	Independent	Martin Christopher Hardy [1]	317	12.78
	UKIP	Maddie Mitchell	195	7.86
Turnout				36.6
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Bunbury

Bunbury (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Joanne Pochin	750	54.47
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peregrine Ireland-Jones	627	45.53
Turnout				37.51
	Conservative hold

Chelford

Chelford (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marc Nigel Asquith	646	51.75
	Liberal Democrats	Heulwen Ann Barlow	330	26.48
	Independent	Laurence Michael Hobday	270	21.67
Turnout				36.21
	Conservative hold

Congleton East

Congleton East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Murphy	1,041	27.66
	Independent	Rob Moreton	1,040	27.64
	Conservative	David Thomas Brown	1,028	27.32
	Independent	Anthony Philip Bolding	989	26.28
	Conservative	Paul David Bates	950	25.25
	Conservative	Glen Samuel Williams	894	23.76
	Women's Equality	Kay Wesley	826	21.95
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Julian Douglas	765	20.33
	Liberal Democrats	James Nicholas Andrew Smith	740	19.67
	Independent	Simon Peter Clodd-Broom	699	18.58
	Labour	Peter John Ranson	649	17.25
	Labour	Ethel Mary Ranson	635	16.87
Turnout				34.78
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Congleton West

Congleton West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Suzie Akers Smith	1,195	34.03
	Conservative	George Patrick Hayes	1,059	30.15
	Conservative	Sally Ann Holland	1,009	28.73
	Conservative	Geoff Baggot	960	27.33
	Liberal Democrats	Suzy Firkin	933	26.57
	Labour	Heather Seddon	700	19.93
	Labour	Alfie Seddon	685	19.50
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Michael Duffy	665	18.94
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Philip Hemsley	660	18.79
	Independent	Adam Clive Scott	649	18.48
	Independent	Sharon Smith	636	18.11
	Labour	Irene Faseyi	567	16.14
Turnout				32.52
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Crewe Central

Crewe Central (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Jack Critchley	450	60.98
	Conservative	Jonathan Ford Bebbington	139	18.83
	Liberal Democrats	Gwyn Griffiths	94	12.74
	Independent	Adam Ali Mustafa	55	7.45
Turnout				17.52
	Labour hold

Crewe East

Crewe East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joy Bratherton	1,353	52.46
	Labour	Suzanne Marie Brookfield	1,340	51.96
	Labour	Hazel Faddes	1,239	48.04
	Independent	James Albert Connor	610	23.65
	Conservative	Peter Hargreaves	569	22.06
	Conservative	Clive Dunning Elverstone	521	20.20
	Conservative	Dominic John Bernard Wyartt	483	18.73
	Green	Melanie Ruth English	478	18.53
Turnout				23.69
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Crewe North

Crewe North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jill Rhodes	471	48.71
	For Britain	Brian George Silvester	297	30.71
	Conservative	Ryan Joseph Moore	199	20.58
Turnout				26.90
	Labour hold

Crewe South

Crewe South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dorothy Hilda Flude	1,138	59.39
	Labour	Steven William Hogben	1,052	54.91
	Conservative	Nicola Cooper	471	24.58
	Conservative	Arnob Ahmed	466	24.32
	Liberal Democrats	James Clifford Hughes	240	12.53
Turnout				24.95
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Crewe St. Barnabas

Crewe St. Barnabas (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sally Elizabeth Handley	426	74.48
	Conservative	Cherene Chantel Kefira Bracegirdle-Smith	146	25.52
Turnout				15.95
	Labour hold

Crewe West

Crewe West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Roberts	1,013	58.18
	Labour	Marilyn Houston	940	53.99
	Independent	Roy Cartlidge	434	24.93
	Conservative	Patrick James Timms	409	23.49
	Conservative	Martin Clynes	344	19.76
Turnout				22.97
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Dane Valley

Dane Valley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Les Gilbert	1,583	52.40
	Conservative	Andrew Michael James Kolker	1,539	50.94
	Liberal Democrats	Richard James Wilson	936	30.98
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Boath	748	24.76
	Green	Robert Michael St. John Green	402	13.31
	Labour	Willow Dale	259	8.57
	Labour	Pete Dale	230	7.61
Turnout				37.58
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Disley

Disley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brendan Patrick Murphy	762	49.16
	Labour	Alison Smith	399	25.74
	Conservative	Harold Davenport	389	25.10
Turnout				39.32
	Independent gain from Conservative

Gawsworth

Gawsworth (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lesley Smetham	883	72.85
	Labour	Fiona Wilson	329	27.15
Turnout				37.77
	Conservative hold

Handforth

Handforth (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Julie Anne Smith	1,297	52.60
	Handforth Ratepayers' Association (Independent)	Barry Edward Burkhill	1,086	44.04
	Handforth Ratepayers' Association (Independent)	Susan Ann Elizabeth Bidwell	918	37.23
	Conservative	David Lonsdale	595	24.13
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Fortune	383	15.53
Turnout				33.67
	Independent gain from Handforth Ratepayers' Association
	Handforth Ratepayers' Association hold

Haslington

Haslington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steven John Edgar	1,061	44.15
	Conservative	Mary Elizabeth Addison	1,058	44.03
	Labour	Pete Gubbins	716	29.80
	Green	Louise Amber Jewkes	696	28.96
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Taylor	293	12.19
	Green	Te Ata Browne	287	11.94
Turnout				35.03
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

High Legh

High Legh (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kate Parkinson	710	53.71
	Green	Nigel Robert Hennerley	612	46.29
Turnout				36.62
	Conservative hold

Knutsford

Knutsford (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stewart Gardiner	1,310	38.83
	Independent	Quentin Abel	1,290	38.23
	Conservative	Tony Dean	1,243	36.84
	Conservative	Peter David Coan	1,174	34.80
	Green	Charlie William Abbott Booth	917	27.18
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Avery Wetherell	912	27.03
	Labour	Joe Goddard	848	25.13
	Independent	Helen Ghislaine Rogers	830	24.60
Turnout				32.57
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Leighton

Leighton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Byron Evans	608	44.74
	Conservative	Sean Owen Alexander Houlston	425	31.27
	Labour	Alison Joy Spiceer	326	23.99
Turnout				31.48
	Independent gain from Conservative

Macclesfield Central

Macclesfield Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liz Braithwaite	1,027	42.83
	Labour	Ashley Philip Kenneth Farrall	829	34.57
	Green	John Anthony Knight	783	32.65
	Green	Charlie Morgan Keller	594	24.77
	Conservative	Beverley Anne Dooley	505	21.06
	Conservative	David Philip Dooley	437	18.22
	Independent	Nigel Manton	216	9.01
	For Britain	Tony Myrie	105	4.38
Turnout				33.22
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Macclesfield East

Macclesfield East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mick Warren	984	69.00
	Labour	Jan Elizabeth Baddeley	205	14.38
	Green	Lindy Brett	137	9.61
	Conservative	John Le Moignan	100	7.01
Turnout				39.90
	Independent hold

Macclesfield Hurdsfield

Macclesfield Hurdsfield (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Frank Carter	558	58.80
	Conservative	Alastair Crawford Kennedy	206	21.71
	Green	James Andrew Booth	185	19.49
Turnout				27.93
	Labour hold

Macclesfield South

Macclesfield South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Laura Jeuda	1,133	62.49
	Labour	Brian Mark Puddicombe	1,049	57.86
	Conservative	Philip Bolton	599	33.04
	Conservative	John Christopher Waterhouse	528	29.12
Turnout				29.06
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Macclesfield Tytherington

Macclesfield Tytherington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Edwardes	1,288	43.57
	Independent	Lloyd Roberts	1,130	38.23
	Conservative	Ainsley William Arnold	830	28.08
	Conservative	Nick Taylor	742	25.10
	Labour	Rebecca Ann Vernon	429	14.51
	Green	Walter John Houston	394	13.33
	Liberal Democrats	Ahmad Kamal Ibrahim Arafa	382	12.92
	Labour	Victoria Amy Vernon	364	12.31
Turnout				40.57
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Macclesfield West and Ivy

Macclesfield West and Ivy (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nicholas Peter Mannion	1,070	56.26
	Labour	Alift Iris Eugenie Harewood	950	49.95
	Conservative	Adam Francis Schofield	608	31.97
	Conservative	Abhishika Srivastav	387	20.35
	UKIP	Joseph Nicholas Foster	307	16.14
Turnout				30.32
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Middlewich

Middlewich (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Hunter	1,735	51.93
	Labour	Jonathan Parry	1,730	51.78
	Labour	Carol Bulman	1,687	50.49
	Conservative	Alison Roylance-White	755	22.60
	Conservative	Paul John Edwards	747	22.36
	Middlewich First	Bernice Walmsley	704	21.07
	Middlewich First	Simon Nicholas McGrory	674	20.17
	Conservative	Bill McCracken	633	18.95
	Middlewich First	William Walmsley	583	17.45
Turnout				29.94
	Labour gain from Middlewich First
	Labour gain from Middlewich First
	Labour gain from Middlewich First

Mobberley

This ward's single seat was uncontested.

Mobberley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charlotte Frances Leach	0	0.00
Turnout				0.00
	Conservative hold

Nantwich North and West

Nantwich North and West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Arthur Moran	1,345	51.32
	Independent	Penny Butterill	1,188	45.33
	Conservative	Vicky Higham	718	27.39
	Conservative	John Patrick Statham	700	26.71
	Labour	Joy O'Hara-Douglas	531	20.26
	Labour	Jake Lomax	520	19.84
Turnout				36.97
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Nantwich South and Stapeley

Nantwich South and Stapeley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Edwin Martin	1,224	46.81
	Conservative	Peter Graham Groves	1,106	42.29
	Labour	Richard Alexander Banks	613	23.44
	Labour	Sinead Vera Lois Wheeler	565	21.61
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Ford	520	19.89
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Cameron Theobald	516	19.73
	Independent	Stuart Robert Bostock	426	16.29
Turnout				36.37
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Odd Rode

Odd Rode (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Liz Wardlaw	934	45.94
	Conservative	Patrick Hugh Redstone	804	39.55
	Labour	Sam O'Bree	656	32.37
	Labour	James Longshaw	644	31.68
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Tyson	496	24.40
Turnout				30.44
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Poynton East and Pott Shrigley

Poynton East and Pott Shrigley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jos Saunders	1,417	57.53
	Conservative	Nicky Wylie	1,395	56.64
	Labour	Clayre Reid	693	28.14
	Green	Renaud Claire	606	24.60
	Labour	Robert William Sabin	522	21.19
Turnout				36.97
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Poynton West and Adlington

Poynton West and Adlington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Beanland	1,277	51.51
	Conservative	Mike Sewart	1,241	50.06
	Green	Kathleen Marjorie Booth	602	24.28
	Labour	Sarah Jill Marshall	583	23.52
	Green	Andrew Gordon Hill	563	22.71
	Labour	Ronald Geoffrey Thompson	489	19.73
Turnout				36.54
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Prestbury

Prestbury (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Paul Findlow	1,162	88.57
	Labour	Ted Wall	150	11.43
Turnout				37.13
	Conservative hold

Sandbach Elworth

Sandbach Elworth (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kathryn Anne Flavell	808	56.70
	Conservative	Gill Merry	617	43.30
Turnout				33.46
	Labour gain from Conservative

Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock

Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Laura Elisabeth Crane	665	53.54
	Conservative	Gail Wait	577	46.46
Turnout				29.65
	Labour gain from Conservative

Sandbach Heath and East

Sandbach Heath and East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sam Corcoran	754	60.71
	Conservative	Mike Muldoon	370	29.79
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Marie Hubbard	118	9.50
Turnout				34.81
	Labour hold

Sandbach Town

Sandbach Town (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mike Benson	914	59.86
	Labour	Paula Eaton	613	40.14
Turnout				37.44
	Conservative hold

Shavington

Shavington (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Frank Marren	586	48.79
	Labour	Linda Jane Buchanan	508	42.30
	Liberal Democrats	John Martin Phillips	107	8.91
Turnout				32.10
	Conservative hold

Sutton

Sutton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Harry Gregory	687	47.12
	Green	Karen Jane Downard	310	21.26
	Labour	John Reece Evans	297	20.37
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Laurence Broadhead	164	11.25
Turnout				41.30
	Conservative hold

Willaston and Rope

Willaston and Rope (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Allen Gage	707	43.89
	Labour	Ben Wye	536	33.27
	Green	Richard John Bennett	248	15.39
	Liberal Democrats	David Joseph Parkes	120	7.45
Turnout				41.14
	Conservative hold

Wilmslow Dean Row

Wilmslow Dean Row (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents of Wilmslow	Toni Fox	930	69.45
	Conservative	Frank McCarthy	409	30.55
Turnout				36.13
	Residents of Wilmslow hold

Wilmslow East

Wilmslow East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents of Wilmslow	David Jefferay	1,076	73.30
	Conservative	Barry Estill	392	26.70
Turnout				45.50
	Residents of Wilmslow gain from Conservative

Wilmslow Lacey Green

Wilmslow Lacey Green (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Don Stockton	544	42.83
	Labour	Ribia Nisa	408	32.13
	Liberal Democrats	Damian Peter Carr	318	25.04
Turnout				36.10
	Conservative hold

Wilmslow West and Chorley

Wilmslow West and Chorley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents of Wilmslow	Mark Goldsmith	1,758	56.73
	Residents of Wilmslow	Iain Macfarlane	1,470	47.43
	Conservative	Gary Philip Barton	819	26.43
	Conservative	Ellie Brooks	819	26.43
	Liberal Democrats	Birgitta Hoffmann	532	17.17
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Jeremy Romain	445	14.36
Turnout				39.03
	Residents of Wilmslow gain from Conservative
	Residents of Wilmslow gain from Conservative

Wistaston

Wistaston (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Joan Simon	1,196	44.23
	Conservative	Jacquie Weatherill	1,168	43.20
	Labour	Vicky Smith	1,118	41.35
	Labour	John Scott	975	36.06
	Green	Kim Heyes	491	18.16
Turnout				36.33
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wrenbury

Wrenbury (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stan Davies	926	62.86
	Liberal Democrats	Paul James Weaver	328	22.27
	Independent	David John Bell	219	14.87
Turnout				34.34
	Conservative hold

Wybunbury

Wybunbury (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janet Christine Clowes	1,267	82.11
	Labour	Joseph Andrew Cosby	276	17.89
Turnout				36.02
	Conservative hold

Notes

• Italics denote a sitting councillor for the same ward.

1. ^ Elected as a Conservative councillor for the same ward in 2015.