Chapter 22  Cheshire

There were no elections this year in Vale Royal, which holds whole council elections and whose next election will be in 2007.

22.1  Chester

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Barrow, Boughton, Christleton, Curzon and Westminster, Elton, Hoole All Saints, Huntington, Kelsall, Mickle Trafford, Mollington or Tilston.¹

Blacon Hall

Judith Stainthorp  Lab  1,098
Charles Isaac  C  478
Sandra Clyne  LD  319

Blacon Lodge

Fiona Beddows  Lab  823
John Burke  C  338
David Simpson  LD  239

Boughton Heath

James Latham  LD  927
Jill Houlbrook  C  688
Ethel Price  Lab  217

City and St Anne's

Edward Jonas  C  438
Martyn Delaney  Lab  418
Gillian Jordan  LD  225

College

David Mead  LD  507
Felicity McNae  C  432
Stephen Davies  Lab  431
Hugh Bromley  Grn  172

Dodleston

Mia Jones  LD  485
Stephen Shakeshaft  C  448
Sara Barnsley  Lab  77

Farndon

Paul Roberts  LD  608
Derek Dutton  C  347
Steven Duffus  Lab  39

Handbridge and St Mary's

Stephen Mosley  C  1,038
Pamela Stanley  Lab  799
Trevor Jones  LD  254

Hoole Groves

David Hull  LD  918
Alex Black  Lab  585
Thomas Lewis  C  246

Lache Park

David Hughes  Lab  828
Charles Pearson  C  463
Arthur Harada  Ind  348
Allan Stobie  LD  292

Malpas

Eveleigh Moore  C  932
Robert Flannery  LD  342
Margaret Violet  Lab  122

Newton Brook

John Ebo  C  741
Barbara Yakan  LD  540
Hilary Harrison  Lab  298

Newton St Michael's

Terry Ralph  LD  588
Peter Griffiths  Lab  511
Trudy Ryall-Harvey  C  298

Saughall

Jeanne Storrar  C  954
Thomas Andrewes  Lab  338
Jo Pemberton  LD  235

Tarvin

Barbara Roberts  C  1,108
Andrew Garman  LD  446
Anthony Pegrum  Lab  302

Tattenhall

Michael Jones  C  1,058
Vera Roberts  LD  259
John Vernon  Lab  222

Upton Grange

Jean Evans  LD  1,149
Christopher Green  C  881
Brenda Southward  Lab  388

Upton Westlea

Patricia Lott  C  753
Richard Taylor  Lab  490
Michael Main  LD  328

Vicars Cross

Paul Cheetham  LD  1,288
Peter Moore-Dutton  C  682
Christine Davies  Lab  333

Waverton

Jeffrey Clarke  LD  617
Stuart Parker  C  378
Paul Cornwell  Lab  147

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Consolidated Results — Chester

Conservative      12,701  39.4%  8 councillors
Liberal Democrat  10,566  32.8%  9 councillors
Labour             8,466  26.2%  3 councillors
Independent          348   1.1%
Green Party          172   0.5%

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22.2  Congleton

One third of council up for election. No elections this year in Astbury, Brereton, Congleton North or Congleton North West.

MF = Middlewich First

Alsager Central

Christopher Wrigglesworth  LD  804
Warwick Till  C  574
Roy Howell  Lab  173

Alsager East

Colin Burgess  LD  995
John Halstead  C  391
William Howell  Lab  291

Alsager West

Stephen Morris  LD  711
Andrew Large  C  710

Buglawton

Douglas Parker  C  596
Robert Boston  Lab  414
Rebecca Hadfield  LD  179

Congleton Central

Christopher Nield  C  808
William Lawson  Lab  398
Paul Jones  LD  361

Congleton South

Robert Grayson  C  1,396
Denis Murphy  LD  507
John McBlain  Lab  396

Congleton West

David Topping  C  1,203
Simon Davey  LD  522
Ernest Clarke  Lab  456

Dane Valley

Peter Kolker  C  1,379
Doris Burgess  LD  447

Holmes Chapel

Jacqueline Cox  LD  1,562
John Wray  C  1,003

Lawton

Doreen Alcock  LD  521
John Turner  Ind  357
Lynn Mitchell  C  335

Middlewich Cledford

Pamela Farrell  MF  1,057
Andrew Bailey  C  711
Geraint Price-Jones  Lab  262
Jillian Burgess  LD  134

Middlewich Kinderton

Emma-Louise Brown  MF  1,072
Ian Patterson  C  536
Peter Hirst  LD  427
Peter Doughty  Lab  263

Odd Rode

John Cliff  C  824
Linda Hemsley  LD  715
Andrew Thomas  Lab  294

Sandbach East

Dennis Robinson  LD  973
Pamela Price  C  785
Keith Haines  Lab  419

Sandbach North

Neville Price  C  1,149
Andrew Wood  LD  591
Deborah Darnes  Lab  404
Gillian Thomas  Ind  346

Sandbach West

David Atkin  C  907
Patrick Darnes  LD  764
Stephen Corcoran  Lab  502

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Consolidated Results — Congleton

Conservative      13,307  43.5%  8 councillors
Liberal Democrat  10,213  33.3%  6 councillors
Labour             4,272  13.9%
Middlewich First   2,129   7.0%  2 councillors
Independent          703   2.3%

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22.3  Crewe and Nantwich

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Acton, Englesea, Grosvenor, Minshull, Peckforton, Shavington, Wellington, Wells Green or Wybunbury.

NI = Nantwich Independents

Alexandra

J Wright  Lab  728
M D Heywood  C  543
Z S Krizanac  LD  522

Audlem

A Richardson  C  1,050
R W Fox  LD  334
P C Cameron  Lab  246

Barony Weaver

J I Stockton  Lab  689
S F Hope  NI  653
A C Johnson  C  451
P H Wilson  LD  238

Birchin

G Fenton  C  830
D N Butterill  Ind  447
J A Masser  NI  440

Bunbury

B H Dykes  C  761
K O James  Lab  176

Coppenhall

M Grant  Lab  777
P J Morrey  C  554

Delamere

G Griffiths  LD  661
A Jenkins  Lab  283
C Hallett  C  125

Haslington

C A Waling  C  936
M Nield  Ind  897
V J Roberts  Lab  577

Leighton

B Evans  Ind  928
J C White  Lab  569
H S K Meiklejohn  C  387

Maw Green

M A Martin  Lab  996
F J Fox  C  529

St Barnabas

R Cartlidge  Lab  989
Judy Fox  C  619

St John's

E Howell  LD  843
D Flude  Lab  553
W G McIntyre  C  172

St Mary's

J K Hatfield  C  914
I K James  Lab  454
A J Brown  LD  438

Valley (2)

R Jones  Lab  502
J D Bratherton  LD  451
M L A Jones  Lab  407
R J Handford  C  189
K M Jones  C  159

Waldron

D J Straine-Francis  Lab  1,193
T M Charlesworth  C  828

Willaston

B G Silvester  C  642
A R Park  Lab  318

Wistaston Green

L T Wood  Lab  1,198
J A Jones  C  920

Wrenbury

M A Hollins  C  608
A Parry  Lab  163

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Consolidated Results — Crewe and Nantwich

Conservative          11,058  39.0%  7 councillors
Labour                10,411  36.8%  8 councillors
Liberal Democrat       3,487  12.3%  3 councillors
Independent            2,272   8.0%  1 councillor
Nantwich Independents  1,093   3.9%

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22.4  Ellesmere Port and Neston

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Neston, Parkgate, Strawberry Fields or Westminster.

Burton and Ness

Kay Loch  C  543
Norman Sherratt  Lab  190

Central

Marie Lewis  Lab  500
Maurice Brookes  LD  266
Anne Hughes  C  106
David Joines  BNP  88

Grange

Barbara Shephard  Lab  874
Thomas Hughes  C  245
David Southgate  BNP  178

Groves

Mark Henesy  Lab  503
Karl Hardwick  C  451
Hilary Chrusciezl  LD  210

Ledsham

Justin Madders  Lab  1,082
Jeanette Starkey  C  931

Little Neston

Peter Cooper  C  553
Keith Butcher  Lab  500
Benjamin Ricketts  LD  212
Geoffrey Nicholls  Grn  157

Pooltown

Paul Donovan  Lab  631
Gordon Meldrum  C  268
Graham Handley  LD  244

Rivacre

Peter Shephard  Lab  625
Terence Harvey  C  333

Riverside

John Gaskell  LD  643
Robert Andrews  C  409
Robert McGuigan  Lab  327
Henry Crocker  UKIP  171

Rossmore

Edward Lloyd  Lab  917
Henry Humpage  C  546
Michael English  LD  457

Stanlow and Wolverham

William Moore  Lab  990
Nicholas Hebson  C  324

Sutton

Joseph O'Rourke  Lab  952
John Gordon  C  649

Sutton Green and Manor

Robert Crompton  C  680
Peter Robson  Lab  501

Whitby

Janice Farquharson  C  874
Abdul Jilani  Lab  865
Sally Martin  LD  449

Willaston and Thornton

Graham Smith  C  1,299
Nicole Meardon  Lab  415 

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Consolidated Results — Ellesmere Port and Neston

Labour                9,872  46.7%  9 councillors
Conservative          8,211  38.8%  5 councillors
Liberal Democrat      2,481  11.7%  1 councillor
British National Party  266   1.3%
UK Independence Party   171   0.8%
Green Party             157   0.7%

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22.5  Macclesfield

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Knutsford town, Macclesfield town, Disley and Lyme Handley, Henbury, Rainow or Sutton.

EFP = England First Party

HRI = Handforth Ratepayer Independent

Alderley Edge

John Parkinson  C  1,522
Neil Stelling  Lab  556

Bollington Central

Sylvia Roberts  LD  610
Jill Wright  C  294
Sandra Edwards  Lab  170
Sandra Zeiger  Grn  55

Bollington East

Graham Evans  C  453
Harold Stedman  Lab  252
Brenda Lingard  LD  245
Gary Peart  UKIP  81
Brian Doherty  Grn  50

Bollington West

Shirley Sockett  LD  387
Alan Simmons  C  312
Susan Dale  Lab  181
Colin Marsh  EFP  90

Chelford

Carolyn Andrew  C  992
David Walton  Lab  173

Dean Row

Paul Whiteley  C  1,260
Lynn Hatton  LD  726

Fulshaw

Basil Hanson  C  1,178
Helen Baker  LD  439
Mark Norman  Grn  303
Lawrence Cotter  Lab  226

Gawsworth

Jane Palmer  C  830
Howard Johnson  LD  173
David Pemberton  Lab  117

Handforth

Susan Bidwell  HRI  1,250
Keith Chapman  C  700
Anne Grace  Lab  512
Dougal Hare  Grn  229

High Legh

Moira Taylor  C  769
Theresa Curtis  Grn  328

Hough

Robert Fitzgerald  C  1,382
James Connolly  LD  549
Jonathan Kelly  Lab  175

Lacey Green

Adrian Bradley  LD  764
Gary Barton  C  198
Laurence Hobday  Lab  110

Mere

GW Wright  C  Unop.

Mobberley

William Macrae  C  691
Nicholas Eadie  Grn  194
Laurie Burton  Lab  155

Morley and Styal

Margaret Bradley  LD  1,112
Roderick Menlove  C  930
Brian Stanford-Smith  UKIP  167
David Lewis  Grn  121

Plumley

Susan Kipling  C  869
Brian Daulby  Lab  109

Poynton Central

Roger West  C  1,238
Christopher Robinson  LD  732
Ralph Burgess  UKIP  464
Charles Robertson  Lab  327
Stephen Flinn  Grn  107

Poynton East

Christopher Beard  C  509
Susan Warrington  LD  487
Eleanor Carter  Lab  94

Poynton West

Gabor Bartos  C  1,282
Phyllis MacWhirter  LD  571
Gillian Boston  Lab  379 

Prestbury

Christopher Wellavize  Ind  1,202
Christine Musgrove  LD  778
Karen Stewart  Lab  120

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Consolidated Results — Macclesfield

Conservative             15,409  49.3%  14 cllrs (1 unop.)
Liberal Democrat          7,573  24.2%   4 cllrs
Labour                    3,656  11.7%
Green Party               1,387   4.4%
Handforth Ratepayer Ind.  1,250   4.0%   1 cllr
Independent               1,202   3.8%   1 cllr
UK Independence Party       712   2.3%
England First Party          90   0.3%

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My thanks to Cllr Stephen Mosley for pointing out an error in my original version of these results.