Chapter 4 Cheshire

Chester

Blacon

Brendan Doyle  Lab  3,241
Michael Poole  C  951
Sandra Clyne  LD  743

Boughton Heath & Vicars Cross

Susan Proctor  LD  3,262
Peter Dutton  C  2,686
Ann Treloar  Lab  1,493
Allan Weddell  UKIP  145
Robert Abrams  EDP  101

Broxton

Eveleigh Dutton  C  3,577
Vera Roberts  LD  2,038
Steven Duffus  Lab  997

City

Peter Byrne  Lab  2,212
David Mead  LD  1,719
Valerie Mustill  C  1,534
Roger Croston  UKIP  135

Gowy

John Burke  C  3,936
Andrew Garman  LD  2,666
Stephen Davies  Lab  1,555

Hoole and Newton

Molly Hale  LD  2,709
Elizabeth Mercer  Lab  1,889
John Ebo  C  1,575

Mickle Trafford

David Rowlands  C  3,427
Robert Rudd  Lab  2,125
Robert Jordan  LD  1,344
Andrew Pettigrew  UKIP  254

Overleigh

Stephen Mosley  C  3,279
David Robinson  Lab  3,111
Philip Taylor  LD  1,193
David Scott  UKIP  168

Upton

Colin Bain  LD  2,707
Jill Houlbrook  C  2,211
Nicholas Dixon  Lab  1,878

Congleton

MF = Middlewich First

Alsager

Roderick Fletcher  LD  3,387
Warwick Till  C  1,669
Ian Gregory  Lab  1,050

Congleton Rural

Kenneth Oliver  C  3,783
Ernest Lowe  LD  2,725
Robert Boston  Lab  745

Congleton Town East

Peter Mason  C  3,098
Hilary Smith  Lab  1,772
Denis Murphy  LD  1,282
Elaine Kiff  Grn  423

Congleton Town West

William Wolstencroft  C  2,737
Stanley Snowdon  Lab  1,906
Simon Davey  LD  1,530
Clare Newbould  Grn  510

Middlewich

Mark Dickson  C  1,749
Christopher Parkes  Lab  1,728
Michael Parsons  MF  1,673
Peter Hirst  LD  856

Sandbach

Neville Price  C  2,523
Patrick Darnes  LD  1,832
Stephen Corcoran  Lab  1,739

Sandbach East and Rode

Roy Giltrap  LD  2,855
David Brown  C  2,408
Keith Haines  Lab  1,672
Alan Jones  Grn  326

Crewe and Nantwich

Cholmondeley

Allan Richardson  C  4,761
Richard Fox  LD  2,699

Crewe East

John Fyffe  Lab  3,240
Gwyn Griffiths  LD  1,486
Frederick Fox  C  1,169
Ralph Ellis  BNP  299

Crewe North

Peter Nurse  Lab  2,958
Paul Morrey  C  1,139
Byron Evans  Ind  927
John Cornes  BNP  375

Crewe South

Dorothy Flude  Lab  2,673
David Cannon  LD  2,075
Keith Healey  C  876
Mike Beardshaw  BNP  291

Crewe West

David Newton  Lab  2,678
Brian Silvester  C  1,479
John Phillips  LD  846

Doddington

David Brickhill  C  4,259
Teresa Eatough  Ind  3,159

Nantwich

Arthur Moran  Ind  2,478
Barry Woolrich  C  1,735
Phillip Swann  Lab  1,439
Philip Wilson  LD  934

Rope

Margaret Simon  C  3,611
Pamela Minshall  Lab  2,629
Andrew Brown  LD  1,777

Ellesmere Port and Neston

Central and Westminster

Derek Bateman  Lab  3,340
Maurice Brookes  LD  861
Gordon Meldrum  C  646
Ian Omerod  Ind  252
David Joines  BNP  183

Grange and Rossmore

Laurence Toale  Lab  3,467
Thomas Hughes  C  1,176
Sally Martin  LD  1,056
David Southgate  BNP  200

Groves and Whitby

Brian Jones  Lab  3,290
Jonathan Starkey  C  2,139
Hilary Chrusciezl  LD  1,251
Graham Scott  Ind  375

Ledsham and Willaston

Geraldine Hardwick  C  3,245
Tamara Hill  Lab  1,924
Graham Handley  LD  1,179

Neston and Parkgate

Robert Andrews  C  3,123
Keith Butcher  Lab  2,638
John Gaskell  LD  1,893
Henry Crocker  UKIP  216

Sutton and Manor

Patricia Merrick  Lab  3,141
Nicholas Hebson  C  1,674
John Falconer  LD  934
Gary Woodward  Ind  534

Macclesfield

Alderley

Marc Asquith  C  4,190
Colin Shepherd  LD  1,908
Mark Norman  Grn  838

Bollington and Disley

Sylvia Roberts  LD  3,000
Harold Davenport  C  2,681
Catherine Birchall  Lab  1,357
Brendan Murphy  Ind  619
Brian Doherty  Grn  430

Broken Cross

David Freear  C  2,065
William Arnold  LD  1,921
Margaret Readman  Lab  1,322

Bucklow

Stephen Wilkinson  C  3,907
Heulwen Barlow  LD  1,017
Brian Daulby  Lab  837
Theresa Curtis  Grn  343
Andrew Wright  Ind  276

Knutsford

Herbert Grange  C  3,229
Barbara Austin  LD  2,127
Laurie Burton  Lab  1,478

Macclesfield Forest

Barrie Hardern  C  2,519
Gillian Boston  Lab  1,779
Andrew Clark  LD  1,162
Belinda Brett  Grn  394

Macclesfield Town

Eleanor Carter  Lab  2,098
David Neilson  LD  1,758
Matthew Davies  C  1,480
Stephen Flinn  Grn  406

Macclesfield West

Kenneth Edwards  Lab  2,266
Andrew Knowles  C  2,008
Howard Johnson  LD  1,411

Poynton

Christopher Claxton  C  4,035
Christopher Robinson  LD  2,366
Elizabeth Middleton  Lab  1,611

Prestbury and Tytherington

John Findlow  C  3,707
Christopher Wellavize  LD  1,404
Karen Stewart  Lab  887

Wilmslow North

Adrian Bradley  LD  2,956
Anne Tyrrell  C  2,732
Dougal Hare  Grn  449

Wilmslow South

Patricia Fearnley  LD  2,988
John Fraser  C  2,974
David Lewis  Grn  421

Vale Royal

Abbey

Shirley Harris  C  3,171
Arthur Wood  LD  1,795
Derek Wright  Lab  1,453
Howard Thorp  Grn  381

Eddisbury

Andrew Needham  C  3,324
Valerie Godfrey  LD  2,287
Virginia Geraerts  Lab  1,112

Frodsham and Helsby

Gretta Cousins  C  2,932
John Beech  Lab  2,440
Trevor Griffiths  LD  1,958

Marbury

Malcolm Byram  C  2,580
Charles Garton  LD  2,429
Mandy Griffiths  Lab  2,003

Northwich East and Shakerley

George Mainwaring  Lab  2,668
Barbara Smith  C  1,765
Ann McEllin  LD  1,110

Northwich West

Daniel Maguire  Lab  3,098
William Charlton  C  2,306
John Turnbull  LD  1,714

Weaver

Nora Dolphin  C  4,039
Brian Jamieson  Lab  2,652

Winsford North and East

Anthony Hooton  Lab  3,470
Desmond Worthington  LD  1,477
Eleanor Johnson  C  1,425

Winsford South and West

Pamela Booher  Lab  2,420
Malcolm Gaskill  LD  1,867
Anthony Dahill  C  1,252

Consolidated Results — Cheshire

Conservative          130,496  39.1%  26 councillors
Labour                 97,481  29.2%  16 councillors
Liberal Democrat       88,494  26.5%   8 councillors
Independents            8,245   2.5%   1 councillor
Green Party             4,921   1.5%
Middlewich First        1,673   0.5%
British National Party  1,348   0.4%
UK Independence Party     918   0.3%
English Democrats Party   101   0.0%