Local Election Results 2008
Cheshire East
Whole council up for election. Initially this was a shadow unitary council which took over functions from Cheshire County Council, Congleton Borough Council, Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council and Macclesfield Borough Council on 1 April 2009. The wards used are the same as the Cheshire County Council divisions with each ward electing three councillors.
MF = Middlewich First
Nantwich = Nantwich Independent
Other results for Cheshire East:
2011
2015
2019
2023
By-elections for Cheshire East (may be incomplete): 9th October 2008 (Knutsford)
— 19th November 2009 (Cholmondeley)
— 30th September 2010 (Alderley)
— 25th April 2013 (Macclesfield Hurdsfield)
— 13th March 2014 (Crewe W.)
— 29th October 2015 (Congleton E.)
— 16th February 2017 (Bollington)
— 5th October 2017 (Crewe E.)
— 22nd March 2018 (Bunbury)
— 6th May 2021 (Crewe W.)
— 2nd September 2021 (Wilmslow Dean Row)
— 8th February 2024 (Crewe C.)
— 5th September 2024 (Crewe W.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
53741 |
46.0% |
59 |
| Liberal Democrat |
26736 |
22.9% |
12 |
| Labour |
18633 |
15.9% |
6 |
| Independent |
10750 |
9.2% |
0 |
| Green Party |
2642 |
2.3% |
0 |
| Nantwich Independent |
1786 |
1.5% |
1 |
| Middlewich First |
1417 |
1.2% |
3 |
| UK Independence Party |
780 |
0.7% |
0 |
| British National Party |
429 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Carolyn Andrew |
C |
2992 |
51.1% |
| Frank Keegan |
C |
2928 |
|
| Elizabeth Gilliland |
C |
2924 |
|
| Craig Browne |
LD |
1379 |
23.6% |
| Basil Hanson |
Ind |
873 |
14.9% |
| Ashley Pettifer |
Lab |
606 |
10.4% |
| Rod Fletcher |
LD |
2165 |
53.5% |
| Derek Hough |
LD |
2095 |
|
| Shirley Jones |
LD |
2004 |
|
| Bill Finney |
C |
1119 |
27.7% |
| Lynn Stocks |
C |
882 |
|
| Peter Kolker |
C |
877 |
|
| Steve Davies |
BNP |
429 |
10.6% |
| Matthew Bee |
BNP |
369 |
|
| Robert Ashley |
Lab |
332 |
8.2% |
| Kathleen Clarke |
Lab |
308 |
|
| Lee Carbutt |
BNP |
297 |
|
| Neil Clarke |
Lab |
288 |
|
| Matthew Davies |
C |
2410 |
39.1% |
| Harold Davenport |
C |
2394 |
|
| Diana Thompson |
C |
2219 |
|
| Sylvia Roberts |
LD |
1868 |
30.3% |
| Shirley Sockett |
LD |
1379 |
|
| Chris Makepeace |
LD |
1129 |
|
| Heidi Reid |
Ind |
1056 |
17.1% |
| David Laffan |
Lab |
836 |
13.5% |
| Anne Jackson-Baker |
Lab |
597 |
|
| Gordon Sutton |
Lab |
484 |
|
| Ainsley Arnold |
LD |
1568 |
42.2% |
| John Goddard |
LD |
1494 |
|
| John Narraway |
LD |
1289 |
|
| David Freear |
C |
1250 |
33.7% |
| Penny Meakin |
C |
1162 |
|
| Anna-Marie Robinson |
C |
1068 |
|
| Lloyd Roberts |
Ind |
623 |
16.8% |
| David Pemberton |
Lab |
273 |
7.4% |
| Margaret Readman |
Lab |
271 |
|
| Sandra Edwards |
Lab |
252 |
|
| George Walton |
C |
2889 |
57.7% |
| Jamie MacRae |
C |
2874 |
|
| Andrew Knowles |
C |
2663 |
|
| Sybil Crossman |
Ind |
755 |
15.1% |
| Ann Barlow |
LD |
737 |
14.7% |
| Richard Jackson |
Lab |
625 |
12.5% |
| Dave Bailey |
Ind |
335 |
|
| Rachel Bailey |
C |
3350 |
71.1% |
| Margaret Hollins |
C |
3119 |
|
| Allan Richardson |
C |
3117 |
|
| Richard Fox |
LD |
821 |
17.4% |
| Natalie Kent |
Lab |
543 |
11.5% |
| Thomas Dunlop |
Lab |
535 |
|
| Les Gilbert |
C |
2518 |
53.2% |
| Andrew Kolker |
C |
2507 |
|
| John Wray |
C |
2352 |
|
| Mike Oliver |
LD |
1287 |
27.2% |
| David Savage |
LD |
1240 |
|
| Nick Guthrie |
LD |
1185 |
|
| Ken Oliver |
Ind |
932 |
19.7% |
| Roger Bennett |
Ind |
814 |
|
| David Brown |
C |
2189 |
61.0% |
| Peter Mason |
C |
2143 |
|
| Andrew Thwaite |
C |
2078 |
|
| Denis Murphy |
LD |
709 |
19.8% |
| Robert Boston |
Lab |
688 |
19.2% |
| Linda Hemsley |
LD |
625 |
|
| Tim Muston |
LD |
597 |
|
| Gordon Baxendale |
C |
1978 |
51.1% |
| Roland Domleo |
C |
1861 |
|
| David Topping |
C |
1856 |
|
| Jeanne Whitehurst |
LD |
1281 |
33.1% |
| Margaret Gartside |
LD |
1085 |
|
| Keith Heron |
LD |
931 |
|
| Lisa Bossons |
Lab |
609 |
15.7% |
| Chris Thorley |
Lab |
1512 |
37.8% |
| Peggy Martin |
Lab |
1481 |
|
| Steve Conquest |
Lab |
1359 |
|
| Eddie Ankers |
C |
1063 |
26.6% |
| Paul Morrey |
C |
935 |
|
| Stuart Davies |
C |
922 |
|
| Robert Icke |
LD |
901 |
22.5% |
| Lawrence Leat |
UKIP |
523 |
13.1% |
| Terry Beard |
Lab |
1135 |
37.6% |
| Derek Bebbington |
C |
1118 |
37.0% |
| John Jones |
C |
1085 |
|
| Maureen Grant |
Lab |
1047 |
|
| Peter Nurse |
Lab |
923 |
|
| Robert Handford |
C |
883 |
|
| Byron Evans |
Ind |
766 |
25.4% |
| Maggie Bray |
Ind |
525 |
|
| David Cannon |
LD |
1568 |
42.8% |
| Elizabeth Howell |
LD |
1367 |
|
| Dorothy Flude |
Lab |
1249 |
34.1% |
| Stefan Krizanac |
LD |
1196 |
|
| Pam Minshall |
Lab |
1119 |
|
| Steven Hogben |
Lab |
1096 |
|
| Catherine Murphy |
C |
638 |
17.4% |
| Keith Healey |
C |
634 |
|
| Frank Lepisz |
C |
491 |
|
| Adrian Jardine |
Ind |
211 |
5.8% |
| Margaret Weatherill |
C |
1257 |
38.2% |
| Roy Cartlidge |
Lab |
1235 |
37.6% |
| Robert Parker |
C |
1188 |
|
| David Newton |
Lab |
1135 |
|
| Christopher Goff |
C |
1088 |
|
| Louise Musa |
Lab |
1071 |
|
| John Phillips |
LD |
456 |
13.9% |
| Peter Wilson |
Grn |
339 |
10.3% |
| David Brickhill |
C |
2821 |
50.5% |
| John Hammond |
C |
2700 |
|
| Rodney Walker |
C |
2538 |
|
| Marshall Nield |
Ind |
997 |
17.8% |
| Maureen Campbell |
Ind |
953 |
|
| Patricia Dowling |
Lab |
668 |
12.0% |
| Tess Eatough |
Ind |
651 |
|
| Adrian Hancock |
LD |
620 |
11.1% |
| Guy Gower |
Grn |
480 |
8.6% |
| Susan Gower |
Grn |
459 |
|
| Bert Grange |
C |
2396 |
57.5% |
| Olivia Hunter |
C |
2352 |
|
| Tony Ranfield |
C |
2328 |
|
| Caroline Aldhouse |
LD |
1000 |
24.0% |
| Francis Aldhouse |
LD |
922 |
|
| Roger Barlow |
LD |
904 |
|
| Laurie Burton |
Lab |
769 |
18.5% |
| Hilda Gaddum |
C |
2021 |
55.3% |
| Lesley Smetham |
C |
1864 |
|
| Marc Asquith |
C |
1586 |
|
| Brian Puddicombe |
Lab |
931 |
25.5% |
| Steve Carter |
Lab |
833 |
|
| Gill Boston |
Lab |
788 |
|
| Belinda Brett |
Grn |
703 |
19.2% |
| Stephen Broadhurst |
LD |
1521 |
45.0% |
| David Neilson |
LD |
1480 |
|
| Christine Tomlinson |
LD |
1369 |
|
| Margaret Slater |
C |
689 |
20.4% |
| Lee Williamson |
C |
671 |
|
| Simon Truss |
Lab |
670 |
19.8% |
| Valerie Lipworth |
C |
635 |
|
| Nell Carter |
Lab |
604 |
|
| Richard Watson |
Lab |
593 |
|
| Dougal Hare |
Grn |
497 |
14.7% |
| Sandy Bentley |
C |
1486 |
45.7% |
| Darryl Beckford |
C |
1457 |
|
| Martin Hardy |
C |
1350 |
|
| Janet Jackson |
Lab |
1142 |
35.1% |
| Alift Harewood |
Lab |
1090 |
|
| Ken Edwards |
Lab |
995 |
|
| John Knight |
Grn |
623 |
19.2% |
| Paul Edwards |
MF |
1417 |
42.1% |
| Michael Parsons |
MF |
1397 |
|
| Simon McGrory |
MF |
1255 |
|
| Alan Hardern |
C |
907 |
27.0% |
| Matthew Carey |
C |
721 |
|
| Ian Huffer |
C |
717 |
|
| Keith Bagnall |
LD |
507 |
15.1% |
| Peter Hirst |
LD |
456 |
|
| Donna Caffyn |
LD |
415 |
|
| Christopher Parkes |
Lab |
274 |
8.1% |
| Alan Johnson |
UKIP |
257 |
7.6% |
| Arthur Moran |
Nantwich |
1786 |
31.0% |
| Andrew Martin |
C |
1776 |
30.8% |
| Brian Dykes |
C |
1546 |
|
| Richard McCay |
C |
1368 |
|
| William McGinnis |
Nantwich |
1265 |
|
| Stephen Hope |
Nantwich |
1211 |
|
| Penny Butterill |
Ind |
1120 |
19.4% |
| Adrian Knapper |
Lab |
638 |
11.1% |
| John O'Mahoney |
Lab |
605 |
|
| Bryan Halson |
LD |
449 |
7.8% |
| Chris Beard |
C |
3007 |
57.3% |
| Howard Murray |
C |
2753 |
|
| Roger West |
C |
2734 |
|
| Frances Ball |
LD |
984 |
18.7% |
| Christopher Robinson |
LD |
858 |
|
| Chris Claxton |
Ind |
715 |
13.6% |
| Liz Middleton |
Lab |
544 |
10.4% |
| Judith Elderkin |
Lab |
445 |
|
| Malcolm Robertson |
Lab |
420 |
|
| Thelma Jackson |
C |
2231 |
51.5% |
| John Findlow |
C |
2133 |
|
| William Livesley |
C |
1810 |
|
| James Nicholas |
Ind |
1796 |
41.5% |
| Brendan Murphy |
Ind |
1777 |
|
| Karen Stewart |
Lab |
302 |
7.0% |
| David Brown |
Lab |
258 |
|
| Mark Stedman |
Lab |
240 |
|
| Margaret Simon |
C |
2774 |
53.9% |
| Ray Westwood |
C |
2662 |
|
| Brian Silvester |
C |
2557 |
|
| Maurice Jones |
Lab |
1259 |
24.5% |
| Rene Hancock |
LD |
1114 |
21.6% |
| June Roberts |
Lab |
994 |
|
| Andy Sharp |
Lab |
830 |
|
| Gillian Merry |
C |
1781 |
44.3% |
| Barry Moran |
C |
1695 |
|
| Stella Furlong |
C |
1562 |
|
| Bill Scragg |
LD |
1003 |
25.0% |
| Dennis Robinson |
LD |
896 |
|
| Patrick Darnes |
LD |
857 |
|
| Neville Price |
Ind |
682 |
17.0% |
| Keith Haines |
Lab |
553 |
13.8% |
| Rhoda Bailey |
C |
1976 |
44.1% |
| Andrew Barratt |
C |
1902 |
|
| Elsie Alcock |
LD |
1800 |
40.2% |
| Andrew Large |
C |
1744 |
|
| Trish Barlow |
LD |
1705 |
|
| Knud Moller |
LD |
1376 |
|
| Bill Howell |
Lab |
479 |
10.7% |
| John Cliff |
Ind |
224 |
5.0% |
| Jim Crockatt |
C |
2502 |
53.8% |
| Don Stockton |
C |
2284 |
|
| Paul Whiteley |
C |
2204 |
|
| Adrian Bradley |
LD |
1681 |
36.1% |
| Mark Toombs |
LD |
1397 |
|
| Oliver Romain |
LD |
1292 |
|
| Jon Kelly |
Lab |
470 |
10.1% |
| Gary Barton |
C |
2603 |
61.8% |
| Rod Menlove |
C |
2589 |
|
| Wesley Fitzgerald |
C |
2531 |
|
| Margaret Bradley |
LD |
1317 |
31.3% |
| Pat Fearnley |
LD |
1291 |
|
| Richard Duncalf |
LD |
1069 |
|
| Nick Jones |
Lab |
291 |
6.9% |
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