2011 Cheshire East Council election
{{Short description|English local election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Cheshire East Council Election, 2011
| country = United Kingdom
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| flag_image = Coat of arms of Cheshire East Borough Council.png
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 2008 Cheshire East Council election
| previous_year = 2008
| next_election = 2015 Cheshire East Council election
| next_year = 2015
| seats_for_election = All 82 seats in Cheshire East Council
| election_date = 5 May 2011
| majority_seats = 42
| turnout =
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| seats_before1 = 59
| seats_needed1 =
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}7
| seats1 = 52
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| popular_vote1 = 91,736
| party2 = Labour Party (UK)
| seats_before2 = 6
| seats_needed2 = 36
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}10
| seats2 = 16
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| popular_vote2 = 51,167
| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| seats_before3 = 12
| seats_needed3 =
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}8
| seats3 = 4
| popular_vote3 = 24,206
| party4 = Middlewich First
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| title = Council Leader
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File:Cheshire East UK local election 2011 map.svg in blue, Labour in red, Handforth Ratepayers Association, Middlewich First and Shavington First in white, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.]]
Elections to Cheshire East Council happened on Thursday 5 May 2011. Elections occurred in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council.
The wards were all new, having been created in a boundary review which took effect in January 2011.{{cite web |title=The Cheshire East (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 |url=http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/pdf/final%20approved%20Electoral%20changes%20order%202011.pdf |access-date=16 June 2012 |archive-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830115841/http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/pdf/final%20approved%20Electoral%20changes%20order%202011.pdf |url-status=live }} They replaced the previous 27 three-seat wards used in the 2008 election, which were identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.
Overall results
The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 52 out of 82 seats, with a majority of 22 councillors.{{cite web |title=Elections 2011 - results overview |url=http://apps.cheshireeast.gov.uk/electiondashboard/ResultsOverview.aspx |publisher=Cheshire East Council |access-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509164020/http://apps.cheshireeast.gov.uk/electiondashboard/ResultsOverview.aspx# |archive-date=9 May 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Conservative 52
- Labour 16
- Others 10
- Liberal Democrat 4
{{Election summary begin|title = Cheshire East Council election - 2011 - summary}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 52
|gain =
|loss =
|net = −7
|seats % =
|votes % = 47.75
|votes = 91,736
|plus/minus = −6.4
}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 16
|gain =
|loss =
|net = +10
|seats % =
|votes % = 26.6
|votes = 51,167
|plus/minus = +12.7
}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 4
|gain =
|loss =
|net = −8
|seats % =
|votes % = 12.6
|votes = 24,206
|plus/minus = −8.9
}}
{{Election Summary|
|party = Middlewich First
|seats = 3
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 2.4
|votes = 4,578
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election Summary|
|party = Handforth 'Ratepayers' Association
|seats = 2
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 1.6
|votes = 3,010
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election Summary|
|party = Shavington First
|seats = 1
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 0.3
|votes = 608
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election Summary|
|party = Others
|seats = 4
|gain =
|loss =
|net = +6
|seats % =
|votes % = 8.7
|votes = 16,804
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor.
=Alderley Edge=
{{Election box begin | title=Alderley Edge (1 Seat)
{{cite web | title = Alderley Edge Ward | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171011035144/http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/voting_and_elections/elections/council_election_2011/alderley_edge_-_congleton_west/alderley_edge_ward.aspx | archive-date = 11 October 2017 | url = http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/voting_and_elections/elections/council_election_2011/alderley_edge_-_congleton_west/alderley_edge_ward.aspx | website = cheshireeast.gov.uk | publisher = Cheshire East Council | date = 6 May 2017 | access-date = 11 October 2017}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Frank Keegan*
|votes = 1,151
|percentage = 72.53
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dominic James Brown
|votes = 436
|percentage = 27.47
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 715
|percentage = 45.06
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,587
|percentage = 43.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
Councillor Keegan previously served as a member for the now dissolved Alderley ward.
=Alsager=
{{Election box begin | title=Alsager (3 Seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Rod Fletcher*
|votes = 1,895
|percentage = 16.63
|change = -2.77
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Derek Ian Hough*
|votes = 1,760
|percentage = 15.44
|change = -3.36
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Shirley Jones*
|votes = 1,648
|percentage = 14.46
|change = -3.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew William Large
|votes = 1,193
|percentage = 10.47
|change = +0.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Harriet Emily Weatherby Crompton
|votes = 1,164
|percentage = 10.21
|change = +2.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bill Howell
|votes = 947
|percentage = 8.31
|change = +5.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Peers
|votes = 822
|percentage = 7.21
|change = -0.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bob Ashley
|votes = 805
|percentage = 7.06
|change = +4.06
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Henley Norman Bishop
|votes = 725
|percentage = 6.36
|change = +3.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Hilary Robinson
|votes = 439
|percentage = 3.85
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 455
|percentage = 3.99
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,389
|percentage = 45.20
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=Audlem=
{{Election box begin | title=Audlem (1 Seat)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rachel Anne Bailey
|votes = 1,451
|percentage = 79.86
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Louise Mary Taylor
|votes = 366
|percentage = 20.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,085
|percentage = 59.72
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,817
|percentage = 48.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
Councillor Bailey previously served as a member for the now dissolved Cholmondeley ward.
=Bollington=
{{Election box begin | title=Bollington (2 Seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Harold Livesley*
|votes = 814
|percentage = 13.59
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Hayes
|votes = 813
|percentage = 13.57
|change =
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{{Election box candidate|
|party = Bollington First
|candidate = Amanda Stott
|votes = 788
|percentage = 13.16
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Heidi Reid
|votes = 778
|percentage = 12.99
|change =
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{{Election box candidate|
|party = Bollington First
|candidate = James Nicholas
|votes = 758
|percentage = 12.66
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Malcolm Bailey
|votes = 714
|percentage = 11.92
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Tony Mills
|votes = 575
|percentage = 9.60
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Shirley Sockett
|votes = 436
|percentage = 7.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Simon Christopher Owen
|votes = 313
|percentage = 5.23
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10
|percentage = 0.17
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 48.3
|change =
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{{Election box win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
Councillor Livesley previously served as a councillor for the now dissolved Prestbury and Tytherington ward.
=Brereton Rural=
The one seat for this ward was uncontested and the Conservative Party candidate, John Valentine Frank Wray, was elected unopposed.
References
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{{Cheshire elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2011}}
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