Sandbach Town Council

{{Short description|UK local authority for the town of Sandbach, Cheshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox legislature

| name = Sandbach Town Council

| coa_pic =

| coa_caption = Coat of Arms

| coa_res = 150px

| coa_alt =

| logo_res = 175px

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| foundation = 1974

| house_type = Town Council

| leader1_type = Town Mayor

| leader1 = Cllr Laura Crane

| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor

| leader2 = Cllr Ann Nevitt

| leader3_type = Chief Officer

| leader3 = Ceri Lloyd

| members = 21 councillors {{cite web|url=http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/contact-information.htm|title=Sandbach Town Council|publisher=Sandbach Town Council|accessdate=2015-11-26}}

| seats2_title = Conservative

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|5|21|hex={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}}

| seats1_title = Labour

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|12|21|hex={{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}}}

| seats3_title = Independent

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|3|21|hex={{party color|Independent}}}}

| seats4_title = LibDem

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|1|21|hex={{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}}}

| last_election1 = 4 May 2023

| next_election1 = May 2027

| website = {{URL|http://www.sandbach.gov.uk/}}

| footnotes =

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Sandbach Town Council is a town council for the Cheshire market town of Sandbach. It which was established in 1974 as a successor council to the Sandbach Urban District Council. It comprises 21 councillors elected every four years. Meetings are held at the Sandbach Town Hall complex.

File:Sandbach Literary Institute.jpg|Sandbach Literary Institution (1857) Grade II Listed Building designed by George Gilbert Scott

File:Sandbach Town Council chairmen and clerks (1974-2011).jpg|Sandbach Town Council chairmen and clerks (1974 to date)

File:Chairmen of Congleton Rural District Council (1894-1974).jpg|Chairmen of Congleton Rural District Council (1894-1974), former HQ based at Westfields in Sandbach.

{{Emblem table

|name=Sandbach Town Council

|image=

|shield=Azure on a Fesse Argent between in chief two Garbs and in base a representation of the Saxon Crosses of Sandbach Or a Fesse Gules.

|crest=On a Wreath Or and Azure in front of a Garb Or banded with Silk Ribbons alternately Azure and Gules a demi-Wheel of the last.

|motto=Principia Non Homines

|notes=Granted to Sandbach Urban District Council on 20 June 1956, transferred to successor parish council on 13 October 1980.{{cite web|url=http://civicheraldry.co.uk/north_west.html#sandbach%20tc |title= Sandbach Town Council (cheshire) |publisher=Robert Young |access-date=30 October 2019}}}}

Mayor

The current mayor, Cllr Laura Crane, was elected to the seat of Mayor for 2023/24. Her charities include Ettiley Heath Playing Field and Rubys Fund.

References

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{{Town Councils in Cheshire}}

{{Local authorities in Cheshire}}

Category:Town councils in Cheshire

Category:Local precepting authorities in England

Town Council

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