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
| logo_alt =
| 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
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