Misplaced Pages

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "2023 Cheshire West and Chester Council election" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Cheshire West and Chester Council election, 2023

← 2019 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2027 →
All 70 seats on Cheshire West and Chester Council 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.1%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Louise Gittins Margaret Parker Party Labour Conservative Independent Leader since 10 May 2019 9 May 2019 Leader's seat Little Neston Gowy Rural Last election 35 seats, 36.74% 28 seats, 39.17% 4 seats, 5.81% Seats before 33 28 6 Seats won 39 23 5 Seat change 6 5 1 Popular vote 69,841 51,969 11,140 Percentage 42.55% 31.66% 6.79% Swing 5.81 pp 7.51 pp 0.98 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Paul Bowers Paul Roberts Party Green Liberal Democrats Leader since 2 May 2019 Leader's seat Helsby (stood in Tarvin & Kelsall this time) Farndon (defeated) Last election 1 seat, 5.35% 2 seats, 12.25% Seats before 1 2 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 9,192 21,092 Percentage 5.6% 12.85% Swing 0.25 pp 0.6 pp
Result by wards
Leader before election Louise Gittins Labour No overall control Leader after election Louise Gittins Labour

The 2023 Cheshire West and Chester Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cheshire West and Chester Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, including contested elections in the civil parishes of Broxton, Dutton, Great Boughton, Mouldsworth and Tarporley and the towns of Frodsham, Northwich and Winsford.

The council had been under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Labour minority administration. Labour won a majority on the council at this election, taking 39 of the 70 seats.

Wards and candidates

Seat composition between 2019 (top) and 2023 (bottom):

The Statement of Persons Nominated for each electoral ward was published on 5 April 2023, twenty-four hours after nominations closed.

New councillors

• Sherin Akhtar (Labour, Upton)
• Martin Beveridge (Independent, Winsford Gravel)
• Stuart Bingham (Labour, Winsford Over and Verdin)
• Simon Boone (Labour, Winsford Swanlow)
• Matt Carter (Labour, Handbridge Park)
• Paul Chamberlain (Labour, Chester City and The Garden Quarter)
• Tom Cooper (Conservative, Tarvin and Kelsall)
• Chris Copeman (Green, Helsby)
• Felicity Davies (Labour, Northwich Winnington and Castle)
• Olwyn Dean (Labour, Rudheath)
• Caroline Ellis (Labour, Sutton Villages)
• Michael Garvey (Labour, Frodsham)
• Charles Hardy (Conservative, Tarporley)
• Katie Kendrick (Labour, Netherpool)
• Katrina Kerr (Labour, Chester City and The Garden Quarter)
• Martin Loftus (Conservative, Hartford and Greenbank)
• Ted Lush (Liberal Democrats, Tarvin and Kelsall)
• Elizabeth MacGlashan (Labour, Great Boughton)
• Dan Marr (Conservative, Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead)
• Arthur Neil (Labour, Northwich Winnington and Castle)
• Phil Rimmer (Conservative, Weaver and Cuddington)
• John Roach (Green, Whitby Park)
• Jimmy Shannon (Labour, Whitby Groves)
• Gaynor Sinar (Conservative, Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead)
• Alan Smith (Labour, Blacon)
• Lynn Stocks (Conservative, Weaver and Cuddington)
• Lucy Sumner (Labour, Frodsham)
• Alex Tate (Labour, Lache)
• Adrian Waddelove (Conservative, Farndon)
• Ben Walker (Labour, Chester City and The Garden Quarter)

Outgoing councillors

• Val Armstrong (Labour)
• Chris Basey (Conservative)
• Mike Baynham (Independent)
• Keith Board (Conservative)
• Paul Bowers (Green)
• Kate Cernik (Labour)
• Robert Cernik (Labour)
• Martyn Delaney (Independent)
• Samantha Dixon (Labour)
• Charles Fifield (Conservative)
• Mal Gaskill (Liberal Democrats)
• Phil Herbert (Conservative)
• Jill Houlbrook (Conservative)
• Brian Jones (Labour)
• John Leather (Conservative)
• Nicole Meardon (Labour)
• Joanne Moorcroft (Labour)
• Eveleigh Moore Dutton (Independent)
• Trish Richards (Labour)
• Lynn Riley (Conservative)
• Diane Roberts (Labour)
• Paul Roberts (Liberal Democrats)
• Peter Rooney (Labour)
• Bob Rudd (Labour)
• Neil Sullivan (Conservative)
• Harry Tonge (Conservative)
• Helen Treeby (Conservative)
• Elton Watson (Conservative)
• Helen Weltman (Conservative)
• Paul Williams (Conservative)

Re-elected councillors

• Martin Barker (Independent, Parkgate)
• Richard Beacham (Labour, Newton and Hoole)
• Robert Bisset (Labour, Central and Grange)
• Tommy Blackmore (Labour, Winsford Over and Verdin)
• Matt Bryan (Labour, Upton)
• Mandy Clare (Independent, Winsford Dene)
• Steve Collings (Labour, Great Boughton)
• Andrew Cooper (Labour, Northwich Leftwich)
• Razia Daniels (Conservative, Handbridge Park)
• Lisa Denson (Labour, Westminster)
• Hugo Deynem (Conservative, Sandstone)
• Paul Donovan (Labour, Sutton Villages)
• Simon Eardley (Conservative, Saughall and Mollington)
• Gillian Edwards (Independent, Weaver and Cuddington)
• Michael Edwardson (Labour, Wolverham)
• Carol Gahan (Labour, Blacon)
• Lynn Gibbon (Conservative, Marbury)
• Louise Gittins (Labour, Little Neston)
• Gareth Gould (Labour, Strawberry)
• Graham Heatley (Conservative, Gowy Rural)
• Myles Hogg (Conservative, Willaston and Thornton)
• Mike Jones (Conservative, Tattenhall)
• Adam Langan (Labour, Newton and Hoole)
• Gina Lewis (Labour, Winsford Over and Verdin)
• Sheila Little (Labour, Blacon)
• Phil Marshall (Conservative, Marbury)
• Keith Millar (Labour, Neston)
• Sam Naylor (Labour, Northwich Witton)
• Nathan Pardoe (Labour, Winsford Wharton)
• Margaret Parker (Conservative, Gowy Rural)
• Stuart Parker (Conservative, Christleton and Huntington)
• Patricia Parkes (Conservative, Hartford and Greenbank)
• Karen Shore (Labour, Central and Grange)
• Mark Stocks (Conservative, Shakerley)
• Christine Warner (Labour, Ledsham and Manor)
• Gill Watson (Labour, Newton and Hoole)
• Peter Wheeler (Labour, Ledsham and Manor)
• Mark Williams (Conservative, Christleton and Huntington)
• Rachel Williams (Conservative, Malpas)
• Norman Wright (Conservative, Marbury)

Seat changes

Ward results

Blacon

Central and Grange

Chester City and the Garden Quarter

Christleton and Huntington

Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead

Farndon

Frodsham

Gowy Rural

Great Boughton

Handbridge Park

Hartford and Greenbank

Helsby

Lache

Ledsham and Manor

Little Neston

Malpas

Marbury

Neston

Netherpool

Newton and Hoole

Northwich Leftwich

Northwich Winnington and Castle

Northwich Witton

Parkgate

Rudheath

Sandstone

Saughall and Mollington

Shakerley

Strawberry

Sutton Villages

Tarporley

Tarvin and Kelsall

Tattenhall

Upton

Weaver and Cuddington

Westminster

Whitby Groves

Whitby Park

Willaston and Thornton

Winsford Dene

Winsford Gravel

Winsford Over and Verdin

Winsford Swanlow

Winsford Wharton

Wolverham

Changes 2023–2027

The Wolverham by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Michael Edwardson.

Notes

1. As the only Green councillor, Bowers was their de facto group leader. He was not subsequently returned at this election.
2. North ward only.
3. Waterside ward only.
4. All wards except Northwich Witton.
5. ^ Did not stand for election.

References

1. ^ "Borough election turnout". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
2. Holmes, David (10 May 2019). "Louise Gittins will be next leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council". Cheshire Live. Reach plc. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
3. Topping, Stephen (9 May 2019). "Cheshire West Conservative group leader Cllr Lynn Riley resigns". Northwich & Winsford Guardian. Newsquest. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
4. "Cheshire West and Chester Council elections 2023 – Farndon candidates". www.so-counties.co.uk. So Counties. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
5. "Local Team". www.eddisburyandweavervaleliberaldemocrats.focusteam.org.uk. Eddisbury and Weaver Vale Liberal Democrats. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
6. ^ "May 2023 elections". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
7. "Labour celebrates council victories and seat gains across Cheshire". BBC News. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
8. "2023 Election Results for Blacon Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
9. "2023 Election Results for Central and Grange Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
10. "2023 Election Results for Chester City and the Garden Quarter Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
11. "2023 Election Results for Christleton and Huntington Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
12. "2023 Election Results for Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
13. "2023 Election Results for Farndon Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
14. "2023 Election Results for Frodsham Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
15. "2023 Election Results for Gowy Rural Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
16. "2023 Election Results for Great Boughton Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
17. "2023 Election Results for Handbridge Park Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
18. "2023 Election Results for Hartford and Greenbank Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
19. "2023 Election Results for Helsby Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
20. "2023 Election Results for Lache Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
21. "2023 Election Results for Ledsham and Manor Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
22. "2023 Election Results for Little Neston Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
23. "2023 Election Results for Malpas Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
24. "2023 Election Results for Marbury Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
25. "2023 Election Results for Neston Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
26. "2023 Election Results for Netherpool Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
27. "2023 Election Results for Newton and Hoole Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
28. "2023 Election Results for Northwich Leftwich Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
29. "2023 Election Results for Northwich Winnington and Castle Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
30. "2023 Election Results for Northwich Witton Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
31. "2023 Election Results for Parkgate Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
32. "2023 Election Results for Rudheath Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
33. "2023 Election Results for Sandstone Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
34. "2023 Election Results for Saughall and Mollington Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
35. "2023 Election Results for Shakerley Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
36. "2023 Election Results for Strawberry Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
37. "2023 Election Results for Sutton Villages Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
38. "2023 Election Results for Tarporley Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
39. "2023 Election Results for Tarvin and Kelsall Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
40. "2023 Election Results for Tattenhall Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
41. "2023 Election Results for Upton Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
42. "2023 Election Results for Weaver and Cuddington Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
43. "2023 Election Results for Westminster Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
44. "2023 Election Results for Whitby Groves Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
45. "2023 Election Results for Whitby Park Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
46. "2023 Election Results for Willaston and Thornton Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
47. "2023 Election Results for Winsford Dene Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
48. "2023 Election Results for Winsford Gravel Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
49. "2023 Election Results for Winsford Over and Verdin Ward". Cheshire West and Chester. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
50. "2023 Election Results for Winsford Swanlow Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
51. "2023 Election Results for Winsford Wharton Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
52. "2023 Election Results for Wolverham Ward". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
53. "2024 elections". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
54. "Labour victory in Ellesmere Port by-election". Chester Standard. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

v t e Council elections in Cheshire
Cheshire East Council	2008 2011 2015 2019 2023
Cheshire West and Chester Council	2008 2011 2015 2019 2023
Halton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Warrington Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
Cheshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished
Chester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Congleton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Macclesfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Vale Royal Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards, Boundary changes

v t e (2022 ←)   2023 United Kingdom local elections   (→ 2024)
England	Metropolitan boroughs Barnsley Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton Unitary authorities Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Slough South Gloucestershire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York Non-metropolitan districts Amber Valley Arun Ashfield Ashford Babergh Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Blaby Bolsover Boston Braintree Breckland Brentwood Broadland Bromsgrove Broxbourne Broxtowe Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Canterbury Castle Point Charnwood Chelmsford Cherwell Chesterfield Chichester Chorley Colchester Cotswold Crawley Dacorum Dartford Derbyshire Dales Dover East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Hampshire East Hertfordshire East Lindsey East Staffordshire East Suffolk Eastbourne Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Epsom and Ewell Erewash Exeter Fenland Folkestone & Hythe Forest of Dean Fylde Gedling Gravesham Great Yarmouth Guildford Harborough Harlow Hart Havant Hertsmere High Peak Hinckley and Bosworth Horsham Hyndburn Ipswich King's Lynn and West Norfolk Lancaster Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Maidstone Maldon Malvern Hills Mansfield Melton Mid Devon Mid Suffolk Mid Sussex Mole Valley New Forest Newark and Sherwood North Devon North East Derbyshire North Hertfordshire North Kesteven North Norfolk North Warwickshire North West Leicestershire Norwich Oadby and Wigston Pendle Preston Redditch Reigate and Banstead Ribble Valley Rochford Rossendale Rother Rugby Runnymede Rushcliffe Rushmoor Sevenoaks South Derbyshire South Hams South Holland South Kesteven South Norfolk South Oxfordshire South Ribble South Staffordshire Spelthorne St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Surrey Heath Swale Tamworth Tandridge Teignbridge Tendring Test Valley Tewkesbury Thanet Three Rivers Tonbridge and Malling Torridge Tunbridge Wells Uttlesford Vale of White Horse Warwick Watford Waverley Wealden Welwyn Hatfield West Devon West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire West Suffolk Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wychavon Wyre Wyre Forest Mayoral Bedford Leicester Mansfield Middlesbrough
Northern Ireland	Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Belfast Causeway Coast & Glens Derry City & Strabane Fermanagh & Omagh Lisburn & Castlereagh Mid & East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne & Down

• Cheshire West and Chester Council elections
• 2023 English local elections
• May 2023 events in the United Kingdom
• 2020s in Cheshire