2019 Cheshire East Council election

2019 Cheshire East Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 82 seats in Cheshire East Council 42 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab Ind Leader Rachel Bailey Sam Corcoran Arthur Moran Party Conservative Labour Independent Leader's seat Audlem Sandbach Heath and East Nantwich North and West Seats before 51 16 13 Seats won 34 25 19 Seat change 17 9 6 Popular vote 35.52% 27.91% 19.79%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   LD Grn UKIP Party Liberal Democrats Green UKIP Seats before 2 0 0 Seats won 4 0 0 Seat change 2 0 0 Popular vote 11.02% 5.47% 0.29%
Council Leader before election Rachel Bailey Conservative Elected Council Leader TBD

Elections to Cheshire East Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council. The Conservative party party lost overall control of the council, losing 17 seats; the Labour party gained 9 seats, independents gained 6 and the Liberal Democrats gained 2.

Results by Ward

Alderley Edge

Alderley Edge (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alderley Edge First	Craig Julian Browne	1,219	76.86%
	Conservative	Paul Nicholas Brearley	255	16.08%
	Green	Keith Andrew Boxer	112	7.06%
Turnout				42.79%
	Alderley Edge First hold

Alsager

Alsager (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Fletcher	1,457	13.50%
	Liberal Democrats	June Elizabeth Buckley	1,340	12.41%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Williams	1,297	12.02%
	Labour	Jo Dale	1,082	10.02%
	Conservative	Sue Helliwell	1,026	9.51%
	Conservative	Martin William Deakin	920	8.52%
	Labour	Julia Hawkins	919	8.51%
	Labour	Michael James Unett	871	8.07%
	Conservative	Paul Hugh Redstone	799	7.40%
	Green	Hilary Jean Robinson	547	5.07%
	Animal Welfare Party	Jane Catherine Smith	536	4.97%
Turnout				40.69%
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Audlem

Audlem (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rachel Anne Bailey	746	52.76%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Derricutt	668	47.24%
Turnout				36.03%
	Conservative hold

Bollington

Bollington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Bollington First	Amanda Stott	1,447	28.01%
	Bollington First	James William David Nicholas	1,310	25.36%
	Labour	John William Place	705	13.65%
	Labour	Mike Hutchison	635	12.29%
	Conservative	Elaine Mary Houghton	481	9.31%
	Liberal Democrats	Johanna Maitland	309	5.98%
	Conservative	Christopher Paul O'Leary	279	5.40%
Turnout				40.11%
	Bollington First hold
	Bollington First hold

Brereton Rural

Brereton Rural (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Valentine Wray	850	52.24%
	Independent	Mark Cameron Elves	474	29.13%
	Labour	Geraint Huw Price Jones	303	18.62%
Turnout				34.95%
	Conservative hold

Broken Cross and Upton

Broken Cross and Upton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rob Vernon	948	20.77%
	Labour	James William Barber	889	19.48%
	Conservative	Liz Durham	764	16.74%
	Conservative	Gareth Jones	653	14.31%
	Green	David John Mayers	406	8.90%
	Liberal Democrats	Max Muncaster	392	8.59%
	Independent	Martin Christopher Hardy [1]	317	6.95%
	UKIP	Maddie Mitchell	195	4.27%
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Bunbury

Bunbury (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Joanne Pochin	750	54.47%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peregrine Ireland-Jones	627	45.53%
Turnout				37.51%
	Conservative hold

Chelford

Chelford (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marc Nigel Asquith	646	51.75%
	Liberal Democrats	Heulwen Ann Barlow	330	26.48%
	Independent	Laurence Michael Hobday	270	21.67%
Turnout				36.21%
	Conservative hold

Knutsford

Knutsford (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Abbott Booth, Charlie William
	Independent	Abel, Quentin
	Conservative	Coan, Peter
	Conservative	Dean, Tony
	Conservative	Gardiner, Stewart
	Labour	Goddard, Joe
	Independent	Rogers, Helen Ghislaine
	Liberal Democrats	Wetherell, Christopher Avery

Macclesfield Central

Macclesfield Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Braithwaite, Liz
	Conservative	Dooley, Bev
	Labour	Farrall, Ash

Macclesfield Hurdsfield

Macclesfield Hurdsfield (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carter, Steve

Macclesfield South

Macclesfield South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bolton, Philip
	Labour	Jeuda, Laura
	Labour	Puddicombe, Brian
	Conservative	Waterhouse, John Christopher

Macclesfield Tytherington

Macclesfield Tytherington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arnold, Ainsley
	Independent	Edwardes, David
	Independent	Roberts, Lloyd
	Conservative	Taylor, Nick
	Labour	Vernon, Rebecca
	Labour	Vernon, Victoria

Macclesfield West and Ivy

Macclesfield West and Ivy (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harewood, Alift
	Labour	Mannion, Nick

Sutton

Sutton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Evans, John Reece
	Conservative	Gregory, Andrew Harry
	Liberal Democrats	Broadhead, Stephen Laurence
	Green	Downard, Karen Jane

Notes

• Italics denote a sitting councillor.

1. ^ Elected as a Conservative councillor for the same ward in 2015.