Local Government Reorganisation
The number of councils in
Cheshire will be reduced from seven to just two to take effect on
1st April 2009. Two new unitary authorities will be created,
Cheshire East Joint
Authority and Cheshire West and
Chester Joint Authority.
"Detailed consideration has been given to both the single unitary
and two-unitary proposals for Cheshire, which both met the
Government's strict criteria. The two-unitary proposal has been
judged as most likely to improve leadership, services and the
involvement of communities. This decision confirms that the
proposal for a single unitary Cheshire will not proceed." according
to a CLG statement.
Cheshire East Unitary Authority
Cheshire East Council will bring
together the boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe &
Nantwich, and Cheshire County Council.The new Council will be the
third largest unitary authority in the North West, giving it a
powerful strategic voice in the UK and enabling it to drive forward
initiatives to support the development of its communities.
81 councillors from 27 wards were
elected on Thursday 1 May 2008 to serve in the shadow authority and
make decisions about the new council operations. Cheshire East will
cover a population of 358,900.
Available to view; Cheshire Elections special
newspaper (Download
pdf) or pick up a free copy of the Election
Special newspaper at Crewe Access C&N, Local Libraries,
Nantwich Information centre and the Council Municipal
Building.
Cheshire East Borough Elections
68 candidates had been nominated for the 8 wards in the Crewe
and Nantwich district which included Cholmondeley, Doddington
and Rope for the Cheshire East elections 2008. Polling day for the
Cheshire East Elections took place on Thursday 1st May when voters
could choose 3 candidates to be their representatives for the
new Cheshire
East authority, which will come into effect in April
2009.
The overall turnout for the Cheshire East Elections for the
Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was 32.5%.
The Conservative Party closed the day with 15 seats, Labour
Party 6 seats, Liberal Democrat Party 2 seats and the Independants
1 seat.
The following web page links have been made available
for viewing, click on the links detailed below or on the menu
to the right of this page.
. Electoral wards for Cheshire East and Cheshire
West (Download
pdf)
. Borough Elections
results
Results
link
. Cheshire East Election results for 27
wards (link)
. Cheshire East
website
(External link)
. Councillors for Cheshire East
authority
(External
link)
. Agenda, Minutes
and Reports
(External
link)