title: Cheshire East Council elections
text: # Cheshire East Council elections
  
  Cheshire East Council elections are held every four years. Cheshire East Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2011, 82 councillors have been elected from 52 wards.
  
  ## Political control
  
  Cheshire East was created on 1 April 2009 replacing Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Macclesfield and Cheshire County Council. The first election to the new council was held in 2008, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 2009. Political control of the council since 2009 has been held by the following parties:
  
  | Party in control | Party in control | Years |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | 2009–2019 |
  | | No overall control | 2019–present |
  
  ### Leadership
  
  The first leader of the council, Wesley Fitzgerald, had been the last leader of Macclesfield Borough Council. The leaders of Cheshire East Council since 2009 have been:
  
  | Councillor | Party | From | To |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Wesley Fitzgerald | Conservative | 1 Apr 2009 | 16 May 2012 |
  | Michael Jones | Conservative | 16 May 2012 | 25 Feb 2016 |
  | Rachel Bailey | Conservative | 25 Feb 2016 | 22 May 2019 |
  | Sam Corcoran | Labour | 22 May 2019 | |
  
  ## Council elections
  
  * 2008 Cheshire East Council election
  * 2011 Cheshire East Council election (new ward boundaries)
  * 2015 Cheshire East Council election
  * 2019 Cheshire East Council election
  
  ## District result maps
  
  * 2011 results map
  
  ## Changes between elections
  
  ### By-elections
  
  Knutsford By-Election 9 October 2008 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Steve Wilkinson | 1,679 | 59.7 | +2.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Aldhouse | 817 | 29.0 | +5.0 |
  | | Labour | Laurie Burton | 318 | 11.3 | -7.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 862 | 30.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,814 | 28.0 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Cholmondeley By-Election 19 November 2009 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Wilfred Davies | 1,764 | 77.6 | +6.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Halson | 508 | 22.4 | +4.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,256 | 55.2 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,272 | 19.6 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Bunbury by-election, 22 March 2018 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Chris Green | 663 | 53.3 | -16.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mark Jones | 342 | 27.5 | +27.5 |
  | | Labour | Jake Lomax | 178 | 14.3 | -3.4 |
  | | Green | Mark Sharkey | 60 | 4.8 | -7.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 321 | 25.82 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,243 | 33.41 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Crewe South by-election, 27 February 2020 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Laura Smith | 854 | 54.0 |
  | | Conservative | Martin Deakin | 566 | 35.8 |
  | | Green | Richard McCarthy | 69 | 4.4 |
  | | Independent | Roy Cartlidge | 67 | 4.2 |
  | | Independent | Brian Silvester | 34 | 2.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 288 | 18.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,580 | 20.0 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Crewe West by-election, 6 May 2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Connor Naismith | 724 | 42.3 | -19.9 |
  | | Conservative | Teja Vaddala | 539 | 31.5 | +7.5 |
  | | Crewe First | Brian George Silvester | 184 | 10.7 | new |
  | | Green | Melanie Ruth English | 126 | 7.4 | new |
  | | Independent | Roy Cartlidge | 72 | 4.2 | -9.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Paul James Weaver | 55 | 3.2 | new |
  | | Workers Party | Chris McGrane | 13 | 0.8 | new |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 10.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1723 | 22.6 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.7 | |
  
  Wilmslow Dean Row by-election, 2 September 2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Residents of Wilmslow | Lata Anderson | 447 | 50.7 | -18.7 |
  | | Conservative | Frank McCarthy | 354 | 40.2 | +9.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Birgitta Hoffmann | 46 | 5.2 | new |
  | | Green | James Andrew Booth | 34 | 3.9 | new |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | 10.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 881 | 22.5 | |
  | | Residents of Wilmslow hold | Residents of Wilmslow hold | Swing | -14.2 | |
  
  ### Changes of affiliation
  
  Michael Jones (Bunbury) left the Conservative Party in September 2017. His later resignation from the council triggered the by-election on 22 March 2018.
  
  