checkley cum wrinehill is administered by doddington and district parish council, which also includes the parishes of blakenhall, bridgemere, doddington, hunsterson and lea. from 1974 the civil parish was served by crewe and nantwich borough council, which was succeeded on 1 april 2009 by the new unitary authority of cheshire east. checkley cum wrinehill falls in the parliamentary constituency of crewe and nantwich, which has been represented by kieran mullan since 2019, after being represented by laura smith (2017–19), edward timpson (2008–17) and gwyneth dunwoody (1983–2008).