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. chorlton 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).