Cheshire East electoral review
Final recommendations on future electoral arrangements in Cheshire East
On 13 July 2010 we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Cheshire East.These are available through the links below.
- Final recommendations for new local government electoral arrangements for Cheshire East Borough Council (PDF)
- Summary of the report (PDF)
- Read our news release
You can see the maps of the proposed recommended boundaries below:
- Map 1 - overview of whole county (PDF)
- Map 2 - North Wilmslow (PDF)
- Map 3 - South Wilmslow (PDF)
- Map 4 - Poynton (PDF)
- Map 5 - Macclesfield (PDF)
- Map 6 - Congleton (PDF)
- Map 7 - Sandbach (PDF)
- Map 8 - Crewe (PDF)
- Map 9 - Nantwich (PDF)
Please note: some of these maps may be very large and may take some time to download.
We have now completed our electoral review of Cheshire East.The changes we have proposed must be approved by Parliament. An Order - the legal document which brings into force our recommendations - will be laid in Parliament. Parliament can either accept or reject our recommendations. If accepted, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the next elections for Cheshire East Council in 2011.
Stage Three - draft recommendations
25 November 2009: The Boundary Committee for England published its draft recommendations for Cheshire East on 10 November 2009. We have since identified some inconsistencies in the report. Several inaccurate electorate figures have been used in the report along with inaccurate details on Map 7 (Sandbach) and Map 8 (Crewe).
Below is a link to an amended table which provides accurate figures for our proposed wards. This should replace the original version detailed in Appendix C1 of the report on page 40. We have also clarified Map 7 and Map 8 and the updated versions can be accessed below.
Clarification to Cheshire East draft recommendations - Appendix C1 (PDF)
We have published our draft recommendations (PDF) for electoral arrangements for Cheshire East Council. The review is being carried out to decide the number of councillors and the boundaries of electoral wards for the unitary authority which took on local government functions for Cheshire (along with Cheshire West & Chester Council) in April 2009.
We have also published a summary of the report (PDF)
Maps of the area:
- Map 1: large map of the area (PDF)
- Map 2: proposed wards in North Wilmslow (PDF)
- Map 3: proposed wards in South Wilmslow (PDF)
- Map 4: proposed wards in Poynton (PDF)
- Map 5: proposed wards in Macclesfield (PDF)
- Map 6: proposed wards in Congleton (PDF)
- Map 7: proposed wards in Sandbach (PDF)
- Map 8: proposed wards in Crewe (PDF)
- Map 9: proposed wards in Nantwich; Weston (PDF)
Please note that some of these maps are large and may take some time to download.
Consultation on our draft recommendations closed on 15 February 2010.
Below are the submissions we recieved:
Local Authority
Cheshire East Borough Council (PDF)
Political Groups, Councillors and MPs
Parish and town councils
We received 23 submisions from parish and town councils. All the submissions are contained in one PDF. At the front of the document there is a list of names with internal links to the relevant submissions.
Parish and town council submissions (PDF)
Residents
We received 154 submissions from local residents. All the submissions are contained in six PDF's arranged by surname A-B, C-G, H, J-P, R-T and V-Y. At the front of each document there is a list of names with internal links to the relevant submissions.
| Residents A-B (PDF) | Residents J-P (PDF) |
| Residents C-G (PDF) | Residents R-T (PDF) |
| Residents H (PDF) | Residents V-Y (PDF) |
Stage One
On 12 May 2009, we started Stage One of the electoral review for the new Cheshire East unitary authority (ended 4 August 2009). In the previous stage, we consulted on the proposed council size for the new council and decided it should have 82 elected members. You may find our advice on warding patterns (PDF) useful. Please see links below to electorate figures and mapping.
Link to our original press release.
Cheshire East electorate figures and projections (PDF)
Map of parishes of Cheshire East (PDF)
Below are the submissions we received during Stage One:
Political groups, councillors and MP's
Cheshire East Conservative Group (PDF)
Cheshire East Green Party (PDF)
Cheshire East Labour Party (PDF)
Cheshire East Liberal Democrats (PDF)
Congleton Conservative Constituency Association (PDF)
Crewe & Nantwich Conservative Constituency Association (PDF)
Odd Rode Liberal Democrats (PDF)
Parish and town councils
Residents
Preliminary council size consultation
On 24 February 2009, we started the electoral review for the new Cheshire East unitary authority. During the current six week preliminary stage of the review (until 6 April 2009) we invited proposals for the council size of the new Cheshire East Council. We only considered comments on council size at this time, and we are considering detailed electoral arrangements for Cheshire East during two further periods of consultation later in 2009.
Original press release (PDF)
Below are the submissions we received:
Parish and town councils
Alsager Town Council (PDF)
Barthomley Parish Council (PDF)
Bollington Parish Council (PDF)
Bunbury Parish Council (PDF)
Church Lawston Parish Council (PDF)
Church Minshull Parish Council (PDF)
Congleton Town Council (PDF)
Disley Parish Council (PDF)
Haslington Parish Council (PDF)
Holmes Chapel Parish Council (PDF)
Hough & Chorlton Parish Council (PDF)
No Man's District Heath & District Parish Council (PDF)
Poynton Parish Council (PDF)
Rainow Parish Council (PDF)
Weston & Basford Parish Council (PDF)
Political organisations
Cheshire East Labour Local Government Committee (PDF)
Congleton Constituency Liberal Democrats - Sandbach & Odd Rode Branch (PDF)
Congleton Constituency Liberal Democrats (PDF)
Crewe & Nantwich Liberal Democrats (PDF)
Councillors
Cllr Arnold (PDF)
Cllr Griffiths (PDF)
Cllr Clarke (PDF)
Cllr Briercliffe (PDF)
Residents
Dr & Mrs H. A. Lanceley (PDF)
Dr & Mrs J. W. Lethbridge (PDF)
Mr & Mrs E Avery (PDF)
Mr & Mrs S Millar (PDF)
Mr & Mrs Titley (PDF)
Mr D Hughes (PDF)
Mr D Hardisty (PDF)
Mr E Harrison (PDF)
Mr G Downing (PDF)
Mr J Bibby (PDF)
Mr K Edwards (PDF)
Mr P Darnes (PDF)
Mr P Sears (PDF)
Mr P Hirst (PDF)
Mr R Fletcher (PDF)
Mrs B Pownall (PDF)
Mrs J Saunt (PDF)
Mrs J Fenton (PDF)
N. G. Morton (PDF)
Sound & District Residents' Association (PDF)
We have produced two different documents to support people where there is an electoral review being conducted in their area:
- Electoral reviews: what they are and how you can get involved (PDF)provides straightforward information for members of the public who want to get involved in the review.
- Electoral reviews: technical guidance (PDF) contains more detailed guidance on the review process and includes details of the legislation that reviews are conducted under.
Letter sent to Chief Executive of the Shadow Authority at the beginning of the review (PDF)
Letter sent to Parish and local Councils at the beginning of the review (PDF)