Macclesfield (borough)
Borough of Macclesfield | |
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• Created | 1 April 1974 |
• Abolished | 31 March 2009 |
• Succeeded by | Cheshire East |
Status | Non-metropolitan district |
ONS code | 13UG |
• HQ | Macclesfield |
Macclesfield was, from 1974 to 2009, a
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the
In 2006 the
The Borough of Macclesfield was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new Cheshire East unitary authority was formed.[3]
Civil parishes
The borough contained 52
The following civil parishes were included in the borough:
- Adlington
- Agden
- Alderley Edge
- Ashley
- Aston by Budworth
- Bexton
- Bollington (town)
- Bosley
- Chelford
- Chorley
- Disley
- Eaton
- Gawsworth
- Great Warford
- Henbury
- High Legh
- Higher Hurdsfield
- Kettleshulme
- Knutsford (town)
- Little Bollington
- Little Warford
- Lower Withington
- Lyme Handley
- Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
- Marthall
- Marton
- Mere
- Millington
- Mobberley
- Mottram St Andrew
- Nether Alderley
- North Rode
- Ollerton
- Over Alderley
- Peover Inferior
- Peover Superior
- Pickmere
- Plumley
- Pott Shrigley
- Poynton with Worth
- Prestbury
- Rainow
- Rostherne
- Siddington
- Snelson
- Sutton
- Tabley Inferior
- Tabley Superior
- Tatton
- Toft
- Wincle
Political control
The town of Macclesfield had been a municipal borough from 1836 to 1974 with a borough council.[5] The first elections to the new Macclesfield Borough created under the Local Government Act 1972 were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2009 was held by the following parties:[6]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1974–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–2009 |
Leadership
The
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Margaret Duddy[7] | Conservative | 1983 | 2001 | |
Peter Burns[8] | Conservative | 2001 | May 2004 | |
Sue Kipling[9] | Conservative | 2004 | 23 Sep 2004 | |
Wesley Fitzgerald | Conservative | 2004 | 31 Mar 2009 |
Wesley Fitzgerald went on to become the first leader of Cheshire East Council.
Composition
The political composition of the council at its abolition in 2009 was:
Party | Councillors | |
Conservative | 38 | |
Liberal Democrat | 12 | |
Labour | 6 | |
Handforth Ratepayer | 2 | |
Independent | 2 |
Council elections
- 1973 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1976 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1979 Macclesfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[10]
- 1980 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1982 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1983 Macclesfield Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[11]
- 1984 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1986 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1987 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1988 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1990 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1991 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1992 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1994 Macclesfield Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[12][13][14]
- 1995 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1996 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1998 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 1999 Macclesfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[15]
- 2000 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 2002 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 2003 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 2004 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 2006 Macclesfield Borough Council election
- 2007 Macclesfield Borough Council election
By-election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,278 | 50.5 | |||
Conservative | 1,008 | 39.8 | |||
Labour | 245 | 9.7 | |||
Majority | 270 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,531 | 37.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 967 | 78.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 259 | 21.1 | |||
Majority | 708 | 57.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,226 | 28.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 506 | 56.3 | -1.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 392 | 43.7 | +12.6 | ||
Majority | 114 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 898 | 46.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 478 | 52.5 | +12.3 | ||
Labour | 275 | 30.2 | +7.5 | ||
Independent
|
120 | 13.2 | -3.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 38 | 4.2 | -7.0 | ||
Majority | 203 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 911 | 21.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 346 | 45.9 | +11.3 | ||
Conservative | 336 | 44.6 | -0.9 | ||
Labour | 72 | 9.5 | -10.5 | ||
Majority | 10 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 754 | 34.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 857 | 59.6 | +12.6 | ||
Conservative | 580 | 40.4 | +2.8 | ||
Majority | 277 | 19.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,437 | 36.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,290 | 60.0 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative | 538 | 25.0 | +4.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 321 | 14.9 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 752 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,149 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,621 | 45.5 | -8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,187 | 33.3 | -2.0 | ||
Labour | 756 | 21.2 | +10.5 | ||
Majority | 434 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,564 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Sockett | 434 | 62.6 | +41.4 | |
Conservative | 162 | 23.4 | -17.4 | ||
Labour | 97 | 14.0 | -24.0 | ||
Majority | 272 | 39.2 | |||
Turnout | 693 | 36.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 467 | 56.3 | -0.3 | ||
Conservative | 212 | 25.5 | +9.0 | ||
Labour | 151 | 18.2 | -8.7 | ||
Majority | 255 | 30.8 | |||
Turnout | 830 | 24.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Vivien Davies | 385 | 61.1 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Moss | 199 | 31.6 | +12.6 | |
Labour | 46 | 7.3 | -4.6 | ||
Majority | 186 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 630 | 30.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Fisher | 789 | 63.3 | -25.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Heulwen Barlow | 329 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
Labour | Laurences Hobday | 129 | 10.3 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 460 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,247 | 65.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Stratford | 950 | 89.5 | +89.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Goddard | 112 | 10.5 | -26.5 | |
Majority | 838 | 79.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,062 | 25.0 | |||
Independent
|
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Enid Tomlinson | 500 | 58.2 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Simon Truss | 178 | 20.7 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | Matthew Davies | 82 | 9.6 | -12.8 | |
Independent
|
Fred Grundy | 53 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Green | John Knight | 45 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 322 | 37.5 | |||
Turnout | 858 | 25.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "District Councils and Boroughs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 28 March 1974. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ BBC News, 25 July 2007 – County split into two authorities. Retrieval Date: 25 July 2007.
- ^ "The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008". opsi.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.
- ^ a b c "Parish Clerks". Borough of Macclesfield. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
- ^ "Macclesfield Municipal Borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Tributes paid to 'truly remarkable' leader". Macclesfield Express. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Council leader resigns after arrest". Macclesfield Express. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Sue answers God's call". Manchester Evening News. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
- ^ The Macclesfield and Vale Royal (Areas) Order 1982
- ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.