2015 Cheshire West and Chester Council election explained

See main article: 2015 United Kingdom local elections.

Election Name:Cheshire West and Chester Council election, 2015
Country:Cheshire
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2011 Cheshire West and Chester Council election
Previous Year:2011
Next Election:2019 Cheshire West and Chester Council election
Next Year:2019
Seats For Election:All 75 seats on Cheshire West and Chester Council
Election Date:7 May 2015
Majority Seats:38
Turnout:68.2% (24.7%)
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:32
Seats1:38
Popular Vote1:115,473
Percentage1:38.09%
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:42
Seats2:36
Popular Vote2:120,477
Percentage2:39.74%
Party4:Independent (politician)
Seats Before4:0
Seats4:1
Popular Vote4:6,104
Percentage4:2.01%
Party5:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before5:1
Seats5:0
Leaders Seat5:Did not stand
Leader5:Bob Thompson
Popular Vote5:23,887
Percentage5:7.88%
Map Alt:Results map for CWaC, showing Labour with most urban seats and Conservatives with most rural seats, with some seats on the edges of towns in mixed control, and an independent in Parkgate.
Before Election:Mike Jones
Before Party:Conservative Party (UK)
Leader of the Council
Posttitle:Leader of the Council after election
After Election:Samantha Dixon
After Party:Labour Party (UK)

The 2015 Cheshire West and Chester Council election took place on 7 May 2015, electing members of Cheshire West and Chester Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across the country as well as the general election.

All 75 seats were contested. Labour won a small majority with a total of 38 seats on a 3.2% swing from the Conservatives,[2] meaning that the council moved from Conservative control to Labour control.

Cheshire West and Chester was the only council to change hands in this way in the 2015 elections,[3] and this unique result has been variously attributed to public dissatisfaction with fracking in the area,[4] [5] [6] local planning issues,[4] the organisation and leadership of the local parties,[2] [7] [8] [9] and to a generally difficult climate for Conservatives in the area.[8] In addition, the only Liberal Democrat (Lib Dem) seat on the council was lost, while an independent was elected to the Parkgate ward. No other minor party won a seat, but both the Green Party and United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) fielded large numbers of candidates and saw significant positive swings. Labour's Samantha Dixon became the first woman to lead the council, while the previous leader Mike Jones survived a Conservative leadership challenge and became Leader of the Opposition.

Background

Cheshire West and Chester (CWaC) had been governed since its formation in 2009 by the Conservative Party.[10] However, the Conservatives lost seats in CWaC against the national trend at the 2011 local election,[11] and the Chester area was identified by The Economist before the election as a challenging area for the party.[12] The election also took place at an especially bad period nationally for the Liberal Democrats, who lost 310 councillors in England at the previous local elections,[13] [14] and at a period of growth for other minor parties – especially UKIP, who won the CWaC council area in the 2014 European Parliament elections and were identified by the BBC as potential spoiler candidates.[10] Although there were several by-elections in the 2011–2015 term,[15] [16] the number of councillors representing each party did not change over the course of the council.

In total, there were 75 Conservative candidates, 75 Labour candidates, 45 Green candidates, 43 Liberal Democrat candidates, 33 UKIP candidates, 4 TUSC candidates, 1 Socialist Labour candidate and 9 candidates running as independents.[17] Of the incumbents, 14 did not seek re-election, including several parliamentary candidates:[5] Bob Thompson, formerly the only Lib Dem on the council, stood for Parliament in City of Chester;[18] the former Labour councillor Julia Tickridge stood in Weaver Vale;[19] and Justin Madders, previous leader of the Labour group, stood in and was elected to Ellesmere Port and Neston.[20]

Election proceedings

The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on Friday 10 April 2015.[21] The election took place on 7 May 2015, on the same day as the general election, various parish council elections, town council elections in Frodsham, Neston, Northwich and Winsford, and a referendum on town planning in Malpas.[22] As is standard for council elections in England, first-past-the-post voting was used in single seat wards, and block voting was used in multi-seat wards. All 75 seats on the CWaC council were up for election. Of around 34,000 postal ballots issued, about 1,300 papers for Frodsham and the Garden Quarter district of Chester were voided and re-issued due to a printing error that removed the party emblems of some candidates,[23] and 284 were not delivered in time for the election.[24] An attack leaflet targeted at Labour leader Samantha Dixon was distributed to Chester city centre residents on the day of the election which lacked printing details and may have contained "incorrect information", in violation of the Representation of the People Act 1983.[25] Cheshire Police confirmed that they were investigating the leaflet.[25]

The count for the parliamentary election to City of Chester took priority, and so the count for CWaC began on at 2 PM, 8 May.[22] [26] The count took place at Northgate Arena, and ended up running through the whole of the allotted 9-hour day without a decisive result.[5] The count was suspended on a "cliffhanger", with Labour and the Conservatives tied at 36 seats each after a recount was called on the two decisive two-seat ward of Newton.[5] The count resumed on 9 May, and after a quick "bundle recount" suggested a Labour lead, the Conservative Party asked for a full recount, lasting another three and a half hours.[27] The second recount revealed that Labour's Gill Watson led by 34 votes over the incumbent Adrian Walmsley in the final seat.[5] [27] The final result was delivered at 5.30 PM on 9 May 2015 after 14 hours of counting.[28]

The final results saw the Conservatives retain the largest share of the popular vote, but with a smaller proportion than at the previous election. Labour gained 6 seats (5 from Conservative, 1 from Lib Dem), the Conservatives lost 6 seats (5 to Labour, 1 to independent) and the Lib Dems lost their only seat in Hoole to Labour.[6] Labour therefore won an absolute majority, with 38 seats to the Conservatives 36 on the 75 seat council.[3] This made CWaC the only council in the entire country to transfer from Conservative to Labour control at the 2015 elections, a result that was described by ConservativeHome as a "catastrophic loss"[9] and by the Chester Chronicle as "deeply embarrassing" for the local Conservative Party.[3] [6] [29]

No minor parties won any seats, but UKIP and the Greens saw large positive swings both across the borough and in individual wards, including a 9% swing to UKIP in Blacon[30] and a 17.5% swing to the Greens in Garden Quarter, where they finished second.[26] |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#F2F2F2;"! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" colspan=2 | Political party! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Group leader! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Candidates! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Total
votes! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Total
seats! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Seats
gained! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Seats
lost! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Seats,
net change! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Seats,
of total (%)! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Votes,
of total (%)! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Total votes,
change (%)|-| data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" scope="row" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" | Mike Jones| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 75| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 68,580| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 36| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 6| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" |

6| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 48.0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 36.7| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 7.5|-| data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" scope="row" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" | Samantha Dixon| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 75| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 64,996| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 38| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 6| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 6| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 50.7| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 34.7| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0.6|-| data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" scope="row" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" | Bob Thompson| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 43| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 18,273| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 1| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 1| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0.0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 9.8| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 3.5|-| data-sort-value="United Kingdom Independence Party" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" scope="row" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 33| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 17,240| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0.0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 9.2| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 7.3|-| data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" scope="row" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 45| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 11,867| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0.0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 6.3| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 5.4|-| data-sort-value="Independent" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" scope="row" | Independent| style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 9| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 5,627| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 1| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 1| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 1| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 1.3| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 3.0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 1.0|-| data-sort-value="Socialist Labour Party (UK)" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" scope="row" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 1| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 286| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0.0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0.2| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | |-| data-sort-value="Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" scope="row" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa; text-align: left;" | style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 4| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 184| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | | style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0.0| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 0.1| style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#F2F2F2! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" colspan=3 | Total! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 285! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 187,053! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 75! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | -! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | -! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | -! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | Turnout! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | 68.2! style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" | -|}

Seat composition between 2011 (top) and 2015 (bottom):

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In all, there were 22 new councillors to CWaC council – 12 from Labour, 9 from the Conservatives and one independent.[27] Local Labour leader Samantha Dixon became the council leader, making her the first woman to hold the role,[7] while former council leader Mike Jones remained leader of the Conservative group despite a leadership challenge.[29]

Following the election, the first council meeting under Labour control took place on 21 May 2015.[31] The new administration significantly restructured the council: the existing scrutiny committees were merged while new local committees were established for Chester, Ellesmere Port, Northwich and Winsford, and rural Cheshire, and the roles of Lord Mayor of Chester and Chair of the council were separated.[31] This meant that the casting vote remained with former Lord Mayor, Bob Rudd (Labour), instead of the new Lord Mayor, Hugo Deynem (Conservative), which Conservatives criticized for politicizing the role.[31] The new overview and scrutiny committee was arranged on a nonpartisan basis, with equal numbers of Labour and Conservative members and the casting vote given to the independent Martin Barker.[31]

Reactions and analysis

As leader of the only Labour group to take control of a former Conservative council at the elections, Samantha Dixon described her local party as "a little ray of hope in the North West" but warned that it would be difficult to operate Labour policies under a national Conservative majority government, and proposed a more consensual cross-party approach to running the council.[6] [7] The outgoing Conservative leader, Mike Jones, suggested that a Labour majority of just one would decrease private sector confidence in the council.[7] [29]

Fracking was noted by both the Chester Chronicle and BBC News as a politically hot topic in Cheshire, particularly around Upton where one gas company had planning permission for a drilling site,[32] [33] and the Conservative loss was partly attributed to community fears about the practice.[4] [6] Matt Bryan, an anti-fracking Labour candidate in Upton unseated the sitting Conservative councillor in what the Chester Chronicle described as arguably "the biggest poll shock".[5] The Labour MP for City of Chester, Chris Matheson, who had similarly defeated the incumbent Stephen Mosley against the national trend, described unhappiness with fracking planning permission procedures and planning more generally as key issues that had helped Labour locally.[4]

The loss of the safe Conservative seat of Parkgate to the independent Martin Barker was also described as a "surprise" by AboutMyArea.[34] Barker stood on a platform of localism for Parkgate and his victory was attributed by the site to dissatisfaction with the choice of Conservative candidate, who lived outside Parkgate in Mickle Trafford.[34] [35]

On taking office, Dixon credited the result to a "positive campaign" by the Labour Party rather than any mistakes by the Conservative Party.[7] However, Private Eyes "Rotten Boroughs" column blamed "own goals" by Jones – such as removing the planning committee chairperson[36] and withdrawing the party whip from councillors who voted against developments that Jones supported,[37] insulting members of the public,[38] and removing a respect clause from the council constitution[39] – for having "handed victory to Labour".[2] [8] There was similar criticism from ConservativeHome, whose correspondent accused Jones of behaving "in a way which allowed our opponents to paint us as dodgy, or even corrupt",[9] and from councillor Mark Stocks, who launched an unsuccessful leadership challenge against Jones, saying:

"As the only council in the entire country to make the transition from Conservative to Labour, someone has to take the responsibility for what must be considered a monumental defeat. This responsibility has to start at the top. For me, it is an unavoidable belief that with proper leadership, Cheshire West and Chester would have followed the national trend and remained under Conservative control."[8]

Jones, supported by other Conservative councillors, rejected this suggestion, noting the fact that the local Conservative Party had taken the largest share of the popular vote at the council election and retained the parliamentary seat of Weaver Vale against opinion poll predictions. When looked at this way, Jones said, the result "does not seem like a catastrophe".[8]

Results

Councillor changes

New councillors

Outgoing councillors

Re-elected councillors

Seat changes

Conservative to Independent (1)
Conservative to Labour (5)
Liberal Democrat to Labour (1)

Results by ward

Turnout by ward
Ward Turnout (%)
Blacon 61.2
Boughton 63.0
Chester City 63.5
Chester Villages 78.0
Davenham and Moulton 70.4
Dodleston and Huntington 77.3
Ellesmere Port Town 55.7
Elton 66.2
Farndon 74.5
Frodsham 71.4
Garden Quarter 58.6
Gowy 74.3
Grange 57.0
Great Boughton 76.1
Handbridge Park 76.0
Hartford and Greenbank 75.1
Helsby 73.5
Hoole 71.9
Kingsley 76.7
Lache 65.3
Ledsham and Manor 73.4
Little Neston and Burton 76.1
Malpas 70.0
Marbury 68.9
Neston 63.7
Netherpool 61.9
Newton 69.2
Parkgate 77.1
Rossmore 59.3
Saughall and Mollington 75.3
Shakerley 65.4
St Paul's 65.7
Strawberry 73.6
Sutton 67.2
Tarporley 75.0
Tarvin and Kelsall 73.7
Tattenhall 74.3
Upton 71.5
Weaver and Cuddington 71.3

Witton

Changes between 2015 and 2019

Ellesmere Port Town by-election 2018

Labour councillor Lynn Clare (Ellesmere Port Town) died in February 2018.[40] The by-election was held on 3 May.[41] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Upcoming elections & referendums . 28 March 2015 . The Electoral Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums . 15 March 2015 . live.
  2. News: Dickhead Alert. Rotten Boroughs. Private Eye. 26 May 2015. 1393.
  3. Web site: Labour take control of Cheshire West and Chester Council . 13 May 2015 . Northwich Guardian . 9 May 2015.
  4. News: Chester Labour MP Chris Matheson back from his first week at Parliament. Chester Chronicle. 20 May 2015. 27 May 2015. David Holmes.
  5. Web site: Election 2015: Cheshire West and Chester Council on a knife-edge as count is suspended overnight. Michael Green. 8 May 2015. Chester Chronicle. 22 May 2015.
  6. News: WATCH Election 2015: Labour take control of Cheshire West and Chester Council . David Holmes. 9 May 2015. Chester Chronicle. 22 May 2015.
  7. News: Election 2015: Cheshire West and Chester Council set for first woman leader. Carmella de Lucia, David Holmes and Frances Barrett. 9 May 2015. Chester Chronicle. 22 May 2015.
  8. News: Chester Tory leadership challenger launches damaging attack on Conservative CWaC chief Mike Jones. David Holmes. 27 May 2015. 27 May 2015. Chester Chronicle.
  9. Web site: A Conservative councillor: Why was Cheshire West and Chester a Labour gain?. ConservativeHome. 26 May 2015. 26 May 2015.
  10. News: Election 2015: Cheshire's long-awaited council votes. Phil McCann. BBC News. 6 May 2015. 2 June 2015.
  11. News: ELECTION: Cheshire West and Chester remains Tory controlled. 6 May 2011. Chester Chronicle. 22 May 2015.
  12. News: The Boomtown Reds. 28 March 2015. The Economist. 22 May 2015.
  13. News: Lib Dem local election results suggest party could lose 20 parliamentary seats. The Guardian. Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt. 23 May 2014. 22 May 2015.
  14. News: England council results. BBC News. 22 May 2014. 22 May 2015.
  15. News: Labour returned in Ellesmere Port's Town Ward. 21 October 2011. Talking West Cheshire. 2 June 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150617102325/http://www.talkingwestcheshire.org/talking_ellesmere_port/my_news/october_2011/labour_returned_in_ellesmere_p.aspx. 17 June 2015. dmy-all.
  16. News: Labour celebrate victory in both council by-elections. Frances Barrett. 11 July 2014. Chester Chronicle. 2 June 2015.
  17. News: Election 2015: Cheshire West and Chester Council candidates revealed. Frances Barrett. 10 April 2015. Chester Chronicle. 22 May 2015.
  18. News: General Election 2015: City of Chester Parliamentary candidates . 16 April 2015. David Holmes. Chester Chronicle. 2 June 2015.
  19. News: Weaver Vale Labour Party choose Julia Tickridge to fight general election . 4 July 2013. Chester Chronicle. 2 June 2015.
  20. News: Election 2015: Ellesmere Port and Neston won by Labour. Michael Green. 8 May 2015. Chester Chronicle. 2 June 2015.
  21. Web site: Statements of Persons Nominated - Local elections . 30 April 2015 . Cheshire West and Chester Council . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150530023806/http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/your_council/voting_and_elections/2015_elections/statements_of_persons_nom.aspx . 30 May 2015 . dmy-all .
  22. Web site: Town and Parish. West Cheshire Elections 2015. Chester West and Chester Council. 26 May 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150526132351/http://electionswestcheshire.co.uk/town-and-parish/. 26 May 2015. dmy-all.
  23. News: Cheshire West and Chester ballot papers re-issued due to printing error. 23 April 2015. Frances Barrett. Chester Chronicle. 22 May 2015.
  24. News: Election 2015: Postal votes in Cheshire West still not arrived. David Holmes. 6 May 2015. Chester Chronicle. 24 May 2015.
  25. News: Election 2015: Chester police investigate leaflet attacking Labour leader. David Holmes. 8 May 2015. Chester Chronicle. 22 May 2015.
  26. News: Election 2015 Live: Cheshire West and Chester Council election results . Michael Green. 8 May 2015. 26 May 2015. Chester Chronicle.
  27. News: Double delight for Labour as party controls Cheshire West and Chester Council. Chester Standard. 11 May 2015. 26 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150526131825/http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/147814/double-delight-for-labour-as-party-controls-cheshire-west-and-chester-council.aspx. 26 May 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  28. News: Local elections live: Cheshire West and Chester Council election count resumes. Michael Green. Chester Chronicle. 9 May 2015. 27 May 2015.
  29. News: Chester Tory chief Mike Jones survives leadership challenge after election defeat. David Holmes. 20 May 2015. Chester Chronicle. 22 May 2015.
  30. News: Election 2015: Chester UKIP candidate for parliament and council 'proud' to have stood for party. Chester Chronicle. David Holmes. 4 May 2015. 26 May 2015.
  31. News: Cheshire West and Chester Council have bad-tempered first meeting under Labour control. David Holmes. 26 May 2015. 10 June 2015. Chester Chronicle.
  32. News: Will fracking decide Chester?. Phil McCann. BBC News. 6 May 2015. 29 May 2015.
  33. News: Anti-frackers build for demonstration outside HQ after Tory majority rejects debate. Chester Chronicle. 22 March 2015. 22 May 2015.
  34. Web site: Parkgate Electorate Vote Local in Historic Victory for an Independent. 9 May 2015. 25 May 2015. AboutMyArea.
  35. Web site: Candidate Statements - CWAC Elections 2015 : Parkgate Ward. 21 April 2015. 25 May 2015. AboutMyArea. https://web.archive.org/web/20150527200907/http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Cheshire/Neston/CH64/Neston-News-Archive/Elections-2015/286523-Candidate-Statements-CWAC-Elections-2015-:-Parkgate-Ward. 27 May 2015. dead.
  36. News: Was I sacked over student village vote?' asks ex-chairman of Cheshire West and Chester Council's key planning committee. 23 May 2013. 27 May 2015. David Holmes. Chester Chronicle.
  37. News: Come clean call in row on Chester village vote. Jim Green. 23 September 2013. Chester Standard. 27 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150527185923/http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/126625/come-clean-call-in-row-on-chester-village-vote.aspx. 27 May 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  38. News: Probe over d***head comment by council leader. Chester Standard. 23 August 2012. 3 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610130533/http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/115525/probe-over-d-head-comment-by-council-leader.aspx. 10 June 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  39. News: Cheshire West and Chester Council loses respect (clause). David Holmes. 3 March 2015. 27 May 2015. Chester Chronicle.
  40. News: Tributes paid to 'passionate' Ellesmere Port councillor. Holmes. David. 2018-02-12. chesterchronicle. 2018-04-08.
  41. Web site: Page Moss: CTRL – DEL LocalCouncils.co.uk. localcouncils.co.uk. en. 2018-04-08.
  42. Web site: Election results for Claughton. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

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