2023 Cheshire West and Chester Council election explained
See main article: 2023 United Kingdom local elections.
| Election Name: | Cheshire West and Chester Council election, 2023 |
| Country: | Cheshire |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Cheshire West and Chester Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Cheshire West and Chester Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 70 seats on Cheshire West and Chester Council |
| Majority Seats: | 36 |
| Turnout: | 36.1% |
| Leader1: | Louise Gittins |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Little Neston |
| Leader Since1: | 10 May 2019[1] |
| Last Election1: | 35 seats, 36.74% |
| Seats Before1: | 33 |
| Seats Needed1: | 3 |
| Seats1: | 39 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 69,841 |
| Percentage1: | 42.55% |
| Swing1: | 5.81 pp |
| Leader2: | Margaret Parker |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Gowy Rural |
| Leader Since2: | 9 May 2019[2] |
| Last Election2: | 28 seats, 39.17% |
| Seats Before2: | 28 |
| Seats Needed2: | 8 |
| Seats2: | 23 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 51,969 |
| Percentage2: | 31.66% |
| Swing2: | 7.51 pp |
| Party3: | Independent (politician) |
| Last Election3: | 4 seats, 5.81% |
| Seats Before3: | 6 |
| Seats Needed3: | 30 |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 11,140 |
| Percentage3: | 6.79% |
| Swing3: | 0.98 pp |
| Leader4: | Paul Bowers |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election4: | 1 seat, 5.35% |
| Leaders Seat4: | Helsby
(stood in Tarvin & Kelsall this time) |
| Leader Since4: | 2 May 2019 |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats Needed4: | 35 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 9,192 |
| Percentage4: | 5.6% |
| Swing4: | 0.25 pp |
| Leader5: | Paul Roberts[3] [4] |
| Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 12.25% |
| Leaders Seat5: | Farndon
(defeated) |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats Needed5: | 34 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 21,092 |
| Percentage5: | 12.85% |
| Swing5: | 0.6 pp |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Leader |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Louise Gittins
Labour |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Louise Gittins |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2023 Cheshire West and Chester Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cheshire West and Chester Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, including contested elections in the civil parishes of Broxton, Dutton, Great Boughton, Mouldsworth and Tarporley and the towns of Frodsham, Northwich and Winsford.
The council had been under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Labour minority administration. Labour won a majority on the council at this election, taking 39 of the 70 seats.[5]
Wards and candidates
Seat composition between 2019 (top) and 2023 (bottom):
The Statement of Persons Nominated for each electoral ward was published on 5 April 2023, twenty-four hours after nominations closed.[6]
New councillors
- Sherin Akhtar (Labour, Upton)
- Martin Beveridge (Independent, Winsford Gravel)
- Stuart Bingham (Labour, Winsford Over and Verdin)
- Simon Boone (Labour, Winsford Swanlow)
- Matt Carter (Labour, Handbridge Park)
- Paul Chamberlain (Labour, Chester City and The Garden Quarter)
- Tom Cooper (Conservative, Tarvin and Kelsall)
- Chris Copeman (Green, Helsby)
- Felicity Davies (Labour, Northwich Winnington and Castle)
- Olwyn Dean (Labour, Rudheath)
- Caroline Ellis (Labour, Sutton Villages)
- Michael Garvey (Labour, Frodsham)
- Charles Hardy (Conservative, Tarporley)
- Katie Kendrick (Labour, Netherpool)
- Katrina Kerr (Labour, Chester City and The Garden Quarter)
- Martin Loftus (Conservative, Hartford and Greenbank)
- Ted Lush (Liberal Democrats, Tarvin and Kelsall)
- Elizabeth MacGlashan (Labour, Great Boughton)
- Dan Marr (Conservative, Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead)
- Arthur Neil (Labour, Northwich Winnington and Castle)
- Phil Rimmer (Conservative, Weaver and Cuddington)
- John Roach (Green, Whitby Park)
- Jimmy Shannon (Labour, Whitby Groves)
- Gaynor Sinar (Conservative, Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead)
- Alan Smith (Labour, Blacon)
- Lynn Stocks (Conservative, Weaver and Cuddington)
- Lucy Sumner (Labour, Frodsham)
- Alex Tate (Labour, Lache)
- Adrian Waddelove (Conservative, Farndon)
- Ben Walker (Labour, Chester City and The Garden Quarter)
Outgoing councillors
- Val Armstrong (Labour)
- Chris Basey (Conservative)
- Mike Baynham (Independent)
- Keith Board (Conservative)
- Paul Bowers (Green)
- Kate Cernik (Labour)
- Robert Cernik (Labour)
- Martyn Delaney (Independent)
- Samantha Dixon (Labour)
- Charles Fifield (Conservative)
- Mal Gaskill (Liberal Democrats)
- Phil Herbert (Conservative)
- Jill Houlbrook (Conservative)
- Brian Jones (Labour)
- John Leather (Conservative)
- Nicole Meardon (Labour)
- Joanne Moorcroft (Labour)
- Eveleigh Moore Dutton (Independent)
- Trish Richards (Labour)
- Lynn Riley (Conservative)
- Diane Roberts (Labour)
- Paul Roberts (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Rooney (Labour)
- Bob Rudd (Labour)
- Neil Sullivan (Conservative)
- Harry Tonge (Conservative)
- Helen Treeby (Conservative)
- Elton Watson (Conservative)
- Helen Weltman (Conservative)
- Paul Williams (Conservative)
Re-elected councillors
- Martin Barker (Independent, Parkgate)
- Richard Beacham (Labour, Newton and Hoole)
- Robert Bisset (Labour, Central and Grange)
- Tommy Blackmore (Labour, Winsford Over and Verdin)
- Matt Bryan (Labour, Upton)
- Mandy Clare (Independent, Winsford Dene)
- Steve Collings (Labour, Great Boughton)
- Andrew Cooper (Labour, Northwich Leftwich)
- Razia Daniels (Conservative, Handbridge Park)
- Lisa Denson (Labour, Westminster)
- Hugo Deynem (Conservative, Sandstone)
- Paul Donovan (Labour, Sutton Villages)
- Simon Eardley (Conservative, Saughall and Mollington)
- Gillian Edwards (Independent, Weaver and Cuddington)
- Michael Edwardson (Labour, Wolverham)
- Carol Gahan (Labour, Blacon)
- Lynn Gibbon (Conservative, Marbury)
- Louise Gittins (Labour, Little Neston)
- Gareth Gould (Labour, Strawberry)
- Graham Heatley (Conservative, Gowy Rural)
- Myles Hogg (Conservative, Willaston and Thornton)
- Mike Jones (Conservative, Tattenhall)
- Adam Langan (Labour, Newton and Hoole)
- Gina Lewis (Labour, Winsford Over and Verdin)
- Sheila Little (Labour, Blacon)
- Phil Marshall (Conservative, Marbury)
- Keith Millar (Labour, Neston)
- Sam Naylor (Labour, Northwich Witton)
- Nathan Pardoe (Labour, Winsford Wharton)
- Margaret Parker (Conservative, Gowy Rural)
- Stuart Parker (Conservative, Christleton and Huntington)
- Patricia Parkes (Conservative, Hartford and Greenbank)
- Karen Shore (Labour, Central and Grange)
- Mark Stocks (Conservative, Shakerley)
- Christine Warner (Labour, Ledsham and Manor)
- Gill Watson (Labour, Newton and Hoole)
- Peter Wheeler (Labour, Ledsham and Manor)
- Mark Williams (Conservative, Christleton and Huntington)
- Rachel Williams (Conservative, Malpas)
- Norman Wright (Conservative, Marbury)
Seat changes
- Conservative to Labour (7)
- Frodsham (2 seats)
- Great Boughton (1 seat)
- Handbridge Park (1 seat)
- Rudheath
- Upton (1 seat)
- Winsford Over and Verdin (1 seat)
- Conservative to Liberal Democrat (1)
- Independent to Conservative (2)
- Hartford and Greenbank (1 seat)
- Tarporley
- Labour to Green (1)
- Labour to Independent (2)
- Winsford Dene
- Winsford Gravel
- Liberal Democrat to Conservative (1)
- Liberal Democrat to Independent (1)
Ward results
Wolverham
Changes 2023–2027
The Wolverham by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Michael Edwardson.[7]
Notes and References
- News: Holmes . David . Louise Gittins will be next leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council . 29 April 2023 . . . 10 May 2019.
- News: Topping . Stephen . Cheshire West Conservative group leader Cllr Lynn Riley resigns . 22 April 2023 . Northwich & Winsford Guardian . . 9 May 2019.
- Web site: Cheshire West and Chester Council elections 2023 – Farndon candidates . www.so-counties.co.uk . So Counties . 1 May 2023 . 10 April 2023.
- Web site: Local Team . www.eddisburyandweavervaleliberaldemocrats.focusteam.org.uk . 21 October 2017 . . 1 May 2023.
- News: Labour celebrates council victories and seat gains across Cheshire . 9 May 2023 . BBC News . 6 May 2023.
- Web site: May 2023 elections . www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk . . 10 April 2023.
- News: Labour victory in Ellesmere Port by-election . 8 May 2024 . Chester Standard . 7 May 2024.
