Election Name: | 2023 Cheshire East Council election |
Country: | Cheshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2019 Cheshire East Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 Cheshire East Council election |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 82 seats to Cheshire East Council |
Majority Seats: | 42 |
Leader1: | Janet Clowes |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 30 |
Seats After1: | 33 |
Leader2: | Sam Corcoran |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 24 |
Seats After2: | 31 |
Leader3: | Craig Browne |
Party3: | Independent Group |
Seats Before3: | 17 |
Seats After3: | 14 |
Leader4: | Phil Williams |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before4: | 4 |
Seats After4: | 2 |
Party5: | Non-aligned Independents |
Seats Before5: | 4 |
Seats After5: | 2 |
Party6: | Casual vacancy |
Seats Before6: | 3 |
Seats After6: | 0 |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Sam Corcoran Labour |
Before Party: | No overall control |
After Election: | Sam Corcoran Labour |
After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Cheshire East Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2023 to elected all 82 members of Cheshire East Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The council had been under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Labour minority administration with support from independent councillors. The council remained under no overall control after the election. The Conservatives formed the largest single party, but an agreement was reached between Labour and most of the independent councillors to continue running the council.[1]
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The results for each ward were:[2] [3]
One of the two Handforth seats had been vacant since November 2022 following the death of the previous Handforth Ratepayers' Association councillor Barry Burkhill.[4]
The Macclesfield Hurdsfield seat had been vacant since December 2022 following the death of the previous Labour councillor Steve Carter.[5]
One of the Macclesfield Tytherington seats had been vacant since November 2022 following the resignation of the previous independent councillor Lloyd Roberts.[6]