Macclesfield Borough Council elections

Macclesfield was a non-metropolitian district in Cheshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Cheshire East.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1973-1976
	Conservative	1976-2009

Council elections

Macclesfield Borough Council election, 1973
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 1976
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 1980
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 1982
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 1983 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 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 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]^[5]^[6]
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 1995
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 1996
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 1998
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[7]
Macclesfield Borough Council election, 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

By-election results

North East By-Election 20 June 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,278	50.5
	Conservative		1,008	39.8
	Labour		245	9.7
Majority			270	10.7
Turnout			2,531	37.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prestbury By-Election 12 September 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		967	78.8
	Liberal Democrat		259	21.1
Majority			708	57.7
Turnout			1,226	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plumley By-Election 3 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		506	56.3	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat		392	43.7	+12.6
Majority			114	12.6
Turnout			898	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knutsford Over By-Election 4 November 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		478	52.5	+12.3
	Labour		275	30.2	+7.5
	Independent		120	13.2	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat		38	4.2	-7.0
Majority			203	22.3
Turnout			911	21.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knutsford Bexton By-Election 1 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Morley and Styal By-Election 5 April 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		857	59.6	+12.6
	Conservative		580	40.4	+2.8
Majority			277	19.2
Turnout			1,437	36.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Macclesfield West By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,290	60.0	+0.8
	Conservative		538	25.0	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat		321	14.9	+0.4
Majority			752	35.0
Turnout			2,149
	Labour hold		Swing

Pornton Central By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,621	45.5	-8.5
	Liberal Democrat		1,187	33.3	-2.0
	Labour		756	21.2	+10.5
Majority			434	12.2
Turnout			3,564
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bollington West By-Election 31 July 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Hurdsfield By-Election 27 November 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat hold		Swing

Knutsford Nether By-Election 16 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivien Davies	385	61.1	-8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Moss	199	31.6	+12.6
	Labour		46	7.3	-4.6
Majority			186	29.5
Turnout			630	30.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plumley By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Fisher	789	63.3	-25.6
	Liberal Democrat	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

Prestbury By-Election 26 January 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Stratford	950	89.5	+89.5
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Goddard	112	10.5	-26.5
Majority			838	79.0
Turnout			1,062	25.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Hurdsfield By-Election 20 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ 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.

External links

Macclesfield Council

Council elections in Cheshire

Cheshire East Council	2008 2011 2015

Cheshire West and Chester Council	2008 2011 2015

Halton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Warrington Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Cheshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished

Chester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Congleton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Macclesfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Vale Royal Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Former non-metropolitan districts of England

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