Macclesfield Town Council

Macclesfield Town Council
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Type
Type
History
Founded2015
Preceded byMacclesfield Charter Trustees, Macclesfield Borough Council, Macclesfield Municipal Borough.
Leadership
Town Mayor
Cllr Sandy Livingstone (Labour)
Deputy Mayor
Cllr Emma Gilman (Independent)
Town Clerk
Laura Smith
Civic Officer
Nicola Mellor
Structure
Seats
8 / 12
Independents
3 / 12
Elections
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
Date TBC
Website
www.macclesfield-tc.gov.uk

Macclesfield Town Council is the town council for Macclesfield which was established in 2015.[2] Created following a Local Governance Review carried out by Cheshire East Council, the new council adopted town council status on 5 May 2015, allowing it to appoint its chairman as Mayor of Macclesfield.

Town Mayor

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Macclesfield Town council has a Town Mayor and Deputy Mayor. A councillor can only hold the position of mayor for one year.

Year Mayor Deputy Mayor Town Clerk
2015 Cllr Liz Durham Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBE Pete Turner
2016 [3] Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBE Cllr Beverley Dooley Pete Turner
2017 Cllr Beverley Dooley Cllr Adam Schofield Pete Turner
2018 [4] Cllr Adam Schofield Cllr Chris Andrew Pete Turner
2019 [5] Cllr Janet Jackson MBE Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake Pete Turner
2020 Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake Cllr David Edwardes Pete Turner
2021 Cllr David Edwardes Cllr Fiona Wilson Laura Smith
2022 Cllr Fiona Wilson Cllr Chris Wilcock Laura Smith
2023 Cllr Chris Wilcock Cllr Sandy Livingstone Laura Smith
2023 Cllr Sandy Livingstone Cllr Emma Gilman Laura Smith

Councillors

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The current list of councillors in Macclesfield Town Council, following the Local Elections on 4 May 2023.[6]

Name Ward Party
Cllr Dr Ruth Thompson Broken Cross

and Upton[7]

Labour
Cllr Christopher Wilcock Labour
Cllr Sandy Livingstone Central[8] Labour
Cllr James Barber Labour
Cllr Mick Warren East[9] Independent
Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake Hurdsfield[10] Labour
Cllr Neil Puttick South[11] Labour
Cllr Fiona Wilson Labour
Cllr David Edwardes Tytherington[12] Independent
Cllr Emma Gilman Independent
Cllr Alift Harewood MBE West and Ivy[13] Labour[14]
Cllr Mike Hutchison Labour[15]

Elections

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4 May 2023

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The council had its third election on 4 May 2023, the same day as the elections to Cheshire East Council. At the time of the elections there were two vacant seats on the Town Council. All 10 of the incumbent Councillors were re-elected, and Cllr Emma Gilman, Independent for Tytherington and Cllr James Barber, Labour for Central Ward were elected to the empty seats.

Cllr Chris Wilcock was then unanimously elected as Mayor of Macclesfield on the 15th May 2023, with Cllr Sandy Livingstone unanimously elected as Deputy Mayor.

2 May 2019

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The council had its second election on 2 May 2019, the same day as the 2019 United Kingdom local elections in England and Northern Ireland, which included elections to Cheshire East Council. The Conservatives lost control of Cheshire East Council for the first time, including losing all their Macclesfield councillors.[16] These results were reflected in the Town Council too, where the Tories lost all eight of their seats. Labour fared better, gaining five seats to a total of nine, while Independents won the remaining three.[17]

Broken Cross and Upton Ward

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Fin Shenton and Chris Wilcock were elected. The turnout was 66.1%.[18]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2019: Broken Cross and Upton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fin Shenton 978 N/A
Labour Chris Wilcock 891 N/A
Conservative Liz Durham 818 N/A
Conservative Gareth Jones 684 N/A
Majority N/A
Turnout N/A

7 May 2015

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The first election of Macclesfield Town Council was held on 7 May 2015. Broken Cross, Central, Tytherington, South and West & Ivy Wards elect two councillors. East and Hurdsfield Wards elect one.

Broken Cross and Upton Ward

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Liz Durham and Martin Hardy were elected. The turnout was 66.1%.[19]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2015: Broken Cross and Upton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Liz Durham 2,201 34.0 N/A
Conservative Martin Hardy 1,940 30.0 N/A
UKIP David Langley 853 13.4 N/A
Labour David Toby 1,476 22.8 N/A
Majority 464 7.2 N/A
Turnout 6,470 66.6 N/A

Central Ward

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Bev Dooley and Janet Jackson were elected. The turnout was 59.3%.[20]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2015: Central Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bev Dooley 1,217 19 N/A
UKIP Adrian Howard 684 10.7 N/A
Labour Janet Jackson 1,553 24.2 N/A
Green John Knight 896 14.0 N/A
Conservative Bill Livesly 942 14.7 N/A
Labour Richard Watson 1,107 17.3 N/A
Majority 282 4.4 N/A
Turnout 6,399 59.33 N/A

East Ward

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Philip Bolton was elected. The turnout was 68.6%.[21]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2015: East Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Bolton 815 35.4 N/A
Green Lindy Brett 340 14.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Broadhead 466 20.3 N/A
Labour Eileen Talbot 680 30.0 N/A
Majority 135 5.9 N/A
Turnout 2,301 68.6 N/A

Hurdsfield Ward

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Matthew Sharrocks was elected. The turnout was 57.15%.[22]

Candidate Party Vote Share
Brian Doherty Green 20.4%
Bernadette McKenna Conservative 35.3%
Matthew Sharrocks Labour 44.3%

South Ward

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Neil Puttick and Chris Andrew were elected. The turnout was 63.1%.[23]

Candidate Party Vote Share
Liam Acton Green 9.7%
Chris Andrew Conservative 19.4%
Jane Leigh UKIP 14.2%
Neil Puttick Labour 20.3%
Bradley Snelling Conservative 18.6%
Fiona Wilson Labour 17.7%

Tytherington Ward

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Arnold Ainsley and Gareth Jones were elected. The turnout was 70.0%.[24]

Candidate Party Vote Share
Arnold Ainsley Conservative 31.9%
John Houston Green 11.2%
Gareth Jones Conservative 24.1%
Lloyd Roberts Independent 18.6%
Christopher Wilcock Labour 14.3%

West and Ivy Ward

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Alift Harewood-Jones MBE and Adam Schofield were elected. The turnout was 62.1%.[25]

Candidate Party Vote Share
Martin Ault UKIP 15.2%
Alift Harewood-Jones MBE Labour 23.9%
Matthew Lewis Labour 20.7%
Adam Schofield Conservative 21.0%
Madge Slater Conservative 19.2%

Cadet to the Mayor of Macclesfield

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In 2016 the incoming Mayor, Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones, established the position of Mayor's cadet, to have a young person from a local cadet organisation to assist in civic duties.

Year Name Organisation
2016 [3] Sgt Emily Storer Air Cadets 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron
2017 [26] Cpl Kieran Forshaw Air Cadets 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron
2018 [5] Cpl Julia Domanska Air Cadets 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron
2019 [5] Leading Cadet Jasmine Wrenn Sea Cadets Bollington & Macclesfield Sea Cadets

References

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  1. ^ "Nether Alderley to Prestbury". cheshireeast.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Macclesfield Town Council | Macclesfield Town Council". macclesfield-tc.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "AGM Minutes 2016" (PDF). macclesfield-tc.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ^ "2018/19 Annual report, Macclesfield Town Council" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b c "Your Mayor".
  6. ^ "Parish and Town Councils Election May 2019 - Kettleshulme to Nantwich". Cheshire East. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Macclesfield Parish Council - Broken Cross and Upton Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  8. ^ "Macclesfield Parish Council - Central Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  9. ^ "Macclesfield Parish Council - East Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  10. ^ "MACCLESFIELD TOWN COUNCIL - HURDSFIELD WARD" (PDF). Cheshire East Council.
  11. ^ "Macclesfield Parish Council - South Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  12. ^ "Macclesfield Parish Council - Tytherington Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  13. ^ "Macclesfield Parish Council - West and Ivy Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  14. ^ "About Cllr Janet Jackson". Cheshire East Council. 8 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Labour candidate co-opted onto Macclesfield Town Council". Silk106.9. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Tories lose flagship Cheshire East Council for first time". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Parish and Town Councils Election May 2019 - Kettleshulme to Nantwich". Cheshire East Council.
  18. ^ "Broken Cross and Upton Ward 2019 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  19. ^ "Broken Cross and Upton Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  20. ^ "Central Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  21. ^ "East Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  22. ^ "Hurdsfield Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  23. ^ "South Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East.
  24. ^ "Tytherington Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  25. ^ "West and Ivy Ward 2015 Election Results". Cheshire East Council.
  26. ^ "Agenda for the meeting of Macclesfield Town Council" (PDF). 2017.
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