Cheshire East Council election, 2011

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Map of the results of the 2011 Cheshire East council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Handforth Ratepayers Association, Middlewich First and Shavington First in white, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

Elections to Cheshire East Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. Elections occurred in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council.

The wards were all new, having been created in a boundary review which took effect in January 2011.[1] They replaced the previous 27 three-seat wards used in the 2008 election, which were identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.

Results

The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 52 out of 82 seats, with a majority of 36 councillors.[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Cheshire East Council election - 2011 - summary
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 52 −7 47.75 91,736 −6.4
  Labour 16 +10 26.6 51,167 +12.7
  Liberal Democrat 4 −8 12.6 24,206 −8.9
  Middlewich First 3 2.4 4,578
  Handforth 'Ratepayers' Association 2 1.6 3,010
  Shavington First 1 0.3 608
  Others 4 +6 8.7 16,804

References

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