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Macclesfield (borough)

For the principal settlement of this borough, see Macclesfield. For the parliamentary constituency, see Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency).

Macclesfield was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It included the towns of Bollington, Knutsford, Macclesfield and Wilmslow and within its wider area the villages and hamlets of Adlington, Disley, Gawsworth, Kerridge, Pott Shrigley, Poynton, Prestbury, Rainow, Styal, Sutton and Tytherington.

Borough of Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Shown within Cheshire
History
 • OriginMacclesfield Municipal Borough
Alderley Edge Urban District
Bollington Urban District
Knutsford Urban District
Wilmslow Urban District
Disley Rural District
Macclesfield Rural District
Bucklow Rural District (part of)
 • Created1 April 1974
 • Abolished31 March 2009
 • Succeeded byCheshire East
StatusNon-metropolitan district
ONS code13UG
 • HQMacclesfield

History edit

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of Macclesfield municipal borough, Alderley Edge, Bollington, Knutsford and Wilmslow urban districts, along with the single parish Disley Rural District, Macclesfield Rural District and part of Bucklow Rural District. The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor.[1]

In 2006 the Department for Communities and Local Government considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. The decision to merge the boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe and Nantwich to create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected.[2]

The Borough of Macclesfield was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new Cheshire East unitary authority was formed.[3]

Civil parishes edit

The borough contained 52 civil parishes and 2 discrete unparished areas (namely, the towns of Macclesfield and Wilmslow). Of the 52 civil parishes, five (Agden, Little Bollington, Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Tatton, and Wincle) held parish meetings rather than elect a parish council.[4] Of the remaining 47 civil parishes, two contained towns (Bollington and Knutsford) and so had town councils rather than parish councils administering them.[4] A number of adjacent or abutting civil parishes were grouped together under a single parish council: Ollerton with Marthall, Plumley with Toft and Bexton, and Tabley (for the parishes of Tabley Inferior and Tabley Superior) The remaining 37 civil parishes had their own parish council.[4]

The following civil parishes were included in the borough:

Political control edit

The town of Macclesfield had been a municipal borough from 1836 to 1974 with a borough council.[5] The first elections to the new Macclesfield Borough created under the Local Government Act 1972 were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2009 was held by the following parties:[6]

Party in controlYears
No overall control1974–1976
Conservative1976–2009

Leadership edit

The leaders of the council from 1983 were:

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Margaret Duddy[7]Conservative19832001
Peter Burns[8]Conservative2001May 2004
Sue Kipling[9]Conservative200423 Sep 2004
Wesley FitzgeraldConservative200431 Mar 2009

Wesley Fitzgerald went on to become the first leader of Cheshire East Council.

Composition edit

The political composition of the council at its abolition in 2009 was:

PartyCouncillors
Conservative38
Liberal Democrat12
Labour6
Handforth Ratepayer2
Independent2

Council elections edit

By-election results edit

North East By-Election 20 June 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats1,27850.5
Conservative1,00839.8
Labour2459.7
Majority27010.7
Turnout2,53137.0
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Prestbury By-Election 12 September 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative96778.8
Liberal Democrats25921.1
Majority70857.7
Turnout1,22628.0
Conservative holdSwing
Plumley By-Election 3 July 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative50656.3-1.3
Liberal Democrats39243.7+12.6
Majority11412.6
Turnout89846.0
Conservative holdSwing
Knutsford Over By-Election 4 November 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative47852.5+12.3
Labour27530.2+7.5
Independent12013.2-3.9
Liberal Democrats384.2-7.0
Majority20322.3
Turnout91121.9
Conservative holdSwing
Knutsford Bexton By-Election 1 February 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats34645.9+11.3
Conservative33644.6-0.9
Labour729.5-10.5
Majority101.3
Turnout75434.1
Liberal Democrats gain from ConservativeSwing
Morley and Styal By-Election 5 April 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats85759.6+12.6
Conservative58040.4+2.8
Majority27719.2
Turnout1,43736.7
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Macclesfield West By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,29060.0+0.8
Conservative53825.0+4.5
Liberal Democrats32114.9+0.4
Majority75235.0
Turnout2,149
Labour holdSwing
Pornton Central By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,62145.5-8.5
Liberal Democrats1,18733.3-2.0
Labour75621.2+10.5
Majority43412.2
Turnout3,564
Conservative holdSwing
Bollington West By-Election 31 July 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsShirley Sockett43462.6+41.4
Conservative16223.4-17.4
Labour9714.0-24.0
Majority27239.2
Turnout69336.6
Liberal Democrats gain from ConservativeSwing
Hurdsfield By-Election 27 November 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats46756.3-0.3
Conservative21225.5+9.0
Labour15118.2-8.7
Majority25530.8
Turnout83024.7
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Knutsford Nether By-Election 16 September 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeVivien Davies38561.1-8.0
Liberal DemocratsPaul Moss19931.6+12.6
Labour467.3-4.6
Majority18629.5
Turnout63030.4
Conservative holdSwing
Plumley By-Election 5 May 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdward Fisher78963.3-25.6
Liberal DemocratsHeulwen Barlow32926.4+26.4
LabourLaurences Hobday12910.3-0.8
Majority46036.9
Turnout1,24765.3
Conservative holdSwing
Prestbury By-Election 26 January 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeNicholas Stratford95089.5+89.5
Liberal DemocratsAnne Goddard11210.5-26.5
Majority83879.0
Turnout1,06225.0
Conservative gain from IndependentSwing
Hurdsfield By-Election 20 July 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsEnid Tomlinson50058.2+5.2
LabourSimon Truss17820.7-3.9
ConservativeMatthew Davies829.6-12.8
IndependentFred Grundy536.2+6.2
GreenJohn Knight455.2+5.2
Majority32237.5
Turnout85825.2
Liberal Democrats holdSwing

References edit

  1. ^ "District Councils and Boroughs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 28 March 1974. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. ^ BBC News, 25 July 2007 – County split into two authorities. Retrieval Date: 25 July 2007.
  3. ^ "The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008". opsi.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.
  4. ^ a b c "Parish Clerks". Borough of Macclesfield. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Macclesfield Municipal Borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Tributes paid to 'truly remarkable' leader". Macclesfield Express. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Council leader resigns after arrest". Macclesfield Express. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Sue answers God's call". Manchester Evening News. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  10. ^ The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  11. ^ The Macclesfield and Vale Royal (Areas) Order 1982
  12. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  13. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  14. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  15. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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