Congleton Borough Council elections

Congleton was a non-metropolitan 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	1976–1982
	No overall control	1982–1983
	Conservative	1983–1986
	No overall control	1986–1991
	Liberal Democrats	1991–1992
	No overall control	1992–1994
	Liberal Democrats	1994–2002
	No overall control	2002–2003
	Conservative	2003–2009

Council elections

Congleton Borough Council election, 1973
Congleton Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Congleton Borough Council election, 1979
Congleton Borough Council election, 1980
Congleton Borough Council election, 1982
Congleton Borough Council election, 1983
Congleton Borough Council election, 1984
Congleton Borough Council election, 1986
Congleton Borough Council election, 1987
Congleton Borough Council election, 1988
Congleton Borough Council election, 1990
Congleton Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]^[4]
Congleton Borough Council election, 1992
Congleton Borough Council election, 1994
Congleton Borough Council election, 1995
Congleton Borough Council election, 1996
Congleton Borough Council election, 1998
Congleton Borough Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[5]
Congleton Borough Council election, 2000
Congleton Borough Council election, 2002
Congleton Borough Council election, 2003
Congleton Borough Council election, 2004
Congleton Borough Council election, 2006
Congleton Borough Council election, 2007

By-election results

Congleton North By-Election 10 August 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Atkin	303	50.9	+9.6
	Liberal Democrat		156	26.2	-24.9
	Conservative		136	22.9	+15.3
Majority			147	24.7
Turnout			595	21.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Congleton North West By-Election 10 August 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sue Appleton	275	37.2	+11.3
	Liberal Democrat		251	34.0	-8.3
	Labour		213	28.8	-3.0
Majority			24	3.2
Turnout			739	24.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Congleton North By-Election 26 August 2004 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative		191
	Conservative		174
	Labour		142
	Labour		133
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Davey	111
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Jones	108
Turnout			859	15.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Congleton West By-Election 28 October 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		491	53.7	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Davey	275	30.1	+6.2
	Labour		148	16.2	-4.8
Majority			261	23.6
Turnout			914	20.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alsager Central By-Election 17 February 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Burgess	532	56.1	-14.2
	Conservative	Warwick Till	365	38.5	+8.8
	Labour	William Howell	52	5.5	+5.5
Majority			167	17.6
Turnout			949	34.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Congleton North West By-Election 24 November 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Davey	341	54.8	+54.8
	Conservative	Matthew Carey	191	30.7	-13.3
	Labour	Lisa Bossons	90	14.5	-9.2
Majority			150	24.1
Turnout			622	21.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Sandbach West By-Election 18 October 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stella Furlong	445	45.1	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Darnes	382	38.7	-3.1
	Labour	Keith Haines	160	16.2	-0.5
Majority			63	6.4
Turnout			987	19.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Congleton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Congleton (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

External links

Congleton 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

Districts	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

Local elections	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

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