Chester City Council elections

Chester was a non-metropolitan district in Cheshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Cheshire West and Chester.

Political control[edit]

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
	Conservative	1973-1986
	No overall control	1986-2007
	Conservative	2007-2009

Council elections[edit]

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

By-election results[edit]

Vicars Cross By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Holding	1,466	42.5	-8.3
	Labour	Sara Barnsley	1,151	33.3	-0.3
	Conservative	Peter Moore-Dutton	834	24.2	+8.7
Majority			315	9.2
Turnout			3,451
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

College By-Election 26 June 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	664	74.9	+6.3
	Conservative	120	13.5	-4.6
	Independent	53	6.0	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	50	5.6	-2.5
Majority		544	61.4
Turnout		887	16.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Newton Brook By-Election 21 September 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Jordan?	572	55.1	+11.2
	Conservative		401	38.6	-5.6
	Labour		65	6.3	-5.6
Majority			171	16.5
Turnout			1,038	33.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

College By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	1,150	51.8	-2.8
	Liberal Democrat	570	25.6	+6.0
	Conservative	502	22.6	-3.2
Majority		580	26.2
Turnout		2,222
	Labour hold	Swing

Hoole Groves By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alex Black	886	41.4	+12.9
	Liberal Democrat		811	37.9	-20.2
	Conservative		406	19.1	+7.6
	Independent		35	1.6	+0.7
Majority			75	3.5
Turnout			2,103
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Malpas By-Election 6 September 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Eveleigh Moore-Dutton	482	54.3	-19.5
	Liberal Democrat		405	45.7	+31.4
Majority			77	8.6
Turnout			887	20.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Blacon Hall By-Election 1 August 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Tushingham	592	77.1	+2.3
	Independent		119	15.5	+15.5
	Liberal Democrat		57	7.4	+7.4
Majority			473	61.6
Turnout			768	13.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Blacon Hall By-Election 14 August 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Norman Stainthorp	714	66.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Charles Isaac	204	18.9	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat		160	14.8	+8.2
Majority			510	47.3
Turnout			1,078	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Boughton By-Election 29 July 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Susan Atkinson	427	44.9	-7.9
	Conservative	Mark Williams	377	39.6	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Joanne Crotty (?)	147	15.5	+4.5
Majority			50	5.3
Turnout			951	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Blacon Lodge By-Election 18 November 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ethel Price	505	62.9	+4.1
	Conservative	John Burke ?	243	30.3	+6.2
	Liberal Democrat		55	6.8	-10.3
Majority			262	32.6
Turnout			803	21.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Hoole All Saints By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Sullivan	765	51.2	-8.6
	Labour		496	33.2	+10.9
	Conservative		233	15.6	+7.0
Majority			269	18.0
Turnout			1,494	65.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Curzon & Westminster By-Election 27 October 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Max Drury	875	63.8	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Stobie	258	18.8	+1.9
	Labour	Alexandra Tate	238	17.4	-0.8
Majority			617	45.0
Turnout			1,371	41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newton St. Michaels By-Election 26 October 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Adrian Walmsley	518	41.9	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Molly Hale	497	40.2	+8.1
	Labour	Alex Black	197	15.9	-2.9
	Green	Diana Wilderspin-Jones	24	1.9	-5.2
Majority			21	1.7
Turnout			1,236	46.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References[edit]

^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ The City of Chester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Chester (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

External links[edit]

Chester Council

[1] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[2] The City of Chester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978

[3] slation.gov.uk - The Cheshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.

[4] slation.gov.uk - The City of Chester (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

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v t e 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

v t e 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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