Cheshire East
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Council composition as of 2025
82 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2023)
In 2023, 82 seats were up across 52 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 82 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 64,154 | 36.7% | 33 | 40.2% | 32 | 39.0% | +1 |
| Labour Party | 52,712 | 30.2% | 31 | 37.8% | 26 | 31.7% | +5 |
| Independent | 16,749 | 9.6% | 8 | 9.8% | 8 | 9.8% | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 13,983 | 8.0% | 2 | 2.4% | 6 | 7.3% | -4 |
| Green Party | 12,148 | 6.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 7.3% | -6 |
| RES | 5,143 | 2.9% | 5 | 6.1% | 2 | 2.4% | +3 |
| CREWE 1ST | 3,580 | 2.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.2% | -1 |
| TYTH IND | 2,589 | 1.5% | 2 | 2.4% | 1 | 1.2% | +1 |
| BOLL 1ST | 1,195 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| WEP | 1,132 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| AEF | 1,095 | 0.6% | 1 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | +1 |
| Social Democratic Party | 157 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Reform UK | 114 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| OMRL | 57 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 174,808 | 100.0% | 82 | 100.0% | 82 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2023 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2019 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Alderley Edge | 77% | 79% |
| Alsager | 40% | 57% |
| Audlem | 53% | 64% |
| Bollington | 56% | 38% |
| Brereton Rural | 52% | 42% |
| Broken Cross and Upton | 42% | 61% |
| Bunbury | 54% | 52% |
| Chelford | 52% | 66% |
| Congleton East | 30% | 40% |
| Congleton West | 37% | 37% |
| Crewe Central | 61% | 55% |
| Crewe East | 62% | 53% |
| Crewe North | 49% | 52% |
| Crewe South | 68% | 63% |
| Crewe St Barnabas | 74% | |
| Crewe St. Barnabas | 50% | |
| Crewe West | 65% | 63% |
| Dane Valley | 56% | 56% |
| Disley | 49% | 57% |
| Gawsworth | 73% | 63% |
| Handforth | 61% | 68% |
| Haslington | 52% | 52% |
| High Legh | 54% | 63% |
| Knutsford | 46% | 50% |
| Leighton | 45% | 37% |
| Macclesfield Central | 46% | 69% |
| Macclesfield East | 69% | 59% |
| Macclesfield Hurdsfield | 59% | 69% |
| Macclesfield South | 68% | 53% |
| Macclesfield Tytherington | 46% | 55% |
| Macclesfield West and Ivy | 64% | 71% |
| Middlewich | 56% | 40% |
| Mobberley | 73% | |
| Nantwich North and West | 54% | 51% |
| Nantwich South and Stapeley | 49% | 52% |
| Odd Rode | 53% | 57% |
| Poynton East and Pott Shrigley | 61% | 54% |
| Poynton West and Adlington | 54% | 55% |
| Prestbury | 89% | 74% |
| Sandbach Elworth | 57% | 43% |
| Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock | 54% | 54% |
| Sandbach Heath and East | 61% | 41% |
| Sandbach Town | 60% | 46% |
| Shavington | 49% | 41% |
| Sutton | 47% | 45% |
| Willaston and Rope | 44% | 54% |
| Wilmslow Dean Row | 69% | 53% |
| Wilmslow East | 73% | 64% |
| Wilmslow Lacey Green | 43% | 48% |
| Wilmslow West and Chorley | 60% | 55% |
| Wistaston | 48% | 52% |
| Wrenbury | 63% | 50% |
| Wybunbury | 82% | 71% |