Macclesfield Town Council

Type

Founded2015

PrecededbyMacclesfield Charter Trustees, Macclesfield Borough Council, Macclesfield Municipal Borough.

Town Mayor

Cllr Emma Gilman (Independent)

Macclesfield Town Council
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Type
Type	Town Council
History
Founded	2015
Preceded by	Macclesfield Charter Trustees, Macclesfield Borough Council, Macclesfield Municipal Borough.
Leadership
Town Mayor	Cllr Emma Gilman (Independent)
Deputy Mayor	Cllr James Barber-Chadwick (Labour)
Town Clerk	Laura Smith
Civic Officer	Nicola Mellor
Structure
Seats	12 councillors ^[1]
Labour Party (UK)	8 / 12
Independents	3 / 12
Elections
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	Date TBC
Website
www.macclesfield-tc.gov.uk

Macclesfield Town Council is the town council for Macclesfield which was established in 2015.^[2] Created following a Local Governance Review carried out by Cheshire East Council, the new council adopted town council status on 5 May 2015, allowing it to appoint its chairman as Mayor of Macclesfield.

Macclesfield Town council has a Town Mayor and Deputy Mayor. A councillor can only hold the position of mayor for one year.

Year			Town Clerk
2015	Cllr Liz Durham	Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBE	Pete Turner
2016 ^[3]	Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBE	Cllr Beverley Dooley	Pete Turner
2017	Cllr Beverley Dooley	Cllr Adam Schofield	Pete Turner
2018 ^[4]	Cllr Adam Schofield	Cllr Chris Andrew	Pete Turner
2019 ^[5]	Cllr Janet Jackson MBE	Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake	Pete Turner
2020	Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake	Cllr David Edwardes	Pete Turner
2021	Cllr David Edwardes	Cllr Fiona Wilson	Laura Smith
2022	Cllr Fiona Wilson	Cllr Chris Wilcock	Laura Smith
2023	Cllr Chris Wilcock	Cllr Sandy Livingstone	Laura Smith
2024	Cllr Sandy Livingstone	Cllr Emma Gilman	Laura Smith
2025	Cllr Emma Gilman	Cllr James Barber-Chadwick	Laura Smith

Councillors

The current list of councillors in Macclesfield Town Council, following the Local Elections on 4 May 2023.^[6]

Name	Ward
Cllr Dr Ruth Thompson	Broken Cross and Upton^[7]	Labour
Cllr Christopher Wilcock	Broken Cross and Upton^[7]	Labour
Cllr Sandy Livingstone	Central^[8]	Labour
Cllr James Barber-Chadwick	Central^[8]	Labour
Cllr Mick Warren	East^[9]	Independent
Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake	Hurdsfield^[10]	Labour
Cllr Neil Puttick	South^[11]	Labour
Cllr Fiona Wilson	South^[11]	Labour
Cllr David Edwardes	Tytherington^[12]	Independent
Cllr Emma Gilman	Tytherington^[12]	Independent
Cllr Alift Harewood MBE	West and Ivy^[13]	Labour^[14]
Cllr Mike Hutchison	West and Ivy^[13]	Labour^[15]

Elections

4 May 2023

The council had its third election on 4 May 2023, the same day as the elections to Cheshire East Council. At the time of the elections there were two vacant seats on the Town Council. All 10 of the incumbent Councillors were re-elected, and Cllr Emma Gilman, Independent for Tytherington and Cllr James Barber-Chadwick, Labour candidate for Central Ward were elected to the empty seats.

Cllr Chris Wilcock was then unanimously elected as Mayor of Macclesfield on the 15th May 2023, with Cllr Sandy Livingstone unanimously elected as Deputy Mayor.

2 May 2019

The council had its second election on 2 May 2019, the same day as the 2019 United Kingdom local elections in England and Northern Ireland, which included elections to Cheshire East Council. The Conservatives lost control of Cheshire East Council for the first time, including losing all their Macclesfield councillors.^[16] These results were reflected in the Town Council too, where the Tories lost all eight of their seats. Labour fared better, gaining five seats to a total of nine, while Independents won the remaining three.^[17]

Broken Cross and Upton Ward

Fin Shenton and Chris Wilcock were elected. The turnout was 66.1%.^[18]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2019: Broken Cross and Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	Fin Shenton	978	N/A
	Labour	Chris Wilcock	891	N/A
	Conservative	Liz Durham	818	N/A
	Conservative	Gareth Jones	684	N/A
Majority				N/A
Turnout				N/A

7 May 2015

The first election of Macclesfield Town Council was held on 7 May 2015. Broken Cross, Central, Tytherington, South and West & Ivy Wards elect two councillors. East and Hurdsfield Wards elect one.

Broken Cross and Upton Ward

Liz Durham and Martin Hardy were elected. The turnout was 66.1%.^[19]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2015: Broken Cross and Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Durham	2,201	34.0	N/A
	Conservative	Martin Hardy	1,940	30.0	N/A
	UKIP	David Langley	853	13.4	N/A
	Labour	David Toby	1,476	22.8	N/A
Majority			464	7.2	N/A
Turnout			6,470	66.6	N/A

Central Ward

Bev Dooley and Janet Jackson were elected. The turnout was 59.3%.^[20]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2015: Central Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bev Dooley	1,217	19	N/A
	UKIP	Adrian Howard	684	10.7	N/A
	Labour	Janet Jackson	1,553	24.2	N/A
	Green	John Knight	896	14.0	N/A
	Conservative	Bill Livesly	942	14.7	N/A
	Labour	Richard Watson	1,107	17.3	N/A
Majority			282	4.4	N/A
Turnout			6,399	59.33	N/A

East Ward

Philip Bolton was elected. The turnout was 68.6%.^[21]

Macclesfield Town Council Elections 2015: East Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Bolton	815	35.4	N/A
	Green	Lindy Brett	340	14.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Broadhead	466	20.3	N/A
	Labour	Eileen Talbot	680	30.0	N/A
Majority			135	5.9	N/A
Turnout			2,301	68.6	N/A

Hurdsfield Ward

Matthew Sharrocks was elected. The turnout was 57.15%.^[22]

Candidate		Vote Share
Brian Doherty	Green	20.4%
Bernadette McKenna	Conservative	35.3%
Matthew Sharrocks	Labour	44.3%

South Ward

Neil Puttick and Chris Andrew were elected. The turnout was 63.1%.^[23]

Candidate		Vote Share
Liam Acton	Green	9.7%
Chris Andrew	Conservative	19.4%
Jane Leigh	UKIP	14.2%
Neil Puttick	Labour	20.3%
Bradley Snelling	Conservative	18.6%
Fiona Wilson	Labour	17.7%

Tytherington Ward

Arnold Ainsley and Gareth Jones were elected. The turnout was 70.0%.^[24]

Candidate		Vote Share
Arnold Ainsley	Conservative	31.9%
John Houston	Green	11.2%
Gareth Jones	Conservative	24.1%
Lloyd Roberts	Independent	18.6%
Christopher Wilcock	Labour	14.3%

West and Ivy Ward

Alift Harewood-Jones MBE and Adam Schofield were elected. The turnout was 62.1%.^[25]

Candidate		Vote Share
Martin Ault	UKIP	15.2%
Alift Harewood-Jones MBE	Labour	23.9%
Matthew Lewis	Labour	20.7%
Adam Schofield	Conservative	21.0%
Madge Slater	Conservative	19.2%

Year	Name	Organisation
2016 ^[3]	Sgt Emily Storer	Air Cadets	201 (Macclesfield) Squadron
2017 ^[26]	Cpl Kieran Forshaw	Air Cadets	201 (Macclesfield) Squadron
2018 ^[5]	Cpl Julia Domanska	Air Cadets	201 (Macclesfield) Squadron
2019 ^[5]	Leading Cadet Jasmine Wrenn	Sea Cadets	Bollington & Macclesfield Sea Cadets

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Macclesfield Town Council

Councillors

Elections

4 May 2023

2 May 2019

Broken Cross and Upton Ward

7 May 2015

Broken Cross and Upton Ward

Central Ward

East Ward

Hurdsfield Ward

South Ward

Tytherington Ward

West and Ivy Ward

Cadet to the Mayor of Macclesfield

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