By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The Liberal Democrats have 30 candidates standing in the election for Cheshire East Council.
At present the Lib Dems are the national party with the fewest councillors on the borough council, with just four, and will be hoping to boost that number this time round.
Conservatives have taken back Crewe & Nantwich seat with Kieran Mullan ousting Labour’s Laura Smith.
Dr Mullan polled 28,704, while Ms Smith registered 20,196 votes, giving Conservtaives a healthy 8,508 majority.
By Stephen Topping
As the country prepares to head to the polls on December 12, the Local Democracy Reporting Service has been interviewing all candidates in Eddisbury.
Antoinette Sandbach discusses her chances of be re-elected as a Liberal Democrat.
With General Election 2019 just 10 days away, we take a look at the six candidates vying for the Crewe & Nantwich seat.
Many political commentators believe it is among a number of marginal constituencies where results could ultimately determine the overall outcome.
Two more political parties have named their Prospective Parliamentary Candidates who will compete for the Crewe & Nantwich seat in a forthcoming General Election.
Thursday May 2 could be a turning point in local politics.
Borough, town and parish council elections will provide the ‘fall out’ – if any – from Brexit among voters in Cheshire and across the UK.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
The full list of candidates for next month’s Cheshire East Council elections have been confirmed.
Voters will head to the polls on Thursday May 2 to decide who they want to represent them on the borough council for the next four years.
Cllr Mark Ireland-Jones has been selected by the Liberal Democrats to stand in the forthcoming Cheshire East by-election seat of Bunbury.
The by-election was called after former Cheshire East Council Leader Michael Jones announced he was quitting as councillor in December.
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