The new Mayor of Nantwich Stephanie Wedgwood was sworn in at the town council meeting in Nantwich Civic Hall tonight (May 18).
Cllr Wedgwood, born and bred in Nantwich, has taken over the chains as Mayor from Cllr Peter Groves.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The leader of the Independent group on Cheshire East Council said the Conservative group would be running the council with them if they had agreed to share the leadership.
Cllr Craig Browne’s tweet came after Conservative group leader Janet Clowes said she found it “extraordinary” the Independents had agreed to run the council with Labour again and give residents “four more years of the same”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council will again be run by a joint Labour/Independent administration for the next four years.
Independent group leader Cllr Craig Browne confirmed his members had opted to work with Labour rather the Conservatives following “intense negotiations” with both parties.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
An exhibition garden created for the Chelsea Flower Show could be installed at the RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre in Nantwich to help educate people about animal welfare.
The RSPCA has applied to Cheshire East Council for permission to have the garden installed at Stapeley Grange off London Road after the show closes at the end of this month.
A primary school headteacher in Tarporley has written an open letter blasting the SATS exam which left her pupils in tears.
And Kerry Forrester, who wrote to her MP Edward Timpson, called for SATS tests to be scrapped.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
No decision has yet been made on who will run Cheshire East Council – with the Independent group in talks with both Labour and the Conservatives.
Neither Labour nor the Conservatives won the required 42 seats to take overall control of the council in the May 4 elections.
Labour have made significant gains on Nantwich Town Council after the local election counts were completed for town and parish councils over the weekend.
With Nantwich now being expanded from two to three wards, there will be five councillors representing each ward.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nantwich has a completely different make-up on Cheshire East Council following a shock result with three of its four borough councillors being Labour.
Overall, the council remains in no overall control with 33 Conservative councillors, 31 Labour, 16 Independents and 2 Lib Democrats. Labour made six gains overall, and the Tories three.
Labour proved the big winner in Nantwich as the town turned Red in the Cheshire East Council local elections.
Both Nantwich South & Stapeley seats were lost by the Conservatives to Labour in one of the most tightly contested seats in the borough.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Labour has put up 60 candidates for the 82 seats up for election on Cheshire East Council.
The party has run the council jointly with the Independent Group for the past four years, after the Conservatives lost overall control in the 2019 local elections.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The Conservatives are fielding the most candidates in the election for Cheshire East Council and are fighting for 81 of the 82 seats up for grabs.
The Tories had control of Cheshire East from 2009, when the council was formed, until 2019 when they lost overall control – although they still remain the largest party.
Independents and local parties have always fielded a large number of candidates in the Cheshire East Council elections over the years – and 2023 is no different.
For the last four years the Independent Group has jointly run Cheshire East with Labour, after the council went to no overall control in 2019.
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.
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