Labour councillor Nick Mannion has been re-elected as leader of Cheshire East Council and said he welcomed the return to the cabinet system of governance which comes into force today.
Cllr Mannion was speaking after narrowly holding off a challenge from Conservative Cllr Stewart Gardiner for the leadership.
Cheshire East Council is set to end its committee system and move back to a Leader and Cabinet system of decision-making from May.
The decision to change, taken at a meeting of full council in September 2025, will take effect from the council’s annual meeting on May 13th 2026.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council should not restrict members of the public from asking questions at future cabinet meetings just because the subject isn’t on the agenda, a councillor has said.
The council is due to switch back from its current committee system of governance to a leader and cabinet style in May next year.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has voted to scrap its committee system and revert to a leader and cabinet style of governance next May.
The decision comes on the back of the government announcing plans for new legislation to abolish the committee system, which it said could be ‘unclear, duplicative, and wasteful, leading to slower, less efficient decision-making’.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East needs to seek government advice on how quickly it can switch to a cabinet system because of an urgent need to speed up decision-making, the Conservatives said.
Knutsford councillor Tony Dean (Con) even asked if it was possible to decide within 24 hours if there were any emergency powers which could be introduced to speed up decision-making, describing the pace of change currently as “snail-like”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s change from cabinet to committee has seen the end of a system which brought “ignominy to this council, with police investigations into some decisions”, a councillor said.
Councillors from all parties agreed the committee system, which replaced the cabinet system in May last year, had so far been successful.
Dear Editor,
19th July 2021: “Anger over Cheshire East Consultation to charge over 85’s for alarms” (Belinda Ryan)
I read this article with interest – after all, I was the Cabinet member in 2015 who oversaw the implementation of this policy.
Cheshire East Council will hold its final meeting on May 4 before it changes from a Cabinet to committees system.
The authority’s Annual General Meeting will be held remotely on Tuesday 4 May, at 5pm.
Dear Editor,
Now we know the truth…
Cllr James Nicholas campaigned and was even one of the prime architects to organise a petition for removal of the cabinet system and replace it with a committee system.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Plans to improve cycling and walking provision across Cheshire East have been approved by council leadership.
The CEC cabinet today approved the implementation of “Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans” (LCWIPs) — covering Crewe, Congleton, Macclesfield, and Wilmslow.
Cheshire East Council has agreed initial steps to boost carbon emission reduction at Leighton Grange near Crewe.
Councillors in the Cabinet have agreed the council can press ahead with its goal to install solar panels to provide energy to the composting plant at the site, along with initiating a tree planting scheme.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Financial plans which would see residents pay 4.99% more council tax next year have moved a step closer to final sign-off.
Councillors voted yesterday (February 2) to send the authority’s budget for full council approval later this month.
Dear Editor,
At the Environment and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny meeting on Monday 18th January 2021, I raised the point that Cllr Craig Browne mentioned at Cabinet last week that “The Transport Ministry has confirmed that CEC’s expression of interest to the (government) rural mobility fund has been successful”.
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