Congleton local elections

One third of Congleton Council was elected each year, followed by one year without election. Congleton Borough Council was replaced by the new Cheshire East unitary authority in 2009.

Political control

No overall control 1973 - 1976

Conservative 1976 - 1982

No overall control 1982 - 1983

Conservative 1983 - 1986

No overall control 1986 - 1991

Liberal Democrat 1991 - 1992

No overall control 1992 - 1994

Liberal Democrat 1994 - 2002

No overall control 2002 - 2003

Conservative 2003 - 2009

Council elections

Congleton Council election, 1998

Congleton Council election, 1999

Congleton Council election, 2000

Congleton Council election, 2002

Congleton Council election, 2003

Congleton Council election, 2004

Congleton Council election, 2006

Congleton Council election, 2007

By-election results

Congleton North By-Election 10 August 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Atkin	303	50.9	+9.6
	Liberal Democrat		156	26.2	-24.9
	Conservative		136	22.9	+15.3
Majority			147	24.7
Turnout			595	21.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Congleton North West By-Election 10 August 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Appleton	275	37.2	+11.3
	Liberal Democrat		251	34.0	-8.3
	Labour		213	28.8	-3.0
Majority			24	3.2
Turnout			739	24.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Congleton North By-Election 26 August 2004 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		191
	Conservative		174
	Labour		142
	Labour		133
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Davey	111
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Jones	108
Turnout			859	15.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Congleton West By-Election 28 October 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		491	53.7	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Davey	275	30.1	+6.2
	Labour		148	16.2	-4.8
Majority			261	23.6
Turnout			914	20.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alsager Central By-Election 17 February 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Burgess	532	56.1	-14.2
	Conservative	Warwick Till	365	38.5	+8.8
	Labour	William Howell	52	5.5	+5.5
Majority			167	17.6
Turnout			949	34.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Congleton North West By-Election 24 November 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Davey	341	54.8	+54.8
	Conservative	Matthew Carey	191	30.7	-13.3
	Labour	Lisa Bossons	90	14.5	-9.2
Majority			150	24.1
Turnout			622	21.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Sandbach West By-Election 18 October 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stella Furlong	445	45.1	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Darnes	382	38.7	-3.1
	Labour	Keith Haines	160	16.2	-0.5
Majority			63	6.4
Turnout			987	19.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Congleton Council