Local Elections 2023 – Cheshire East

Councillors not seeking re-election:

• Conservative – Mary Addison (Haslington), Marc Asquith (Chelford), Mike Benson (Sandbach Town), Stan Davies (Wrenbury), John Findlow (Prestbury), Les Gilbert (Dane Valley), Andrew Gregory (Sutton), Charlotte Leach (Mobberley)
• Labour – James Barber (Broken Cross and Upton), Suzanne Brookfield (Crewe East), Alift Harewood (Macclesfield West and Ivy), Steve Hogben (Crewe South), Laura Jeuda (Macclesfield South)
• Liberal Democrat – June Buckley (Alsager), Phil Williams (Alsager)
• Residents of Wilmslow – Iain Macfarlane (Wilmslow West and Chorley)
• Independent – Quentin Abel (Knutsford), Penny Butterill (Nantwich North and West), Byron Evans (Leighton), Brendan Murphy (Disley), Sarah Pochin (Bunbury) [was elected as Conservative], Nicky Wylie (Poynton East and Pott Shrigley) [was elected as Conservative]

Councillors seeking election in a new division:

• Joy Bratherton (Labour) – standing in Crewe North, currently councillor for Crewe East
• Sally Holland (Conservative) – standing in Congleton East, currently councillor for Congleton West
• Jill Rhodes (Labour) – standing in Crewe East, currently councillor for Crewe North
• Jacquie Weatherill (Conservative) – standing in Crewe West, currently councillor for Wistaston

Councillors seeking re-election in the same division:

• Conservative – Rachel Bailey (Audlem), Michael Beanland (Poynton West and Adlington), Dave Brown (Congleton East), Janet Clowes (Wybunbury), Tony Dean (Knutsford), Steven Edgar (Haslington), Allen Gage (Willaston and Rope), Stewart Gardiner (Knutsford), Peter Groves (Nantwich South and Stapeley), George Hayes (Congleton West), Andrew Kolker (Dane Valley), Andrew Martin (Nantwich South and Staveley), Kate Parkinson (High Legh), Patrick Redstone (Odd Rode), Jos Saunders (Poynton East and Pott Shrigley), Mike Sewart (Poynton West and Adlington), Margaret Simon (Wistaston), Lesley Smetham (Gawsworth), Liz Wardlaw (Odd Rode), John Wray (Brereton Rural)
• Labour – Carol Bulman (Middlewich), Liz Braithwaite (Macclesfield Central), Sam Corcoran (Sandbach Heath and East), Laura Crane (Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock), Anthony Critchley (Crewe Central), Hazel Faddes (Crewe East), Ashley Farrall (Macclesfield Central), Kathryn Flavell (Sandbach Elworth), Sally Handley (Crewe St Barnabas), Marilyn Houston (Crewe West), Mike Hunter (Middlewich), Nick Mannion (Macclesfield West and Ivy), Connor Naismith (Crewe West), Jonathan Parry (Middlewich), Brian Puddicombe (Macclesfield South), Laura Smith (Crewe South), Don Stockton (Wilmslow Lacey Green), Rob Vernon (Broken Cross and Upton)
• Liberal Democrat – Rod Fletcher (Alsager), Denis Murphy (Congleton East)
• Residents of Wilmslow – Lata Anderson (Wilmslow Dean Row), Mark Goldsmith (Wilmslow West and Chorley), David Jefferay (Wilmslow East)
• Bollington First – James Nicholas (Bollington), Amanda Stott (Bollington)
• Alderley First – Craig Browne (Alderley Edge)
• Independent – Susie Akers-Smith (Congleton West), David Edwardes (Macclesfield Tytherington), David Marren (Shavington), Arthur Moran (Nantwich North and West), Rob Moreton (Congleton East), Julie Smith (Handforth), Mick Warren (Macclesfield East)

Vacancies

• Handforth – due to the death of Barry Burkhill (Independent) in November 2022
• Macclesfield Hurdsfield – due to the death of Stephen Carter (Labour) in December 2022
• Macclesfield Tytherington – due to the resignation of Lloyd Roberts (Independent)