Macclesfield Town Council is the town council for Macclesfield which was established in 2015. Created following a Local Governance Review carried out by Cheshire East Council, the new council adopted town council status on 5 May 2015, allowing it to appoint its chairman as Mayor of Macclesfield.
Town Mayor Macclesfield Town council has a Town Mayor and Deputy Mayor. A councillor can only hold the position of mayor for one year.
Year MayorDeputy MayorTown Clerk 2015 Cllr Liz Durham Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBE Pete Turner 2016 Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones MBE Cllr Beverley Dooley Pete Turner 2017 Cllr Beverley Dooley Cllr Adam Schofield Pete Turner 2018 Cllr Adam Schofield Cllr Chris Andrew Pete Turner 2019 Cllr Janet Jackson MBE Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake Pete Turner 2020 Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake Cllr David Edwardes Pete Turner 2021 Cllr David Edwardes Cllr Fiona Wilson Laura Smith2022Cllr Fiona WilsonCllr Chris WilcockLaura Smith2023Cllr Chris WilcockCllr Sandy LivingstoneLaura Smith 2024Cllr Sandy LivingstoneCllr Emma GilmanLaura Smith 2025Cllr Emma GilmanCllr James Barber-ChadwickLaura Smith 2026Cllr James Barber-ChadwickCllr Sarah Bennett-WakeLaura Smith
Councillors
The current list of councillors in Macclesfield Town Council, following the Local Elections on 4 May 2023.
NameWard Party Cllr Dr Ruth Thompson Broken Cross and UptonLabour Cllr Christopher WilcockLabour VACANT CentralLabour Cllr James Barber-ChadwickLabour Cllr Mick Warren EastIndependent Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake HurdsfieldLabour Cllr Sam Hale SouthLabour Cllr Fiona WilsonLabour Cllr David Edwardes TytheringtonIndependent Cllr Emma GilmanIndependent Cllr Alift Harewood MBE West and IvyLabour Cllr Mike HutchisonLabour
Elections
4 May 2023 The council had its third election on 4 May 2023, the same day as the elections to Cheshire East Council. At the time of the elections there were two vacant seats on the Town Council. All 10 of the incumbent Councillors were re-elected, and Cllr Emma Gilman, Independent for Tytherington and Cllr James Barber-Chadwick, Labour candidate for Central Ward were elected to the empty seats.
Cllr Chris Wilcock was then unanimously elected as Mayor of Macclesfield on the 15th May 2023, with Cllr Sandy Livingstone unanimously elected as Deputy Mayor.
2 May 2019 The council had its second election on 2 May 2019, the same day as the 2019 United Kingdom local elections in England and Northern Ireland, which included elections to Cheshire East Council. The Conservatives lost control of Cheshire East Council for the first time, including losing all their Macclesfield councillors. These results were reflected in the Town Council too, where the Tories lost all eight of their seats. Labour fared better, gaining five seats to a total of nine, while Independents won the remaining three.
Broken Cross and Upton Ward Fin Shenton and Chris Wilcock were elected. The turnout was 66.1%.
7 May 2015 The first election of Macclesfield Town Council was held on 7 May 2015. Broken Cross, Central, Tytherington, South and West & Ivy Wards elect two councillors. East and Hurdsfield Wards elect one.
Broken Cross and Upton Ward Liz Durham and Martin Hardy were elected. The turnout was 66.1%.
Central Ward Bev Dooley and Janet Jackson were elected. The turnout was 59.3%.
East Ward Philip Bolton was elected. The turnout was 68.6%.
Hurdsfield Ward Matthew Sharrocks was elected. The turnout was 57.15%. CandidatePartyVote ShareBrian DohertyGreen20.4%Bernadette McKennaConservative35.3%Matthew SharrocksLabour44.3%
South Ward Neil Puttick and Chris Andrew were elected. The turnout was 63.1%. CandidatePartyVote ShareLiam ActonGreen9.7%Chris AndrewConservative19.4%Jane LeighUKIP14.2%Neil PuttickLabour20.3%Bradley SnellingConservative18.6%Fiona WilsonLabour17.7%
Tytherington Ward Arnold Ainsley and Gareth Jones were elected. The turnout was 70.0%. CandidatePartyVote ShareArnold AinsleyConservative31.9%John HoustonGreen11.2%Gareth JonesConservative24.1%Lloyd RobertsIndependent18.6%Christopher WilcockLabour14.3%
West and Ivy Ward Alift Harewood-Jones MBE and Adam Schofield were elected. The turnout was 62.1%. CandidatePartyVote ShareMartin AultUKIP15.2%Alift Harewood-Jones MBELabour23.9%Matthew LewisLabour20.7%Adam SchofieldConservative21.0%Madge SlaterConservative19.2%
Cadet to the Mayor of Macclesfield In 2016 the incoming Mayor, Cllr Alift Harewood-Jones, established the position of Mayor's cadet, to have a young person from a local cadet organisation to assist in civic duties.
Year Name Organisation 2016 Sgt Emily Storer Air Cadets 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron 2017 Cpl Kieran Forshaw Air Cadets 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron 2018 Cpl Julia Domanska Air Cadets 201 (Macclesfield) Squadron 2019 Leading Cadet Jasmine Wrenn Sea Cadets Bollington & Macclesfield Sea Cadets
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