Cheshire West and Chester Council

Cheshire West and Chester Council
Council logo
Type
Type	Unitary authority council of Cheshire West and Chester
Houses	1
History
Founded	1 April 2009
Leadership
Leader	Samantha Dixon, Labour
Chairman	Bob Rudd, Labour
Chief Executive	Gerald Meehan
Structure
Seats	75 councillors
Labour	38 / 75
Conservative	36 / 75
Independent	1 / 75
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	2015
Next election	2019
Meeting place
HQ, Chester
Website
www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Cheshire West and Chester Council is the local authority of Cheshire West and Chester. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. The council was first elected on 1 May 2008 a year before coming into its powers on 1 April 2009.

Powers and functions

HQ, the headquarters of Cheshire West and Chester Council.

The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. It has a 'general power of competence' as described in the Localism Act 2011, i.e. it is permitted to act in any manner whatsoever which is not unlawful. For the purposes of local government, Cheshire West and Chester is one of the fifty-five unitary authorities in England. This means that is the only principal authority in its territorial jurisdiction, and it has the statutory powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and a non-metropolitan district council. The only exceptions to this are the fire and police services, which are still provided on a Cheshire-wide basis by joint boards composed of elected councillors and are funded by a Council Tax precept. Conversely, it is unnecessary for Cheshire West and Chester Council to set a precept for itself as it is also a billing authority.

Political control

Further information: Cheshire West and Chester Council elections

Since the first election of the council in 2008, political control has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Executive		Leader	Term of office	Elections
	Conservative	Mike Jones	2008–2015	2008, 2011
	Labour	Samantha Dixon	2015–present	2015

Cheshire West and Chester Council
Post	Executuve		Opposition
Leader		Samantha Dixon		Lynn Riley
Deputy Leader		Louise Gittins		Margaret Parker
Adult Social Care		Paul Dolan		Jill Houlbrook
Children and Young People		Nicole Meardon		Margaret Parker
Communities and Wellbeing		Louise Gittins		Stuart Parker
Democracy and Workforce		Paul Donovan		Pamela Hall
Economic Development and Infrastructure		Brian Clarke		Lynn Gibbon
Environment		Karen Shore		John Leather
Housing		Angela Claydon		Lynn Gibbon
Legal and Finance		David Armstrong		Eveleigh Moore Dutton

Colour key (for political parties): Conservative Labour

Current	36		1		38		0		0		^[2]
Election		Conservative Party		Independent		Labour Party		Liberal Democrats		UK Independence Party	References
2008	55		0		13		4		0
2011	42		0		32		1		0
2015	36		1		38		0		0

References

↑ "Cheshire West and Chester". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ "Your Councillors by Party". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

Local authorities in Cheshire

Cheshire East Council Cheshire West and Chester Council Halton Borough Council Warrington Borough Council

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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