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Congleton (borough)

Coordinates: 53°9′N 2°18′W / 53.150°N 2.300°W / 53.150; -2.300
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For the principal settlement of this borough, see Congleton.

Borough of Congleton
Congleton
Shown within Cheshire
History
 • OriginCongleton Municipal Borough
Alsager Urban District
Middlewich Urban District
Sandbach Urban District
Congleton Rural District.
 • Created1 April 1974
 • Abolished31 March 2009
 • Succeeded byCheshire East
StatusNon-metropolitan district
ONS code13UC
 • HQWestfields, Sandbach

Congleton was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It included the towns of Congleton, Alsager, Middlewich and Sandbach. The headquarters of the borough council were located in Sandbach.

Erstellung

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 by the merger of the former borough of Congleton, the urban districts of Alsager, Middlewich and Sandbach, and the Congleton Rural District.

Chairmen of Congleton Rural District Council (1894-1974)

Civil parishes

Congleton was divided into 23 civil parishes and included no unparished areas. Of the 23 civil parishes, four were administered at this level of local government by town councils: Alsager, Middlewich, Sandbach, and Congleton; with the remainder having parish councils.[1] There are two pairs of civil parishes that are grouped together so that they share a parish council. These are Hulme Walfield and Somerford Booths, whose single parish council is called "Hulme Walfield and Somerford Booths Parish Council", and Newbold Astbury and Moreton cum Alcumlow, whose single parish council is called "Newbold Astbury-cum-Moreton Parish Council".[1]

The following civil parishes were included in the borough:

Demographics

The resident population of the borough, as measured in the 2001 Census, was 90,655, of which 49 per cent were male and 51 per cent were female.

Religion

The percentage of people of each religion in the borough (trom the Census 2001):[2]

Stated religion Prozentualer Anteil
Christian 81.46%
Buddhist 0.12%
Hindu 0.11%
Jewish 0.06%
Muslim 0.17%
Sikh 0.04%
Other religions 0.16%
No religion 11.46%
Religion not stated 6.43%

Elections and political control

Congleton was divided into 20 borough wards which elected a total of 48 councillors to the borough council. The following tables provide the names of these wards and show the composition of the council by political party at 31 March 2009.[3]

Ward Number of
Councillors 		Ward Number of
Councillors
Alsager Central 2 Alsager East 2
Alsager West 2 Astbury 1
Brereton 1 Buglawton 2
Congleton Central 2 Congleton North 2
Congleton North West 2 Congleton South 3
Congleton West 3 Dane Valley 2
Holmes Chapel 3 Lawton 2
Middlewich Cledford 3 Middlewich Kinderton 3
Odd Rode 3 Sandbach East 3
Sandbach North 3 Sandbach West 3

The office of mayor was filled by one of the councillors after a ballot amongst all the councillors, and the last holder of the position was a member of the Liberal Democrat party.

Party Councillors
Conservative 25
Liberal Democrat 13
Middlewich First 6
Independent 4

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control Years
No overall control 1973–1976
Conservative 1976–1982
No overall control 1982–1983
Conservative 1983–1986
No overall control 1986–1991
Liberal Democrats 1991–1992
No overall control 1992–1994
Liberal Democrats 1994–2002
No overall control 2002–2003
Conservative 2003–2009

Council elections

By-election results

Congleton North By-Election 10 August 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Atkin 303 50.9 +9.6
Liberal Democrats 156 26.2 −24.9
Conservative 136 22.9 +15.3
Majority 147 24.7
Turnout 595 21.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Congleton North West By-Election 10 August 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Appleton 275 37.2 +11.3
Liberal Democrats 251 34.0 −8.3
Labour 213 28.8 −3.0
Majority 24 3.2
Turnout 739 24.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Congleton North By-Election 26 August 2004 (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 191
Conservative 174
Labour 142
Labour 133
Liberal Democrats Simon Davey 111
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Congleton North West By-Election 24 November 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Sandbach West By-Election 18 October 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stella Furlong 445 45.1 +3.6
Liberal Democrats 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

Education in the Borough of Congleton

Main article: Education in Congleton Borough

Abolition

In 2006 the Department for Communities and Local Government considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. The decision to merge the boroughs of Congleton, Macclesfield, and Crewe and Nantwich to create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected.[8]

The Borough of Congleton was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new Cheshire East unitary authority was formed.[9][10]

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units received the Freedom of the Borough of Congleton.

Individuals

Glyn Chambers Chief Executive Congleton Borough Council : 2009

Military Units

References

  1. ^ a b "Parish Councils". Congleton Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Key Figures for 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Your Councillors". Congleton Borough Council. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Congleton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  7. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Congleton (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. ^ BBC News, 25 July 2007 - County split into two authorities. Retrieval Date: 25 July 2007.
  9. ^ Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 Archived 17 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Home". Congleton.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  11. ^ a b Alcock, Joan P (15 March 2014). Congleton Though Time. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 1445609762.

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