# 2011 Cheshire East Council election

Elections to Cheshire East Council happened on Thursday 5 May 2011. Elections occurred in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council.
The wards were all new, having been created in a boundary review which took effect in January 2011. They replaced the previous 27 three-seat wards used in the 2008 election, which were identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.

## Overall results

The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 52 out of 82 seats, with a majority of 22 councillors.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 52
* Labour 16
* Others 10
* Liberal Democrat 4
Cheshire East Council election - 2011 - summary :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 52 | −7 | 47.75 | 91,736 | −6.4 |
| Labour | 16 | +10 | 26.6 | 51,167 | +12.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | −8 | 12.6 | 24,206 | −8.9 |
| Middlewich First | 3 | | 2.4 | 4,578 | |
| Handforth 'Ratepayers' Association | 2 | | 1.6 | 3,010 | |
| Shavington First | 1 | | 0.3 | 608 | |
| Others | 4 | +6 | 8.7 | 16,804 | |

## Ward results

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor.

### Alderley Edge

Alderley Edge (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frank Keegan* | 1,151 | 72.53 | |
| | Labour | Dominic James Brown | 436 | 27.47 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 715 | 45.06 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,587 | 43.40 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
Councillor Keegan previously served as a member for the now dissolved Alderley ward.

### Alsager

Alsager (3 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rod Fletcher* | 1,895 | 16.63 | −2.77 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Ian Hough* | 1,760 | 15.44 | −3.36 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Jones* | 1,648 | 14.46 | −3.44 |
| | Conservative | Andrew William Large | 1,193 | 10.47 | +0.47 |
| | Conservative | Harriet Emily Weatherby Crompton | 1,164 | 10.21 | +2.31 |
| | Labour | Bill Howell | 947 | 8.31 | +5.51 |
| | Conservative | Richard Peers | 822 | 7.21 | −0.69 |
| | Labour | Bob Ashley | 805 | 7.06 | +4.06 |
| | Labour | Simon Henley Norman Bishop | 725 | 6.36 | +3.76 |
| | Green | Hilary Robinson | 439 | 3.85 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 455 | 3.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,389 | 45.20 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Audlem

Audlem (1 Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rachel Anne Bailey | 1,451 | 79.86 | |
| | Labour | Louise Mary Taylor | 366 | 20.14 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,085 | 59.72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,817 | 48.8 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
Councillor Bailey previously served as a member for the now dissolved Cholmondeley ward.

### Bollington

Bollington (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Harold Livesley* | 814 | 13.59 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Hayes | 813 | 13.57 | |
| | Bollington First | Amanda Stott | 788 | 13.16 | |
| | Labour | Heidi Reid | 778 | 12.99 | |
| | Bollington First | James Nicholas | 758 | 12.66 | |
| | Labour | Malcolm Bailey | 714 | 11.92 | |
| | Independent | Tony Mills | 575 | 9.60 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Sockett | 436 | 7.28 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Christopher Owen | 313 | 5.23 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 0.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.3 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
Councillor Livesley previously served as a councillor for the now dissolved Prestbury and Tytherington ward.

### Brereton Rural

The one seat for this ward was uncontested and the Conservative Party candidate, John Valentine Frank Wray, was elected unopposed.