Cheshire West and Chester

  • Council Control: Min Lab
  • Conservatives 22
  • Labour 35
  • Liberal Democrats 1
  • Green 2
  • Reform UK 2
  • Other 8

Non-aligned Independent 6, Independent 2. Cheshire's county town, also including Ellesmere Port and most of the Cheshire Plain. Controversially created as a unitary council in 2009; one of the main councils featured on BBC's 'The Planners'.

Jimmy Shannon (Whitby Groves) and Elizabeth MacGlashan (Great Boughton) moved from Labour to non-aligned Independent in June 2025. Graham Heatley (Gowy Rural) moved from Conservative to Reform UK in April 2025. Mandy Clare (Winsford Dene) moved from non-aligned Independent to Reform UK in March 2025.

Next local elections
2027

Election cycle
Full

Local authority type
Unitary

Address
Room 51, County Hall, Chester CH1 1SF

Phone
01606 867709

Website
http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/

Council Tax (Band D)
£2392.03