- Council Control: Min Lab
- Conservatives 21
- Labour 35
- Liberal Democrats 1
- Green 2
- Reform UK 3
- 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'.
Labour held Strawberry ward at a byelection on 2 October. Mark Williams (Christleton and Huntington) moved from Conservative to Reform UK in September 2025. 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.
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
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