Cheshire East Council

Cheshire East Council
Cheshire East Council
	Coat of arms
	Corporate logo
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 2009
Preceded by	4 councils Cheshire County Council ; Congleton Borough Council ; Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council ; Macclesfield Borough Council ;
Leadership
Mayor	Rod Fletcher, Liberal Democrats ; since May 2023
Leader	Sam Corcoran, Labour ; since 22 May 2019
Chief executive	Rob Polkinghorne ; since 3 January 2024
Structure
Seats	82 councillors
Political groups	Conservative (33) Labour (31) Residents of Wilmslow (5) Tytherington Independents (2) Liberal Democrats (2) Alderley Edge First (1) Independent (8)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Motto
	Working together for excellence
Meeting place
	Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach CW11 1HZ
Website
	cheshireeast.gov.uk
Footnotes

Cheshire East Council is the local authority of the Borough of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. 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. After an election in May 2019, no party holds overall control. The civil parish of Sandbach hosts the administrative headquarters for the council.

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