Cheshire West and Chester

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester
Unitary authority area and borough
	Chester, the county town of Cheshire and the largest settlement in Cheshire West and Chester
	Cheshire West and Chester shown within Cheshire
	Coordinates: 53.213°N 2.902°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Incorporated	1 April 2009
Government
• Type	Unitary authority with leader and cabinet
• Body	Cheshire West and Chester Council
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Louise Gittins (L)
• Chairman	Robert Bisset
• Chief Executive	Delyth Curtis
• House of Commons	5 MPs Mike Amesbury (L) ; Justin Madders (L) ; Chris Matheson (L) ; Esther McVey (C) ; Edward Timpson (C) ;
Area
• Total	363.4 sq mi (941.2 km2)
• Land	360 sq mi (920 km2)
• Rank	31st
Population (2021)
• Total	357,699
• Rank	24th
• Density	1,010/sq mi (389/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 95.3% White ; 2.0% Asian ; 1.5% Mixed ; 0.6% Black ; 0.6% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 54.5% Christianity ; 37.8% no religion ; 1.0% Islam ; 0.4% Hinduism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 0.1% Sikhism ; 0.3% other ; 5.5% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	CH1–4; CH33–34; CH64–66; CW6–10; SY14; WA4–6;
Dialling codes	01244; 01270; 01477; 0151; 01565; 01606; 01829; 01925; 01928; 01948;
ISO 3166 code	GB-CHW
GSS code	E06000050
ITL code	TLD63
GVA	2021 estimate
• Total	£11.7 billion
• Per capita	£32,846
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	£13.1 billion
• Per capita	£36,518
Website	cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. It superseded the boroughs of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal and the City of Chester; its council assumed the functions and responsibilities of the former Cheshire County Council within its area. The remainder of ceremonial Cheshire is composed of Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington. Cheshire West and Chester has three key urban areas: Chester, Ellesmere Port and Northwich/Winsford.

The decision to create the Cheshire West and Chester 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.

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