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{{Short description|English borough}}
{{for|the parliamentary constituency|Ellesmere Port and Neston (UK Parliament constituency)}}
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 |Start=               1 April 1974
 |End=                 31 March 2009
 |Replace=             [[Cheshire West and Chester]]
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'''Ellesmere Port and Neston''' was, from 1974 to 2009, a [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] with [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] in [[Cheshire]], England. It covered the southern part of the [[Wirral Peninsula]], namely that part which is not included in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral]].

The district had a population of about 81,800 (2006 estimate).<ref name=ONS2006>{{citation|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9666&More=Y|title=Ellesmere Port & Neston population estimate (mid 2006)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=24 May 2008}}</ref> The main towns were [[Ellesmere Port]] and [[Neston, Cheshire|Neston]] as well as the village of [[Parkgate, Cheshire|Parkgate]]. It also included a number of villages such as [[Great Sutton]] and [[Willaston, Ellesmere Port and Neston|Willaston]].

==History==
The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]] by the merger of the [[municipal borough|borough]] of Ellesmere Port and the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] of Neston.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|accessdate=6 September 2022}}</ref> The district was originally called just '''Ellesmere Port''', with the council changing the name in 1976.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|accessdate=6 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Name change move |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=18 March 1976 |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Database of Local Government Orders |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/resources/database-of-local-government-orders/north-west/cheshire |website=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |access-date=6 September 2022}}</ref> The new district was awarded [[borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] from its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145|title=District Councils and Boroughs|date=28 March 1974|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref>

In 2006 the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]] considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the [[2009 structural changes to local government in England]]. The decision to merge Ellesmere Port and Neston with the districts of [[Chester (district)|Chester]] and [[Vale Royal]] to create a single 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.<ref>{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/6916055.stm |title=County split into two authorities|work=BBC News|date=25 July 2007|access-date=27 July 2007}}</ref>

Ellesmere Port and Neston was abolished on 31 March 2009, with the area becoming part of the new [[unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] of [[Cheshire West and Chester]] from 1 April 2009.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g4 |title=Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information |access-date=4 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517000027/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2 |archive-date=17 May 2009 }}</ref>

==Civil parishes==
The entire borough was initially [[Unparished area|unparished]]. A [[civil parish]] of [[Ince, Cheshire|Ince]] was created in 1987,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ellesmere Port and Neston (Parishes) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/195) |url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/12286/ellesmere-port-and-neston-parishes-order-1987.pdf |website=Database of Local Government Orders |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |access-date=6 September 2022}}</ref> and a Neston parish was created in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ellesmere Port and Neston (Parish) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3578) |url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/12594/the-ellesmere-port-and-neston-parish-order-2007.pdf |website=Database of Local Government Orders |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |access-date=6 September 2022}}</ref>

==Political control==
The town of Ellesmere Port had been a [[municipal borough]] from 1955 to 1974 with a borough council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ellesmere Port Urban District / Municipal Borough |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10081610 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=6 September 2022}}</ref> The first elections to the new Ellesmere Port Borough Council created under the Local Government Act 1972 were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2009 was always held by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]:<ref name=electionscentre>{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre | date=4 March 2016 |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party in control!!Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 1974–2009
|}

===Leadership===
The first [[leader of the council]], Fred Venables, had been the leader of the old Ellesmere Port Borough Council since 1970.<ref name=Venables/> The leaders of Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council were:

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
|-
| Fred Venables<ref name=Venables>{{cite news |title=End of an era as Fred steps down |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/end-era-fred-steps-down-5278890 |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Cheshire Live |date=5 October 2005}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|1 Apr 1974 || align=right|Oct 2005
|-
| [[Reg Chrimes]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Porter |first1=Gary |title=Tributes to former Ellesmere Port and Neston councillor Reg Chrimes |url=https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/19579620.tributes-former-ellesmere-port-neston-councillor-reg-chrimes/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Chester Standard |date=14 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Leader to retire with name in record book |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/leader-retire-name-record-book-2876332 |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=North Wales Live |date=25 April 2007}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|25 Oct 2005 || align=right|6 May 2007
|-
| [[Justin Madders]] || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 2007 || align=right|31 Mar 2009
|}

===Composition===
The political composition of the council at its abolition in 2009 was:

{|class="wikitable"
|width="150" colspan=2|'''Party'''
|'''Councillors'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
|Labour
|23
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|Conservative 
|17
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"|
|Liberal Democrat
|2
|-
|}

==Premises==
[[File:Ellesmere Port Town Centre - geograph.org.uk - 2724556.jpg|thumb|Council Offices (centre and left) with 1955 Civic Hall to right]]
The council was based at the [[Ellesmere Port Council Offices]] at 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port, which had been built for the old borough council in 1969.<ref>{{cite news |title=Borough of Ellesmere Port |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Cheshire Observer |date=12 December 1969 |location=Chester |page=11 |quote=...at the new Municipal Offices, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port...}}</ref> Council meetings were held at nearby [[Whitby Park|Whitby Hall]] until 1992 when an extension containing a council chamber was opened at the Municipal Buildings.<ref>{{cite news |title=So that's what it looks like inside... |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Ellesmere Port Pioneer |date=29 January 1992 |page=18}}</ref> Following the abolition of the council the Council Offices were used by its successor, [[Cheshire West and Chester Council]], until 2022 when they were replaced by a new building called "The Portal" on Wellington Road.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Porter |first1=Gary |title=New Cheshire West and Chester Council HQ in Ellesmere Port to open in May |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/new-cheshire-west-chester-council-23598339 |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Cheshire Live |date=5 April 2022}}</ref>

==Council elections==
*[[1973 Ellesmere Port Borough Council election]]
*[[1976 Ellesmere Port Borough Council election]] (New ward boundaries)<ref>legislation.gov.uk - [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/197/made The Borough of Ellesmere Port (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976]. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.</ref>
*[[1979 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1980 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1982 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1983 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1984 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1986 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1987 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1988 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1990 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1991 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1992 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1994 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]] (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)<ref>legislation.gov.uk - [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1992/made The Cheshire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1992]. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.</ref>
*[[1995 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1996 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1998 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[1999 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]] (New ward boundaries)<ref>legislation.gov.uk - [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2844/made The Borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston (Electoral Changes) Order 1998]. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.</ref>
*[[2000 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[2002 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[2003 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[2004 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[2006 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
*[[2007 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election]]
===Results maps===
<gallery>
File:Ellesmere Port and Neston UK ward map 2002.svg|2002 results map
File:Ellesmere Port and Neston UK ward map 2003.svg|2003 results map
File:Ellesmere Port and Neston UK ward map 2004.svg|2004 results map
File:Ellesmere Port and Neston UK ward map 2006.svg|2006 results map
File:Ellesmere Port and Neston UK ward map 2007.svg|2007 results map
</gallery>
===By-election results===
{{Election box begin | title=Longview By-Election 22 June 2000}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = 
 |votes = 1,315
 |percentage = 58.0
 |change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = 
 |votes = 543
 |percentage = 24.0
 |change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = 
 |votes = 401
 |percentage = 17.8
 |change = +17.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes = 772
 |percentage = 34.0
 |change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes = 2,259
 |percentage = 
 |change = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
 |swing = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Central By-Election 17 July 2003}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = Elizabeth Sherlock
 |votes = 319
 |percentage = 44.3
 |change = -33.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Maurice Brookes
 |votes = 262
 |percentage = 36.4
 |change = +36.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = British National Party
 |candidate = David Jones
 |votes = 77
 |percentage = 10.7
 |change = +10.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Janice Farquharson
 |votes = 49
 |percentage = 6.8
 |change = -15.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = United Kingdom Independence Party
 |candidate = Geoffrey Gregory
 |votes = 13
 |percentage = 1.8
 |change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes = 57
 |percentage = 7.9
 |change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes = 720
 |percentage = 26.1
 |change = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Stanlow & Wolverham By-Election 11 November 2004}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = John Wilson
 |votes = 450
 |percentage = 60.8
 |change = -14.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Hilary Chrusciezl
 |votes = 117
 |percentage = 15.8
 |change = +15.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Nicholas Hebson
 |votes = 92
 |percentage = 12.4
 |change = -12.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = British National Party
 |candidate = David Joines
 |votes = 81
 |percentage = 10.9
 |change = +10.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes = 333
 |percentage = 45.0
 |change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes = 740
 |percentage = 26.1
 |change = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Little Neston By-Election 5 October 2006}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = Michael Clarkson
 |votes = 420
 |percentage = 47.4
 |change = -2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = William Mealor
 |votes = 386
 |percentage = 43.5
 |change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Graham Handley
 |votes = 81
 |percentage = 9.1
 |change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes = 34
 |percentage = 3.9
 |change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes = 887
 |percentage = 32.5
 |change = 
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |loser = Conservative Party (UK)
 |swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Rossmore By-Election 18 October 2007}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = Susan Pugh
 |votes = 504
 |percentage = 54.4
 |change = -4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Michael English
 |votes = 325
 |percentage = 35.1
 |change = -6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = English Democrats Party
 |candidate = Maurice Brookes
 |votes = 60
 |percentage = 6.5
 |change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Graham Handley
 |votes = 38
 |percentage = 4.1
 |change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes = 179
 |percentage = 19.3
 |change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes = 927
 |percentage = 20.0
 |change = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Westminster By-Election 28 February 2008}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate  = Mike McCusker
 |votes      = 227
 |percentage = 57.5
 |change     = -11.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate  = Thomas Hughes
 |votes      = 123
 |percentage = 31.1
 |change     = -0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate  = Hilary Chrusciezi
 |votes      = 45
 |percentage = 11.4
 |change     = +11.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 104
 |percentage = 26.4
 |change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 395
 |percentage = 15
 |change     = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060929142808/http://www.ellesmereport-neston.gov.uk/ Ellesmere Port and Neston Council]

== References ==
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{{Local government districts of England abolished in 2009}}
{{Cheshire elections}}

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[[Category:District council elections in England]]
[[Category:Districts of England established in 1974]]
[[Category:English districts abolished in 2009]]
[[Category:Former non-metropolitan districts of Cheshire]]
[[Category:Former boroughs in England]]
[[Category:Ellesmere Port]]
[[Category:Neston]]