Macclesfield (borough)

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Macclesfield was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It included the towns of Bollington, Knutsford, Macclesfield and Wilmslow and within its wider area the villages and hamlets of Adlington, Disley, Gawsworth, Kerridge, Pott Shrigley, Poynton, Prestbury, Rainow, Styal, Sutton and Tytherington.

History

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of Macclesfield municipal borough, Alderley Edge, Bollington, Knutsford and Wilmslow urban districts, along with the single parish Disley Rural District, Macclesfield Rural District and part of Bucklow Rural District.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The new district was awarded borough status from its creation.[1]

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 the boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe and Nantwich 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.[2]

The Borough of Macclesfield was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new Cheshire East unitary authority was formed.[3]

Civil parishes

The borough contained 52 civil parishes and 2 discrete unparished areas (namely, the towns of Macclesfield and Wilmslow). Of the 52 civil parishes, five (Agden, Little Bollington, Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Tatton, and Wincle) held parish meetings rather than elect a parish council.[4] Of the remaining 47 civil parishes, two contained towns (Bollington and Knutsford) and so had town councils rather than parish councils administering them.[4] A number of adjacent or abutting civil parishes were grouped together under a single parish council: Ollerton with Marthall, Plumley with Toft and Bexton, and Tabley (for the parishes of Tabley Inferior and Tabley Superior) The remaining 37 civil parishes had their own parish council.[4]

The following civil parishes were included in the borough:

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Political control

The town of Macclesfield had been a municipal borough from 1836 to 1974 with a borough council.[5] The first elections to the new Macclesfield Borough 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 of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2009 was as follows:[6]

Party in control Years
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Leadership

The leaders of the council from 1983 were:

Councillor Party From To
Margaret Duddy[7]
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Peter Burns[8]
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Sue Kipling[9]
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Wesley Fitzgerald[10]
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Frank Keegan[11][12]
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The penultimate leader, Wesley Fitzgerald, went on to become the first leader of Cheshire East Council.[13]

Composition

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

Party Councillors
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style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Liberal Democrat 12
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Handforth Ratepayer 2
Independent 2

Council elections

Results maps

By-election results

North East By-Election 20 June 1996
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Prestbury By-Election 12 September 1996
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Plumley By-Election 3 July 1997
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Knutsford Over By-Election 4 November 1999
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Knutsford Bexton By-Election 1 February 2001
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Morley and Styal By-Election 5 April 2001
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Macclesfield West By-Election 7 June 2001
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Pornton Central By-Election 7 June 2001
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Bollington West By-Election 31 July 2003
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Hurdsfield By-Election 27 November 2003
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Majority 255 30.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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Knutsford Nether By-Election 16 September 2004
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Plumley By-Election 5 May 2005
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Edward Fisher 789 63.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Heulwen Barlow 329 26.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Laurences Hobday 129 10.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 460 36.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Prestbury By-Election 26 January 2006
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Hurdsfield By-Election 20 July 2006
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Aldermen and Freeman of the borough

The following is a list of people who have been either an Alderman or Freeman of the borough of Macclesfield, and when the title was bestowed.

Individuals

References

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  14. The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  15. The Macclesfield and Vale Royal (Areas) Order 1982
  16. legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  17. legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  18. legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  19. legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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