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The new council also took on the functions of the abolished Cheshire County Council in the area. Cheshire West and Chester is both a non-metropolitan district and a non-metropolitan county, but there is no separate county council; instead the district council performs both district and county functions, making it a unitary authority. [3]
From 2024, the ceremonial county of Cheshire (which comprises the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington) is divided into twelve parliamentary constituencies; one borough constituency, and 11 county constituencies.
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 . [ 5 ]
Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire. Founded on 1 April 1889, it was officially dissolved on 31 March 2009, when it and its districts were superseded by two unitary authorities; Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East .
Cheshire West and Chester Council elections are held every four years. Cheshire West and Chester Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester in Cheshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 70 councillors have been elected from 45 wards. [1]
Andrew Graham Cooper (born 1984) [1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Cheshire since the 2024 United Kingdom general election. [2] He previously served as a councillor for Northwich Town Council and Cheshire West and Chester Council. [3] [4]
Dixon was first elected to Cheshire West and Chester Council in 2011, representing Chester City and the Garden Quarter ward. [7] She was re-elected in 2015 and 2019, but didn't seek election in 2023. Labour won control of the council in 2015, and she was subsequently elected to become its first woman leader.
In 2009 the role of Lord Mayor of Chester was combined with that of Chairman of Cheshire West and Chester Council, but the two roles were separated again in 2015. [ 4 ] The full title of the Mayor is 'The Right Worshipful, the Lord Mayor of the City of Chester'.