Cheshire West and Chester Council election, 2008
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Elections to the newly created Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority area with borough status, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire. It was established in April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health...

 Council took place on 1 May 2008. Elections occurred in all 24 wards, with each ward returning 3 councillors to the council. The wards are identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.

From May 2008 until April 2009, the elected members formed a "shadow" council, which made preparations for the changeover from the county and borough structure to the new unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

 structure. Thereafter, the members will serve for two years from May 2009. The next elections were held in May 2011.

Results

The Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 took control of the council, with a majority of 38 councillors.

After the election, the composition of the council was;
  • Conservative
    Conservative Party (UK)
    The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

     55
  • Labour
    Labour Party (UK)
    The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

     13
  • Liberal Democrat
    Liberal Democrats
    The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

     4

Abbey ward

Blacon ward

Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross ward

Broxton ward

Central and Westminster ward

City ward

Eddisbury ward

Frodsham and Helsby ward

Gowy ward

Grange and Rossmore ward

Groves and Whitby ward

Hoole and Newton ward

Ledsham and Willaston ward

Marbury ward

Mickle Trafford ward

Neston and Parkgate ward

Northwich East and Shakerley ward

Northwich West ward

Overleigh ward

Sutton and Manor ward

Upton ward

Weaver ward

Winsford North and East ward

Winsford South and West ward

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