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Vale Royal
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| Borough of Vale Royal | |
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| Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content. • Origin | Northwich Urban District Winsford Urban District Northwich Rural District Runcorn Rural District (part of) |
| Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content. • Created | 1 April 1974 |
| Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content. • Abolished | 31 March 2009 |
| Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content. • Succeeded by | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| ONS code | 13UH |
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| Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content. • HQ | Winsford |
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Vale Royal was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It contained the towns of Northwich, Winsford and Frodsham.
History
The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 covering the area of three former districts and part of a fourth, which were abolished at the same time:[1]
- Northwich Rural District
- Northwich Urban District
- Runcorn Rural District (part)
- Winsford Urban District
The district took its name from Vale Royal Abbey, formerly one of the largest in England, which was situated near the village of Whitegate near the centre of the district. The name was suggested in 1972 by a joint committee of the previous district councils, on the basis of the historic use of the name for the general area of the new district.[2][3] The district was granted borough status on 5 May 1988, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor.[4]
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 Vale Royal with the districts of Chester and Ellesmere Port and Neston 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.[5]
Vale Royal was abolished on 31 March 2009, with the area becoming part of the new unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester from 1 April 2009.[6]
Civil parishes
The district comprised the following civil parishes:
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- Acton Bridge
- Allostock
- Alvanley
- Anderton with Marbury
- Antrobus
- Aston
- Barnton
- Bostock
- Byley
- Comberbach
- Crowton
- Cuddington
- Darnhall
- Davenham
- Delamere
- Dutton
- Frodsham
- Great Budworth
- Hartford
- Helsby
- Kingsley
- Lach Dennis
- Little Budworth
- Little Leigh
- Lostock Gralam
- Lower Peover
- Manley
- Marston
- Moulton
- Norley
- Northwich
- Oakmere
- Rudheath
- Rushton
- Sproston
- Stanthorne
- Sutton
- Tarporley
- Utkinton
- Weaverham
- Whitegate and Marton
- Whitley
- Wimboldsley
- Wincham
- Winsford
Political control
The first elections to the council 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:[7][8]
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 1974–1991 | |
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 1991–2003 | |
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 2003–2007 | |
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 2007–2008 | |
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 2008–2009 | |
Leadership
The leaders of the council from 1988 were:
| Councillor | Party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Birkenhead | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 5 May 1988 | ||
| Arthur Neil[9] | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 5 May 1988 | 11 May 1989 | |
| David Broster[10] | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 11 May 1989 | 10 May 1990 | |
| Bernard Burton[11] | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 10 May 1990 | 1991 | |
| Arthur Neil[12] | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 1991 | Apr 2000 | |
| Bob Mather[13] | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Apr 2000 | May 2003 | |
| Keith Musgrave[14] | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | May 2003 | May 2007 | |
| Les Ford[15] | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | May 2007 | 31 Mar 2009 | |
Composition
The political composition of the council at its abolition in 2009 was:
| Party | Councillors | |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Conservative | 26 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Labour | 17 |
| style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| | Liberal Democrat | 11 |
| Weaverham Independents | 3 | |
Premises
Until 1990 the council operated from the various offices it had inherited from its predecessors, being Whitehall in Hartford (from Northwich Rural District Council), the Council House in Northwich (from Northwich Urban District Council), Castle Park House in Frodsham (from Runcorn Rural District Council), and Over Hall in Winsford (from Winsford Urban District Council).[16][17] In 1990 the council consolidated its offices into a new purpose-built headquarters called Wyvern House on The Drumber in Winsford.[18] Wyvern House was formally opened by Princess Margaret on 19 July 1991.[19][20] Since the council's abolition in 2009, Wyvern House has been used as one of the offices of its successor, Cheshire West and Chester Council.[21]
Council elections
- 1973 Vale Royal District Council election
- 1976 Vale Royal District Council election (New ward boundaries)[22]
- 1979 Vale Royal District Council election
- 1983 Vale Royal District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[23]
- 1987 Vale Royal District Council election
- 1991 Vale Royal Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[24]
- 1995 Vale Royal Borough Council election
- 1999 Vale Royal Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[25]
- 2003 Vale Royal Borough Council election
- 2007 Vale Royal Borough Council election
Results maps
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2003 results map
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2007 results map
By-election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 535 | 61.9 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 201 | 23.3 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 128 | 14.8 | |||
| Majority | 334 | 38.6 | |||
| Turnout | 864 | 18.0 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 637 | 61.9 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 218 | 21.2 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 174 | 16.9 | |||
| Majority | 419 | 40.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,029 | 21.0 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 695 | 42.3 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 486 | 29.6 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 461 | 28.1 | |||
| Majority | 209 | 12.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,642 | 33.6 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 372 | 58.3 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 138 | 21.6 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 128 | 20.1 | |||
| Majority | 234 | 36.7 | |||
| Turnout | 638 | 30.7 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 1,413 | 60.5 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 456 | 19.5 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 320 | 13.7 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 146 | 6.3 | |||
| Majority | 957 | 41.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,335 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 364 | 53.2 | +14.3 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 187 | 27.3 | −29.3 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 133 | 19.4 | +14.9 | ||
| Majority | 177 | 25.9 | |||
| Turnout | 684 | 40.7 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 263 | 47.9 | −0.6 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 166 | 30.2 | −1.5 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 120 | 21.9 | +2.1 | ||
| Majority | 97 | 17.7 | |||
| Turnout | 549 | 31.3 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 414 | 46.1 | +21.3 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 274 | 30.5 | −17.8 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 185 | 20.6 | −6.3 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 26 | 2.9 | +2.9 | ||
| Majority | 140 | 15.6 | |||
| Turnout | 899 | 26.9 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Brandon Parkey | 326 | 48.9 | −20.3 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 183 | 27.5 | +13.4 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 157 | 23.6 | +6.9 | ||
| Majority | 143 | 21.4 | |||
| Turnout | 666 | 19.5 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Peter Gannon | 336 | 56.4 | +18.7 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 188 | 31.5 | −8.6 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | 72 | 12.1 | −12.1 | ||
| Majority | 148 | 24.9 | |||
| Turnout | 596 | 12.0 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Helen Burder | 334 | 36.2 | +3.4 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Glyn Roberts | 296 | 32.1 | +2.5 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kathryn Birtwistle | 293 | 31.7 | −5.9 | |
| Majority | 38 | 4.1 | |||
| Turnout | 923 | 16.0 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Helen Weltman | 855 | 54.8 | +24.5 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Paul Dolan | 383 | 24.5 | −3.4 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Glyn Roberts | 323 | 20.7 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 472 | 30.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,561 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
References
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External links
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