Elections to Cheshire East Council happened on Thursday 5 May 2011. Elections occurred in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council.
The wards were all new, having been created in a boundary review which took effect in January 2011. They replaced the previous 27 three-seat wards used in the 2008 election, which were identical to the former Cheshire County Council wards.
Overall results The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 52 out of 82 seats, with a majority of 22 councillors.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Conservative 52 Labour 16 Others 10 Liberal Democrat 4
Ward results
An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor.
Alderley Edge
Councillor Keegan previously served as a member for the now dissolved Alderley ward.
Alsager
Audlem
Councillor Bailey previously served as a member for the now dissolved Cholmondeley ward.
Bollington
Councillor Livesley previously served as a councillor for the now dissolved Prestbury and Tytherington ward.
Brereton Rural
Broken Cross and Upton
Bunbury
Chelford
Congleton East
Congleton West
Crewe Central
Crewe East
Crewe North
Crewe South
Crewe St Barnabas
Crewe West
Dane Valley
Disley
Gawsworth
Handforth
Haslington
High Legh
Knutsford
Leighton
Macclesfield Central
Macclesfield East
Macclesfield Hurdsfield
Macclesfield South
Macclesfield Tytherington
Macclesfield West and Ivy
Middlewich
Mobberley
Nantwich North and West
Nantwich South and Stapeley
Odd Rode
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley
Poynton West and Adlington
Prestbury
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