Conservatives continue to dominate Wilmslow Town Council

by Lisa Reeves

Saturday 9^th May 2015

Sat 9^th May 2015

Conservative candidates have taken 14 of the 15 seats on Wilmslow Town Council.

All the existing councillors who stood in this week's election retained their seat with the exception of Ruth McNulty who missed out on the 4th seat in the Wilmslow East Ward by 46 votes to her daughter Fiona.

Residents of Wilmslow candidate Dave Jefferay, who was elected to the Town Council in November 2014, not only retained his seat but won the most votes in the Wilmslow East Ward. He is now the only non Conservative on Wilmslow Town Council.

One of the wards was uncontested so elections only took place in Wilmslow East, Lacey Green and Wilmslow West.

The results were:

Wilmslow East Ward

• Keith Chapman, Conservative Party - 1065 votes

• Joan Fitzgerald, Conservative Party - 1019 votes

• David Jefferay, Residents of Wilmslow - 1362 votes

• Fiona McNulty, Conservative Party - 887 votes

• Ruth McNulty, Conservative Party - 841 votes

Therefore Keith Chapman, Joan Fitzgerald, David Jefferay and Fiona McNulty have been elected.

Turnout was 74.96%.

Wilmslow Lacey Green Ward

• Viveene Brooks, Conservative Party - 1295 votes

• Dominic Brown, Labour Party - 740 votes

• Jon Kelly, Labour Party - 812 votes

• Bradley Russell, Conservative Party - 1183 votes

Therefore Viveene Brooks and Bradley Russell have been elected.

Turnout was 67.16%.

Wilmslow West Ward

• Gary Barton, Conservative Party - 3018 votes

• David Cash, Independent - 1524 votes

• Christopher Dodson, Conservative Party - 2763 votes

• James McCaig, Labour Party - 1268 votes

• Angela McPake, Conservative Party - 2844 votes

• Keith Purdom, Conservative Party - 2332 votes

• Howard Ridley, Labour Party - 1183 votes

• Yvonne Warren, Conservative Party - 2600 votes

Therefore Gary Barton, Christopher Dodson, Angela McPake, Keith Purdom and Yvonne Warren have been elected.

Turnout was 71.49%.

Wilmslow Dean Row Ward

This ward was uncontested as only four candidates were nominated and there are four seats for this ward on the Town Council. The new councillors therefore are:

• Ian Ferguson, Conservative Party

• Frank McCarthy, Conservative Party

• David Pincombe, Conservative Party

• Martin Watkins, Conservative Party

Tags:: Elections 2015, Wilmslow Town Council Election

Comments

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David Jefferay

Saturday 9^th May 2015 at 10:37 pm

Great to be re-elected so thank you very much to everyone who voted for me.

Congratulations to all the other councillors who were elected and I look forward to working with you.

Angela McPake

Sunday 10^th May 2015 at 7:09 am

Firstly, thank you to everyone who voted for me. I obviously intend to work hard with my fellow councillors, on your behalf, to make sure Wilmslow is a great place to live. Hopefully your faith will not have been misplaced!

I am sorry to loose Ruth- she has worked tirelessly during her time on WTC for the residents of Wilmslow and was looking forward to working with her.

Thank you David for your good wishes. It was nice to meet you at the count- I look forward to working with you.

Dave Cash

Monday 11^th May 2015 at 2:42 am

I also thank all people who voted, especially to my 'supporters'. I congratulate all returning and new Councillors elected to WTC, and remind all they have 4 years to make good their stated intentions and hopefully vote as individuals, not Party members, for the good of the local Community.
I invite any Wilmslow voter/pot candidate to join me on the public seats at future WTC Council & Committee meetings to question/comment that body on any Agenda item.
Agenda's should be published on WTC website 3 days prior to meeting with Minutes available soon after their formal approval.

Christopher Dodson

Thursday 14^th May 2015 at 10:04 am

I would like to thank all those who voted for me and to assure all residents of Wilmslow West that I will continue to work tirelessly, with my fellow councillors, to make sure that Wilmslow remains a great place to live.
Like Angela I am very sorry that Ruth was not reelected as she made a huge contribution to the town during her 4 years on the Council