Macclesfield was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It included the towns of Bollington, Knutsford, Macclesfield and Wilmslow and within its wider area the villages and hamlets of Adlington, Disley, Gawsworth, Kerridge, Pott Shrigley, Poynton, Prestbury, Rainow, Styal, Sutton and Tytherington.

History The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of Macclesfield municipal borough, Alderley Edge, Bollington, Knutsford and Wilmslow urban districts, along with the single parish Disley Rural District, Macclesfield Rural District and part of Bucklow Rural District. The new district was awarded borough status from its creation.

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 the boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe and Nantwich 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.BBC News, 25 July 2007 – County split into two authorities. Retrieval Date: 25 July 2007.

The Borough of Macclesfield was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new Cheshire East unitary authority was formed.

Civil parishes The borough contained 52 civil parishes and 2 discrete unparished areas (namely, the towns of Macclesfield and Wilmslow). Of the 52 civil parishes, five (Agden, Little Bollington, Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Tatton, and Wincle) held parish meetings rather than elect a parish council. Of the remaining 47 civil parishes, two contained towns (Bollington and Knutsford) and so had town councils rather than parish councils administering them. A number of adjacent or abutting civil parishes were grouped together under a single parish council: Ollerton with Marthall, Plumley with Toft and Bexton, and Tabley (for the parishes of Tabley Inferior and Tabley Superior) The remaining 37 civil parishes had their own parish council.

The following civil parishes were included in the borough:

Adlington Agden Alderley Edge Ashley Aston by Budworth Bexton Bollington (town) Bosley Chelford Chorley Disley Eaton Gawsworth Great Warford Henbury High Legh Higher Hurdsfield Kettleshulme Knutsford (town) Little Bollington Little Warford Lower Withington Lyme Handley Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough Marthall Marton Mere Millington Mobberley Mottram St Andrew Nether Alderley North Rode Ollerton Over Alderley Peover Inferior Peover Superior Pickmere Plumley Pott Shrigley Poynton with Worth Prestbury Rainow Rostherne Siddington Snelson Sutton Tabley Inferior Tabley Superior Tatton Toft Wincle

Political control The town of Macclesfield had been a municipal borough from 1836 to 1974 with a borough council. The first elections to the new Macclesfield Borough created under the Local Government Act 1972 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: (Put "Macclesfield" in search box to see specific results.)

Party in controlYears 1974–1976 1976–2009

Leadership The leaders of the council from 1983 were:

Councillor Party From To Margaret Duddy 1983 2001 Peter Burns 2001 May 2004 Sue Kipling 2004 23 Sep 2004 Wesley Fitzgerald 2004 2008 Frank Keegan 2008 2009

The penultimate leader, Wesley Fitzgerald, went on to become the first leader of Cheshire East Council.

Composition The political composition of the council at its abolition in 2009 was: PartyCouncillorsConservative38Liberal Democrat12Labour6Handforth Ratepayer2Independent2

Council elections 1973 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1976 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1979 Macclesfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 1980 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1982 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1983 Macclesfield Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)The Macclesfield and Vale Royal (Areas) Order 1982 1984 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1986 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1987 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1988 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1990 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1991 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1992 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1994 Macclesfield Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.legislation.gov.uk – The Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. 1995 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1996 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1998 Macclesfield Borough Council election 1999 Macclesfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015. 2000 Macclesfield Borough Council election 2002 Macclesfield Borough Council election 2003 Macclesfield Borough Council election 2004 Macclesfield Borough Council election 2006 Macclesfield Borough Council election 2007 Macclesfield Borough Council election Results maps

By-election results

Aldermen and Freeman of the borough The following is a list of people who have been either an Alderman or Freeman of the borough of Macclesfield, and when the title was bestowed. Individuals Edward Eaton JP (Alderman ???) General Sir William Bromley-Davenport (Freeman ???)

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