Council structure
The single tier, unitary, structure
On 1st April 2009 a single tier, or unitary, structure was introduced
to Cheshire. Cheshire West & Chester (CWCC) and
Cheshire East (CEC) were established. These two councils are entirely
autonomous. Bollington is served by Cheshire East.
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  The
Cheshire East council area encompasses Macclesfield,
Congleton and Crewe & Nantwich. This is a piece
of land stretching from the north east to the south
west of the whole county of Cheshire.
Cheshire East Council is the third-largest unitary authority
in the North West by area, after Liverpool and Manchester.
Cheshire East has a population of 360,700, and the council
employs c.14,000 staff. The budget in 2009/10 was £234.1
million. The headquarters is Westfields, a modern office
building off Middlewich Road, Sandbach. It is also close
to the centre of the new area. There is no council chamber
at Westfields, so meetings are held in Macclesfield, Congleton
and Crewe. Cheshire East is a Borough, having its own mayor.
There are also thoughts to have Town Councils (like Bollington's)
in the major towns each with a mayor.
The political representation on the council is Conservatives 59, Liberal Democrats 12, Labour 6, Middlewich First 3, and Nantwich Independent 1, a total of 81 councillors. The Leader is Wilmslow councillor Wesley Fitzgerald and his Deputy is Roland Domleo. The leadership is organised into a Cabinet of ten, each specialising in a particular subject portfolio. The portfolios are: Adult Services, Children & Family Services, Resources, Safer & Stronger Communities, Environmental Services, Performance & Capacity, Procurement Assets & Shared Services, Health & Wellbeing, and Prosperity.
The next election for councillors will take place in May
2011.
A mayor of East Cheshire is appointed by the council each
year in May.
The council's chief executive is Erika Wenzel.
Cheshire East website .
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Whither Cheshire county?
As a geographic county Cheshire continues to exist as it has done for centuries.
It just no longer has a single council governing all of it.
Bollington Town Council
Bollington Town Council continues as the lowest level of local government,
having Parish Council status. Town councillors and their staff relate
to CEC.
Representation
3 town councillors representing the ward (East, Central or West Bollington)
3 councillors for CEC representing Bollington & Disley
Beyond 2009 ...
The Boundary Committee have proposed changes to the ward boundaries
of this area with a view to sub-dividing the Bollington & Disley
constituency. At present there are three CEC councillors jointly representing
that large area. Sub-division under the present proposal would mean two
councillors representing Bollington and Higher Hurdsfield.
