Congleton (borough)
| Borough of Congleton | |
 Shown within Cheshire |
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| Geography | |
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| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Cheshire |
| Area:  Total: |
Ranked 184th 202.80 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Westfields,Sandbach |
| ONS code: | 13UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population:  Total (2007 est.):  Density: |
90,655 (in 2001)[1] Ranked 248th 92,600 439 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.8% White |
| Politics | |
Congleton Borough Council http://www.congleton.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Ann Winterton |
Congleton is a local government district and borough in Cheshire, in North West England.[2] It covers Congleton, Alsager, Holmes Chapel, Middlewich and Sandbach. The headquarters of the borough council are located in Sandbach. The Council has been rated as 'good' by the Audit Commission’s Comprehensive Performance Assessment.[3]
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the former borough of Congleton, the urban districts of Alsager, Middlewich and Sandbach, and the Congleton Rural District.
The resident population of the borough, as measured in the 2001 Census, was 90,655, of which 49 per cent were male and 51 per cent were female.[1]
Current proposals by the government are that the Borough of Congleton will be abolished in April 2009, when it will be merged with Macclesfield and Crewe and Nantwich to form the new unitary authority of Cheshire East.
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There are three tiers of local government operating in Congleton Borough: the Cheshire county administration (first tier), the Congleton Borough administration (second tier) and the local civil parish administrations (third tier).
Congleton borough is divided into 7 county divisions for the purpose of electing county councillors. The 7 divisions are: Alsager, Congleton Rural, Congleton Town East, Congleton Town West, Middlewich, Sandbach East and Rode, and Sandbach.[4]
Congleton is divided into 20 borough wards which elect a total of 48 councillors to the borough council. The following tables provide the names of these wards and show the composition of the council by political party.[5]
| Ward | Number of Councillors |
Ward | Number of Councillors |
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| Alsager Central | 2 | Alsager East | 2 |
| Alsager West | 2 | Astbury | 1 |
| Brereton | 1 | Buglawton | 2 |
| Congleton Central | 2 | Congleton North | 2 |
| Congleton North West | 2 | Congleton South | 3 |
| Congleton West | 3 | Dane Valley | 2 |
| Holmes Chapel | 3 | Lawton | 2 |
| Middlewich Cledford | 3 | Middlewich Kinderton | 3 |
| Odd Rode | 3 | Sandbach East | 3 |
| Sandbach North | 3 | Sandbach West | 3 |
The office of mayor is filled by one of the councillors after an ballot amongst all the councillors,and the position is currently occupied by a member of the Liberal Democrat party.
| Party | Councillors | |
| Conservative | 25 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 13 | |
| Middlewich First | 6 | |
| Independent | 4 | |
Congleton is divided into 23 civil parishes and includes no unparished areas. Of the 23 civil parishes, four are administered at this level of local government by town councils: Alsager, Middlewich, Sandbach, and Congleton; with the remainder having parish councils.[6] There are two pairs of civil parishes that are grouped together so that they share a parish council. These are Hulme Walfield and Somerford Booths, whose single parish council is called "Hulme Walfield and Somerford Booths Parish Council", and Newbold Astbury and Moreton cum Alcumlow, whose single parish council is called "Newbold Astbury-cum-Moreton Parish Council".[6]
The borough is home to a large number of historic sites:
Little Moreton Hall is one of the country's best-preserved half-timbered and moated manor houses.[7]
From the Census 2001.
The percentage of people of each religion in the borough. [8]
People stating religion as: Christian % 81.46
People stating religion as: Buddhist % 0.12
People stating religion as: Hindu % 0.11
People stating religion as: Jewish % 0.06
People stating religion as: Muslim % 0.17
People stating religion as: Sikh % 0.04
People stating religion as: Other religions % 0.16
People stating religion as: No religion % 11.46
People stating religion as: Religion not stated % 6.43
- ^ a b "Key Figures for 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics", neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk, http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=276897&c=congleton&d=13&e=16&g=428012&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216206646992&enc=1, retrieved on 28 June 2008.
- ^ "Congleton Borough Council", Congleton Borough Council, http://www.congleton.gov.uk/, retrieved on 26 November 2008.
- ^ "Council celebrates 'Good' rating as it joins Cheshire East", Congleton Borough Council, http://congleton.gov.uk/?t=222&shownews.articleid=8659&shownews.paper=0&shownews.caption=Local%20News, retrieved on 28 June 2008.
- ^ "Councillors for Congleton Area", Cheshire County Council, http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/mycommunity/congletoncllrs.htm, retrieved on 27 November 2008.
- ^ "Your Councillors", Congleton Borough Council, http://www.congleton.gov.uk/?t=1351&task=modern&modern.url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlineservices.congleton.gov.uk%2Fminutes/mgMemberIndex.asp%3FFN%3DWARD%26VW%3DLIST%26PIC%3D0, retrieved on 27 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Parish Councils", Congleton Borough Council, http://www.congleton.gov.uk/?t=1393, retrieved on 1 December 2008.
- ^ "Little Moreton Hall", The National Trust, http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-littlemoretonhall/, retrieved on 27 November 2008.
- ^ "Key Figures for 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics", neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk, http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=276897&c=congleton&d=13&e=16&g=428012&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216206646992&enc=1, retrieved on 28 June 2008.
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