FRODSHAM’S two sitting Conservative councillors on Cheshire West and Chester Council both held on to their seats comfortably in the borough council elections.
Andrew Dawson (pictured) topped the poll with 26.06 per cent of the poll, closely followed by Lynn Riley, with 23.13 per cent of the poll. But bucking the national trend Labour took control of Cheshire West and Chester Council.
The composition of the new council is 38 Labour, 36 Conservatives and one Independent.
In line with the national results in the General Election and other local elections, the Liberal Democrats suffered badly locally, claiming only 2.57 per cent of the vote and coming bottom of the poll.
Full results were:
Andrew Dawson (Cons) 2,456 (elected)
Lynn Riley (Cons) 2,178 (elected)
Michael Garvey (Lab) 1,435
Deborah Fletcher (Lab) 1,305
Michael Pusey (Ind) 493
Tom Reynolds (Ind) 477
Jonny Pendlebury (Green) 421
Sue Beesley (Green) 409
Vera Roberts (Lib Dem) 242.
In Helsby, it was a similar story with sitting Conservative councillor Alan McKie retaining his seat with a comfortable majority over Labour.
The full result was:
Alan McKie (Cons) 1,511 (elected)
Una Long (Lab) 1,064
David Hampton (Green) 220
Valerie Melnyczuk (Lib Dem) 134.
At Kingsley the story was repeated again, with sitting Conservative councillor Ralph Oultram romping home with 55.37 per cent of the vote.
The full result was:
Ralph Oultram (Cons) 1,520 (elected)
Jill Peacock (Lab) 500
Chris Proudfoot (UKIP) 292
Alex Dedman (Green) 220
George England (Lib Dem) 213
