The Conservatives are seeking your vote in Cheshire East

The Tories had control of Cheshire East from 2009, when the council was formed, until 2019 when they lost overall control – although they still remain the largest party.

Here group leader Cllr Janet Clowes explains why she believes you should vote for the Conservatives in Cheshire East.

"The critical word for Thursday’s elections is ‘local’. Four years ago, 'Independent' councillors entered a Labour-led coalition, voting in the interests of Labour finance strategies not always in the interests of residents.

"Despite Cllr Corcoran’s rhetoric, their carbon-neutral strategy is significantly behind schedule. It must, in collaboration with sub-regional partners, be expedited and it starts ‘at home’.

"The proposed green bin tax is fundamentally flawed as fly-tipping and increased black bin tonnage will negate any income raised.

"Combined with the closure of the Congleton tip, the coalition’s environmental credibility is undermined and, as legislation has shifted, we need to re-think how to protect our peat resources.

"Proposals to scrap adult care and respite provisions at Warwick Mews and the Stanley Centre were included in the budget without informing service users.

"We will fully consult with users and carers to understand what they really want and need.

"In 2020, Conservatives proposed that Cheshire East Council develop its own adult supported living provision. A proposal that 'Labour/Independents' robustly supported before clandestinely scrapping it a year later, together with free telecare pendants for over 85s living alone.

"We will review how decisions to scrap 90km of winter gritting routes were made and why responses to the two consultations were largely ignored.

"We will review car parking charges across the borough recognising the actual costs of running and maintaining car parks, local business needs and acknowledging charging inequalities across our borough.

"But importantly, we want to do what Conservatives do best in local government – attract inward investment and business innovation. We will identify north-west levelling-up objectives, including a negotiated model of devolved local government that best represents the interests of Cheshire East and importantly, attracts the devolved resources from Central Government, essential for attracting businesses, employment and delivering the improved services that residents deserve."

Residents voting at polling stations must take photo ID.

The 254 candidates standing for Cheshire East Council on Thursday, May 4 are:

Alderley  Edge:  Emma Boxer (Green Party);  Craig Browne (Alderley Edge First);  Carl Curran (Conservative).

Alsager: Brian Drake (Labour); Rod Fletcher (Liberal Democrats); Reg Kain (Liberal Democrats); Richard McCarthy (Green Party); Hilary Robinson (Green Party); Michael Unett (Labour); Wendy Whittaker-Large (Conservative); Sam Worthington (Conservative).

Audlem: Rachel Bailey (Conservative); John Phillips (Liberal Democrats).

Bollington: Jennifer Allen (Green Party); Liam Bergin (Green Party); Ken Edwards (Labour); Johanna Maitland (Liberal Democrats); James Nicholas (Bollington First); John Place (Labour); Amanda Stott (Bollington First); Jon Weston (Conservative); John Withers (Conservative).

Brereton Rural: Robert Douglas (Liberal Democrats); Mark Mitchell (Labour); John Wray, (Conservative).

Broken Cross and Upton: Uche John (Conservative); Gareth Jones (Conservative); Judy Snowball (Labour); Rob Vernon (Labour).

Bunbury: Jonathan Bill (Liberal Democrats); Rebecca Posnett (Conservative).

Chelford: Anthony Harrison (Conservative); Maureen Harrop (Independent); Nick Speakman (Green Party); Nicola Standitch (Liberal Democrats).

Congleton East  Martin Amies (Independent); Dave Brown (Conservative); Paul Duffy (Liberal Democrats); Sally Holland (Conservative); Lisa Miller (Green Party); Rob Moreton (Independent); Denis Murphy (Liberal Democrats); Heather Pearce (Independent); Sarah Russell (Labour); Kay Wesley (Women's Equality Party); Glen Williams (Conservative).

Congleton West: Suzie Akers Smith (Independent); Mark Edwardson (Independent); Suzy Firkin (Liberal Democrats); Emma Hall (Conservative); George Hayes (Conservative);  Robert Hemsley (Liberal Democrats); Mark Hill (Independent); Amanda Martin (Conservative); Heather Seddon (Labour); Olga Whitmore (Green Party).

Crewe Central:  Anthony Critchley (Labour);  Ireneusz Kryczka (Putting Crewe First); Christopher Waling (Conservative); Matthew Wood (Reform UK).

Crewe East: Jackie Barthelmes (Putting Crewe First); Jonathan Bebbington (Conservative); Martin Edwards (Labour); Helen Elliott (Putting Crewe First); Melanie English (Green Party); Hazel Faddes (Labour); Richard Ford (Putting Crewe First); Carol Groves (Conservative); Peter Hargreaves (Conservative); Ian Mumford (Green Party); Jill Rhodes (Labour); Gareth Woods (Green Party).

Crewe North: Joy Bratherton (Labour);  Daniel Hill (Conservative); Brian Silvester (Putting Crewe First).

Crewe South: Adam Boulton-Rawlinson (Conservative); Dawn Clark (Labour); Tom Maguire  , (Putting Crewe First); Ryan Moore (Conservative); Toni Mortimer (Putting Crewe First); Laura Smith (Labour).

Crewe St Barnabas: Sally Handley (Labour); Geoff Palin (Putting Crewe First); James Pratt (Conservative).

Crewe West: Daniel Bull (Conservative); Marilyn Houston (Labour); Stephen Macallan (Putting Crewe First); Connor Naismith (Labour); Craig Porter (Putting Crewe First); Jacquie Weatherill (Conservative).

Dane Valley: Russell Chadwick (Conservative); Robert Green (Green Party); Craig Hynes (Labour); Andrew Kolker (Conservative); Diane Tams (Liberal Democrats); Martin Wood (Green Party).

Disley:  Sue Adams (Conservative); Neil Carter (Labour);  Paul Moss (Independent).

Gawsworth: Sam Hale (Labour); Eleanor Hall (Liberal Democrats); Lesley Smetham (Conservative); Andrew Wheatstone (Green Party).

Handforth: James Earl (Liberal Democrats); Simon Hutchence (Conservative); Ribia Nisa (Labour); Matthew Robertson (Conservative); John Smith (Independent); Julie Smith (Independent).

Haslington: Te Browne (Green Party);  Steven Edgar (Conservative); Alison Heler (Conservative); Jamie Messent (Labour); Simon Richards (Labour).

High Legh: Christopher Fortune (Liberal Democrats); Kate Parkinson (Conservative); Andy Sheik El Wright’O (Official Monster Raving Loony Party).

Knutsford: Sue Addison (Labour); Adrian Cardwell (Liberal Democrats); Peter Coan (Conservative); Tony Dean (Conservative); Stewart Gardiner (Conservative); Kevin Harkin (Labour); Amanda Iremonger (Green Party); April Johnson (Independent); Rex Mears (Independent).

Leighton: Clair Chapman (Labour); Teja Vaddala (Conservative); Jim Weir (Independent).

Macclesfield Central: Jessica Beaumont (Conservative); Liz Braithwaite (Labour); Stephen Broadhead (Liberal Democrats); Ashley Farrall (Labour); John Knight (Green Party); Abhishika Srivastav (Conservative).

Macclesfield East: Terry Bell (Labour); Lindy Brett (Green); Christopher Lovell (Liberal Democrats); Nicholas Taylor (Conservative); Mick Warren (Independent).

Macclesfield Hurdsfield: Sarah Bennett-Wake (Labour); Steve Broadhurst (Liberal Democrats); Barrie Malpas (Conservative).

Macclesfield South: Joyce Beasley (Conservative); David Dooley (Conservative); Eddie Murphy (Independent); Andy Oldfield (Independent); John Peckham (Green Party); Brian Puddicombe, (Labour); Fiona Wilson (Labour).

Macclesfield Tytherington: John Bowden (Labour); Beverley Dooley (Conservative); David Edwardes (Tytherington Ward Independents); Emma Gilman (Tytherington Ward Independents); Walter Houston (Green Party); John Le Moignan (Conservative); David Mayers (Green Party).

Macclesfield West & Ivy: Mary Brooks (Labour); Nick Mannion (Labour); Rajeev Rajan (Conservative); Timothy Swatridge (Conservative).

Middlewich: John Bird (Independent); Robert Brittain (Conservative); Carol Bulman (Labour); Paul Edwards (Conservative); David Harrop (Conservative); Michael Hunter (Labour); Cerys Jones (Green Party);  Garnet Marshall (Independent); Jonathan Parry (Labour).

Mobberley: Kevin Boyle (Liberal Democrats); Hannah Moss (Conservative); Paul Thomson (Labour).

Nantwich North & West: Stuart Bostock (Independent); Anna Burton (Labour); Kim Heyes (Green Party); Vicky Higham (Conservative); Tom Levins (Green Party); Arthur Moran (Independent); John Statham (Conservative).

Nantwich South & Stapeley: Peter Groves (Conservative); Andrew Martin (Conservative); John Priest (Labour); Geoffrey Smith (Labour).

Odd Rode: Ursula Griffiths (Labour); Gareth Lindop (Labour); Patrick Redstone (Conservative); Liz Wardlaw (Conservative).

Poynton East & Pott Shrigley: James Booth (Green Party); Sarah Marshall (Labour); Tim O'Rourke (Social Democratic Party);  Jos Saunders (Conservative); Geoff Thompson (Labour); Hayley Whitaker (Conservative).

Poynton West & Adlington: Michael Beanland (Conservative); Kathy Booth (Green Party); Amy House (Labour); Tony Penny (Labour); Mike Sewart (Conservative).

Prestbury: Thelma Jackson (Conservative); Stuart Redgard (Independent).

Sandbach Elworth: Callum Chalmers (Liberal Democrats); Nicola Cook (Independent); Kathryn Flavell (Labour);  Arabella Holland (Conservative).

Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock: Laura Crane (Labour): Martin Deakin (Conservative); Michelle Hough (Liberal Democrats); Patricia Lloyd (Green Party).

Sandbach Heath & East: Sam Corcoran (Labour); Peter Kent (Green Party); Dave Poole (Independent); Tim Wheatcroft (Conservative).

Sandbach Town: John Arnold (Labour); Artie Chalmers (Liberal Democrats); Mike Muldoon (Conservative); Hope Voyce (Green Party).

Shavington: Linda Buchanan (Labour); David Marren (Independent); Claire Wain     (Conservative).

Sutton: Laura Jones (Green Party); Steve Kay (Labour); Chris O'Leary (Conservative); Trevor Priestman (Liberal Democrats).

Willaston & Rope: Richard Bennett (Green Party); Julie Fousert (Reform UK); Allen Gage (Conservative); Ben Wye (Labour).

Wilmslow Dean Row: Lata Anderson (Residents of Wilmslow); Jack Illingworth (Conservative); Olivia Walker (Liberal Democrats).

Wilmslow East: John Duckworth (Conservative); David Jefferay (Residents of Wilmslow); Sarah Murphy (Liberal Democrats).

Wilmslow Lacey Green: Chris Hilliard (Residents of Wilmslow); Robin James (Liberal Democrats); Don Stockton (Conservative).

Wilmslow West & Chorley: Michelle Anderson (Green Party); Barry Estill (Conservative); Mark Goldsmith (Residents of Wilmslow); Michael Gorman (Residents of Wilmslow); Hannan Sarwar (Conservative); Gareth Wilson (Liberal Democrats).

Wistaston: Alan Coiley (Labour); Kim Jamson (Labour); Gary Poole (Conservative); Margaret Simon (Conservative); Claire Wilkinson (Green Party).

Wrenbury: Dave Manning (Green Party); James Pearson (Conservative); Sacha Sandbach (Liberal Democrats).

Wybunbury: Janet Clowes (Conservative); Stephen Ford (Liberal Democrats); Dennis Straine-Francis (Labour).