Macclesfield was, from 1974 to 2009, a

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with borough status in

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. It included the towns of Bollington,

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and

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and within its wider area the villages and hamlets of Adlington,

Disley Disley is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is located on the edge of the Peak District in the Goyt Valley, south of Stockport and close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills. The popu ...

, Gawsworth, Kerridge, Pott Shrigley, Poynton, Prestbury, Rainow, Styal,

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and Tytherington.

History

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the

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. It was a merger of

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, Bollington,

and

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, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor. In 2006 the

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considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the

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. The decision to merge the boroughs of Macclesfield,

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and

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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. The Borough of Macclesfield was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new

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unitary authority was formed.

Civil parishes

The borough contained 52

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and 2 discrete

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(namely, the towns of

and

). Of the 52 civil parishes, five ( Agden, Little Bollington, Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Tatton, and Wincle) held

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s rather than elect a parish council. Of the remaining 47 civil parishes, two contained towns ( Bollington and

) 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 *

* Ashley *

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* Bexton * Bollington ''(town)'' * Bosley * Chelford *

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

* Eaton * Gawsworth * Great Warford * Henbury *

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* Higher Hurdsfield * Kettleshulme *

''(town)'' * Little Bollington * Little Warford * Lower Withington * Lyme Handley * Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough * Marthall * Marton * Mere * Millington * Mobberley *

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* Nether Alderley * North Rode * Ollerton * Over Alderley * Peover Inferior * Peover Superior * Pickmere * Plumley * Pott Shrigley * Poynton with Worth * Prestbury * Rainow * Rostherne * Siddington * Snelson *

* Tabley Inferior * Tabley Superior * Tatton * Toft * Wincle

Political control

The town of

had been a

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 held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 1983 were: 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:

Council elections

Results maps

File:Macclesfield UK ward map 2002.svg, 2002 results map File:Macclesfield UK ward map 2003.svg, 2003 results map File:Macclesfield UK ward map 2004.svg, 2004 results map File:Macclesfield UK ward map 2006.svg, 2006 results map File:Macclesfield UK ward map 2007.svg, 2007 results map

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 ???)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Macclesfield (Borough) Districts of England established in 1974 English districts abolished in 2009 Former non-metropolitan districts of Cheshire Former boroughs in England Borough of Council elections in Cheshire District council elections in England