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Cllr Lesley Smetham: Gawsworth Ward (Macclesfield Constituency)

Gawsworth is a one-member ward.

Lesley has lived in Gawsworth for nearly 34 years.  She has been a parish councillor since 1999, a Cheshire East Councillor since 2008 and has been representing Gawsworth since May 2011.

The Gawsworth ward consists of 8 parishes: Bosley, Eaton, Gawsworth, Henbury, Lower Withington, Marton, North Rode and Siddington and covers a large geographic area from Macclesfield in the north to Congleton in the south and from the hills of the Peak District in the east to Jodrell Bank in the west.

Lesley is a board member of several bodies, such as Cheshire Community Action and Cheshire Association of Local Councils.  These two community bodies work with Cheshire East to provide advice and services for local people.

Lesley has many interests including local and family history, current affairs, literature, the arts and the natural world.

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Cllr Lesley Smetham & Macc Waste Site 05.2021

Why route to Macclesfield Waste Site “too dangerous’ to take additional traffic from Congleton

Wednesday, 5 May, 2021
Cllr Lesley Smetham explains why residents in Macclesfield are standing shoulder to shoulder with the people of Alsager and Congleton over mutual fears for their future welfare when the Household Waste and Recycling Centre in Congleton shuts in September. “This is a decision Cheshire East Coun
Congleton Link Road 2019 - 2021

Cheshire East Conservatives welcome the opening of the £90m Congleton Link Road,

Sunday, 18 April, 2021
Cheshire East Conservatives welcome the opening of the £90m Congleton Link Road - the culmination of the project they launched in 2012. The 5.5km route opened this weekend for walkers and cyclists before its formal opening for traffic on Monday 19th April. Cllr Janet Clowes (Conserva
Wychwood Village Enforcement Issues

Planning Enforcement in Cheshire East - when a new policy is simply not enough.

Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
Cllr Janet Clowes (Conservative Group Leader) has raised the issue of Planning Enforcement both at Cabinet in January and at Full Council last week seeking answers to residents’ concerns that Cheshire East has failed to address for years.  In a recent article, she explains: “I was please
Cllr Smethan at the Gawsworth Community Shop

Gawsworth’s Rural Communities respond to the threat of Covid-19

Wednesday, 8 April, 2020
This week Lesley Smetham, Councillor for Gawsworth Ward, describes the amazing schemes that have sprung up in her rural area, where local people have quickly joined together to ensure that residents are supported in these unprecedented times.
Cheshire & Wirral Conference 2020

Cheshire & Wirral Conservatives raise the Brexit Toast at Conference

Friday, 31 January, 2020
The Cheshire & Wirral Area Team Opened the 8th Annual 'Sell-out' Conference in Chester this evening.
Concorde

Cheshire East Councillors tour Concorde!

Friday, 13 September, 2019
Cheshire East Councillors attending Manchester Airport today were invited to tour Concorde - one of the most iconic designs in aeronautical engineering! Conservative Councillors had been invited to visit the airport, part of which lies within the boundaries of the Borough, for a formal Manches
Carers Hub Launch in 2018

Conservative Innovations at Cheshire East are short-listed for national ASPE awards!

Tuesday, 30 July, 2019
Three services provided by Cheshire East Council have been shortlisted for national Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) awards. The awards recognise high-performing councils which are striving to continually improve frontline services. The Cheshire East Carers’ Hub has been shortliste
Congleton Relief Road 25.02.019

First spade in the soil for the Congleton Link Road

Monday, 25 February, 2019
Transport Minister Jesse Norman MP, Congleton MP Fiona Bruce and CEC leader Rachel Bailey attended the formal start of the Congleton Link Road Construction this morning. The £90m project is important for the economic development of the town and is expected to  create 3,000 jobs,
Tatton Hall transformed

“The Light Goes Out” at Tatton

Sunday, 11 November, 2018
The Mansion at Tatton Park became the canvass tonight for an illuminated time-piece art work illustrating a portal back to 1918 where telegrams, letters and care packages from 2018 were sent.
Cllrs Smetham & Hunter

1st October; International Day of Older People

Tuesday, 2 October, 2018
  2018 UN Older People's Day celebrated at an afternoon Tea Party at the Crewe Alexandra FC The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year.
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Correspondence address:  
Mayors PA 
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CW1 2BJ

Phone:  01625 426173

Email:  [email protected]

Phone:  01270 696012

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