Stewart Gardiner

Cheshire East Council’s Labour and Independent Coalition has voted to follow the recommendations of an independent panel to increase councillor allowances and backdate the rise to April 2024. The vote was close with 39 voting in favour of the rise, 33 against and two abstaining.

At the Annual Council Meeting of Cheshire East Council on Wednesday, the Conservative Group lent their unanimous support to Group Leader Cllr Stewart Gardiner in a direct leadership challenge to the incumbent Council Leader, Cllr Nick Mannion (Labour).Cllr Gardiner was proposed by Deputy Group Leade

THE FOLLOWING NOTICE OF MOTION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING OF FULL COUNCIL NEXT WEEK, REQUESTING A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THE LEADER AND DEPUTY LEADER OF CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL.Read the full document below:COUNCIL – 25 FEBRUARY 2026
NOTICES OF MOTION

Having heard last week that Government will not permit Cheshire East to raise its Council Tax by 9.99%, the Council is still expected to increase council tax by 4.99% and will also need to raise approximately £28 million of “exceptional financial support” (through borrowing) in order to balance its

Protesters held another successful demonstration today against the Government's New Town Task Force (NTTF) proposal to build up to 20,000 homes across nearly 1,000 hectares of Cheshire Greenbelt.Last week, Sir Michael Lyons (Chair of the NTTF) at the MHCLG Select Committee, revealed that both the Le

Any new Cabinet System must not prevent the Public from asking questions says Conservative Group Leader Stewart Gardiner Following criticism in the LGA Peer Review of Cheshire East in 2024, Cheshire East Council is due to switch back from its current committee system of governance, which has be

Members of the Cheshire East Children’s Committee have been told that overspends of £8.86m are predicted by April next year, due to the rising cost of residential placements and the setting of  ‘unrealistic savings’ in the 2025/26 budget.Finance officers told committee members that: "Although n

At the inaugural meeting of the Shadow Board of the Cheshire and Warrington new Combined Authority, Opposition leaders in Cheshire requested places around the table that will determine the Devolution Agenda prior to Mayoral Elections in 2027.The shadow combined authority board is made up of the lead

At an Extraordinary Meeting of Full Council this week, elected members voted in favour of a new Cheshire & Warrington Combined Mayoral Authority in 2026, by the narrowest of margins; 36 to 32 votes in favour of the plans. Supporters backed the plans saying it would trigger investment, jobs

Conservative Group Leader Cllr Stewart Gardiner presented his Notice of Motion, challenging the Government’s Housing Targets at Full Council today.