Guilden Sutton

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Guilden Sutton is a small village near the city of Chester in the UK. It has an elected parish council (although nominations are rarely contested). It is home to about 1800 residents, two churches, a primary school, one pub, a Post Office and a village hall as well as several local business.

Guilden Sutton

Statistics

Population:

1,800 (approx. 2001)

Ordnance Survey

Administration

Other

Services

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Post office and telephone

Post town:

CHESTER

Postal district:

CH3

Dialling code:

01244

Politics

1 Parish councillors
2 Politics
3 Elections in Guilden Sutton
- 3.1 Parish Council Co-Option
- 3.2 2006
4 External links

[edit] Parish councillors

Parish Councillors
Name		Party
	Bob Armitage	Independent
	Ron Bayton	Independent
	Dr. Imogen Brown	Independent
	Catherine Carter	Independent
	Danny Fisher	Independent
	Derek Hughes	Independent
	Bill Moulton	Independent
	Trisha Patterson	Independent

The mid-term resignations of three of the Parish Councillors meant that a by-election or co-opt will be held to find a number of replacements, to bring the council back up to full quota.

None of the Parish Councillors in Guilden Sutton are affiliated with a political party. The Clerk to the Council is David Norbury and the Local PC is Mal Baker.

The local MP is Christine Russell, Labour, as Guilden Sutton is part of the City of Chester constituency. The former MP was Gyles Brandreth. Previously, in around the 1950's, Guilden Sutton was part of the Eddisbury constituency.

In June 2006, Cllr. Bob Armitage was elected Chairman of the Council, and Cllr. Ron Bayton Vice Chairman. Cllr. Armitage is also the Father of the Council.

[edit] Politics

The village, as well as having Parish Councillors is also part of the Christleton ward in City Council elections, part of the Gowy ward for County Council elections and part of the City of Chester General Election constituency.

[edit] City Councillors

John Boughton (Conservative)
Brian Bailey (Conservative)

[edit] County Councillor

John Burke (Conservative)

[edit] Member of Parliament

Christine Russell MP (Labour)

[edit] Elections in Guilden Sutton

The next elections in Guilden Sutton will take place on 3rd May, 2007, as terms for the whole Parish Council are expiring, as well as City Councillor John Boughton's term expiring.

[edit] Parish Council Co-Option

Imogen Brown, Bill Moulton and Catharine Carter were elected in October 2006 to fill three vaccancies. They will serve until the full-term elections in 2007.

[edit] 2006

Chester City Council Christleton 4th May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Bailey	882
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Beith	202
	Labour	Stephen Davies	193
	Independent	Brian Goodall	168
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing