Lache

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Lache
Lache shown within Cheshire
OS grid reference	SJ385645
District	Chester
Shire county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTER
Postcode district	CH4
Dialling code	01244
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	City of Chester
List of places: UK • England • Cheshire

Coordinates: 53°10′27″N 2°55′18″W / 53.174038, -2.921545

Lache (sometimes The Lache or Larché) is a housing estate in the city of Chester, Cheshire, U.K., with a population of around 10,000. It is located approximately 2 miles southwest of the ancient city, with good local transport links en route to Saltney.

The main streets are Cliveden road, which runs through the center of the estate, and Sycamore Drive. The area runs almost continuously into Westminster Park and Saltney.

Contents 1 Politics 1.1 City Council 1.1.1 Lache Park 1.2 County Council 1.2.1 Overleigh 1.3 British Parliament 1.4 Elections 1.4.1 2006 2 Notes 3 External links

[edit] Politics

[edit] City Council

Lache along with parts of Saltney is part of the Lache Park Chester City Council ward.

[edit] Lache Park

Lache forms the Lache Park ward for the purposes of electing councillors to Chester City Council. It elects 3 people to the council. Following the local government elections of 2007, the names of the three elected councillors were as follows (together with the dates on which their seats are up for re-election):

• Arthur Harada (Conservative) (up to 2010)
• David Hughes (Labour) (up to 2008)
• Neil Sullivan (Conservative) (up to 2011)^[1]

[edit] County Council

Lache Park forms part of the Overleigh Cheshire County Council Division.

[edit] Overleigh

• Stephen Mosley (Conservative)

[edit] British Parliament

Lache is in the City of Chester parliamentary constituency and is represented by Christine Russell, who has held the seat since 1997.

[edit] Elections

The next elections for Lache Park will be in 2007, for the City Council, when Labour councillor David Challen will be up for re-election.

[edit] 2006

In Lache Park, Arthur Harada was elected onto Chester City Council with 55% of the vote gaining the seat from Labour.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Socio-economic profile of the Lache area