The council had been under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Labour minority administration. Labour won a majority on the council at this election, taking 39 of the 70 seats.[7]
Wards and candidates
Seat composition between 2019 (top) and 2023 (bottom):
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28
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2
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The Statement of Persons Nominated for each electoral ward was published on 5 April 2023, twenty-four hours after nominations closed.[6]
New councillors
Sherin Akhtar (Labour, Upton)
Martin Beveridge (Independent, Winsford Gravel)
Stuart Bingham (Labour, Winsford Over and Verdin)
Simon Boone (Labour, Winsford Swanlow)
Matt Carter (Labour, Handbridge Park)
Paul Chamberlain (Labour, Chester City and The Garden Quarter)
Tom Cooper (Conservative, Tarvin and Kelsall)
Chris Copeman (Green, Helsby)
Felicity Davies (Labour, Northwich Winnington and Castle)
Olwyn Dean (Labour, Rudheath)
Caroline Ellis (Labour, Sutton Villages)
Michael Garvey (Labour, Frodsham)
Charles Hardy (Conservative, Tarporley)
Katie Kendrick (Labour, Netherpool)
Katrina Kerr (Labour, Chester City and The Garden Quarter)
Martin Loftus (Conservative, Hartford and Greenbank)
Ted Lush (Liberal Democrats, Tarvin and Kelsall)
Elizabeth MacGlashan (Labour, Great Boughton)
Dan Marr (Conservative, Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead)
Arthur Neil (Labour, Northwich Winnington and Castle)
Phil Rimmer (Conservative, Weaver and Cuddington)
John Roach (Green, Whitby Park)
Jimmy Shannon (Labour, Whitby Groves)
Gaynor Sinar (Conservative, Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead)
Alan Smith (Labour, Blacon)
Lynn Stocks (Conservative, Weaver and Cuddington)
Lucy Sumner (Labour, Frodsham)
Alex Tate (Labour, Lache)
Adrian Waddelove (Conservative, Farndon)
Ben Walker (Labour, Chester City and The Garden Quarter)
^"Local Team". www.eddisburyandweavervaleliberaldemocrats.focusteam.org.uk. Eddisbury and Weaver Vale Liberal Democrats. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2023.