Neston Town Council

Although not created yet, the process to establish a Town Council for the people of Neston is well underway.  A petition containing more than double the required number of local electors was presented to Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council on 31st January 2007.

There has been a long campaign by local people to bring local democracy and accountability back to the people of Neston who have not had this level of representation since 1974.

To give the electors of Neston and idea of what they can expect from their local council - if and when it arrives - the following are existing local councils that have been representing their communities for many years,  in some cases as far back as 1894.  If there is a website for the council, simply clicking on the name will take you to their site...

Town Electorate Band D Annual charge
Alsager 9760 £10.72
Nantwich 9940 £15.03
Middlewich 10173 £31.22
Knutsford 10204 £6.33
Poynton with Worth 11843 £24.24
? Neston 12,500 - 13,000 ?
Poulton with Fearnhead 13296 £11.67
Sandbach 14117 £12.39
Northwich 14861 £59.65
Average Annual Cost £13.66

N.B.  All figures (except Neston!) taken from the North West Regional Assembly publication, Blueprint for Strategic Change (July 2005), which is available for free download at http://www.nwra.gov.uk/downloads/documents/imported/541127344008.pdf

Should you require any further information, please contact ChALC's Regional Development Officer, Chalky White.