No party holds a majority on Cheshire East Council
Rease Heath is run by Cheshire East Council, with Worleston parish council for local matters. No party holds a majority on Cheshire East Council. Its MP is Aphra Brandreth (Conservative), member for Chester South and Eddisbury.
£2,390
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Rease Heath’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Cheshire East Council
The Conservatives, the largest group, hold 35 of its 82 seats as elected, 7 short of the 42 needed. Labour holds 29, independents 8, Residents of Wilmslow 4, the Liberal Democrats 2, Tytherington Ward Independents 2 and the Greens 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Rease Heath is £2,390 for 2026–27; Cheshire East Council keeps 83% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 59% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
No party has a majority
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 42 of Cheshire East’s 82 seats to run the council alone.
- Conservative35
- Labour29
- Independent8
- Residents of Wilmslow4
- Liberal Democrat2
- Tytherington Ward Independents2
- Alderley Edge First1
- Green1
Latest election: May 2023.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Rease Heath
One council runs every main service here.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Rease Heath’s residents · Band D precept £19
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Rease Heath, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierWorleston parish council
- 2Cheshire East Council1 ward · 1 councillorRebecca Posnett
- 3Police and crime commissionerCheshire Constabulary · elected May 2024Dan Price
- 4House of CommonsChester South and Eddisbury
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
1 councillor for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Rebecca PosnettConservative · May 2023
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunbury12% in Rease Heath · 700 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Rebecca Posnett | May 2023 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Cheshire East Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Cheshire East council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Rease Heath, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Rease Heath’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗1,758 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Rease Heath is in Chester South and Eddisbury constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Rease Heath).
52,486 votes for candidates · majority 3,057
Conservative, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 52,486 votes from 74,284 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 3,057 of 52,486 votes (5.8%): the 113th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Rease Heath’s Band D council tax is £2,390 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Cheshire East Council keeps £1,975.95 of a Band D bill (83%); the rest goes to the Worleston parish council, the Cheshire police and crime commissioner and the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 2009
Cheshire East’s Band D bill has risen 59% in ten years, from £1,539.99 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £1,420.01 in 2009–10.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Worleston, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Cheshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Cheshire
| Cheshire East | Rease Heath’s councils | Cheshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £506 | £579 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £258 | £302 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £70 | £69 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £26 | £35 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £103 | £101 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £62 | £55 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £33 | £27 | £26 |
| Public health | £48 | £64 | £78 |
| Running the council | £27 | £47 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £6 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,133 | £1,284 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Cheshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Rease Heath is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
cheshireeast.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
cheshireeast.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Rease Heath is run
Which council runs Rease Heath?
Rease Heath is run by Cheshire East Council.
Does Rease Heath have a town council?
Yes: Rease Heath has its own parish-tier council (Worleston parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £19 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Rease Heath?
Aphra Brandreth (Conservative) is the MP for Chester South and Eddisbury, which covers Rease Heath.
How many councillors does Rease Heath have?
1 ward councillors represent Rease Heath’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Rease Heath?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Rease Heath’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Rease Heath?
Band D council tax in Rease Heath is £2,390 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Cheshire East Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Conservative 35 · Labour 29 · Independent 8 · Residents of Wilmslow 4 · Liberal Democrat 2 · Tytherington Ward Independents 2 · Green 1 · Alderley Edge First 1 of 82 seats; a majority needs 42. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2023 council election in Rease Heath?
In Rease Heath’s wards on 4 May 2023, Conservative 1 of the 1 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 51.9%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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