Elections and Political Control
Congleton was divided into 20 borough wards which elected a total of 48 councillors to the borough council. The following tables provide the names of these wards and show the composition of the council by political party at 31 March 2009.
| Ward | Number of Councillors |
Ward | Number of Councillors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alsager Central | 2 | Alsager East | 2 |
| Alsager West | 2 | Astbury | 1 |
| Brereton | 1 | Buglawton | 2 |
| Congleton Central | 2 | Congleton North | 2 |
| Congleton North West | 2 | Congleton South | 3 |
| Congleton West | 3 | Dane Valley | 2 |
| Holmes Chapel | 3 | Lawton | 2 |
| Middlewich Cledford | 3 | Middlewich Kinderton | 3 |
| Odd Rode | 3 | Sandbach East | 3 |
| Sandbach North | 3 | Sandbach West | 3 |
The office of mayor was filled by one of the councillors after a ballot amongst all the councillors, and the last holder of the position was a member of the Liberal Democrat party.
| Party | Councillors | |
| Conservative | 25 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 13 | |
| Middlewich First | 6 | |
| Independent | 4 | |
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