Cllr Gordon Mitchell, who joined the council in 2020, has today resigned from the Parish Council due to work and personal commitments.
Gordon said “I have enjoyed my time as a Gawsworth Parish Councillor, however feel it time to allow someone with more available time the opportunity to contribute.” Gordon aims to continue supporting the community through the council’s Footpaths working group.
Cllr Penny Shepherd, chair of the parish council, expressed the council’s thanks “On behalf of the parish council, thank you for your work with us over the last few years and hopefully this can continue in the future”
Following the resignation of Cllr Gordon Mitchell there is a vacancy for a Councillor for the Village Ward of the Parish Council.
Electors of this ward have the opportunity to request an election to fill the vacancy. If 10 electors write to Cheshire East Council requesting an election, one will be held. If fewer than 10 request an election, the parish council will co-opt to fill the vacancy.
An election means candidates seek a proposer/nominator and there will be a poll (vote). Co-option means the council will ask for applications and the existing councillors will vote to agree who becomes a councillor. Either way, the councillor will serve until May 2027 when the next ordinary elections are held.
Requests for an election must be in writing (in the post) to:
The Returning Officer
Cheshire East Council
Westfields
Middlewich Road
Sandbach
CW11 1HZ
Requests for an election must be received by 3rd September. If you have any questions about the vacancy, please email clerk@gawsworthpc.org.uk
Data released by the ONS from the 2021 Census helps paint a picture of our community.
1700 people live in Gawsworth (one less than in 2011) across 740 households. Gawsworth is a notably older population and we are rather different from the national average in several respects.
The census is undertaken by the Office for National Statistics every 10 years and gives a picture of all the people and households in England and Wales. This detailed snapshot of our society helps the government, local authorities and a wide range of people and organisations to do their work and to plan and fund local services. All information is anonymised and the actual census records are kept secure for 100 years after which we can all use old census records for researching our family history.
Perhaps linked with our older age profile more of us than the national average are married or in a registered civil partnership, 59.5% v 44.7%, and only 13.7% of us are students compared with 20.4% nationally. More of us in Gawsworth own their homes outright (57.3% v 32.5%) and Gawsworth has more two person households yet we have more 4 bedroom and fewer 1 and 2 bedroom homes than the national norm.
Rather more of us work from home or drive to work than nationally but 47.3% of us are economically inactive compared with the national average of just 39.1%, but only 0.7% of us are ‘unemployed’ (compared with 3.5% nationally). We do seem comparatively rather ‘well off’ with many more 2, 3 or more car households.
We are not a very ethnically diverse community with 98.1% (compared with 81% nationally) being white. Almost two-thirds of residents are Christian (62.2% vs 46.3% nationally) and just under one-third hold no religion (31.2% vs 36.7% nationally). No one reporting they were Hindu, Jewish or Muslim.
We also have fewer non-UK passport holders and fewer residents born outside the UK.
You can view the full profile of Gawsworth residents here: Gawsworth Census Profile or you can explore the national data on the 2021 census website
Gawsworth Parish Council has adopted a new strategy to guide its work for the next four years.
These core aims will guide our work over the next four years.
Gawsworth Parish Council is hosting a virtual Parish Meeting on Wednesday 16th September at 7:30pm.
You will hear from the Parish Council on its work over the past year, plans for the next few months and have the opportunity to discuss any issues affecting Gawsworth and put questions and suggestions to the council and wider community.
You can join the meeting using Zoom or watch and interact via the Gawsworth Life Facebook page.
Questions and suggestions can also be submitted in advance by emailing clerk@ gawsworthpc.org.uk.
To join the meeting via Zoom click here: Gawsworth Virtual Parish Meeting.
We’ve reached a key milestone in preparing the Gawsworth Neighbourhood Plan with the launch of the Regulation 14 Consultation (catchy title, we know). This is a statutory stage of the plan where key we invite the community and key consultees (such as Historic England) to read the plan and send us their suggested changes.
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