Lesley Smetham

Cllr Lesley Smetham: Gawsworth Ward (Macclesfield Constituency)

Gawsworth is a one-member ward.

Lesley has lived in Gawsworth for nearly 34 years.  She has been a parish councillor since 1999, a Cheshire East Councillor since 2008 and has been representing Gawsworth since May 2011.

The Gawsworth ward consists of 8 parishes: Bosley, Eaton, Gawsworth, Henbury, Lower Withington, Marton, North Rode and Siddington and covers a large geographic area from Macclesfield in the north to Congleton in the south and from the hills of the Peak District in the east to Jodrell Bank in the west.

Lesley is a board member of several bodies, such as Cheshire Community Action and Cheshire Association of Local Councils.  These two community bodies work with Cheshire East to provide advice and services for local people.

Lesley has many interests including local and family history, current affairs, literature, the arts and the natural world.

News

Planning Enforcement in Cheshire East - when a new policy is simply not enough.

Cllr Janet Clowes (Conservative Group Leader) has raised the issue of Planning Enforcement both at Cabinet in January and at Full Council last week seeking answers to residents’ concerns that Cheshire East has failed to address for years.  In a recent article, she explains: “I was please

Gawsworth’s Rural Communities respond to the threat of Covid-19

This week Lesley Smetham, Councillor for Gawsworth Ward, describes the amazing schemes that have sprung up in her rural area, where local people have quickly joined together to ensure that residents are supported in these unprecedented times.

Cheshire East Councillors tour Concorde!

Cheshire East Councillors attending Manchester Airport today were invited to tour Concorde - one of the most iconic designs in aeronautical engineering! Conservative Councillors had been invited to visit the airport, part of which lies within the boundaries of the Borough, for a formal Manches

First spade in the soil for the Congleton Link Road

Transport Minister Jesse Norman MP, Congleton MP Fiona Bruce and CEC leader Rachel Bailey attended the formal start of the Congleton Link Road Construction this morning. The £90m project is important for the economic development of the town and is expected to  create 3,000 jobs,

“The Light Goes Out” at Tatton

The Mansion at Tatton Park became the canvass tonight for an illuminated time-piece art work illustrating a portal back to 1918 where telegrams, letters and care packages from 2018 were sent.

1st October; International Day of Older People

  2018 UN Older People's Day celebrated at an afternoon Tea Party at the Crewe Alexandra FC The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year.