Alsager Town Council is situated within Cheshire East Borough.
Alsager Town Council is one of 8 Town Councils, which together with 96 Parish Councils and 6 Parish Meetings make up Cheshire East.
Cheshire East Council came into existence on 1st April 2009. It was formed from the preceding authorities of Congleton Borough Council, Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, Macclesfield Borough Council and Cheshire County Council.
It is the third largest unitary authority in the North West. The Local Government Act 1972 created Alsager Town Council covering the boundary of the former Alsager Urban District Council which was abolished in 1974.
How Alsager Town Council operates
The Council is composed of 15 Councillors, representing 3 Town Wards. Council elections take place in May every 4 years, when a new Council is elected. The terms of office of Councillors is four years starting on the fourth day after being elected and finishing on the fourth day after the date of the regular election four years later. The overriding duty of Councillors is to the whole community, but they have a special duty to their ward constituents, including those who did not vote for them.
Councillors have to agree to follow a code of conduct to ensure high standards in the way they undertake their duties. The Standards Committee of the Borough Council trains and advises them on ethical issues and on the code of conduct.
All Councillors meet together as the Council. Meetings of the Council are normally open to the public. Here Councillors decide the Council’s overall policies, set the budget each year and deal directly with the more major issues.
Meetings are held at Alsager Civic, Lawton Road, Alsager.
The Council appoints Committees which deal with the more detailed or routine items of business. Many decisions are delegated by Full Council to those Committees; however a number of items are dealt with as recommendations to be ratified at a meeting of the Council. Council may also establish working parties, which do not usually have decision making powers but look at the detail of future policy or services in a depth which would not be possible in the formal arena.
How decisions are made
All formal meetings of Council and its Committees are subject to statutory notice being given, and the Council publishes an annual programme in May each year. All formal meetings are open to the public and press and reports to those meetings and relevant background papers are available for the public to see.
Occasionally, Council or Committees may need to consider matters in private. Examples of this are matters involving personal details of staff, or a particular member of the public, or where details of commercial sensitivity are to be discussed. This will only happen after a formal resolution has been passed to exclude the press and public. Minutes from all formal meetings, including the confidential parts are public documents.
The Council’s staff
The Council has people working for it (called ‘officers’) to give advice, implement decisions and manage the day-to-day delivery of its services. The Town Clerk heads up this paid service and has specific duties to ensure that the Council acts within the law and uses its resources wisely.
Civility & Respect Pledge
April 2026 – Alsager Town Council has signed up to the Civility & Respect Pledge. Alsager Town Council believes now is the time to put Civility and Respect at the Top of the Agenda and start a culture change for the local council sector.
The Pledge allows local councils to demonstrate a commitment to stand up to poor behaviour across the sector and enforce positive changes that support civil and respectful conduct.
By Alsager Town Council signing up to the civility and respect pledge we are demonstrating that our council is committed to treating councillors, clerks, employees, members of the public, representatives of partner organisations and volunteers, with civility and respect in their role.