For the first time since Crewe Town Council was formed a decade ago (2013) - Labour no longer holds all 20 seats.

The town council is still Labour controlled after the party won 18 seats, but the shock result was Conservative James Pratt taking one of the two seats in the St Barnabas ward.

He also won St Barnabas on Cheshire East Council – a ward considered to be the most deprived in the borough.

Crewe St Barnabas Conservative councillor, James Pratt, won seats on Crewe Town Council and Cheshire East Council (Nub News).

Cllr Pratt told Nub News: "I want to say a huge thank you to every single person who has put their trust in me.

"I'm honestly overwhelmed by your support.

"I wanted to be elected to improve where we all live and I will do my best to continue to do that for you.

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"I can't fix every problem and solve every issue, but I think people deserve someone who stays in touch and who gives it their all.

Crewe Town Council is still Labour controlled after the party won 18 seats (Nub News).

"Time to get on with the job."

In another upset, one of the two Crewe North seats on the town council went to Toni Mortimer, of Putting Crewe First Independent Residents Group.

Brian Silvester, who formed the group three years ago, said: "I would like to congratulate Cllr Toni Mortimer on her election.

"We have begun to change the face of politics for the better in Crewe, and it is long overdue."

One of the two Crewe North seats on Crewe Town council went to Toni Mortimer, of Putting Crewe First Independent Residents Group (Nub News).

In the Cheshire East Council elections, neither Labour nor the Conservatives won the required 42 seats to take control.

One of them will have to enter into some form of agreement with the Independents.

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