Cheshire East

Cheshire East
Unitary authority area and borough
Crewe, a historic railway town and the largest town in Cheshire East
Coat of arms
Motto:  Working together for excellence
Cheshire East shown within Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°08′46″N 2°22′01″W / 53.146°N 2.367°W / 53.146; -2.367
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Incorporated	1 April 2009
Administrative HQ	Westfields, Sandbach
Government [1]
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Cheshire East Council
• Executive	Committee system
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Sam Corcoran (L)
• Mayor	Rod Fletcher
• MPs	5 MPs Fiona Bruce (C) Esther McVey (C) Kieran Mullan (C) David Rutley (C) Edward Timpson (C)
Area [2]
• Total	450 sq mi (1,166 km2)
• Rank	19th
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	406,527
• Rank	16th
• Density	900/sq mi (349/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 94.4% White 2.4% Asian 1.8% Mixed 0.6% Black 0.8% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 54.3% Christianity 37.7% no religion 1.0% Islam 0.5% Hinduism 0.3% Buddhism 0.2% Judaism 0.1% Sikhism 0.4% other 5.5% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	CW1–5 CW10–12 SK9–12 SK23 ST7 SY14 WA13–16
Dialling codes	01260 01270 01477 01565 01606 01625 01829 01948
ISO 3166 code	GB-CHE
GSS code	E06000049
Website	cheshireeast.gov.uk

Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council, which is based in the town of Sandbach. Other towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Wilmslow, Nantwich, Poynton, Knutsford, Alsager, Bollington and Handforth.