Women's Equality Party Cheshire East

Kay Wesley and Susan Mead were elected to Congleton Town Council in May 2023.

Kay has been a Town Councillor since 2019 and Susan was elected in May 2023.

We are working to support our residents. Please get in touch with anything we might be able to help with:

Email CllrKay.Wesley@congleton-tc.gov.uk or CllrSusan.Mead@congleton-tc.gov.uk

Phone: Kay: 07711 459740 Susan: 07875 542974

We regularly blog about what we are doing in Council. You can see our blog posts here.

Our priority is to make Congleton work well for everyone, and this includes:

CRIME PREVENTION AND AN END TO DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. In Congleton Kay has led the implementation of the Community Safety Charter to make the town safer for everyone, and achieved White Ribbon status as well as initiated a domestic abuse clinic. Arrest rates have gone up and this work continues.
TOWN VITALITY Bringing businesses and people into Congleton town centre and improving our housing estates. As local business owners, both Kay and Susan have an interest in making Congleton a great place to live and work.
AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE Susan is part of the national Early Years Equality campaign, Kay has worked with local families to establish service gaps and we will both continue to work to ensure that in Congleton parents get the support they need.
PROTECTION OF GREEN SPACES We oppose new building on our countryside; and actively support biodiversity and action on climate change. Susan leads the Bromley Bloomers, a team of gardeners in Bromley Farm and her business is an ‘eco-nursery’. Kay has served on the Green Working Group and supported the Council’s green agenda, having first brought the climate emergency proposal to the Town Council.
A NEW TIP. Household Waste and Recycling is a Cheshire East Council responsibility, not the Town Council, but we will continue to push for a replacement site in Congleton, and work on other improved recycling facilities.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES. We will push to see that public transport, schools and medical facilities are prioritised support our growing population, including the re-opening of our minor injuries unit at the War Memorial Hospital. These are Cheshire East Council and NHS responsibilities, but we can ask them to support Congleton residents.

Some people have been asking for copies of our newsletter about the work we have been doing for the past few years. You can read and download it here:

About Kay and Susan

We have been active in challenging local inequalities and in 2019 Kay was elected to Congleton Town Council as the first Women’s Equality Party Councillor in the United Kingdom. Congleton made history again in 2023 by being the first council to have 2 WEP Councillors, when Susan was also elected.

Kay Wesley

Kay Wesley has been a Town Councillor since 2019.

Read about Kay

Susan Mead

Susan was elected in May 2023.

Read about Susan

Why Kay and Susan?

Kay and Susan have already done an enormous amount of work for the residents of Congleton. Their focus has been to make Congleton SAFER, GREENER and FAIRER for all our residents.

You can learn more here: