Former council leader dies at age of 61

FORMER Cheshire East Council leader Michael Jones has died at the age of 61.

- BY BELINDA RYAN Local democracy Reporter

Mr Jones was first elected to Cheshire East as the Conservative ward member for Bunbury in 2011 and became council leader the following year. In December 2015 he announced he was stepping down as leader following the controversy surrounding the awarding of fitness contracts to a company which was owned by his physiotherapist.

After sitting as a non-grouped independent councillor for a short time, Mr Jones resigned from the council in 2017.