Curzon Park

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This article refers to a suburb of Chester in Cheshire. For the development in Birmingham, see Curzon Park, Birmingham.

The Chester suburb of Curzon Park is a highly attractive residential area South of the River Dee situated within easy walking distance of the ancient Roman and medieval city walls, just across the famous Grosvenor Bridge. Part of the Curzon & Westminster Ward, the Curzon Park area is well known for having some of the city's largest and most prestigious residences. Many large mansions and other attractive dwellings lie within its oval boundaries. The suburb has its own dedicated residents' association.[1] Curzon Park is also home to Curzon Park Abbey and Chester Golf Club.

Contents 1 Politics 1.1 City Council 1.1.1 Curzon & Westminster 1.2 County Council 1.2.1 Overleigh 1.3 British Parliament 1.4 Elections 1.4.1 2006 2 External links

[edit] Politics

[edit] City Council

Curzon Park, Westminster Park and parts of Saltney form a single Chester City Council ward i.e. Curzon & Westminster.

[edit] Curzon & Westminster

• Max Drury (Conservative)
• Richard Short (Conservative)

[edit] County Council

Curzon & Westminster forms part of the Overleigh Cheshire County Council Division.

[edit] Overleigh

• Stephen Mosley (Conservative)

[edit] British Parliament

Curzon Park is in the City of Chester parliamentary constituency and is represented by Christine Russell, who has held the seat since 1997.

[edit] Elections

The next elections for Curzon & Westminster will be in 2007, for the City Council, when veteran local councillor Richard Short will be up for re-election.

[edit] 2006

Max Drury was re-elected onto Chester City Council with almost 65% of the vote.

[edit] External links

• Scalable map of Curzon Park
• Socio-economic profile of Curzon Park
• Curzon Park Residents Association
• Curzon Park Abbey
• Chester Golf Club

Coordinates: 53°10′59″N, 2°54′10″W