Editing Disley (section)

==Governance==
[[File:Disley - The Crescent.jpg|thumb|left|The Crescent, Disley in 2000]]
The parish of Disley was included in the 19th-century as one of three parishes in [[Hayfield, Derbyshire|Hayfield]] [[rural sanitary district]], alongside Hayfield and [[Mellor, Greater Manchester|Mellor]] in Derbyshire. In 1894, under the [[Local Government Act 1894]], rural sanitary districts became [[rural district]]s, but were required to be entirely within one county or another – this led to Disley, the only Cheshire parish of the sanitary district, to form the Disley Rural District on its own – one of only a few single-parish rural districts to exist. This remained in existence until 1974, when it was merged into the new [[Macclesfield (borough)|Borough of Macclesfield]], whilst retaining a [[Parish councils in England|parish council]].<ref name=parishguide /><ref name=boroughparish />

In April 2008, a referendum was announced for Disley residents because the Borough of Macclesfield was to become part of the new [[Cheshire East]] [[unitary authority]], as a result of major local government changes in Cheshire in April 2009. Some residents believed that the village would be better served if it were part of the neighbouring boroughs of [[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]] in Greater Manchester or [[High Peak, Derbyshire|High Peak]] in Derbyshire.<ref name=councilchange>{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/village-vote-on-council-change-950062 |title=Village vote on council change |date=12 April 2010 |access-date=21 August 2019 |newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]]}}
</ref> On 8 May 2008, this referendum was held, with an overwhelming result in favour of staying within Cheshire; less than a third of electors wished to become part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport and an even lower proportion of the population wished the village to become part of High Peak Borough.<ref name=councilref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.disley.info/images/news/Parish%20Poll.doc |title=Disley Parish Council – Declaration of Result of Poll |format=[[DOC (computing)|.doc]] |date=8 May 2008 |access-date=24 May 2008 |publisher=Disley Parish Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721195844/http://www.disley.info/images/news/Parish%20Poll.doc |archive-date=21 July 2011 |df=dmy 
}}</ref> Macclesfield Borough Council was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East.<ref>[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g3 Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517000027/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g3 |date=17 May 2009 }}</ref>