Schedule 2 ORDER OF RETIREMENT OF COUNCILLORS
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| Name of ward | Number of councillors to retire in 2000 | Number of councillors to retire in 2002 | Number of councillors to retire in 2003 |
| Alderley Edge | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bollington Central | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bollington East | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bollington West | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelford | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Row | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Disley & Lyme Handley | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fulshaw | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gawsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Handforth | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Henbury | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| High Legh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hough | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Knutsford Bexton | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Knutsford Nether | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Knutsford Norbury Booths | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Knutsford Over | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lacey Green | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Macclesfield Bollinbrook | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Macclesfield Broken Cross | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Macclesfield Central | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Macclesfield East | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Macclesfield Hurdsfield | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Macclesfield Ivy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Macclesfield Ryles | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Macclesfield South | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Macclesfield Tytherington | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Macclesfield West | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mere | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mobberley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morley & Styal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Plumley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Poynton Central | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Poynton East | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Poynton West | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Prestbury | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rainow | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sutton | 0 | 1 | 0 |