Cheshire East Mourns Loss Of Councillor Liz Gilliland

July 7, 2010

It is with great sadness and regret that today we announce Councillor Liz Gilliland has passed away. The Conservative councillor for Alderley had been ill for some time.She died at East Cheshire Hospice, in Millbank Drive, Macclesfield, early on Wednesday, July 7.

Cheshire East Council Leader Councillor Wesley Fitzgerald paid tribute to Cllr Gilliland.
He said: “It is with great sadness that I must announce the death of Councillor Elizabeth Gilliland who passed away in the early hours of this morning at East Cheshire Hospice. 
“Cllr Gilliland represented the Alderley Ward and was a former member of Macclesfield Borough Council.  She was first elected in May 1999. 
“Our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time.” 

Cllr Gilliland lived in Henbury, Macclesfield. She was vice-chairman of Cheshire East Council’s environment and prosperity scrutiny committee, as well as a member of the authority’s sustainable communities scrutiny committee and licensing and northern planning committees.

The funeral will be at St Thomas’s Church, in Henbury, Macclesfield, on Wednesday, July 14, at 2pm. All are welcome. It will be followed by a private committal ceremony at Macclesfield Crematorium.