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{{infobox UK place|
|country = England
|latitude= 53.174038
|longitude= -2.921545
|official_name= Lache
|population=
|os_grid_reference= SJ385645
|map_type= Cheshire
|shire_district= [[Chester]]
| shire_county = [[Cheshire]]
|region= North West England
|post_town= CHESTER
|postcode_district = CH4
|postcode_area= CH
|dial_code= 01244
|constituency_westminster=[[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Chester]]
}}
'''Lache''' (sometimes '''The Lache''' or '''Larché''') is a housing estate in the city of [[Chester, England|Chester]], [[Cheshire, England|Cheshire]], [[United Kingdom|U.K.]], with a population of around 10,000. It is located approximately 2 [[mile]]s southwest of the ancient city, with good local transport links en route to [[Saltney, England|Saltney]].
The main streets are Cliveden road, which runs through the center of the estate, and Sycamore Drive. The area runs almost continuously into [[Westminster Park]] and [[Saltney, England|Saltney]].
==Politics==
===City Council===
Lache along with parts of [[Saltney, England|Saltney]] is part of the Lache Park [[Chester City Council]] [[Ward (politics)|ward]].
====Lache Park====
Lache forms the Lache Park ward for the purposes of electing councillors to [[Chester City Council]]. It elects 3 people to the council. Following the local government elections of 2007, the names of the three elected councillors were as follows (together with the dates on which their seats are up for re-election):
* Arthur Harada ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]) (up to 2010)
* David Hughes ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]) (up to 2008)
* Neil Sullivan ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]) (up to 2011)<ref>[http://www.chester.gov.uk/main.asp?page=197 County Council website leading to list of councillors.] Retrieval Date: 16 July, 2007.</ref>
===County Council===
Lache Park forms part of the Overleigh [[Cheshire County Council]] Division.
====Overleigh====
* [[Stephen Mosley]] ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
===British Parliament===
Lache is in the [[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Chester]] parliamentary constituency and is represented by [[Christine Russell]], who has held the seat since 1997.
===Elections===
The next elections for Lache Park will be in 2007, for the City Council, when Labour councillor David Challen will be up for re-election.
====2006====
In Lache Park, Arthur Harada was elected onto Chester City Council with 55% of the vote gaining the seat from Labour.
==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.upmystreet.com/local/my-neighbours/neighbourhood-profile/l/CH4+8EY.html Socio-economic profile of the Lache area]
[[Category:Chester]]
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