Partnership origins
From April 2007 the former Mersey Dee Alliance (Chester, Cheshire, Ellesmere Port and Neston local authorities, Wirral and Merseytravel) and the Four Counties Partnership (Chester, Cheshire, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Flintshire and Wrexham local authorities and the Welsh Assembly Government) were merged and with the addition of Denbighshire, formed the new Mersey Dee Alliance Partnership. Partners decided to keep the name ‘Mersey Dee Alliance’.
The former MDA delivered the NWDA funded BESS programme (Business Employment Support Strategy) (Download Evaluation by Amion Consultancy). The Four Counties Partnership was involved in the development of the North East Wales / West Cheshire Sub-regional Spatial Strategy
In April 2009, due to local government reorganisation, Cheshire West and Chester Council replaced Chester City, Cheshire County and Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Councils and the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) joined the partnership.