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![]() Map showing the results of the 2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and green the Heald Green Ratepayers. |
Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, with one third of the seats up for election.
Following the elections, the Liberal Democrats lost their majority on the council for the first time since 2002, but continued in power without an overall majority.
The state of the parties after the election was: [1]
Party | Seats | +/- | % votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 31 | -6 | ||
Labour | 16 | +3 | ||
Conservative | 11 | +3 | ||
Heald Green Ratepayer | 3 | 0 | ||
Independent left | 2 | 0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alanna Vine | 2,799 | 49.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Foster-Grime | 2,261 | 39.8 | -8.0 | |
Labour | Brian Harrop | 596 | 10.5 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 538 | ||||
Turnout | 5,687 | 53.18 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bellis* | 2,791 | 54.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Carter | 1,489 | 28.9 | ||
Labour | Beryl Dykes | 480 | 9.3 | ||
UKIP | David Perry | 213 | 4.1 | ||
Green | Ross White | 176 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 1,302 | ||||
Turnout | 5,149 | 51.94 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Wilson | 1,912 | 48.9 | -10.0 | |
Labour | Philip Bray | 1,153 | 29.5 | +14.5 | |
Conservative | Rosalind Lloyd | 844 | 21.6 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 759 | ||||
Turnout | 3,909 | 36.00 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Syd Lloyd | 2,238 | 46.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret McLay | 1,580 | 33.0 | ||
Labour | David Sedgwick | 970 | 20.3 | ||
Majority | 658 | ||||
Turnout | 4,788 | 43.68 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Murphy | 1,992 | 69.8 | +20.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Fairbanks | 336 | 11.8 | -16 | |
Conservative | Steve Holgate | 305 | 10.7 | +0.6 | |
Green | Chris Green | 219 | 7.7 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 1,656 | ||||
Turnout | 2,852 | 28.26 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pam King | 2,153 | 40.0 | -13.0 | |
Conservative | Julie Smith-Jones | 2,063 | 38.3 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Colin Owen | 1,143 | 21.2 | +10.8 | |
Majority | 90 | ||||
Turnout | 5,383 | 46.53 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Porgess | 1,753 | 41.6 | ||
Labour | Matthew Baker | 1,188 | 28.2 | ||
Conservative | Robert Stevenson | 984 | 23.4 | ||
UKIP | Hilda Peake | 268 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 565 | ||||
Turnout | 4,213 | 41.46 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Wyatt | 2,069 | 42.4 | -11.8 | |
Conservative | Brian Dougal | 1,729 | 35.4 | -1.5 | |
Labour | Theo Smith | 767 | 15.7 | +7.3 | |
UKIP | Cyril Peake | 283 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 340 | ||||
Turnout | 4,881 | 45.85 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Hendley | 2,083 | 54.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Reid | 819 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Bryan Lees | 607 | 15.7 | ||
Green | Phil Shaw | 320 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 1,264 | ||||
Turnout | 3,858 | 35.26 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Coaton | 2,428 | 66.4 | ||
Conservative | Chris Holgate | 547 | 14.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Danny Langley | 406 | 11.1 | ||
Green | Andrew Knighton | 256 | 7.0 | ||
Majority | 1,881 | ||||
Turnout | 3,659 | 34.36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Wragg | 1,918 | 38.8 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Corris | 1,789 | 36.1 | -14.9 | |
Labour | Karen Vickers | 892 | 18.0 | +6.2 | |
UKIP | Mark Shanahan | 331 | 6.7 | ||
Majority | 129 | ||||
Turnout | 4,949 | 44.73 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heald Green Ratepayers | Eileen Sylvia Humphreys | 2,690 | 65.7 | ||
Labour | Kathryn Priestley | 526 | 12.8 | ||
Conservative | Pat Leck | 389 | 9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eric Brindley | 322 | 7.9 | ||
BNP | Richard Skill | 170 | 4.1 | ||
Majority | 2,164 | ||||
Turnout | 4,120 | 41.29 | |||
Heald Green Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Ganotis | 2,120 | 45.1 | ||
Conservative | Jackie Jones | 1,758 | 37.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Rawling | 396 | 8.4 | ||
Green | Peter Barber | 392 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 362 | ||||
Turnout | 4,704 | 44.55 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dean Fitzpatrick | 2,568 | 52.8 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Judson | 1,507 | 31.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ron Axtell | 442 | 9.1 | ||
Green | Conrad Beard | 324 | 6.7 | ||
Majority | 1,061 | ||||
Turnout | 4,866 | 44.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Patrick McAuley left Labour and became a Lib Dem councillor in 2012. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick McAuley | 1,603 | 44.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Humphreys | 1,314 | 36.0 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Judson | 526 | 14.4 | ||
BNP | Duncan Warner | 204 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 289 | ||||
Turnout | 3,665 | 34.66 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Bispham | 2,061 | 40.0 | ||
Conservative | Annette Finnie | 1,680 | 32.6 | ||
Labour | David Rowbottom | 760 | 14.8 | ||
Green | Maggie Preston | 381 | 7.4 | ||
UKIP | Ray Jones | 253 | 4.5 | ||
Majority | 381 | ||||
Turnout | 5,151 | 51.68 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Dowling | 1,948 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Lord | 1,493 | 32.2 | ||
Labour | Clifford Stanway | 783 | 16.7 | ||
UKIP | Tony Moore | 380 | 8.2 | ||
Majority | 455 | ||||
Turnout | 4,638 | 47.78 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Meikle | 1,404 | 36.8 | ||
Labour | Laura Booth | 1,203 | 31.6 | ||
Conservative | Julie Dawn Wragg | 804 | 21.1 | ||
UKIP | Harry Perry | 386 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 201 | ||||
Turnout | 3,811 | 36.32 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Moss | 2,421 | |||
Labour | David Wilson | 2,304 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Hannay | 645 | |||
Conservative | Julie Whelan | 569 | |||
BNP | Paul Bennett | 291 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pat Buttle | 231 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Littlehales | 183 | |||
Majority | 117 | ||||
Turnout | 3,604 | 33.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Brett | 2,347 | 65.0 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Burt | 640 | 17.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Norman Beverley | 421 | 11.7 | ||
BNP | Shelia Spink | 177 | 4.9 | ||
Majority | 1,707 | ||||
Turnout | 3,608 | 34.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ben Alexander | 1,786 | 39.2 | ||
Conservative | John Wright | 1,406 | 30.9 | ||
Labour | Janet Rothwell | 935 | 20.5 | ||
Green | Ken Pease | 155 | 3.4 | ||
UKIP | Izzy Bolton | 150 | 3.3 | ||
BNP | Alan Carney | 96 | 2.1 | ||
Majority | 380 | ||||
Turnout | 4,552 | 46.33 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
On 21 January 2012, Patrick McAuley, Labour councillor for Manor since May 2011, announced on Twitter that he had resigned from the Labour Party but that he would continue to serve as a councillor; [3]
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