2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
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21 Seats up for Election
 First partySecond party
 
Leader Dave Goddard Andrew Verdeille
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Leader's seat Offerton Reddish South
Seats before3713
Seats won89
Seats after3116
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 6Increase2.svg 3
 Third partyFourth party
 
LeaderSyd LloydPeter Burns
Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers
Leader's seat Bredbury Green & Romiley Heald Green
Seats before83
Seats won41
Seats after113
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Steady2.svg
Stockport UK local election 2011 map.svg
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.

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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]

PartySeats  +/-  % votes
Liberal Democrat 31-6
Labour 16+3
Conservative 11+3
Heald Green Ratepayer 30
Independent left 20

Results

Bramhall North

Bramhall North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alanna Vine 2,799 49.2 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Helen Foster-Grime2,26139.8−8.0
Labour Brian Harrop59610.5+4.0
Majority538
Turnout 5,68753.18
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bramhall South

Bramhall South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Bellis* 2,791 54.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Carter1,48928.9
Labour Beryl Dykes4809.3
UKIP David Perry2134.1
Green Ross White1763.4
Majority1,302
Turnout 5,14951.94
Conservative hold Swing

Bredbury and Woodley

Bredbury and Woodley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Wilson 1,912 48.9 −10.0
Labour Philip Bray1,15329.5+14.5
Conservative Rosalind Lloyd84421.6−3.7
Majority759
Turnout 3,90936.00
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bredbury Green and Romiley

Bredbury Green and Romiley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Syd Lloyd 2,238 46.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret McLay1,58033.0
Labour David Sedgwick97020.3
Majority658
Turnout 4,78843.68
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Brinnington and Central

Brinnington and Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Murphy 1,992 69.8 +20.6
Liberal Democrats Bruce Fairbanks33611.8−16
Conservative Steve Holgate30510.7+0.6
Green Chris Green2197.7+5.2
Majority1,656
Turnout 2,85228.26
Labour hold Swing

Cheadle and Gatley

Cheadle and Gatley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pam King 2,153 40.0 −13.0
Conservative Julie Smith-Jones2,06338.3+2.0
Labour Colin Owen1,14321.2+10.8
Majority90
Turnout 5,38346.53
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Porgess 1,753 41.6
Labour Matthew Baker1,18828.2
Conservative Robert Stevenson98423.4
UKIP Hilda Peake2686.4
Majority565
Turnout 4,21341.46
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Wyatt 2,069 42.4 −11.8
Conservative Brian Dougal1,72935.4−1.5
Labour Theo Smith76715.7+7.3
UKIP Cyril Peake2835.8+5.8
Majority340
Turnout 4,88145.85
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Davenport and Cale Green

Davenport and Cale Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Hendley 2,083 54.0
Liberal Democrats John Reid81921.2
Conservative Bryan Lees60715.7
Green Phil Shaw3208.3
Majority1,264
Turnout 3,85835.26
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Coaton 2,428 66.4
Conservative Chris Holgate54714.9
Liberal Democrats Danny Langley40611.1
Green Andrew Knighton2567.0
Majority1,881
Turnout 3,65934.36
Labour hold Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Wragg 1,918 38.8 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Christine Corris1,78936.1−14.9
Labour Karen Vickers89218.0+6.2
UKIP Mark Shanahan3316.7
Majority129
Turnout 4,94944.73
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Heald Green Ratepayers Eileen Sylvia Humphreys 2,690 65.7
Labour Kathryn Priestley52612.8
Conservative Pat Leck3899.5
Liberal Democrats Eric Brindley3227.9
BNP Richard Skill1704.1
Majority2,164
Turnout 4,12041.29
Heald Green Ratepayers hold Swing

Heatons North

Heatons North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Ganotis 2,120 45.1
Conservative Jackie Jones1,75837.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Rawling3968.4
Green Peter Barber3928.3
Majority362
Turnout 4,70444.55
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Heatons South

Heatons South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dean Fitzpatrick 2,568 52.8
Conservative Barbara Judson1,50731.0
Liberal Democrats Ron Axtell4429.1
Green Conrad Beard3246.7
Majority1,061
Turnout 4,86644.51
Labour hold Swing

Manor

Patrick McAuley left Labour and became a Lib Dem councillor in 2012. [2]

Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick McAuley 1,603 44.0
Liberal Democrats Jenny Humphreys1,31436.0
Conservative Leslie Judson52614.4
BNP Duncan Warner2045.6
Majority289
Turnout 3,66534.66
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Marple North

Marple North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bispham 2,061 40.0
Conservative Annette Finnie1,68032.6
Labour David Rowbottom76014.8
Green Maggie Preston3817.4
UKIP Ray Jones2534.5
Majority381
Turnout 5,15151.68
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marple South

Marple South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Dowling 1,948 42.0
Conservative Andrew Lord1,49332.2
Labour Clifford Stanway78316.7
UKIP Tony Moore3808.2
Majority455
Turnout 4,63847.78
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Offerton

Offerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Meikle 1,404 36.8
Labour Laura Booth1,20331.6
Conservative Julie Dawn Wragg80421.1
UKIP Harry Perry38610.1
Majority201
Turnout 3,81136.32
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Reddish North

Reddish North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Moss 2,421
Labour David Wilson 2,304
Conservative Anthony Hannay645
Conservative Julie Whelan569
BNP Paul Bennett291
Liberal Democrats Pat Buttle231
Liberal Democrats Robert Littlehales183
Majority117
Turnout 3,60433.61
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Reddish South

Reddish South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Brett 2,347 65.0
Conservative Stephen Burt64017.7
Liberal Democrats Norman Beverley42111.7
BNP Shelia Spink1774.9
Majority1,707
Turnout 3,60834.40
Labour hold Swing

Stepping Hill

Stepping Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ben Alexander 1,786 39.2
Conservative John Wright1,40630.9
Labour Janet Rothwell93520.5
Green Ken Pease1553.4
UKIP Izzy Bolton1503.3
BNP Alan Carney962.1
Majority380
Turnout 4,55246.33
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Changes 2011–2012

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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