2012 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2012 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 before3116
Seats won108
Seats after2821
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 5
 Third partyFourth party
 
LeaderSyd LloydPeter Burns
Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers
Leader's seat Bredbury Green & Romiley Heald Green
Seats before113
Seats won21
Seats after103
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Stockport UK local election 2012 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2012 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.
Council Leader before election

Dave Goddard
Liberal Democrats

Subsequent Council Leader

Sue Derbyshire
Liberal Democrats

The 2012 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] It was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

Contents

The state of the parties after the election was: [2]

Following the election, the Lib Dem minority administration was able to continue in office however the leader of the council, Dave Goddard, lost his seat to Labour by 45 votes, meaning that he was replaced by Sue Derbyshire.

PartySeats  +/-  % votes
Liberal Democrat 28–3
Labour 21+5
Conservative 10–1
Heald Green Ratepayer 30
People Matter 10

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent.

Bramhall North ward

Bramhall North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Holt* 2,291 52.26 −4.01
Liberal Democrats Helen Foster-Grime1,57235.86−1.46
Labour Brian Harrop52111.88+9.30
Majority71916.40
Turnout 4,41341.36
Conservative hold Swing

Bramhall South ward

Bramhall South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Bagnall* 1,900 49.48 −9.93
Liberal Democrats Pauline Banham1,00726.22−7.20
Labour Beryl Dykes38910.13+6.47
UKIP David Perry3428.91+5.40
Green Ross White2025.26N/A
Majority89323.26
Turnout 3,85239.32
Conservative hold Swing

Bredbury & Woodley ward

Bredbury & Woodley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Corris 1,333 41.19 −19.76
Labour Roy Driver1,15235.60+26.08
Conservative Chris Kelly46914.49−15.04
BNP Andy Webster2828.71N/A
Majority1815.59
Turnout 3,25229.95
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bredbury Green & Romiley ward

Bredbury Green & Romiley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Lees * 1,594 41.14 −6.82
Conservative Sally Bennett1,33234.37−10.94
Labour Kathryn Priestley79020.39+13.66
BNP Tony Dean1594.10N/A
Majority2626.76
Turnout 3,88835.62
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brinnington & Central ward

Brinnington & Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Sorton 1,677 70.40 +32.95
UKIP Phil Lewis28111.80N/A
Liberal Democrats John Reid1968.23−38.69
Conservative Stephen Holgate1586.63−2.98
Independent John Heginbotham702.94N/A
Majority1,39658.61
Turnout 2,38723.30
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Cheadle & Gatley ward

Cheadle & Gatley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Holloway 2,030 42.52 −2.92
Conservative Mick Jones1,77037.08−8.72
Labour Colin Owen97420.40+11.64
Majority2605.45
Turnout 4,80041.33
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Cheadle Hulme North ward

Cheadle Hulme North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Pantall 1,762 52.44 −4.39
Labour Emily Hewson98529.32+22.78
Conservative Chris Green61318.24−13.01
Majority77723.13
Turnout 3,38433.27
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chealde Hulme South ward

Cheadle Hulme South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lenny Grice* 1,876 46.86 −4.47
Conservative Julie Smith-Jones1,15728.90−10.54
Labour Theo Smith57914.46+11.43
UKIP Cyril Peake3919.77+6.85
Majority71917.96
Turnout 4,01537.76
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Davenport & Cale Green ward

Davenport & Cale Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Wild 1,492 45.92 +17.19
Liberal Democrats Ann Smith*1,23538.01−7.39
Conservative Jackie Jones2798.59−10.15
Green Phil Shaw2066.34N/A
Liberal Graham Ogden371.14N/A
Majority2577.91
Turnout 3,26029.54
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath ward

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Bailey* 2,205 74.59 +27.90
Conservative Christine Holgate2849.61−5.91
Liberal Democrats Alan Livingstone2508.46−22.91
Green Camilla Luff2177.34+0.92
Majority1,92165.00
Turnout 2,96827.83
Labour hold Swing

Hazel Grove ward

Hazel Grove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hogg* 1,736 42.05 −12.80
Conservative Oliver Johnstone1,66840.41+1.39
Labour Catherine Sheppard72417.54+11.41
Majority681.65
Turnout 4,14837.63
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heald Green ward

Heald Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Burns* 2,303 70.28 +1.76
Labour Martin Miller42312.91+7.70
Liberal Democrats David Robert-Jones2146.53−2.77
Conservative Patricia Leck2086.35−4.11
BNP Richard Skill1293.94−2.59
Majority1,88057.37
Turnout 3,28432.89
Independent hold Swing

Heatons North ward

Heatons North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Sedgwick 1,913 47.90 +22.34
Conservative Barbara Judson1,55338.88−13.99
Green Janet Cuff3649.11+0.53
Liberal Democrats Andrew Rawling1644.11−5.04
Majority3609.01
Turnout 4,00838.13
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Heatons South ward

Heatons South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Foster* 2,706 67.85 +22.55
Conservative Bryan Lees86921.79−15.24
Liberal Democrats Ronald Axtell2746.87−3.42
BNP Sheila Spink1393.49N/A
Majority1,83746.06
Turnout 4,00236.58
Labour hold Swing

Manor ward

Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Derbyshire* 1,415 44.32 −1.07
Labour Walter Barrett1,39143.56+20.19
Conservative Leslie Judson2357.36−10.07
BNP Duncan Warner1524.76−9.06
Majority240.75
Turnout 3,21130.52
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marple North ward

Marple North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Candler* 1,700 41.77 −9.48
Conservative Annette Finnie1,09826.98−8.62
Labour David Rowbottom57414.10+9.01
UKIP Ray Jones3749.19N/A
Green Maggie Preston2947.22−0.84
Independent Barry Minshall300.74N/A
Majority60214.79
Turnout 4,07641.34
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marple South ward

Marple South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shan Alexander* 1,906 49.79 −1.82
Conservative Carl Rydings90623.67−11.33
Labour Clifford Stanway54914.34+10.54
UKIP Tony Moore46712.20+7.14
Majority1,00026.12
Turnout 3,85139.57
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Offerton ward

Dave Goddard had been the leader of Stockport Council before he lost his seat in this election.Laura Booth left Labour in 2014 [3] and joined the Lib Dems in 2015. [4] She was re-elected as the Lib Dem councillor for Offerton in 2016. [5]

Offerton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laura Booth 1,346 36.81 +26.88
Liberal Democrats Dave Goddard*1,30135.58−13.22
Conservative Steve Rodriquez66118.07−4.05
UKIP Harry Perry3499.54N/A
Majority451.23
Turnout 3,66334.95
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Reddish North ward

Reddish North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kate Butler 2,027 69.39 +20.86
Conservative Julia Whelan36512.50−12.80
BNP Paul Bennett32911.26−3.29
Liberal Democrats Louise Shaw2006.85−4.77
Majority1,66256.90
Turnout 2,93327.26
Labour hold Swing

Reddish South ward

Reddish South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Verdeille* 2,028 70.22 +20.74
Conservative Anthony Hannay39013.50−19.33
Liberal Democrats Norman Beverley2789.63−8.06
BNP Ged Williams1926.65N/A
Majority1,63856.72
Turnout 2,90527.83
Labour hold Swing

Stepping Hill ward

Stepping Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Orrell 1,422 39.07 −14.40
Conservative John Wright95526.24−10.34
Labour Janet Rothwell81522.39+16.38
UKIP Izzy Bolton2296.29N/A
Green Ken Pease2196.02+2.07
Majority46712.83
Turnout 3,65437.50
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Changes 2012–2014

Patrick McAuley, who had left Labour in January 2012 to sit as an independent, joined the Liberal Democrat group in December 2012, [6]

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