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Map showing the results of the 2014 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 22 May 2014. They coincided with other local elections happening on this day across the UK, as well as the 2014 elections to the European Parliament.
Stockport Council is elected in thirds which means that in each three member local ward, one councillor is elected every year, except every four years which is classed as fallow year. The previous fallow year was 2013, when no local government elections took place in the borough.
Following the elections, the Lib Dem minority run administration was able to continue in office.
Going into the election the Liberal Democrats hold 29 seats, the Labour Party on 21, The Conservatives on 10 and the Heald Green Independent Rate Payers holding 3. [1] Following the election the state of the Parties is as follows: Liberal Democrats: 28, Labour: 22, Conservatives: 10, Heald Green Rate Payers: 3.
In the 2014 election 7 parties contested seats throughout the borough and gained the following vote shares:
Party | Seats Won | Vote Share |
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Liberal Democrats | 9 | 26% |
Labour | 7 | 29% |
Conservatives | 4 | 23% |
Heald Green Ratepayers | 1 | 3% |
UKIP | 0 | 13% |
Green Party | 0 | 4% |
BNP | 0 | 1% |
In the 2014/15 year there were several defections. Three from Labour to sit as Independents, and one from the Conservatives to UKIP. [3]
Asterix indicates incumbent in the ward, and bold names highlight winning candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lisa Walker* | 2,185 | 50% | -2.26% | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Banham | 1076 | 24% | -11.86% | |
UKIP | Ray Jones | 594 | 14% | N/A | |
Labour | Elizabeth Nicola Marron | 538 | 12% | +0.2% | |
Majority | 1109 | 26% | +9.6% | ||
Turnout | 4393 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anita Johnson | 1,862 | 45% | -4.48% | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Richard Meal | 1373 | 33% | +6.78 | |
UKIP | David Michael Perry | 538 | 13% | +4.09 | |
Labour | Ruth Kaiser | 369 | 9% | -1.13% | |
Majority | 489 | 12% | -11.26% | ||
Turnout | 4142 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Bramhall South & Woodford saw a By-Election in the ward in November 2014 due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative councillor. The Conservatives held the seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Gordon* | 1,349 | 36% | -5.19% | |
Labour | Roy Edward Driver | 998 | 26% | -9.6% | |
UKIP | Richard Ellis | 834 | 22% | N/A | |
Conservative | Sue Howard | 498 | 13% | -1.49% | |
BNP | Andy Webster | 89 | 2% | -6.71% | |
Majority | 351 | 10% | +4.41% | ||
Turnout | 3768 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Mags Kirkham left the Lib Dems in April 2016 to become an Independent politician. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mags Kirkham* | 1,350 | 33% | -8.14% | |
Conservative | Sally Bennett | 1173 | 29% | -5.37 | |
UKIP | Brian Stanyer | 784 | 19% | N/A | |
Labour | Brian Anthony Wild | 713 | 17% | -3.39% | |
BNP | Tony Dean | 60 | 1% | -3.10% | |
Majority | 177 | 4% | |||
Turnout | 4080 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maureen Rowles* | 1,540 | 57% | -13.4% | |
UKIP | Michael Buxton | 633 | 23% | +11.20% | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Gell | 190 | 7% | -1.23% | |
Conservative | Pat Leck | 181 | 7% | +0.37% | |
BNP | Brenda Waterhouse | 93 | 3% | N/A | |
Independent | John Heginbotham | 68 | 3% | +0.06% | |
Majority | 907 | 34% | -24.61% | ||
Turnout | 2705 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Iain Roberts* | 2,176 | 45% | +2.48% | |
Conservative | Graham Michael Haslam | 1078 | 22% | -15.08% | |
Labour | Colin Owen | 781 | 16% | -4.40% | |
UKIP | Grahame Daniel Bradbury | 630 | 13% | N/A | |
Green | Natasha Maria Brooks | 216 | 4% | N/A | |
Majority | 1098 | 23% | +17.55 | ||
Turnout | 4881 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | June Somekh* | 1,307 | 36% | -16.44% | |
Labour | Yvonne Maureen Guariento | 780 | 21% | -8.32% | |
Conservative | Sue Carroll | 679 | 18% | -0.24% | |
UKIP | Tony Moore | 668 | 18% | N/A | |
Green | Michael John Padfield | 225 | 6% | N/A | |
Majority | 527 | 15% | |||
Turnout | 3659 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Stuart Bodsworth defected to the Labour Party on the night of the 2016 local election. [17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stuart Andrew Bodsworth* | 1,630 | 41% | -5.86% | |
Conservative | Paul Davies | 1104 | 27% | -1.90% | |
UKIP | Cyril Arthur Peake | 703 | 17% | +7.23% | |
Labour | Chris Carter | 582 | 14% | -0.46% | |
Majority | 526 | 14% | -3.96% | ||
Turnout | 4019 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elise Wilson | 1,557 | 43% | -2.92% | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Smith | 900 | 25% | -13.01% | |
UKIP | Doreen Sheila Hopkins | 650 | 18% | N/A | |
Conservative | Julie Wragg | 282 | 8% | -0.59% | |
Green | Phil Shaw | 245 | 7% | +0.66% | |
Majority | 657 | 18% | |||
Turnout | 3634 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Harding* | 1,884 | 58% | -16.59% | |
UKIP | Chris Pamp | 579 | 18% | N/A | |
Green | Camilla Luff | 297 | 9% | +1.66% | |
Conservative | Morag White | 267 | 8% | -1.61% | |
Liberal Democrats | Danny Langley | 240 | 7% | -1.46% | |
Majority | 1305 | 40% | -25% | ||
Turnout | 3267 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver James Johnstone | 1,700 | 38% | -2.41% | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Corris* | 1414 | 31% | -11.05% | |
UKIP | Tony Moore | 692 | 15% | N/A | |
Labour | Janet Elizabeth Glover | 488 | 11% | -6.54% | |
Green | Rob Turner | 208 | 5% | N/A | |
Majority | 286 | 7% | +5.35% | ||
Turnout | 4502 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Heald Green Ratepayers | Adrian Roger Nottingham* | 2,010 | 54% | -16.59% | |
UKIP | Ann Moore | 547 | 15% | N/A | |
Labour | Kathryn Ann Priestley | 531 | 14% | +1.09% | |
Conservative | Yvonne Salmons | 333 | 9% | +2.65% | |
Liberal Democrats | David Roberts-Jones | 269 | 7% | +0.47% | |
Majority | 1463 | 39% | -18.37% | ||
Turnout | 3690 | ||||
Heald Green Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Taylor | 2,105 | 52% | +4.10% | |
Conservative | Rosalind Elaine Lloyd | 1168 | 29% | -9.88% | |
Green | Janet Cuff | 526 | 13% | + | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Humphreys | 266 | 7% | +3.89% | |
Majority | 937 | 23% | +13.99% | ||
Turnout | 4065 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom McGee* | 2,459 | 58% | -9.85% | |
Conservative | Natalie Louise Fenton | 980 | 23% | +1.21% | |
Green | Conrad Clive Beard | 410 | 10% | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Denise Brewster | 247 | 6% | -0.87% | |
BNP | Sheila Mary Spink | 165 | 4% | +0.51% | |
Majority | 1479 | 35% | -11.06% | ||
Turnout | 4261 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Daniel Hawthorne* | 1,458 | 40% | -4.32% | |
Labour | Walter Barrett | 1233 | 34% | -9.44% | |
UKIP | John Howard Kelly | 660 | 18% | N/A | |
Conservative | Beverley Oliver | 203 | 6% | +1.36% | |
BNP | Duncan Noel Warner | 67 | 2% | -2.76% | |
Majority | 225 | 6% | +5.25% | ||
Turnout | 3621 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Abell | 1,580 | 37% | -4.77% | |
Conservative | Annette Claire Finnie | 1248 | 29% | +2.02% | |
UKIP | Chelsea Helen Smith | 539 | 13% | +3.81% | |
Labour | David Edward Rowbottom | 538 | 13% | -1.10% | |
Green | Maggie Preston | 328 | 8% | +0.78% | |
Majority | 332 | 8% | -6.79 | ||
Turnout | 4233 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Ingham* | 1,535 | 38% | -11.79% | |
Conservative | Bev Morley-Scott | 950 | 23% | -0.67% | |
UKIP | Darran John Palmer | 873 | 22% | +10.2% | |
Labour | Kevin Dolan | 446 | 11% | -3.34% | |
Green | Graham Douglas Reid | 254 | 6% | N/A | |
Majority | 585 | 15% | -11.12 | ||
Turnout | 4058 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dave Goddard | 1,159 | 32% | -3.58% | |
Labour | Charlie Stewart | 1052 | 29% | -7.81 | |
UKIP | Harry Perry | 843 | 23% | +13.46% | |
Conservative | Bill Law | 557 | 15% | -3.07% | |
Majority | 107 | 3% | |||
Turnout | 3611 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Stephen Wilson* | 2,082 | 66% | -3.39% | |
Conservative | Anthony Hannay | 479 | 15% | +2.5% | |
BNP | Paul Bennett | 419 | 13% | +1.74% | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul John Ankers | 174 | 6% | -0.85% | |
Majority | 1603 | 51% | -5.90% | ||
Turnout | 3154 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Grundy* | 1,948 | 60% | -10.22% | |
Conservative | Alex Fenton | 561 | 17% | +3.50% | |
Green | Jess Northey | 322 | 10% | N/A | |
BNP | Ged Williams | 271 | 8% | +1.35% | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Shaw | 169 | 5% | -4.63% | |
Majority | 1387 | 43% | -13.72 | ||
Turnout | 3271 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Douglas Wright | 1,316 | 33% | +6.76% | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Edward Weldon* | 1279 | 32% | -7.07% | |
Labour | Janet Mary Rothwell | 1054 | 26% | +3.61% | |
Green | Ken Pease | 381 | 9% | +2.88% | |
Majority | 37 | 1% | |||
Turnout | 4030 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
In October and November 2014, Labour lost three Stockport councillors, with Brian Hendley, Paul Moss, and Laura Booth all leaving the party. Hendley had been deselected without his knowing, Moss resigned due to house building on Reddish Vale Country Park, and Booth quit over allegations of a "culture of systematic bullying". [45]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John McGahan | 2,080 | 53.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Richard Meal | 1,502 | 38.4 | ||
Green | David James McDonough | 197 | 5.0 | ||
Labour | Kathryn Ann Priestley | 132 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 578 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,911 | 39.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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