2015 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Stockport Council Election 2015
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21 Seats up for Election
 First partySecond party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats before2822
Seats won67
Seats after2621
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 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers
Seats before103
Seats won71
Seats after133
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Steady2.svg
Stockport UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2015 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.
Leader of the Council before election


Liberal Democrats

Leader of the Council


Liberal Democrats

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 2015 results
Structure
Diagram showing 2015 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council makeup.svg
Political groups
Administration post-election
  Liberal Democrats (26)
Other parties
  Labour (21)
  Conservative (13)
  Heald Green Ratepayers (3)

The 2015 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the UK General Election. 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 last fallow year was 2013, when no local government elections took place in the borough. Those councillors elected with serve a four-year term expiring in 2019.

Contents

Following the elections, the Lib Dem minority administration was able to continue in office.

Election results by ward

Asterix indicates incumbent in the Ward, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.

Bramhall North

Bramhall North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alanna Vine* 3,920 49
Liberal Democrats Helen Foster-Grime2,55132
Labour Elizabeth Marron7549
UKIP David Perry5156
Green Deborah Hind3384
Majority1,369
Turnout 8,07875
Conservative hold Swing

Bramhall South & Woodford

Paul Bellis was previously the Conservative Party councillor for Bramhall South & Woodford.

Bramhall South & Woodford [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Hurleston 3,598 46
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Meal2,57933
UKIP Paul Bellis*77910
Labour Beryl Dykes5727
Green Nicole Spring2814
Majority1,019
Turnout 7,80979
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

Bredbury & Woodley

Bredbury & Woodley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Corris 2,401 35
Conservative Sally Bennett1,81726
Labour Nav Mishra 1,34119
UKIP Richard Ellis1,07816
Green Chris Eldridge2604
Majority584
Turnout 6,89764
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bredbury Green & Romiley

Bredbury Green & Romiley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Syd Lloyd* 2,481 34
Liberal Democrats Natalie Bird2,06729
Labour Phillip Bray1,39119
UKIP Brian Stanyer1,06615
Green Chris Gibbins2433
Majority414
Turnout 7,24866
Conservative hold Swing

Brinnington & Central

Brinnington & Central [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Murphy* 2,860 57
UKIP John Wild99120
Conservative Rosalind Lloyd52010
Liberal Democrats Colin Gell3086
Green Christopher Green2445
Left Unity Ali Treacher481
Independent John Heginbotham351
Majority1,869
Turnout 5,006
Labour hold Swing

Cheadle & Gatley

Cheadle & Gatley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Greenhalgh 3,056 36
Conservative Graham Haslam2,60231
Labour Colin Owen1,68720
UKIP Michael Buxton6788
Green Natasha Brooks4105
Majority454
Turnout 8,43371
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Porgess* 2,605 37
Conservative Sue Carroll1,73525
Labour Yvonne Guariento1,48021
UKIP Taff Davies84212
Green Michael John Padfield3685
Majority870
Turnout 7,03073
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chealde Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Wyatt* 2,907 37
Conservative Debbie Robinson2,76935
Labour Chris Carter98413
UKIP Cyril Peake78510
Green Philippa Tomczak4205
Majority138
Turnout 7,86573
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Davenport & Cale Green

Davenport & Cale Green [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dickie Davies 2,753 43
UKIP Dottie Hopkins1,01616
Conservative Beverley Oliver93215
Liberal Democrats Ann Smith73411
Independent Brian Hendley5879
Green Phil Shaw3946
Majority1,737
Turnout 6,41658
Labour hold Swing

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Coaton* 3,466 55
Conservative Alex Kenyon94515
UKIP Chelsea Smith85714
Liberal Democrats Danny Langley5499
Green Camilla Luff5068
Majority2,521
Turnout 6,32359
Labour hold Swing

Hazel Grove

William Wragg was the incumbent however he instead contested the Hazel Grove Constituency for the Conservative Party. [12]

Hazel Grove [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Lewis-Booth 2,944 39
Liberal Democrats Jon Twigge2,14528
Labour Julie Wharton1,20816
UKIP Tara O'Brien1,02713
Green Conrad Beard2944
Majority799
Turnout 7,61870
Conservative hold Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Heald Green Ratepayers Eileen Sylvia Humphreys* 2,788 41
Conservative Yvonne Salmons1,14517
Labour Kathryn Priestley1,06416
Liberal Democrats David Robert-Jones82012
UKIP Tony Moore81712
Green Gordon Combe2003
Majority1,643
Turnout 6,83468
Heald Green Ratepayers hold Swing

Heatons North

Heatons North [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Ganotis* 3,539 46
Conservative Natalie Fenton2,28530
Green Janet Cuff6809
UKIP Gail Lewis5788
Liberal Democrats Jenny Humphreys4786
TUSC Dan Boyle661
Majority1,254
Turnout 7,62671
Labour hold Swing

Heatons South

Heatons South [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dean Fitzpatrick* 3,990 51
Conservative Alexander Fenton2,01426
UKIP Janine Kershaw6909
Green Sam Dugdale6528
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howarth5307
Majority1,976
Turnout 7,87671
Labour hold Swing

Manor

Patrick McAuley left the Lib Dems in April 2016 to become an Independent politician. [17]

Manor [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patrick McAuley* 2,757 42
Labour Walter Barrett2,14633
UKIP John Kelly1,27620
Green Todd Hewitt2924
Left Unity Ria Higham471
Majority611
Turnout 6,51862
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marple North

Marple North [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Annette Finnie 2,888 38
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bispham*2,55034
Labour David Rowbottom1,04014
UKIP Ray Jones6098
Green Maggie Preston5067
Majority338
Turnout 7,59376
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Marple South

Marple South [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenny Blair 2,731 38
Liberal Democrats Kevin Dowling*2,10329
Labour Janet Glover1,00114
UKIP Darran Palmer95913
Green Graham Reid4226
Majority628
Turnout 7,21673
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Offerton

Offerton [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Meikle* 2,049 31
Conservative Tom Dowse1,78127
Labour Charlie Stewart1,46022
UKIP Grahame Bradbury1,11517
Green Hannah Arnold2093
Majority268
Turnout 6,61463
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Reddish North

Reddish North [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Driver 3,335 54
UKIP Gary Bernard1,12018
Conservative Anthony Hannay1,05217
Green Joe Lucy4057
Liberal Democrats Denise Brewster2133
Majority2,215
Turnout 6,12557
Labour hold Swing

Reddish South

Reddish South [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Brett* 3,499 54
Conservative Ciaran Kilheeney1,30820
UKIP Julie Warburton88714
Green Jess Northey4517
Liberal Democrats John Reid3315
Majority2,191
Turnout 6,47662
Labour hold Swing

Stepping Hill

Stepping Hill [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Hadfield 2,284 32
Liberal Democrats Ben Alexander*2,12130
Labour Janet Rothwell1,59622
UKIP Izzy Bolton73010
Green Stephen Torley3765
Majority163
Turnout 7,10771
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Council make up

After the 2015 local election, the political make up of the council was as follows: [25]

PartyNumber of councillors
Liberal Democrats26
Labour21
Conservative13
Heald Green Independent Ratepayers3

Changes 2015–2016

Patrick McAuley left the Liberal Democrats in April 2016 to sit as an independent. [17]

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  2. ↑ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  3. ↑ "Election results for Bramhall South & Woodford". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  4. ↑ "Election results for Bredbury & Woodley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  5. ↑ "Election results for Bredbury Green & Romiley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  6. ↑ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  7. ↑ "Election results for Cheadle & Gatley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  8. ↑ "Election results for Cheadle Hulme North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  9. ↑ "Election results for Cheadle Hulme South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  10. ↑ "Election results for Davenport & Cale Green". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  11. ↑ "Election results for Edgeley & Cheadle Heath". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  12. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll for the Hazel Grove Constituency". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Election results for Hazel Grove". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  14. ↑ "Election results for Heald Green". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  15. ↑ "Election results for Heatons North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  16. ↑ "Election results for Heatons South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  17. 1 2 Scarens, Alex (13 April 2016). "Second Stockport councillor resigns in row sparked by proposed market move". Manchester Evening News . Trinity Mirror . Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "Election results for Manor". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  19. ↑ "Election results for Marple North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  20. ↑ "Election results for Marple South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  21. ↑ "Election results for Offerton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  22. ↑ "Election results for Reddish North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  23. ↑ "Election results for Reddish South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  24. ↑ "Election results for Stepping Hill". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
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