2016 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Stockport Council Election 2016
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21 Seats up for Election
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before2324
Seats won89
Seats after2323
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 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers
Seats before133
Seats won31
Seats after143
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Stockport UK local election 2016 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2016 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

Sue Derbyshire
Liberal Democrats

Leader of the Council

Alex Ganotis
Labour

The 2016 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. 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 2020, the term was subsequently extended for a further year due to the deferral of the 2020 UK local elections.

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Following the elections, the Lib Dem minority administration was replaced by a Labour minority administration. The Liberal Democrats had previously governed Stockport with a majority from 2002, and in a minority since 2011. This was able to occur as a result of a Liberal Democrat councillor defecting to Labour on election night, leaving Labour as the largest party with 23 councillors to the Liberal Democrats 21. [2]

Election results by ward

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

Bramhall North

Bramhall North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Holt* 2,400 53
Liberal Democrats Pauline Banham1,17726
Labour David Lee White43210
UKIP Joan Anne Wells3167
Green Deborah Evelyn Hind1894
Majority1,223
Turnout 4,51443
Conservative hold Swing

Bramhall South

Bramhall South & Woodford [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Bagnall* 1,972 44
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Richard Meal1,65737
Labour Philip Stanley Matley2606
Independent Paul Bellis2486
UKIP David Perry2365
Green Malcolm Brown1273
Majority315
Turnout 4,50047
Conservative hold Swing

Bredbury & Woodley

Bredbury and Woodley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Corris* 1,539 45
Labour Amanda Green69220
Conservative Jamie Holt61818
UKIP Richard Ellis50415
Green Conrad Beard1033
Majority847
Turnout 3,456
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bredbury Green & Romiley

Bredbury Green & Romiley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lisa Smart* 2,284 51
Conservative Sally Bennett1,44232
Labour Brian Wild60213
Green Gavin Pate1513
Majority842
Turnout 4,47941
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brinnington & Central

Brinnington & Central [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Sorton* 1,889 77
Green James Pelham28812
Conservative Ros Lloyd27211
Majority1,60125
Turnout 2,44925
Labour hold Swing

Cheadle & Gatley

Cheadle & Gatley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Holloway* 2,037 42
Conservative Dawn Calmonson1,53631
Labour Colin Owen85017
UKIP Julie Warburton3377
Green Natasha Brooks1443
Majority501
Turnout 4,90442
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Pantall* 1,709 47
Labour Liz Marron82422
Conservative Natalie Fenton58716
UKIP Taff Davies40911
Green Michael Padfield1444
Majority885
Turnout 3,67337
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Hunter 2,830 60
Conservative Stephen Robinson1,06023
Labour Chris Carter3357
UKIP Cyril Peake3357
Green Clare Brown1363
Majority1,770
Turnout 4,69645
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Davenport & Cale Green

Davenport & Cale Green [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Wild* 1,935 57
UKIP Dottie Hopkins46914
Liberal Democrats Helen Shaw41112
Conservative Gill Shaw39011
Green Chris Gibbins1946
Majority1,466
Turnout 3,39932
Labour hold Swing

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Bailey* 2,214 68
UKIP Peter Behan39312
Conservative Maureen Baldwin-Moore2528
Green Gordon Combe1986
Liberal Democrats Claire Halliwell1926
Majority1,821
Turnout 3,24931
Labour hold Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jon Twigge 1,777 39
Conservative Sue Carroll1,49433
Labour Julie Wharton63414
UKIP Tara O'Brien53412
Green Ken Pease1203
Majority283
Turnout 4,55943
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Heald Green Ratepayers Anna Charles-Jones 2,002 54 0
Labour Kath Priestley57216+2
Conservative Yvonne Salmons40411+2
UKIP Tony Moore3479–6
Liberal Democrats Gahffar Karim2948+1
Green Camilla Luff642N/A
Majority1,430
Turnout 3,68337
Heald Green Ratepayers hold Swing

Heatons North

Heatons North [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Sedgwick* 2,602 61
Conservative Pamela Haworth1,05125
Green Janet Cuff3779
Liberal Democrats Jenny Humphreys2315
Majority1,551
Turnout 4,26141
Labour hold Swing

Heatons South

Heatons South [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Foster* 2,962 68
Conservative Robert Stevenson80519
Liberal Democrats James Feetham3057
Green Samuel Dugdale2796
Majority2,157
Turnout 4,35140
Labour hold Swing

Manor

Sue Derbyshire had been the leader of Stockport Council before she lost her seat in this election.

Manor [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlie Stewart 1,624 44
Liberal Democrats Sue Derbyshire*1,18732
UKIP John Kelly50814
Conservative Janice McGahan2086
Green Nancy Richardson1233
Independent John Pearson391
Majority437
Turnout 3,68936
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Marple North

Marple North [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Allan 1,985 42
Conservative John Bates1,39329
Labour David Rowbottom54511
UKIP Ray Jones3167
Independent Kevin Dowling3157
Green Trevor Smith2074
Majority592
Turnout 4,76149
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marple South

Marple South [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Dowse 1,651 37
Liberal Democrats Colin MacAlister1,62836
Labour Sheila Townsend58513
UKIP Grahame Bradbury44710
Green Graham Reid1784
Majority23
Turnout 4,48946
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Offerton

Laura Booth was previously the Labour Party councillor for Offerton. She left Labour in 2014 [20] and joined the Lib Dems in 2015. [21]

Offerton [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Laura Booth* 1,282 35
Labour Janet Glover1,00027
UKIP Darran Palmer66618
Conservative Richard Britton61417
Green Simon Edge882
Majority282
Turnout 3,65036
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Reddish North

Reddish North [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kate Butler* 1,763 56
UKIP Josh Seddon50316
Independent Jeanette Doyle41213
Conservative Diane Fenton2779
Green Helena Mellish953
Liberal Democrats Paul Ankers923
Majority1,260
Turnout 3,14230
Labour hold Swing

Reddish South

Reddish South [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yvonne Guariento 1,836 58
UKIP Ann Moore44514
Conservative Alexander Fenton44214
Green Gary Lawson2237
Liberal Democrats Brian Hendley1896
Majority1,391
Turnout 3,17731
Labour hold Swing

Stepping Hill

Stepping Hill [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Weldon 1,592 39
Conservative Jon Shaw1,22130
Labour Dena Ryness71217
UKIP Izzy Bolton3879
Green Steve Torley2065
Majority371
Turnout 4,12842
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Changes since this election

Brinnington & Central

Brinnington and Central by-election 8 June 2017 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Becky Crawford 3,877 75.0
Conservative Ros Lloyd87516.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Orndal1933.7
Green James Thomas Pelham1703.3
Independent John Chapman Pearson561.1
Majority3,00255.1
Turnout 5,19048.4
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Stockport defection row councillor rejects resignation calls". BBC News. 10 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Election results for Bramhall South & Woodford". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Election results for Bredbury & Woodley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Election results for Bredbury Green & Romiley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Election results for Cheadle & Gatley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Election results for Cheadle Hulme North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Election results for Cheadle Hulme South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Election results for Davenport & Cale Green". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Election results for Edgeley & Cheadle Heath". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Election results for Hazel Grove". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Election results for Heald Green". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Election results for Heatons North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Election results for Heatons South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Election results for Manor". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "Election results for Marple North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Election results for Marple South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  20. ↑ Brown, Richard (25 October 2014). "Stockport Labour compared to North Korean dictatorship after 'bullying' storm sees two cllrs quit". Mancunian Matters. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  21. ↑ Fitzgerald, Todd (28 April 2015). "Laura Booth joins Liberal Democrats and supports General Election candidate Lisa Smart". Manchester Evening News . Trinity Mirror . Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  22. ↑ "Election results for Offerton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "Election results for Reddish North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  24. ↑ "Election results for Reddish South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  25. ↑ "Election results for Stepping Hill". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  26. ↑ "Brinnington & Central Ward by-election 2017 - Thursday, 8th June, 2017". Stockport Council. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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