Brinnington and Central (Stockport electoral ward)

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Brinnington and Central
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Brinnington and Central within Stockport
Population9,984 (2010) [1]
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Amanda Peers(Labour Co-op)
  • Kerry Waters(Labour)
  • Andy Sorton(Labour)
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Brinnington and Central is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It elects three Councillors to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth.

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Together with Davenport and Cale Green, Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Heatons North, Heatons South and Manor, the ward lies in the Stockport Parliamentary Constituency. The ward had previously been in the Denton & Reddish constituency from 1983 to 1997, when boundary changes brought it back to Stockport. The ward contains Stockport town centre and major attractions including the Hatworks and Air Raid Shelters. Brinnington & Central is one of three Priority 1 centres for deprivation.

Councillors

The ward is represented on Stockport Council by three councillors:

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Colin MacAlister (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Maureen Rowles (Lab)
2006 Colin MacAlister (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Maureen Rowles (Lab)
2007 Colin MacAlister (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Maureen Rowles (Lab)
2008 Colin MacAlister (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Chris Walker (Lib Dem)
February 2010Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem) [5] Chris Murphy (Lab)Chris Walker (Lib Dem)
April 2010Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem)Chris Murphy (Lab)Chris Walker (Ind) [6]
May 2010 Maureen Rowles (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Chris Walker (Ind)
November 2010Maureen Rowles (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Chris Walker (Lib Dem) [7]
May 2011 Maureen Rowles (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Chris Walker (Lib Dem)
June 2011Maureen Rowles (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Chris Walker (Ind) [8]
2012 Maureen Rowles (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Andy Sorton (Lab)
2014 Maureen Rowles (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Andy Sorton (Lab)
2015 Maureen Rowles (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Andy Sorton (Lab)
2016 Maureen Rowles (Lab) [9] Chris Murphy (Lab)Andy Sorton (Lab)
By-election
8 June 2017 [10] 		Becky Crawford (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Andy Sorton (Lab)
2018 Becky Crawford (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Andy Sorton (Lab)
2019 Becky Crawford (Lab)Kerry Waters (Lab)Andy Sorton (Lab)
2021 Becky Crawford (Lab)Chris Murphy (Lab)Andy Sorton (Lab)
2022 Amanda Peers (Lab Co-op)Chris Murphy (Lab)Andy Sorton (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat won in by-election.   indicates councillor suspended / defected.

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kerry Waters 1,248 60
Green Karl Peter Marx Wardlaw27213
Conservative Ros Lloyd21510
Liberal Democrats Geoff Abell1839
End AusterityJohn Chapman Pearson1648
Majority976
Turnout 2,08220
Labour hold Swing

May 2018

2018 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Becky Crawford 1,745 78
Conservative Ros Lloyd33715
Liberal Democrats Alex Orndal1617
Majority1,408
Turnout 2,24321
Labour hold Swing

By-election 8 June 2017

By-election 8 June 2017 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Becky Crawford 3,877 75
Conservative Rosalind Lloyd87517
Liberal Democrats Alex Orndal1934
Green James Pelham1703
End AusterityJohn Pearson561
Majority3,002
Turnout 5,171
Labour hold Swing

May 2016

2016 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Sorton 1,889 77
Green James Pelham28812
Conservative Ros Lloyd27211
Majority1,60125
Turnout 2,44925
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

2015 [15]
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

May 2014

2014 [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Rowles 1,540 57 -13.4
UKIP Michael Buxton63323+11.20
Liberal Democrats Colin Gell1907-1.23
Conservative Pat Leck1817+0.37
BNP Brenda Waterhouse933N/A
Independent John Heginbotham683+0.06%
Majority90734-24.61
Turnout 2705
Labour hold Swing

May 2012

2012
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

May 2011

2011
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

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References

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  2. ↑ "Councillor Amanda Peers". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC . Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Councillor Kerry Waters". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC . Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Councillor Andy Sorton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC . Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mayor of Stockport defects from Labour to Lib Dems". iainroberts.mycouncillor.org.uk. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Manchester Evening News (18 April 2010). "Councillor guilty of race abuse". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Scapens, Alex (10 November 2010). "Race case councillor voted back into the party he quit". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Manchester Evening News (16 June 2011). "Defection number four from Stockport Lib Dems". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Death of Councillor Maureen Rowles". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Brinnington & Central Ward by-election 2017 - Thursday, 8th June, 2017". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
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  13. ↑ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  14. ↑ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  15. ↑ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  16. ↑ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
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