Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards. [1] New ward boundaries are being prepared to take effect from the 2023 election. [2]
From 1889 to 1974 Stockport was a county borough, independent of any county council. [3] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with Greater Manchester County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Stockport became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties: [4] [5]
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| No overall control | 1973–1975 | |
| Conservative | 1975–1983 | |
| No overall control | 1983–1999 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1999–2000 | |
| No overall control | 2000–2002 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2002–2011 | |
| No overall control | since 2011 | |
The leaders of the council since 1974 have included: [6] [7]
| Councillor | Party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Knight | Conservative | 1974 | 1977 | |
| John Howe | Conservative | 1977 | 1978 | |
| John Lloyd | Conservative | 1978 | 1986 | |
| No overall control | 1986 | 1997 | ||
| Fred Ridley | Liberal Democrats | 1997 | 2002 | |
| Mark Hunter | Liberal Democrats | 2002 | 18 Aug 2005 | |
| Brian Millard | Liberal Democrats | 18 Aug 2005 | 22 May 2007 | |
| Dave Goddard | Liberal Democrats | 22 May 2007 | 6 May 2012 | |
| Sue Derbyshire | Liberal Democrats | 22 May 2012 | 8 May 2016 | |
| Alex Ganotis | Labour | 24 May 2016 | 5 May 2019 | |
| Elise Wilson | Labour | 21 May 2019 | 19 May 2022 | |
| Mark Hunter | Liberal Democrats | 19 May 2022 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 2,264 | 65.2 | +14.4 | ||
| Conservative | 1,048 | 30.2 | +4.7 | ||
| Labour | 161 | 4.6 | -19.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,218 | 35.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,473 | 31.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 1,015 | 46.0 | -0.7 | ||
| Labour | 975 | 44.2 | +4.2 | ||
| Conservative | 165 | 7.5 | -1.4 | ||
| UKIP | 53 | 2.4 | +2.4 | ||
| Majority | 40 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,208 | 23.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 1,830 | 51.9 | -1.2 | ||
| Conservative | 1,458 | 41.3 | +3.1 | ||
| Labour | 143 | 4.1 | -4.6 | ||
| UKIP | 97 | 2.7 | +2.7 | ||
| Majority | 372 | 10.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,528 | 31.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy E. Orrell | 1,779 | 47.4 | -6.1 | |
| Conservative | J.D. Wright | 1,336 | 35.6 | -1.0 | |
| UKIP | G. Price | 257 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
| Labour | J.M. Rothwell | 225 | 6.0 | -0.0 | |
| Green | P. Shaw | 158 | 4.2 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 443 | 11.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,775 | 38.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Wilson | 1,218 | 49.5 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | Gareth Butler | 403 | 16.4 | -8.9 | |
| UKIP | Gerald Price | 342 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Beverley | 303 | 12.3 | +0.7 | |
| BNP | Paul Bennett | 195 | 7.9 | -6.6 | |
| Majority | 815 | 33.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,461 | 23.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Roberts | 2,625 | 52.9 | +7.5 | |
| Conservative | J Smith-Jones | 2,005 | 40.4 | -5.4 | |
| Labour | K Priestley | 143 | 2.9 | -5.9 | |
| UKIP | D Perry | 96 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Green | D Leaver | 91 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 620 | 12.5 | |||
| Turnout | 4,960 | 43.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Becky Crawford | 3,877 | 75.0 | ||
| Conservative | Ros Lloyd | 875 | 16.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Orndal | 193 | 3.7 | ||
| Green | James Thomas Pelham | 170 | 3.3 | ||
| Independent | John Chapman Pearson | 56 | 1.1 | ||
| Majority | 3,002 | 55.1 | |||
| Turnout | 5,190 | 48.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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