Marple South and High Lane (Stockport electoral ward)

Marple South and High Lane 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.

Marple South and High Lane
Marple South and High Lane within Stockport
Population	9,733 (2010)^[1]
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Hazel Grove
Councillors	Colin MacAlister (Liberal Democrat) Aron Thornley (Liberal Democrat) Shan Alexander (Liberal Democrat)
List of places UK England

It covers the southern part of Marple. Together with Bredbury & Woodley, Bredbury Green and Romiley, Hazel Grove, Marple North, and Offerton it constitutes the Hazel Grove Parliamentary constituency. Marple South and High Lane is also home to the Marple Sixth Form College, which is part of Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College.

The ward was previously called Marple South but the council agreed to the ward's name change in October 2017 following a public consultation.^[2]

Councillors

Marple South and High Lane electoral ward is represented in Westminster by William Wragg MP for Hazel Grove.^[3]

The ward is represented on Stockport Council by three councillors: Colin Macalister (Lib Dem),^[4] Aron Thornley (Lib Dem).,^[5] and Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		Roy Weaver (Lib Dem)		Chris Baker (Lib Dem)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
2006		Sue Ingham (Lib Dem)		Chris Baker (Lib Dem)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
2007		Sue Ingham (Lib Dem)		Chris Baker (Lib Dem)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
2008		Sue Ingham (Lib Dem)		Chris Baker (Lib Dem)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
2010		Sue Ingham (Lib Dem)		Chris Baker (Lib Dem)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
2011		Sue Ingham (Lib Dem)		Kevin Dowling (Lib Dem)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
2012		Sue Ingham (Lib Dem)		Kevin Dowling (Lib Dem)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
2014		Sue Ingham (Lib Dem)		Kevin Dowling (Lib Dem)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
2015		Sue Ingham (Lib Dem)		Kenny Blair (Con)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
2016		Sue Ingham (Lib Dem)		Kenny Blair (Con)		Tom Dowse (Con)
May 2018		Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem)		Kenny Blair (Con)		Tom Dowse (Con)
July 2018		Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem)		Kenny Blair (Ind)		Tom Dowse (Con)
2019		Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem)		Aron Thornley (Lib Dem)		Tom Dowse (Con)
2021		Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem)		Aron Thornley (Lib Dem)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
2022		Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem)		Aron Thornley (Lib Dem)		Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates councillor defected.

Elections in the 2010s

May 2019

Kenny Blair left the Conservatives and became an Independent councillor in 2018.

2019^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Aron Thornley	2,037	46
	Independent	Kenny Blair	1,030	23
	Conservative	Darran John Palmer	682	15
	Labour	Chris Wallis	477	11
	Green	Andrew Threlfall	233	5
Majority			1,007
Turnout			4,459	46
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2018

2018^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin MacAlister	2,026	42
	Conservative	Yvonne Collier	1,871	39
	Labour	Christopher Wallis	756	16
	Green	Robbie Lee	138	3
Majority			155
Turnout			4,791	48
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2016

2016^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Dowse	1,651	37
	Liberal Democrats	Colin MacAlister	1,628	36
	Labour	Sheila Townsend	585	13
	UKIP	Grahame Bradbury	447	10
	Green	Graham Reid	178	4
Majority			23
Turnout			4,489	46
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2015

2015^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenny Blair	2,731	38
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Dowling	2,103	29
	Labour	Janet Glover	1,001	14
	UKIP	Darran Palmer	959	13
	Green	Graham Reid	422	6
Majority			628
Turnout			7,216	73
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2014

2014^[10][11]

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

May 2012

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shan Alexander	1,906	49.79	−1.82
	Conservative	Carl Rydings	906	23.67	−11.33
	Labour	Clifford Stanway	549	14.34	+10.54
	UKIP	Tony Moore	467	12.20	+7.14
Majority			1,000	26.12
Turnout			3,851	39.57
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2011

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Dowling	1,948	42.0
	Conservative	Andrew Lord	1,493	32.2
	Labour	Clifford Stanway	783	16.7
	UKIP	Tony Moore	380	8.2
Majority			455
Turnout			4,638	47.78
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. . Archived from the original on 14 May 2013.
2. "Marple South ward - proposal to change ward name". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
3. "Mr William Wragg MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
4. "Councillor Colin Macalister". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
5. "Councillor Aron Thornley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
6. "Election results for Marple South & High Lane". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
7. "Election results for Marple South & High Lane". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
8. "Election results for Marple South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
9. "Election results for Marple South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
10. . democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
11. "Election results for Marple South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.

External links

• Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council