Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections
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]
Political control edit
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 | |
Leadership edit
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 | ||
Council elections edit
- 1973 election
- 1975 election
- 1976 election
- 1978 election
- 1979 election
- 1980 election
- 1982 election
- 1983 election
- 1984 election
- 1986 election
- 1987 election
- 1988 election
- 1990 election
- 1991 election
- 1992 election
- 1994 election
- 1995 election
- 1996 election
- 1998 election
- 1999 election
- 2000 election
- 2002 election
- 2003 election
- 2004 election[a]
- 2006 election
- 2007 election
- 2008 election
- 2010 election
- 2011 election
- 2012 election
- 2014 election
- 2015 election
- 2016 election
- 2018 election
- 2019 election
- 2021 election[b]
- 2022 election
- 2023 election[a]
- ^ a b Whole council elected following ward boundary changes.
- ^ Elections originally scheduled for 2020 but were suspended for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Borough result maps edit
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2004 results map
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2006 results map
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2007 results map
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2008 results map
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2010 results map
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2011 results map
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2012 results map
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2014 results map
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2015 results map
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2016 results map
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2018 results map
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2019 results map
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2021 results map
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2022 results map
By-election results edit
| 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 | ||||
References edit
- ^ "The Borough of Stockport (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2004/360, retrieved 2 September 2022
- ^ "Stockport". Local Government Boundary Commission. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Stockport Municipal Borough / County Borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Stockport". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
- ^ "Council minutes". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Past Leaders of the Council". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Election Results". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ Manchester Evening News (24 July 2009). "Labour hold onto North Reddish seat". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Bramhall South & Woodford By-Election - Thursday, 20th November, 2014". Stockport Council. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Brinnington & Central Ward by-election 2017 - Thursday, 8th June, 2017". Stockport Council. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- By-election results