2012 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
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21 Seats up for Election
  First party Second party
 
Leader Dave Goddard Andrew Verdeille
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Leader's seat Offerton Reddish South
Seats before 31 16
Seats won 10 8
Seats after 28 21
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 5
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Syd Lloyd Peter Burns
Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers
Leader's seat Bredbury Green & Romiley Heald Green
Seats before 11 3
Seats won 2 1
Seats after 10 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady
Map showing the results of the 2012 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.
Council Leader before election

Dave Goddard
Liberal Democrats

Subsequent Council Leader

Sue Derbyshire
Liberal Democrats

The 2012 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] It was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

The state of the parties after the election was:[2]

Following the election, the Lib Dem minority administration was able to continue in office however the leader of the council, Dave Goddard, lost his seat to Labour by 45 votes, meaning that he was replaced by Sue Derbyshire.

Party Seats   +/-   % votes
Liberal Democrat 28 –3
Labour 21 +5
Conservative 10 –1
Heald Green Ratepayer 3 0
People Matter 1 0

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent.

Bramhall North ward

Bramhall North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Holt* 2,291 52.26 −4.01
Liberal Democrats Helen Foster-Grime 1,572 35.86 −1.46
Labour Brian Harrop 521 11.88 +9.30
Majority 719 16.40
Turnout 4,413 41.36
Conservative hold Swing

Bramhall South ward

Bramhall South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Bagnall* 1,900 49.48 −9.93
Liberal Democrats Pauline Banham 1,007 26.22 −7.20
Labour Beryl Dykes 389 10.13 +6.47
UKIP David Perry 342 8.91 +5.40
Green Ross White 202 5.26 N/A
Majority 893 23.26
Turnout 3,852 39.32
Conservative hold Swing

Bredbury & Woodley ward

Bredbury & Woodley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Corris 1,333 41.19 −19.76
Labour Roy Driver 1,152 35.60 +26.08
Conservative Chris Kelly 469 14.49 −15.04
BNP Andy Webster 282 8.71 N/A
Majority 181 5.59
Turnout 3,252 29.95
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bredbury Green & Romiley ward

Bredbury Green & Romiley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Lees * 1,594 41.14 −6.82
Conservative Sally Bennett 1,332 34.37 −10.94
Labour Kathryn Priestley 790 20.39 +13.66
BNP Tony Dean 159 4.10 N/A
Majority 262 6.76
Turnout 3,888 35.62
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brinnington & Central ward

Brinnington & Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Sorton 1,677 70.40 +32.95
UKIP Phil Lewis 281 11.80 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Reid 196 8.23 −38.69
Conservative Stephen Holgate 158 6.63 −2.98
Independent John Heginbotham 70 2.94 N/A
Majority 1,396 58.61
Turnout 2,387 23.30
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Cheadle & Gatley ward

Cheadle & Gatley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Holloway 2,030 42.52 −2.92
Conservative Mick Jones 1,770 37.08 −8.72
Labour Colin Owen 974 20.40 +11.64
Majority 260 5.45
Turnout 4,800 41.33
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Cheadle Hulme North ward

Cheadle Hulme North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Pantall 1,762 52.44 −4.39
Labour Emily Hewson 985 29.32 +22.78
Conservative Chris Green 613 18.24 −13.01
Majority 777 23.13
Turnout 3,384 33.27
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chealde Hulme South ward

Cheadle Hulme South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lenny Grice* 1,876 46.86 −4.47
Conservative Julie Smith-Jones 1,157 28.90 −10.54
Labour Theo Smith 579 14.46 +11.43
UKIP Cyril Peake 391 9.77 +6.85
Majority 719 17.96
Turnout 4,015 37.76
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Davenport & Cale Green ward

Davenport & Cale Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Wild 1,492 45.92 +17.19
Liberal Democrats Ann Smith* 1,235 38.01 −7.39
Conservative Jackie Jones 279 8.59 −10.15
Green Phil Shaw 206 6.34 N/A
Liberal Graham Ogden 37 1.14 N/A
Majority 257 7.91
Turnout 3,260 29.54
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath ward

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Bailey* 2,205 74.59 +27.90
Conservative Christine Holgate 284 9.61 −5.91
Liberal Democrats Alan Livingstone 250 8.46 −22.91
Green Camilla Luff 217 7.34 +0.92
Majority 1,921 65.00
Turnout 2,968 27.83
Labour hold Swing

Hazel Grove ward

Hazel Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hogg* 1,736 42.05 −12.80
Conservative Oliver Johnstone 1,668 40.41 +1.39
Labour Catherine Sheppard 724 17.54 +11.41
Majority 68 1.65
Turnout 4,148 37.63
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heald Green ward

Heald Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Burns* 2,303 70.28 +1.76
Labour Martin Miller 423 12.91 +7.70
Liberal Democrats David Robert-Jones 214 6.53 −2.77
Conservative Patricia Leck 208 6.35 −4.11
BNP Richard Skill 129 3.94 −2.59
Majority 1,880 57.37
Turnout 3,284 32.89
Independent hold Swing

Heatons North ward

Heatons North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Sedgwick 1,913 47.90 +22.34
Conservative Barbara Judson 1,553 38.88 −13.99
Green Janet Cuff 364 9.11 +0.53
Liberal Democrats Andrew Rawling 164 4.11 −5.04
Majority 360 9.01
Turnout 4,008 38.13
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Heatons South ward

Heatons South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Foster* 2,706 67.85 +22.55
Conservative Bryan Lees 869 21.79 −15.24
Liberal Democrats Ronald Axtell 274 6.87 −3.42
BNP Sheila Spink 139 3.49 N/A
Majority 1,837 46.06
Turnout 4,002 36.58
Labour hold Swing

Manor ward

Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Derbyshire* 1,415 44.32 −1.07
Labour Walter Barrett 1,391 43.56 +20.19
Conservative Leslie Judson 235 7.36 −10.07
BNP Duncan Warner 152 4.76 −9.06
Majority 24 0.75
Turnout 3,211 30.52
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marple North ward

Marple North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Candler* 1,700 41.77 −9.48
Conservative Annette Finnie 1,098 26.98 −8.62
Labour David Rowbottom 574 14.10 +9.01
UKIP Ray Jones 374 9.19 N/A
Green Maggie Preston 294 7.22 −0.84
Independent Barry Minshall 30 0.74 N/A
Majority 602 14.79
Turnout 4,076 41.34
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marple South ward

Marple South
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

Offerton ward

Dave Goddard had been the leader of Stockport Council before he lost his seat in this election. Laura Booth left Labour in 2014[3] and joined the Lib Dems in 2015.[4] She was re-elected as the Lib Dem councillor for Offerton in 2016.[5]

Offerton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Booth 1,346 36.81 +26.88
Liberal Democrats Dave Goddard* 1,301 35.58 −13.22
Conservative Steve Rodriquez 661 18.07 −4.05
UKIP Harry Perry 349 9.54 N/A
Majority 45 1.23
Turnout 3,663 34.95
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Reddish North ward

Reddish North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Butler 2,027 69.39 +20.86
Conservative Julia Whelan 365 12.50 −12.80
BNP Paul Bennett 329 11.26 −3.29
Liberal Democrats Louise Shaw 200 6.85 −4.77
Majority 1,662 56.90
Turnout 2,933 27.26
Labour hold Swing

Reddish South ward

Reddish South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Verdeille* 2,028 70.22 +20.74
Conservative Anthony Hannay 390 13.50 −19.33
Liberal Democrats Norman Beverley 278 9.63 −8.06
BNP Ged Williams 192 6.65 N/A
Majority 1,638 56.72
Turnout 2,905 27.83
Labour hold Swing

Stepping Hill ward

Stepping Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Orrell 1,422 39.07 −14.40
Conservative John Wright 955 26.24 −10.34
Labour Janet Rothwell 815 22.39 +16.38
UKIP Izzy Bolton 229 6.29 N/A
Green Ken Pease 219 6.02 +2.07
Majority 467 12.83
Turnout 3,654 37.50
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Contact Your Councillor". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Election results for Offerton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
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