Bramhall North
Bramhall North within Stockport
Population10,689 (2010[1])
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Frankie Singleton (Liberal Democrat)
  • Alanna Vine (Conservative)
  • Linda Holt (Conservative)
List of places
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Bramhall North 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.

It covers the northern part of Bramhall and includes Bramhall Station to the south of the ward. The ward contains Bramhall High School and four local primary schools.[2]

Together with Bramhall South, Cheadle and Gatley, Cheadle Hulme North, Cheadle Hulme South, Heald Green and Stepping Hill Wards it makes up the Cheadle Parliamentary Constituency.

Councillors

Bramhall North electoral ward is represented in Westminster by Mary Robinson MP for Cheadle.[3]

The ward is represented on Stockport Council by three councillors: Frankie Singleton (Lib Dem),[4] Alanna Vine (Ind),[5] and Linda Holt (Con).[6] Cllr Vine was elected as a Conservative but was suspended from the party on 13 July 2022 due to racist social media posts;[7] she was subsequently expelled on 13 September 2022.[8]

Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 Maureen Walsh (Con) Anthony Johnson (Con) Ken Holt (Con)
2006 Maureen Walsh (Con) Anthony Johnson (Con) Ken Holt (Con)
2007 Maureen Walsh (Con) Helen Foster-Grime (Lib Dem) Ken Holt (Con)
2008 Maureen Walsh (Con) Helen Foster-Grime (Lib Dem) Linda Holt (Con)
January 2010 Maureen Walsh (Ind) Helen Foster-Grime (Lib Dem) Linda Holt (Con)
May 2010 Lisa Walker (Con) Helen Foster-Grime (Lib Dem) Linda Holt (Con)
2011 Lisa Walker (Con) Alanna Vine (Con) Linda Holt (Con)
2012 Lisa Walker (Con) Alanna Vine (Con) Linda Holt (Con)
2014 Lisa Walker (Con) Alanna Vine (Con) Linda Holt(Con)
2015 Lisa Walker (Con) Alanna Vine (Con) Linda Holt (Con)
2016 Lisa Walker (Con) Alanna Vine (Con) Linda Holt (Con)
2018 Lisa Walker (Con) Alanna Vine (Con) Linda Holt (Con)
2019 Lisa Walker (Con) Alanna Vine (Con) Linda Holt (Con)
2021 Lisa Walker (Con) Alanna Vine (Con) Linda Holt (Con)
May 2022 Frankie Singleton (Lib Dem) Alanna Vine (Con) Linda Holt (Con)
Jul 2022 Frankie Singleton (Lib Dem) Alanna Vine (IND)[7][8] Linda Holt (Con)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates councillor defected or was suspended/expelled from their party.

Elections in 2020s

May 2022

2022[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Frankie Singleton 1,774 42.1 +10
Conservative Lisa Walker* 1,734 41.1 -11
Labour Terry Tallis 417 9.9 +1
Green Deborah Hind 276 6.5 ±0
Majority 40 1.0
Rejected ballots 17 0.4
Turnout 4,218 41.1 -6
Registered electors 10,253
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

May 2021

2021[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Holt * 2,512 52 +5
Liberal Democrats Mark Jones 1,529 32 -5
Labour Abd-Assamad Mahmud 452 9 +1
Green Deborah Hind 314 7 -
Majority 983
Turnout 4838 47
Registered electors 10,374
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alanna Vine* 1,943 47.47 -5.43
Liberal Democrats Mark Jones 1,534 37.48 +7.17
Labour Pauline Sheaff 329 8.04 -3.97
Green Deborah Hind 287 7.01 +2.21
Majority 409 9.99
Turnout 4,093 40
Conservative hold Swing

May 2018

2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Holt 2,269 52.90
Liberal Democrats Richard Flowers 1,300 30.31
Labour Janet Mobbs 515 12.01
Green Deborah Hind 206 4.80
Majority 969
Turnout 4,289 41
Conservative hold Swing

May 2016

2016[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Holt 2,400 53.17
Liberal Democrats Pauline Banham 1,177 26.07
Labour David Lee White 432 9.57
UKIP Joan Anne Wells 316 7.00
Green Deborah Evelyn Hind 189 4.19
Majority 1,223
Turnout 4,514 43
Conservative hold Swing

May 2015

2015[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alanna Vine 3,920 48.53
Liberal Democrats Helen Foster-Grime 2,551 31.58
Labour Elizabeth Marron 754 9.33
UKIP David Perry 515 6.38
Green Deborah Hind 338 4.18
Majority 1,369
Turnout 8,078 75
Conservative hold Swing

May 2014

2014[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lisa Walker* 2,185 49.74 -2.26
Liberal Democrats Pauline Banham 1076 24.49 -11.86
UKIP Ray Jones 594 13.52 N/A
Labour Elizabeth Nicola Marron 538 12.25 +0.2
Majority 1109 26 +9.6
Turnout 4393
Conservative hold Swing

May 2012

2012
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

May 2011

2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alanna Vine 2,799 49.2 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Helen Foster-Grime* 2,261 39.8 -8.0
Labour Brian Harrop 596 10.5 +4.0
Majority 538
Turnout 5,687 53.18
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

May 2010

2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lisa Walker 3,764 47.8 -8.5
Liberal Democrats Pauline Banham 3763 47.8 +10.5
Labour Brian Harrop 521 6.5 +2.9
Majority 1 0.0001 -19
Turnout 7898 73.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Note: The electoral result after many recounts was a tie between Lisa Walker and Pauline Banham, as a result ballots were drawn for the winner of which Lisa Walker then scored one vote higher than Pauline Banham.

Elections in the 2000s

May 2008

Bramhall North ward candidates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Holt 3,043 56.3
Liberal Democrats John Ellis 2,018 37.3
Labour Kathryn Priestley 140 2.6
BNP David Gordon 123 2.3
UKIP Malcolm Crossley 84 1.6
Majority 1,025 19.0
Conservative hold Swing

May 2007

Bramhall North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Foster-Grime, H. 2525 47.5
Conservative McCarron, R.B. 2457 46.3
BNP Gordon, D.R. 186 3.5
Labour Priestly, K.A. 143 2.7
Majority 68 1.3
Rejected ballots 10 0.2
Turnout 5321 50.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Area Summary - My Stockport". Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Mary Robinson MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Councillor Frankie Singleton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Councillor Alanna Vine". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Councillor Linda Holt". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. ^ a b Statham, Nick (13 July 2022). "Councillor suspended by Tories after retweeting claims mosques are 'hiding secret arsenals'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b Statham, Nick (13 September 2022). "Stockport councillor thrown out of Tory party for Twitter posts 'deemed discriminatory towards those of the Islamic faith'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". 5 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  11. ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  12. ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  13. ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  14. ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  15. ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  16. ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.

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