One third of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.[1]
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
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 (Liberal Democrat minority administration) | 2011–2016 | |
No overall control (Labour minority administration) | 2016–present |
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 |