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2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect 21 out of 63 members of the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.[1] The election took place at the same time as the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election other local elections across England.[2]

2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2026 →
21 out of 63 seats to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
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Leader Mark Hunter David Meller Gary Lawson
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Green
Last election 30 seats, 38.5% 24 seats, 32.5% 3 seats, 7.2%
Seats before 29 24 3
Seats after 31 22 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2 Steady
Popular vote 27,834 25,837 8,849
Percentage 34.2% 31.7% 10.9%
Swing Decrease 4.3% Decrease 0.8% Increase 3.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Anna Charles-Jones Matt Wynne
Party Heald Green Ratepayers Community Association Independent
Last election 3 seats, 2.2% 3 seats, 2.2% 0 seats, 0.5%
Seats before 3 3 1
Seats after 3 3 1
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,787 1,751 353
Percentage 2.2% 2.2% 0.4%
Swing Steady 0.0% Steady 0.0% Decrease 0.1%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Mark Hunter
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Mark Hunter
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Liberal Democrat minority administration. The election saw the Liberal Democrats gain two seats from Labour, but they remained one seat short of an overall majority.[3]

Previous council composition

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After 2023 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Liberal Democrats 30 Liberal Democrats 29 Liberal Democrats 31
Labour 24 Labour 24 Labour 22
Heald Green Ratepayers 3 Heald Green Ratepayers 3 Heald Green Ratepayers 3
Green 3 Green 3 Green 3
Community Association 3 Community Association 3 Community Association 3
Independent 0 Independent 1 Independent 1

Results

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2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 11   2 52.4 20 31 49.2 27,824 34.2 –4.3
  Labour 7   2 33.3 15 22 34.9 25,837 31.7 –0.8
  Green 1   4.8 2 3 4.8 8,849 10.9 +3.7
  Heald Green Ratepayers 1   4.8 2 3 4.8 1,787 2.2 ±0.0
  Community Association 1   4.8 2 3 4.8 1,751 2.2 ±0.0
  Independent 0   0.0 1 1 1.6 353 0.4 –0.1
  Reform UK 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 1,161 1.4 +1.1
  Party of Women 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 139 0.2 N/A
  Women's Equality 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 94 0.1 –0.1

Results by Ward

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Bramhall North

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Bramhall North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Wynne* 2,021 47.8 +7.5
Conservative Linda Holt 1,534 36.2 −1.7
Labour Mike Bennett 411 9.7 +2.4
Green Deborah Hind 264 6.2 −4.7
Majority 487 11.6
Turnout 4,265 43.7 −0.1
Registered electors 9,755
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bramhall South & Woodford

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Bramhall South & Woodford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Meal* 2,185 44.9 −1.2
Conservative Peter Crossen 2,104 43.2 +0.6
Labour Sandy Broadhurst 344 7.0 +1.7
Green Andrew Dearden 231 4.7 −4.5
Majority 81 1.7
Turnout 4,899 47.1 +0.9
Registered electors 10,392
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bredbury & Woodley

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Bredbury & Woodley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosemary Barratt* 1,756 47.4 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Dan Willis 1,269 34.2 −2.5
Conservative Bernie Wylde 501 13.5 +2.3
Green Michael Padfield 180 4.8 −3.4
Majority 487 13.2
Turnout 3,757 34.4 −0.2
Registered electors 10,900
Labour hold Swing

Bredbury Green & Romiley

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Bredbury Green & Romiley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Roberts* 2,192 58.7 +1.5
Conservative Pat Bentley 695 18.6 +1.6
Labour Peter Black 634 17.0 +3.4
Green Stephanie Wyatt 213 5.7 −3.2
Majority 1497 40.1
Turnout 3,777 35.9 +1.9
Registered electors 10,526
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brinnington & Stockport Central

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Brinnington & Stockport Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karl Marx Wardlaw* 1,069 61.0 +7.5
Liberal Democrats Jamie Hirst 254 14.4 +0.6
Conservative Rosalind Lloyd 219 12.5 −1.6
Green Antony Rablen 210 12.0 −5.9
Majority 815 46.6
Turnout 1,785 19.6 +2.0
Registered electors 9,082
Labour hold Swing

Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North

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Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Newman 1,927 44.7 +6.7
Labour Yvonne Guariento* 1,743 40.4 +0.2
Conservative Naveed Khan 372 8.6 −0.6
Green Mandy Padfield 270 6.2 −2.9
Majority 184 4.3
Turnout 4,357 37.8 +1.9
Registered electors 11,525
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

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Cheadle Hulme South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Holloway* 2,637 56.2 +0.8
Conservative Brian Dougal 828 17.7 +0.9
Labour Barry Hawkins 813 17.4 +1.4
Green Peter Atkinson 387 8.3 −3.3
Majority 1,809 38.5
Turnout 4,707 39.9 +3.0
Registered electors 11,796
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle West & Gatley

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Cheadle West & Gatley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Morrison* 2,515 57.1 +6.8
Labour Colin Owen 863 19.6 +2.7
Conservative Faria Khan 626 14.2 −3.0
Green Alexander Drury 398 9.0 −6.6
Majority 1,652 37.5
Turnout 4,467 39.1 +3.7
Registered electors 11,411
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Davenport & Cale Green

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Davenport & Cale Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Wright 1,923 53.7 −3.5
Liberal Democrats Dominic Wells 548 15.3 −1.7
Green Paolo Granelli 425 11.9 −4.1
Reform UK Doreen Hopkins 283 7.9 +2.2
Conservative Nathan Lumb 266 7.4 −5.8
Party of Women Tara Hughes 139 3.9 N/A
Majority 1,375 38.4
Turnout 3,602 31.1 +2.8
Registered electors 11,567
Labour hold Swing

Edgeley

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Edgeley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Association Asa Caton* 1,751 59.3 +12.5
Labour Callum Walmsley 847 28.7 −9.2
Green Patrick Ralph 178 6.0 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Douglas Greenhalgh 89 3.0 −3.0
Conservative Karl Seppman 87 2.9 −0.5
Majority 904 30.6
Turnout 2,976 33.3 −1.7
Registered electors 8,930
Community Association hold Swing

Hazel Grove

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Hazel Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Frankie Singleton* 1,524 42.1 −0.7
Conservative Tim Morley 937 25.9 −1.3
Labour Johnny White 757 20.9 +7.1
Green Fiona Bullock 401 11.1 +0.1
Majority 587 16.2
Turnout 3,679 35.3 +2.7
Registered electors 10,432
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heald Green

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Heald Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Heald Green Ratepayers Catherine Stuart* 1,787 43.3 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Qasim Ahmed 1,143 27.7 +0.6
Labour Kath Priestley 626 15.2 −1.9
Conservative Yvonne Salmons 383 9.3 +1.3
Green Chitra Ramachandran 189 4.6 −0.9
Majority 644 15.6
Turnout 4,151 37.5 +4.1
Registered electors 11,077
Heald Green Ratepayers hold Swing

Heatons North

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Heatons North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dena Ryness* 2,770 62.1 −0.6
Green Sam Dugdale 821 18.4 −2.8
Conservative Hassan Sajjad 563 12.6 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Scroggie 308 6.9 −2.2
Majority 1,949 43.7
Turnout 4,513 41.2 +2.3
Registered electors 10,961
Labour hold Swing

Heatons South

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Heatons South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Claire Vibert* 2,787 64.1 +1.7
Green Laura Smith 692 15.9 −7.0
Conservative Joel Tennuchi 469 10.8 −3.1
Liberal Democrats Margaret McDermott 403 9.3 −0.8
Majority 2,095 48.2
Turnout 4,396 40.4 +2.1
Registered electors 10,878
Labour hold Swing

Manor

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Manor [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Byrne 1,583 52.3 +13.2
Liberal Democrats Jason Jones 779 25.7 −9.0
Reform UK Stephen Speakman 281 9.3 +4.9
Conservative Janice McGahan 195 6.4 −1.5
Green Fiona Aviani-Bartram 188 6.2 −3.0
Majority 804 26.6
Turnout 3,038 30.0 +0.8
Registered electors 10,086
Labour hold Swing

Marple North

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Marple North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Micheala Meikle 2,186 49.7 −7.1
Conservative Nigel Noble 757 17.2 −0.4
Labour Mike Hill 695 15.8 +3.1
Green John Bright 407 9.3 −5.8
Independent Steve Hatton 353 8.0 +1.5
Majority 1,429 32.5
Turnout 4,426 46.7 +1.1
Registered electors 9,479
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marple South & High Lane

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Marple South & High Lane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin MacAlister* 2,099 54.9 +0.1
Conservative Elizabeth Arnold 767 20.1 −3.7
Labour Mags Hindle 562 14.7 +2.2
Green Andrew Threlfall 397 10.4 −4.6
Majority 1,332 34.8
Turnout 3,876 39.5 +1.3
Registered electors 9,806
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Norbury & Woodsmoor

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Norbury & Woodsmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pete West* 1,984 42.9 +5.3
Conservative Oliver Johnstone 1,478 31.9 −3.8
Labour Colin Devine 712 15.4 −1.2
Reform UK Lynn Schofield 260 5.6 +3.1
Green Philip Handscomb 192 4.2 −4.2
Majority 506 11.0
Turnout 4,648 46.2 +2.3
Registered electors 10,061
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Offerton

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Offerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dan Oliver 1,512 39.5 +1.2
Labour Will Sharp* 1,487 38.9 +0.3
Reform UK John Kelly 337 8.8 +4.0
Conservative Andrew Lord 287 7.5 −5.6
Green Steve Torley 203 5.3 −4.9
Majority 25 0.7
Turnout 3,841 34.4 +1.1
Registered electors 11,162
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Reddish North

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Reddish North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Wise* 2,006 67.2 +14.0
Green Helena Mellish 411 13.8 −10.1
Conservative Annette Finnie 299 10.0 −5.0
Liberal Democrats Ben Traynor 174 5.8 −3.0
Women's Equality Paula King 94 3.2 −7.6
Majority 1,595 53.4
Turnout 3,040 26.7 +2.4
Registered electors 11,372
Labour hold Swing

Reddish South

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Reddish South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green James Frizzell 2,192 55.5 +4.3
Labour Joanna Williams 1,449 36.7 −1.4
Conservative John Bates 234 5.9 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Ingham 75 1.9 −0.8
Majority 743 18.8
Turnout 3,978 35.2 +0.8
Registered electors 11,290
Green hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Carey, Declan (2024-04-09). "Stockport council local elections 2024 candidates list in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. ^ "Local and Combined Authority Mayoral Elections 2024". www.stockport.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  3. ^ Carey, Declan (2 May 2024). "Stockport council local election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Election results for Manor - 2024". 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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