2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
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All 63 seats to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Mark Hunter Elise Wilson Gary Lawson
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Green
Last election 28 seats, 34.5% 25 seats, 32.7% 2 seats, 8.0%
Seats won 30 24 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 82,930 70,045 15,578
Percentage 38.5% 32.5% 7.2%
Swing Increase 4.0% Decrease 0.2% Decrease 0.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Anna Charles-Jones Matt Wynne Mike Hurleston
Party Heald Green Ratepayers Community Association Conservative
Last election 3 seats, 2.0% N/A 5 seats, 21.7%
Seats won 3 3 0
Seat change Steady Increase 3 Decrease 5
Popular vote 4,804 4,662 35,267
Percentage 2.2% 2.2% 16.4%
Swing Increase 0.2% N/A Decrease 5.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Mark Hunter
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader of the Council

Mark Hunter[1]
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

The 2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, all 63 seats on Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were contested.

The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being led by a Liberal Democrat minority administration. The council remained under no overall control after the election, but the Liberal Democrats increased their share of the seats.[2][3]

Background[edit]

Stockport began as a Conservative council, with Conservative majorities from 1975 to 1982. The Liberal Democrats (Liberal Party from 1973 to 1988) overtook the Conservatives in 1992, and formed their first administration in 1999, before another period of no overall control from 2000 to 2002 with the second Liberal Democrat majority lasting until 2011.[4] A Labour minority administration replaced the Liberal Democrats in 2016, and survived until 2022, when the Lib Dems increased their lead over the Labour Party and were able to take control of the authority.[5]

In November 2022 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England made The Stockport (Electoral Changes) Order 2022, which officially abolished the 21 existing wards and replaced them with 21 new wards on different boundaries. Because of this change all 63 seats on the council, three per ward, were contested.[6]

Electoral process[edit]

The election took place using the plurality block voting system, a form of first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by three councillors. The candidate with the most votes in each ward will serve a four year term ending in 2027, the second-placed candidate will serve a three year term anding in 2026 and the third-placed candidate will serve a one year term ending in 2024.[6]

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Stockport aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition[edit]

After 2022 election Before 2023 election[7]
Party Seats Party Seats
Liberal Democrats 28 Liberal Democrats 28
Labour 25 Labour 22
Conservative 5 Conservative 4
Heald Green Ratepayers 3 Heald Green Ratepayers 3
Green 2 Green 2
Edgeley Community Association 1
Independent 0 Independent 3

Results[edit]

2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party Seats Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 30 2 Increase 47.6 38.5 82,930
  Labour 24 1 Decrease 38.1 32.5 70,045
  Conservative 0 5 Decrease 16.4 35,267
  Green 3 1 Increase 4.8 7.2 15,578
  Heald Green Ratepayers 3 0 Steady 4.8 2.2 4,804
  Community Association 3 3 Increase 4.8 2.2 4,662
  Independent 0 0 Steady 0.5 1,053
  Reform UK 0 0 Steady 0.3 606
  Women's Equality 0 0 Steady 0.2 384
  Stockport Fights Austerity No to Cuts 0 0 Steady 0.1 233

Bold names highlight a winning candidate.

Bramhall North[edit]

Bramhall North (3) [8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Mark Jones 2,210 51.6
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Wyatt 2,149 50.2
Liberal Democrats Alex Wynne 1,728 40.3
Conservative Fiona Bates 1,634 38.1
Conservative Linda Holt 1,625 37.9
Conservative Peter Crossen 1,503 35.1
Green Deborah Hind 468 10.9
Labour Jill Beswick 420 9.8
Labour Mike Bennett 311 7.3
Labour David Parkinson 252 5.9
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 4,285 43.8
Total votes 12,300
Registered electors 9,792
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bramhall South & Woodford[edit]

Bramhall South and Woodford (3) [9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Ian Powney 2,342 49.3
Liberal Democrats Dallas Jones 2,228 46.9
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Meal 2,188 46.1
Conservative Brian Bagnall 2,025 42.6
Conservative Mike Hurleston 1,828 38.5
Conservative John McGahan 1,789 37.7
Green Andrew Dearden 437 9.2
Labour Vince Martin 254 5.3
Labour Karen Szkilnyk 230 4.8
Labour Chris Wells 207 4.4
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 4,750 46.2
Total votes 13,528
Registered electors 10,277
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bredbury & Woodley[edit]

Bredbury & Woodley (3) [10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Joe Barratt 1,639 43.3
Liberal Democrats Sue Thorpe 1,598 42.2
Labour Rosemary Barratt 1,479 39.1
Liberal Democrats James Epps 1,390 36.7
Liberal Democrats Dan Willis 1,388 36.7
Labour Charlotte Price 1,238 32.7
Conservative Tim Morley 515 13.6
Conservative Michael Lyons 480 12.7
Conservative Bernie Wylde 424 11.2
Green Alex Crompton 312 8.2
Independent Sue Chatton 243 6.4
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 3,785 34.6
Total votes 10,706
Registered electors 10,952
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bredbury Green & Romiley[edit]

Bredbury Green & Romiley (3) [11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Lisa Smart 2,301 64.3
Liberal Democrats Angie Clark 2,239 62.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Roberts 2,048 57.2
Conservative Pat Bentley 607 17.0
Conservative Jane Cannon 563 15.7
Conservative Maureen Walsh 559 15.6
Labour Peter Black 488 13.6
Labour David Colman 439 12.3
Labour Susan Colman 399 11.1
Green Stephanie Wyatt 319 8.9
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 3,579 34.0
Total votes 9,962
Registered electors 10,535
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Brinnington & Stockport Central[edit]

Brinnington & Stockport Central (3) [12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Christine Carrigan 1,041 66.1
Labour Kerry Waters 931 59.1
Labour Karl Wardlaw 843 53.5
Green Alexander Drury 282 17.9
Conservative Ros Lloyd 222 14.1
Liberal Democrats Catrin Barrowcliff 217 13.8
Liberal Democrats Susan Ingham 212 13.5
Liberal Democrats Jack Holliss 142 9.0
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 1,575 17.6
Total votes 3,890
Registered electors 8,950
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North[edit]

Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North (3) [13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op David Meller 2,041 49.3
Liberal Democrats Jilly Julian 1,846 44.5
Labour Co-op Yvonne Guariento 1,666 40.2
Labour Co-op Mike Hill 1,586 38.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Hendley 1,575 38.0
Liberal Democrats Jane O'Neill 1,408 34.0
Conservative Mike Booth 449 10.8
Conservative Naveed Khan 381 9.2
Green Michael Padfield 377 9.1
Conservative Pat Leck 368 8.9
Rejected ballots 15
Turnout 4,144 35.9
Total votes 11,697
Registered electors 11,533
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Cheadle Hulme South[edit]

Cheadle Hulme South (3) [14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Mark Hunter 2,852 65.6
Liberal Democrats Helen Foster-Grime 2,657 61.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Holloway 2,405 55.4
Conservative Brian Dougal 732 16.8
Conservative Michael Evans 728 16.8
Labour Barry Hawkins 694 16.0
Conservative Gill Shaw 631 14.5
Labour Tess McDermott 509 11.7
Green Andrew O'Shea 506 11.6
Labour James Pelham 398 9.2
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 4,345 36.9
Total votes 12,112
Registered electors 11,766
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cheadle West & Gatley[edit]

Cheadle West & Gatley (3) [15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Clive Greenhalgh 2,219 55.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Hunter 2,160 53.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Morrison 2,018 50.3
Conservative Michael Fox 832 20.7
Conservative Minara Cook 759 18.9
Conservative Faria Khan 690 17.2
Labour Christopher Gleeson 678 16.9
Green Rayne Barrett 625 15.6
Labour Elaine Preece 569 14.2
Labour Themis Kokolakakis 510 12.7
Rejected ballots 16
Turnout 4,011 35.4
Total votes 11,060
Registered electors 11,340
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Davenport & Cale Green[edit]

Davenport & Cale Green (3) [16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Dickie Davies 2,165 66.9
Labour Wendy Wild 1,890 58.4
Labour Janet Mobbs 1,849 57.2
Liberal Democrats Dominic Wells 549 17.0
Green Paolo Granelli 518 16.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart Ardern 446 13.8
Conservative Nathan Lumb 427 13.2
Liberal Democrats Bruce Fairbanks 393 12.2
Reform UK Dottie Hopkins 185 5.7
Stockport Fights Austerity No to Cuts John Pearson 117 3.6
Stockport Fights Austerity No to Cuts Ashley Walker 116 3.6
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 3,234 28.3
Total votes 8,655
Registered electors 11,418
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Edgeley[edit]

Edgeley (3) [17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Community Association Matt Wynne 1,714 54.9
Community Association Leah Taylor 1,487 47.6
Community Association Asa Caton 1,461 46.8
Labour Louise Heywood 1,183 37.9
Labour Georgia Lynott 1,166 37.3
Labour Rory Leonard 1,083 34.7
Green Shaughan Rick 204 6.5
Liberal Democrats Robbie Cowbury 187 6.0
Liberal Democrats Tracey Whitmore 155 5.0
Liberal Democrats Ben Traynor 124 4.0
Conservative Karl Seppman 106 3.4
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 3,123 35.0
Total votes 8,870
Registered electors 8,917
Community Association win (new seat)
Community Association win (new seat)
Community Association win (new seat)

Hazel Grove[edit]

Hazel Grove (3) [18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Jake Austin 1,662 48.8
Liberal Democrats Wendy Meikle 1,596 46.9
Liberal Democrats Frankie Singleton 1,458 42.8
Conservative Bill Law 924 27.2
Conservative Elizabeth Arnold 891 26.2
Conservative Andrew Baker 891 26.2
Labour Carl Carrigan 708 20.8
Labour Linda Paton 544 16.0
Labour Johnny White 468 13.8
Green Mary Bullock 375 11.0
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 3,403 32.6
Total votes 9,517
Registered electors 10,451
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Heald Green[edit]

Heald Green (3) [19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Heald Green Ratepayers Carole McCann 1,663 45.6
Heald Green Ratepayers Anna Charles-Jones 1,625 44.6
Heald Green Ratepayers Catherine Stuart 1,516 41.6
Liberal Democrats Qasim Ahmed 988 27.1
Liberal Democrats Gemma Bowker 893 24.5
Liberal Democrats Iain Roberts 863 23.7
Labour Kath Priestley 625 17.1
Labour Colin Owen 563 15.4
Labour Brian Preece 442 12.1
Conservative Janice McGahan 302 8.3
Conservative Yvonne Salmons 290 8.0
Conservative Oliver Williamson 237 6.5
Green Chitra Ramachandran 202 5.5
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 3,645 33.4
Total votes 10,209
Registered electors 10,927
Heald Green Ratepayers win (new seat)
Heald Green Ratepayers win (new seat)
Heald Green Ratepayers win (new seat)

Heatons North[edit]

Heatons North (3) [20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David Sedgwick 2,873 67.6
Labour John Taylor 2,819 66.3
Labour Dena Ryness 2,664 62.7
Green Sam Dugdale 900 21.2
Conservative Hassan Sajjad 647 15.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Ankers 386 9.1
Women's Equality Diane Coffey 384 9.0
Liberal Democrats Jenny Humphreys 371 8.7
Liberal Democrats Craig Wright 260 6.1
Rejected ballots 22
Turnout 4,250 38.9
Total votes 11,304
Registered electors 10,922
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Heatons South[edit]

Heatons South (3) [21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Colin Foster 2,868 69.3
Labour Dean Fitzpatrick 2,838 68.6
Labour Claire Vibert 2,582 62.4
Green Sophie Tyrrell 947 22.9
Conservative Joel Tennuchi 575 13.9
Liberal Democrats Margaret McDermott 418 10.1
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Allan 353 8.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Hardisty 325 7.9
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 4,136 38.3
Total votes 10,906
Registered electors 10,801
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Manor[edit]

Manor (3) [22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Laura Clingan 1,328 45.1
Labour Sue Glithero 1,280 43.5
Labour Charlie Stewart 1,152 39.1
Liberal Democrats Micheala Meikle 1,103 37.5
Liberal Democrats Jamie Hirst 1,047 35.6
Liberal Democrats Jason Jones 1,021 34.7
Green Antony Rablen 270 9.2
Conservative Charlotte Tinné 233 7.9
Independent Brian Battle 213 7.2
Independent Chris Murphy 173 5.9
Independent Andy Sorton 142 4.8
Reform UK Stephen Speakman 130 4.4
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 2,945 29.2
Total votes 8,092
Registered electors 10,071
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Marple North[edit]

Marple North (3) [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Steven Gribbon 2,752 63.2
Liberal Democrats Geoff Abell 2,638 60.6
Liberal Democrats Becky Senior 2,472 56.8
Conservative Nigel Noble 766 17.6
Green John Bright 658 15.1
Conservative Joyce Ebbage 644 14.8
Conservative Daniel Marchbank 613 14.1
Labour Sandy Broadhurst 552 12.7
Labour Craig Hamilton 430 9.9
Labour Brian Wild 382 8.8
Independent Steve Hatton 282 6.5
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 4,354 45.6
Total votes 12,189
Registered electors 9,542
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Marple South & High Lane[edit]

Marple South & High Lane (3) [24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Shan Alexander 2,168 57.4
Liberal Democrats Aron Thornley 2,115 56.0
Liberal Democrats Colin MacAlister 2,069 54.8
Conservative Annette Finnie 898 23.8
Conservative Andrew Lord 807 21.4
Conservative William Morley-Scott 721 19.1
Green Andrew Threlfall 565 15.0
Labour Mags Hindle 473 12.5
Labour Peter Towey 363 9.6
Labour Matthew Whittley 316 8.4
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 3,777 38.2
Total votes 10,495
Registered electors 9,882
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Norbury & Woodsmoor[edit]

Norbury & Woodsmoor (3) [25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Grace Baynham 1,944 43.8
Liberal Democrats Dominic Hardwick 1,936 43.7
Liberal Democrats Pete West 1,667 37.6
Conservative Oliver Johnstone 1,581 35.7
Conservative Lisa Walker 1,273 28.7
Conservative John Wright 1,270 28.6
Labour Jon Byrne 820 18.5
Labour Noelle Caruso-Kelly 789 17.8
Labour Ian Devine 736 16.6
Green Philip Handscomb 373 8.4
Reform UK Lynn Schofield 113 2.5
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 4,434 43.9
Total votes 12,502
Registered electors 10,110
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Offerton[edit]

Offerton (3) [26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Will Dawson 1,664 44.8
Labour Helen Hibbert 1,479 39.8
Labour Will Sharp 1,431 38.6
Liberal Democrats Oliver Harrison 1,421 38.3
Labour Pauline Sheaff 1,338 36.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Weldon 1,182 31.8
Conservative Michael Butler 486 13.1
Conservative Sally Bennett 391 10.5
Green Steve Torley 377 10.2
Conservative Susan Ward 270 7.3
Reform UK John Kelly 178 4.8
Rejected ballots 16
Turnout 3,712 33.3
Total votes 10,217
Registered electors 11,160
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Reddish North[edit]

Reddish North (3) [27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David Wilson 1,799 65.4
Labour Holly McCormack 1,632 59.3
Labour Rachel Wise 1,464 53.2
Green Helena Mellish 658 23.9
Conservative Bernard Clayton 412 15.0
Women's Equality Paula King 297 10.8
Liberal Democrats Patricia Jones 242 8.8
Liberal Democrats John Pantall 164 6.0
Liberal Democrats Linda Richardson 149 5.4
Rejected ballots 15
Turnout 2,750 24.3
Total votes 6,817
Registered electors 11,322
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Reddish South[edit]

Reddish South (3) [28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Liz Crix 2,174 56.0
Green Gary Lawson 2,042 52.6
Green James Frizzell 1,989 51.2
Labour Joanna Williams 1,481 38.1
Labour David White 1,453 37.4
Labour Paul Wright 1,195 30.8
Conservative John Bates 268 6.9
Liberal Democrats Megan Grant 104 2.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Richardson 71 1.8
Liberal Democrats June Somekh 54 1.4
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 3,885 34.4
Total votes 10,831
Registered electors 11,293
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

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