2021 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

English local election

2021 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Council election

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6 May 2021 (2021-05-06)

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21 of 63 seats (one third) to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Mark Hunter	Elise Wilson
Party	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Leader's seat	Cheadle Hulme South	Davenport and Cale Green
Seats before	26	26
Seats won	26	25
Seat change		1
Popular vote	27,300	28,525
Percentage	30.6%	31.9%
Swing	4%	4.1%

	Third party	Fourth party
		HG
Leader	Mike Hurleston	Adrian Nottingham
Party	Conservative	Heald Green Ratepayers
Leader's seat	Bramhall South and Woodford	Heald Green
Seats before	8	3
Seats won	8	3
Seat change
Popular vote	22,996	1,976
Percentage	25.7%	2.2%
Swing	5.3%

Map showing the results the 2021 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats, light green the Heald Green Ratepayers and green the Green Party.

Leader of the Council before election

Elise Wilson
Labour

Leader of the Council

Elise Wilson
Labour

The 2021 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election were held on 6 May 2021, to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Stockport Council is elected in thirds, which means that in each three member local ward, one councillor is elected every year, except every four years which is classed as a fallow year. These elections were originally scheduled for 2020 but were suspended for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the delayed election those councillors elected in 2021 will serve a three-year term, expiring in 2024.

Result summary

Changes in seat numbers are compared with the composition of the council immediately prior to the election. Changes in vote share are compared with the previous election in 2019.

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	8		38.1%	18	26	41.3%	27,300	30.59%	3.96%
	Labour	8	1	38.1%	17	25	39.7%	28,525	31.96%	4.17%
	Conservative	3		14.3%	5	8	12.7%	22,996	25.76%	5.35%
	Green	1	1	4.8%	0	1	1.6%	7,274	8.15%	1.11%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	1		4.8%	2	3	4.8%	1,976	2.21%	1.02%
	Independent	0		0.0%	0	0	0.0%	704	0.79%	0.60%
	Reform UK	0		0.0%	0	0	0.0%	282	0.32%
	Women's Equality	0		0.0%	0	0	0.0%	103	0.12%	0.13%
	TUSC	0		0.0%	0	0	0.0%	98	0.11%

Aftermath

Since 2011, no single political party has held a majority on the council, with it being run as a minority administration by the largest party - from 2011 to 2016 by the Liberal Democrats, and since 2016 by Labour. In this election, the Liberal Democrats overtook Labour to once again become the largest party on the council. In the subsequent council vote however, the eight-strong Conservative group decided to support the continuation of the minority Labour administration, voting against a bid to remove the Labour leader of the council.

Election results by ward

Asterisk indicates incumbent in the Ward, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.

All % changes are since 2016, when these seats were last up for election.

Bramhall North

Bramhall North
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

Bramhall South and Woodford

Bramhall South and Woodford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Bagnall *	2,535	48	+3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Powney	2,136	40	−1
	Labour	Sue Glithero	355	7	+1
	Green	Andrew Dearden	255	5	−3
Majority			399
Turnout			5,320	52
Registered electors			10,191
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bredbury and Woodley

Bredbury and Woodley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Thorpe	1,749	49	−4
	Conservative	Timothy Morley	921	26	+13
	Labour	Louise Heywood	718	20	+5
	Green	Stephanie Wyatt	183	5	−1
Majority			828
Turnout			3,592	34
Registered electors			10,670
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bredbury Green and Romiley

Bredbury Green and Romiley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Smart *	2,366	57	−3
	Conservative	Richard Ellis	1,144	27	+7
	Labour	Rachel Wise	490	12	−1
	Green	Alex Crompton	182	4	−3
Majority			1,222
Turnout			4,206	38
Registered electors			11,060
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brinnington and Central

Brinnington and Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Sorton *	1,584	62	+2
	Conservative	Natalie Fenton	473	19	+8
	Green	Karl Wardlaw	225	9	−4
	Liberal Democrats	David Brewin	164	6	−3
	TUSC	John Pearson	98	4	New
Majority			1,111
Turnout			2,568	23
Registered electors			11,229
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheadle and Gatley

Cheadle and Gatley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Holloway *	2,283	46	−3
	Conservative	Adrian Walmsley	1,411	28	+4
	Labour	Colin Owen	923	19	−
	Green	Alexander Drury	357	7	−
Majority			872
Turnout			5,007	41
Registered electors			12,184
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jilly Julian	1,943	45	−6
	Labour Co-op	Claire Vibert	1,618	37	+6
	Conservative	Sue Carroll	639	15	+7
	Green	Michael Padfield	157	4	−
Majority			325
Turnout			4,375	44
Registered electors			10,043
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hunter *	2,888	61	+8
	Conservative	Brian Dougal	1,135	24	+2
	Labour	James Mason	428	9	−
	Green	Chitra Ramachandran	191	4	−4
	Reform UK	Taff Davies	76	2	New
	Independent	Paul Davies	32	1	New
Majority			1,753
Turnout			4,768	44
Registered electors			10,887
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Davenport and Cale Green

Davenport and Cale Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Wild *	2,344	64	+7
	Conservative	Michael Lyons	631	17	+4
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma-Jane Bowker	338	9	−7
	Green	Paolo Granelli	279	8	−7
	Reform UK	Stephen Speakman	96	3	New
Majority			1,713
Turnout			3,711	33
Registered electors			11,140
	Labour hold		Swing

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Bailey *	2,561	72	+9
	Conservative	Richard Walsh	460	13	+4
	Green	Shaughan Rick	302	9	−1
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Whitmore	210	6	−1
Majority			2,101
Turnout			3,560	34
Registered electors			10,560
	Labour hold		Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Johnstone	2,212	45	+16
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Gibson *	1,848	37	−11
	Labour Co-op	Christine Carrigan	725	15	+4
	Green	Catherine De Cadorette	169	3	−1
Majority			364
Turnout			4,990	45
Registered electors			10,987
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	Anna Charles-Jones *	1,976	54	−15
	Labour	Holly McCormack	592	16	+3
	Conservative	Yvonne Salmons	469	13	+6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hunter	380	10	+4
	Green	Ian Brown	224	6	+1
Majority			1,447
Turnout			3,665	37
Registered electors			10,000
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Heatons North

Heatons North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Sedgwick *	3,358	66	+16
	Conservative	Hassan Sajjad	928	18	−1
	Green	Samuel Dugdale	416	8	−8
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Humphreys	280	6	−5
	Women's Equality	Paula King	103	2	−3
Majority			2430
Turnout			5,123	46
Registered electors			11,037
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Heatons South

Heatons South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Foster *	3,271	67	+8
	Conservative	Jason Davis-D'Cruz	884	18	+2
	Green	Sophie Tyrrell	519	11	−5
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Scroggie	195	4	−5
Majority			2,387
Turnout			4,911	45
Registered electors			10,861
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Charlie Stewart*	1,674	47	+2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Nash	1,216	34	+7
	Conservative	Karl Seppman	463	13	+2
	Green	Anthony Rablen	217	6	−4
Majority			458
Turnout			3,598	34
Registered electors			10,536
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Marple North

Marple North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Allan *	2,707	54	+3
	Conservative	Annette Finnie	1,402	28	+7
	Labour	Peter Towey	560	11	−7
	Green	Carolyn Leather	366	7	−2
Majority			1,305
Turnout			5,060	52
Registered electors			9,766
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marple South and High Lane

Marple South and High Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shan Alexander	2,299	50	+4
	Conservative	Darran Palmer	1,409	31	+16
	Labour	Paul Wright	613	13	+2
	Green	Andrew Threlfall	290	6	+1
Majority			890
Turnout			4,639	46
Registered electors			9,978
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Offerton

Offerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Harrison	1,280	36	−21
	Labour	Joe Barratt	1,138	32	+15
	Conservative	Tony Moore	886	25	+8
	Green	Simon Edge	141	4	−6
	Reform UK	John Kelly	110	3	New
Majority			142
Turnout			3,572	35
Registered electors			10,305
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Reddish North

Reddish North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Butler *	2,029	61	+3
	Conservative	Jacob Chacko	500	15	+1
	Independent	Carl Evans	462	14	New
	Green	Helena Mellish	252	8	−12
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ingham	92	3	−5
Majority			1,529
Turnout			3,348	31
Registered electors			10,844
	Labour hold		Swing

Reddish South

Reddish South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Gary Lawson	2,010	47.85	+29
	Labour	Yvonne Guariento *	1,453	34.59	−12
	Conservative	Rita Jones	450	10.71	−1
	Independent	Daniel Zieba	210	5.00	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Orndal	60	1.43	−8
Majority			557	13.26
Turnout			4,201	40
Registered electors			10,405
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Stepping Hill

Stepping Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rory Leonard	1,639	34.45	+9
	Conservative	Paul Hadfield	1,532	32.21	+2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Weldon *	1,337	28.11	−9
	Green	Stephen Torley	225	4.73	−2
Majority			107	2.25
Turnout			4,757	46
Registered electors			10,330
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

"Your next election or referendum". stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
Statham, Nick (20 May 2021). "Labour remain in charge of Stockport council after crunch town hall vote". Manchester Evening News.
"Election results for Bramhall North". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Bramhall South & Woodford". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Bredbury & Woodley". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Bredbury Green & Romiley". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Cheadle & Gatley". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Cheadle Hulme North". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Cheadle Hulme South". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Davenport & Cale Green". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Edgeley & Cheadle Heath". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Hazel Grove". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Heald Green". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Heatons North". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Heatons South". 6 May 2021.
"Election results for Manor". 6 May 2021.

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