2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 local government election in Stockport

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2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)

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21 out of 63 seats to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

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	2	2
Popular vote	27,834	25,837	8,849
Percentage	34.2%	31.7%	10.9%
Swing	4.3%	0.8%	3.7%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

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
Popular vote	1,787	1,751	353
Percentage	2.2%	2.2%	0.4%
Swing	0.0%	0.0%	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

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. The election took place at the same time as the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election other local elections across England.

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.

Previous council composition

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

2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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

Bramhall North

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Manor
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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