2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, with one third of the seats up for election.

2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

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21 Seats up for Election
First party Second party   Leader Dave Goddard Andrew Verdeille Party Liberal Democrats Labour Leader's seat Offerton Reddish South Seats before 37 13 Seats won 8 9 Seats after 31 16 Seat change 6 3   Third party Fourth party   Leader Syd Lloyd Peter Burns Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers Leader's seat Bredbury Green & Romiley Heald Green Seats before 8 3 Seats won 4 1 Seats after 11 3 Seat change 3
Map showing the results of the 2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and green the Heald Green Ratepayers.

Following the elections, the Liberal Democrats lost their majority on the council for the first time since 2002, but continued in power without an overall majority.

The state of the parties after the election was:^[1]

Party		Seats	+/-	% votes
	Liberal Democrat	31	-6
	Labour	16	+3
	Conservative	11	+3
	Heald Green Ratepayer	3	0
	Independent left	2	0

Ward results

Bramhall North

Bramhall North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alanna Vine	2,799	49.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Foster-Grime	2,261	39.8	−8.0
	Labour	Brian Harrop	596	10.5	+4.0
Majority			538
Turnout			5,687	53.18
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bramhall South

Bramhall South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bellis*	2,791	54.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Carter	1,489	28.9
	Labour	Beryl Dykes	480	9.3
	UKIP	David Perry	213	4.1
	Green	Ross White	176	3.4
Majority			1,302
Turnout			5,149	51.94
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bredbury and Woodley

Bredbury and Woodley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wilson	1,912	48.9	−10.0
	Labour	Philip Bray	1,153	29.5	+14.5
	Conservative	Rosalind Lloyd	844	21.6	−3.7
Majority			759
Turnout			3,909	36.00
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bredbury Green and Romiley

Bredbury Green and Romiley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Syd Lloyd	2,238	46.7
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret McLay	1,580	33.0
	Labour	David Sedgwick	970	20.3
Majority			658
Turnout			4,788	43.68
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brinnington and Central

Brinnington and Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Murphy	1,992	69.8	+20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Fairbanks	336	11.8	−16
	Conservative	Steve Holgate	305	10.7	+0.6
	Green	Chris Green	219	7.7	+5.2
Majority			1,656
Turnout			2,852	28.26
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheadle and Gatley

Cheadle and Gatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pam King	2,153	40.0	−13.0
	Conservative	Julie Smith-Jones	2,063	38.3	+2.0
	Labour	Colin Owen	1,143	21.2	+10.8
Majority			90
Turnout			5,383	46.53
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Porgess	1,753	41.6
	Labour	Matthew Baker	1,188	28.2
	Conservative	Robert Stevenson	984	23.4
	UKIP	Hilda Peake	268	6.4
Majority			565
Turnout			4,213	41.46
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Wyatt	2,069	42.4	−11.8
	Conservative	Brian Dougal	1,729	35.4	−1.5
	Labour	Theo Smith	767	15.7	+7.3
	UKIP	Cyril Peake	283	5.8	+5.8
Majority			340
Turnout			4,881	45.85
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Davenport and Cale Green

Davenport and Cale Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Hendley	2,083	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Reid	819	21.2
	Conservative	Bryan Lees	607	15.7
	Green	Phil Shaw	320	8.3
Majority			1,264
Turnout			3,858	35.26
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Coaton	2,428	66.4
	Conservative	Chris Holgate	547	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Langley	406	11.1
	Green	Andrew Knighton	256	7.0
Majority			1,881
Turnout			3,659	34.36
	Labour hold		Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wragg	1,918	38.8	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Corris	1,789	36.1	−14.9
	Labour	Karen Vickers	892	18.0	+6.2
	UKIP	Mark Shanahan	331	6.7
Majority			129
Turnout			4,949	44.73
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	Eileen Sylvia Humphreys	2,690	65.7
	Labour	Kathryn Priestley	526	12.8
	Conservative	Pat Leck	389	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Brindley	322	7.9
	BNP	Richard Skill	170	4.1
Majority			2,164
Turnout			4,120	41.29
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Heatons North

Heatons North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Ganotis	2,120	45.1
	Conservative	Jackie Jones	1,758	37.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Rawling	396	8.4
	Green	Peter Barber	392	8.3
Majority			362
Turnout			4,704	44.55
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Heatons South

Heatons South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dean Fitzpatrick	2,568	52.8
	Conservative	Barbara Judson	1,507	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Axtell	442	9.1
	Green	Conrad Beard	324	6.7
Majority			1,061
Turnout			4,866	44.51
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor

Patrick McAuley left Labour and became a Lib Dem councillor in 2012.^[2]

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick McAuley	1,603	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Humphreys	1,314	36.0
	Conservative	Leslie Judson	526	14.4
	BNP	Duncan Warner	204	5.6
Majority			289
Turnout			3,665	34.66
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Marple North

Marple North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Bispham	2,061	40.0
	Conservative	Annette Finnie	1,680	32.6
	Labour	David Rowbottom	760	14.8
	Green	Maggie Preston	381	7.4
	UKIP	Ray Jones	253	4.5
Majority			381
Turnout			5,151	51.68
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marple South

Marple South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Dowling	1,948	42.0
	Conservative	Andrew Lord	1,493	32.2
	Labour	Clifford Stanway	783	16.7
	UKIP	Tony Moore	380	8.2
Majority			455
Turnout			4,638	47.78
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Offerton

Offerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Meikle	1,404	36.8
	Labour	Laura Booth	1,203	31.6
	Conservative	Julie Dawn Wragg	804	21.1
	UKIP	Harry Perry	386	10.1
Majority			201
Turnout			3,811	36.32
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Reddish North

Reddish North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Moss	2,421
	Labour	David Wilson	2,304
	Conservative	Anthony Hannay	645
	Conservative	Julie Whelan	569
	BNP	Paul Bennett	291
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Buttle	231
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Littlehales	183
Majority			117
Turnout			3,604	33.61
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Reddish South

Reddish South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Brett	2,347	65.0
	Conservative	Stephen Burt	640	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Beverley	421	11.7
	BNP	Shelia Spink	177	4.9
Majority			1,707
Turnout			3,608	34.40
	Labour hold		Swing

Stepping Hill

Stepping Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Alexander	1,786	39.2
	Conservative	John Wright	1,406	30.9
	Labour	Janet Rothwell	935	20.5
	Green	Ken Pease	155	3.4
	UKIP	Izzy Bolton	150	3.3
	BNP	Alan Carney	96	2.1
Majority			380
Turnout			4,552	46.33
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Changes 2011–2012

On 21 January 2012, Patrick McAuley, Labour councillor for Manor since May 2011, announced on Twitter that he had resigned from the Labour Party but that he would continue to serve as a councillor;^[3]