2018 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] 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. The last fallow year was 2017, when no local government elections took place in the borough. Those councillors elected in 2018 will serve a four-year term, expiring in 2022. The election in Edgeley & Cheadle Heath was deferred, owing to the death of the Conservative candidate, until 24 May 2018.

Stockport Metropolitan Council Election 2018

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20 Seats up for Election
First party Second party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 23 20 Seats won 9 8 Seats after 24 21 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 26,043 24,632 Percentage 33.5% 31.7%   Third party Fourth party   Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers Seats before 14 3 Seats won 3 1 Seats after 13 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 21,187 2,056 Percentage 27.3% 2.6%
Map showing the results of the 2018 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. White indicates the vacant seat in Edgeley & Cheadle Heath.
Leader of the Council before election Alex Ganotis Labour Leader of the Council Alex Ganotis Labour

After the election, the Labour minority administration that had governed since 2016 was able to continue in office, although without a majority the administrations budget was voted down in March 2019, the first time this had happened since the 1980s. ^[2]

Election results by ward

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

Bramhall North

Bramhall North^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Walker*	2,269	53	−
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Flowers	1,300	30	+4
	Labour	Janet Mobbs	515	12	+2
	Green	Deborah Hind	206	5	+1
Majority			969
Turnout			4,289	41
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramhall South

Bramhall South and Woodford^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John McGahan*	2,354	53	+9
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Meal	1,598	36	−1
	Labour	Khalid Ahmed	340	8	+2
	Green	Malcolm Brown	113	3	−
	UKIP	David Perry	52	1	−4
Majority			756
Turnout			4,457	46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bredbury and Woodley

Bredbury and Woodley^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Gordon*	1,702	54	+9
	Conservative	Richard Ellis	668	21	+3
	Labour	Nav Mishra	610	19	−1
	Green	Conrad Beard	156	5	+2
Majority			1,034
Turnout			3,136	29
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bredbury Green and Romiley

Bredbury Green and Romiley^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angie Clark	2,014	51	−
	Conservative	Nicki Baines	1,130	29	−3
	Labour	Laura Clingan	625	16	+3
	Green	Trevor Smith	142	4	+1
Majority			884
Turnout			3,911	35
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Brinnington and Central

Brinnington and Central^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Becky Crawford*	1,745	78	+1
	Conservative	Ros Lloyd	337	15	+4
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Orndal	161	7	N/A
Majority			1,408
Turnout			2,243	21
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheadle and Gatley

Cheadle and Gatley^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Roberts*	2,281	47	+5
	Conservative	Jon Shaw	1,420	29	−2
	Labour	Colin Owen	1,047	22	+5
	Green	Karl Wardlaw	99	2	−1
Majority			861
Turnout			4,847	41
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Meller	1,577	39	+17
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Halliwell	1,575	39	−8
	Conservative	Bob Stevenson	684	17	+1
	Green	Michael Padfield	101	3	−1
	UKIP	Taff Davies	71	2	−9
Majority			2
Turnout			4,008	40
	Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Foster-Grime	2,267	56	−4
	Conservative	Sue Carroll	1,144	28	+5
	Labour	Anthony Hay	424	10	+3
	Green	Clare Brown	142	3	−
	UKIP	Cyril Peake	92	2	−5
Majority			1,123
Turnout			4,069	38
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Davenport and Cale Green

Davenport and Cale Green^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elise Wilson*	2,019	66	+9
	Conservative	Daniel Hamilton	561	18	+7
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Bird	302	10	−2
	Green	Chris Gibbins	179	6	−
Majority			1,458
Turnout			3,061	28
	Labour hold		Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Ankers	1,965	44	+5
	Conservative	Oliver Johnstone*	1,810	41	+8
	Labour	Julie Wharton	553	12	−2
	Green	Ken Pease	132	3	−
Majority			155
Turnout			4,460	41
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	Adrian Nottingham*	2,056	59	+5
	Labour	Laith Gibani	608	17	+1
	Conservative	Yvonne Salmons	416	12	+1
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Walker	203	6	−2
	Green	Richard Brown	114	3	+1
	UKIP	Tony Moore	82	2	−7
Majority			1,448
Turnout			3,479	35
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Heatons North

Heatons North^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Taylor*	2,436	61	−
	Conservative	Pamela Haworth	909	23	−2
	Green	Janet Cuff	238	6	−3
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Humphreys	222	6	+1
	Women's Equality	Diane Coffey	212	5	N/A
Majority			1,527
Turnout			4,017	37
	Labour hold		Swing

Heatons South

Heatons South^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom McGee*	2,706	66	−2
	Conservative	Paula Timperley	859	21	+2
	Green	Samuel Dugdale	269	7	+1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Gibson	236	6	−1
Majority			1,847
Turnout			4,070	37
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor

Manor^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amanda Peers	1,630	55	+11
	Liberal Democrats	James Feetham	769	26	−6
	Conservative	Janice McGahan	398	13	+7
	Green	Cliff Lee	123	4	+1
	End Austerity	John Pearson	51	2	N/A
Majority			861
Turnout			2,971	28
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Marple North

Marple North^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Gribbon	2,213	48	+6
	Conservative	Hannah Sneddon	1,115	24	−5
	Labour	Chris Gleeson	810	18	+7
	Green	Carolyn Leather	239	5	+1
	Independent	Kevin Dowling	192	4	−3
Majority			1,098
Turnout			4,569	49
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marple South

Marple South and High Lane^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Macalister	2,026	42	+6
	Conservative	Yvonne Collier	1,871	39	+2
	Labour	Christopher Wallis	756	16	+3
	Green	Robbie Lee	138	3	−1
Majority			155
Turnout			4,791	48
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Offerton

Offerton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Will Dawson	1,973	52	+17
	Labour	Dan Oliver	1,117	30	+3
	Conservative	Darran Palmer	587	16	−1
	Green	Simon Edge	89	2	−
Majority			856
Turnout			3,766	34
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Reddish North

Reddish North^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Wilson*	1,940	73	+17
	Conservative	Beverley Oliver	424	16	+7
	Green	Helena Mellish	187	7	+4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jones	98	4	+1
Majority			1,516
Turnout			2,649	25
	Labour hold		Swing

Reddish South

Reddish South^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jude Wells	1,916	64	+6
	Conservative	David Dowse	578	19	+5
	Green	Gary Lawson	176	6	−1
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma-Jane Bowker	169	6	−
	UKIP	Joshua Seddon	147	5	−9
Majority			1,338
Turnout			2,986	29
	Labour hold		Swing

Stepping Hill

Stepping Hill^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wright*	1,457	37	+7
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Baynham	1,355	35	−4
	Labour	Dena Ryness	960	24	+7
	Green	Steve Torley	149	4	−1
Majority			102
Turnout			3,921	42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Deferred election

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath

On 17 April 2018, Stockport Council published a notice to confirm that due to the death of the Conservative candidate Maureen Baldwin-Moore the scheduled election for this ward would no longer take place on 3 May 2018, and that a new poll would take place on 24 May 2018.^[23][24] Under the Electoral Administration Act, the Conservatives were allowed to select a replacement candidate, but new nominations by other parties were not permitted.

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath^[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Harding*	1,709	74	+6
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Harrison	203	9	+3
	Conservative	Pat Leck	187	8	−
	Green	Camilla Luff	144	6	−
	UKIP	Peter Behan	71	3	−9
Majority			1,506
Turnout			2,314	22
	Labour hold		Swing