2019 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 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 2019 will serve a four-year term, expiring in 2023.

Stockport Metropolitan Council Election 2019

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21 Seats up for Election
First party Second party   Leader Elise Wilson Mark Hunter Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Davenport and Cale Green Cheadle Hulme South Seats before 23 21 Seats won 8 10 Seats after 26 26 Seat change 3 5 Popular vote 20,612 25,627 Percentage 27.8% 34.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Syd Lloyd (retiring) Adrian Nottingham Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers Leader's seat Bramhall and Woodford Heald Green Seats before 12 3 Seats won 2 1 Seats after 8 3 Seat change 4 Popular vote 15,142 2,393 Percentage 20.4% 3.2%
Map showing the results of the 2019 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.
Leader of the Council before election Alex Ganotis Labour Leader of the Council Elise Wilson Labour

Despite Labour drawing level on seats with the Liberal Democrats, with both parties holding 26 councillors, the Labour minority administration continued in office.

Results summary

2019 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10	5	47.6	16	26	41.3	25,627	34.55	2.85
	Labour	8	1	38.1	18	26	41.3	20,612	27.79	5.71
	Conservative	2	4	9.5	6	8	12.7	15,142	20.41	6.89
	Heald Green Ratepayers	1		4.8	2	3	4.8	2,393	3.23	0.63
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	6,867	9.26
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,948	2.63
	Independent	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1,030	1.39
	Foundation Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	203	0.27
	Women's Equality	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	188	0.25
	End Austerity	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	164	0.22

Election results by ward

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

Bramhall North

Bramhall North^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alanna Vine*	1,943	47.47	−5.43
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jones	1,534	37.48	+7.17
	Labour	Pauline Sheaff	329	8.04	−3.97
	Green	Deborah Hind	287	7.01	+2.21
Majority			409	9.99
Turnout			4,093	40
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramhall South and Woodford

Bramhall South and Woodford^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Hurleston*	1,905	45	−8
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Meal	1,711	41	+5
	Green	Charlotte May	341	8	+5
	Labour	Colin Owen	245	6	−2
Majority			194	4
Turnout			4,202	43
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bredbury and Woodley

Bredbury and Woodley^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Corris*	1,608	53	−1
	Labour	Holly McCormack	470	15	−4
	Conservative	Susan Howard	403	13	−8
	UKIP	Vernon Bailey	396	13	N/A
	Green	Conrad Beard	185	6	+1
Majority			1,138	38
Turnout			3,062	29
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bredbury Green and Romiley

Bredbury Green and Romiley^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Roberts	2,123	60	+9
	Conservative	Sally Bennett	710	20	−9
	Labour	Peter Black	480	13	−3
	Green	Camilla Luff	248	7	+3
Majority			1,413	40
Turnout			3,613	33
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Brinnington and Central

Brinnington and Central^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerry Waters	1,248	60	−18
	Green	Karl Wardlaw	272	13	N/A
	Conservative	Ros Lloyd	215	10	−5
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Abell	183	9	+2
	End Austerity	John Pearson	164	8	N/A
Majority			976	47
Turnout			2,082	20
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheadle and Gatley

Cheadle and Gatley^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Greenhalgh*	2,088	49	+2
	Conservative	Mark Williams	1,037	24	−5
	Labour	Khalid Ahmed	829	19	−3
	Green	Praveen Kutty	316	7	+5
Majority			1,051	25
Turnout			4,270	36
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Morrison	2,069	51	+12
	Labour	Rachel Wise	1,239	31	−8
	Conservative	Bob Stevenson	317	8	−9
	UKIP	Taff Davies	268	7	+5
	Green	Michael Padfield	153	4	+1
Majority			830	20
Turnout			4,046	40
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Wyatt*	2,149	53	−3
	Conservative	Mark Littlewood	890	22	−6
	Labour	Martin Miller	373	9	−1
	Green	Malcolm Brown	320	8	+5
	UKIP	Cyril Peake	295	7	+5
Majority			1,259	31
Turnout			4,027	37
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Davenport and Cale Green

Davenport and Cale Green^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dickie Davies*	1,650	57	−9
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma-Jane Bowker	469	16	+6
	Green	Chris Gibbins	424	15	+9
	Conservative	Sam Baxter	370	13	−5
Majority			1,181	41
Turnout			2,913	27
	Labour hold		Swing

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Wynne	1,797	63	−11
	UKIP	Peter Behan	327	11	+8
	Green	Shaughan Rick	286	10	+4
	Conservative	Richard Walsh	256	9	+1
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Harrison	199	7	−2
Majority			1,470	52
Turnout			2,865	28
	Labour hold		Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lou Ankers	1,993	47.69	+3.63
	Conservative	Julian Anthony Lewis-Booth	1,225	29.31	−11.27
	Labour	Julie Anne Wharton	457	10.94	−1.46
	UKIP	Eunice Ann Normansell	321	7.68	N/A
	Green	Clare Brown	183	4.38	+1.42
Majority			768	18.38
Turnout			4,179	39
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	Carole McCann	2,393	69	+10
	Labour	Joi Amos	450	13	−4
	Conservative	Yvonne Salmons	238	7	−5
	Liberal Democrats	Jane O'Neill	208	6	−
	Green	Richard Brown	114	5	+2
Majority			1,943	56
Turnout			3,449	35
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Heatons North

Heatons North^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dena Ryness	1,955	50	−11
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Wadsworth	727	19	−4
	Green	Janet Cuff	616	16	+10
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Humphreys	429	11	+5
	Women's Equality	Jen Bryan	188	5	−
Majority			1,228	31
Turnout			3,915	36
	Labour hold		Swing

Heatons South

Heatons South^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dean Fitzpatrick*	2,270	59	−7
	Conservative	Beverley Oliver	633	16	−5
	Green	Samuel Dugdale	620	16	+9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Gibson	349	9	+3
Majority			1,637	43
Turnout			3,872	36
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor

Manor^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Clingan	1,268	45	10
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret McDermott	761	27	1
	Conservative	Janice McGahan	301	11	2
	Green	Anthony Rablen	273	10	6
	Foundation Party	John Kelly	203	7	N/A
Majority			507	18	11
Turnout			2,806	27	1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	5.5

Marple North

Marple North^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Becky Senior	2,225	51	+3
	Conservative	Hannah Sneddon	940	21	−3
	Labour	Claire Vibert	803	18	−
	Green	Carolyn Leather	406	9	+4
Majority			1,285	30
Turnout			4,374	46
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Marple South and High Lane

Marple South and High Lane^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Aron Thornley	2,037	46	+4
	Independent	Kenny Blair	1,030	23	N/A
	Conservative	Darran Palmer	682	15	−24
	Labour	Chris Wallis	477	11	−5
	Green	Andrew Threlfall	233	5	+2
Majority			1,007	23
Turnout			4,459	46
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Offerton

Offerton^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Meikle*	1,581	57	+5
	Conservative	Michael Butler	473	17	+1
	Labour	James Pelham	469	17	−13
	Green	Simon Edge	274	10	+8
Majority			1,108
Turnout			2,870	28
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Reddish North

Reddish North^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Driver*	1,403	58	−15
	Green	Helena Mellish	478	20	+13
	Conservative	Natalie Fenton	349	14	−2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ingham	192	8	+4
Majority			925
Turnout			2,498	24
	Labour hold		Swing

Reddish South

Reddish South^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Mobbs	1,379	47	−17
	Green	Gary Lawson	558	19	+13
	Conservative	Sue Carroll	363	12	−7
	UKIP	Joshua Seddon	341	12	+7
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Orndal	267	9	+3
Majority			821
Turnout			2,922	28
	Labour hold		Swing

Stepping Hill

Stepping Hill^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Baynham	1,452	37	+2
	Conservative	Paul Hadfield*	1,165	30	−7
	Labour	Drew Carswell	1,021	26	+2
	Green	Ken Pease	280	7	+3
Majority			287
Turnout			3,974	39
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Changes since this election

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove by-election: 1 August 2019^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Gibson	1,401	46	−2
	Conservative	Oliver Johnstone	1,194	39	+10
	Labour	Julie Wharton	329	11	0
	Green	Michael Padfield	142	5	+1
Majority			207
Turnout			3,066	28
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing