2014 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 22 May 2014. They coincided with other local elections happening on this day across the UK, as well as the 2014 elections to the European Parliament.

Stockport Metropolitan Council Election, 2014

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21 Seats up for Election
First party Second party   Leader Sue Derbyshire Andrew Verdeille Party Liberal Democrats Labour Leader's seat Manor Reddish South Seats before 29 21 Seats won 9 7 Seats after 28 22 Seat change 1 1   Third party Fourth party   Leader Syd Lloyd Peter Burns Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers Leader's seat Bredbury Green & Romiley Heald Green Seats before 10 3 Seats won 4 1 Seats after 10 3 Seat change
Map showing the results of the 2014 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 Sue Derbyshire Liberal Democrats Leader of the Council Sue Derbyshire Liberal Democrats

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 fallow year. The previous fallow year was 2013, when no local government elections took place in the borough.

Following the elections, the Lib Dem minority run administration was able to continue in office.

State of the Parties

Going into the election the Liberal Democrats hold 29 seats, the Labour Party on 21, The Conservatives on 10 and the Heald Green Independent Rate Payers holding 3.^[1] Following the election the state of the Parties is as follows: Liberal Democrats: 28, Labour: 22, Conservatives: 10, Heald Green Rate Payers: 3.

Stockport Council Composition 2014

In the 2014 election 7 parties contested seats throughout the borough and gained the following vote shares:

Party	Seats Won	Vote Share
Liberal Democrats	9	26%
Labour	7	29%
Conservatives	4	23%
Heald Green Ratepayers	1	3%
UKIP	0	13%
Green Party	0	4%
BNP	0	1%

^[2]

In the 2014/15 year there were several defections. Three from Labour to sit as Independents, and one from the Conservatives to UKIP.^[3]

Election results by ward

Asterisk (*) indicates incumbent in the ward, and bold names highlight winning candidate.

Bramhall North

Bramhall North^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Walker*	2,185	50%	−2.26%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Banham	1076	24%	−11.86%
	UKIP	Ray Jones	594	14%	N/A
	Labour	Elizabeth Nicola Marron	538	12%	+0.2%
Majority			1109	26%	+9.6%
Turnout			4393
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramhall South & Woodford

Bramhall South & Woodford^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anita Johnson	1,862	45%	−4.48%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Richard Meal	1373	33%	+6.78
	UKIP	David Michael Perry	538	13%	+4.09
	Labour	Ruth Kaiser	369	9%	−1.13%
Majority			489	12%	−11.26%
Turnout			4142
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramhall South & Woodford saw a By-Election in the ward in November 2014 due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative councillor. The Conservatives held the seat.

Bredbury & Woodley

Bredbury & Woodley^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Gordon*	1,349	36%	−5.19%
	Labour	Roy Edward Driver	998	26%	−9.6%
	UKIP	Richard Ellis	834	22%	N/A
	Conservative	Sue Howard	498	13%	−1.49%
	BNP	Andy Webster	89	2%	−6.71%
Majority			351	10%	+4.41%
Turnout			3768
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bredbury Green & Romiley

Mags Kirkham left the Lib Dems in April 2016 to become an Independent politician.^[10]

Bredbury Green & Romiley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mags Kirkham*	1,350	33%	−8.14%
	Conservative	Sally Bennett	1173	29%	−5.37
	UKIP	Brian Stanyer	784	19%	N/A
	Labour	Brian Anthony Wild	713	17%	−3.39%
	BNP	Tony Dean	60	1%	−3.10%
Majority			177	4%
Turnout			4080
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brinnington & Central

Brinnington & Central^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Rowles*	1,540	57%	−13.4%
	UKIP	Michael Buxton	633	23%	+11.20%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Gell	190	7%	−1.23%
	Conservative	Pat Leck	181	7%	+0.37%
	BNP	Brenda Waterhouse	93	3%	N/A
	Independent	John Heginbotham	68	3%	+0.06%
Majority			907	34%	−24.61%
Turnout			2705
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheadle & Gatley

Cheadle & Gatley^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Roberts*	2,176	45%	+2.48%
	Conservative	Graham Michael Haslam	1078	22%	−15.08%
	Labour	Colin Owen	781	16%	−4.40%
	UKIP	Grahame Daniel Bradbury	630	13%	N/A
	Green	Natasha Maria Brooks	216	4%	N/A
Majority			1098	23%	+17.55
Turnout			4881
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	June Somekh*	1,307	36%	−16.44%
	Labour	Yvonne Maureen Guariento	780	21%	−8.32%
	Conservative	Sue Carroll	679	18%	−0.24%
	UKIP	Tony Moore	668	18%	N/A
	Green	Michael John Padfield	225	6%	N/A
Majority			527	15%
Turnout			3659
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Stuart Bodsworth defected to the Labour Party on the night of the 2016 local election.^[17]

Cheadle Hulme South^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Andrew Bodsworth*	1,630	41%	−5.86%
	Conservative	Paul Davies	1104	27%	−1.90%
	UKIP	Cyril Arthur Peake	703	17%	+7.23%
	Labour	Chris Carter	582	14%	−0.46%
Majority			526	14%	−3.96%
Turnout			4019
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Davenport & Cale Green

Davenport & Cale Green^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elise Wilson	1,557	43%	−2.92%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Smith	900	25%	−13.01%
	UKIP	Doreen Sheila Hopkins	650	18%	N/A
	Conservative	Julie Wragg	282	8%	−0.59%
	Green	Phil Shaw	245	7%	+0.66%
Majority			657	18%
Turnout			3634
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath^[21][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Harding*	1,884	58%	−16.59%
	UKIP	Chris Pamp	579	18%	N/A
	Green	Camilla Luff	297	9%	+1.66%
	Conservative	Morag White	267	8%	−1.61%
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Langley	240	7%	−1.46%
Majority			1305	40%	−25%
Turnout			3267
	Labour hold		Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove^[23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver James Johnstone	1,700	38%	−2.41%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Corris*	1414	31%	−11.05%
	UKIP	Tony Moore	692	15%	N/A
	Labour	Janet Elizabeth Glover	488	11%	−6.54%
	Green	Rob Turner	208	5%	N/A
Majority			286	7%	+5.35%
Turnout			4502
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green^[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	Adrian Roger Nottingham*	2,010	54%	−16.59%
	UKIP	Ann Moore	547	15%	N/A
	Labour	Kathryn Ann Priestley	531	14%	+1.09%
	Conservative	Yvonne Salmons	333	9%	+2.65%
	Liberal Democrats	David Roberts-Jones	269	7%	+0.47%
Majority			1463	39%	−18.37%
Turnout			3690
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Heatons North

Heatons North^[27][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Taylor	2,105	52%	+4.10%
	Conservative	Rosalind Elaine Lloyd	1168	29%	−9.88%
	Green	Janet Cuff	526	13%	+
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Humphreys	266	7%	+3.89%
Majority			937	23%	+13.99%
Turnout			4065
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Heatons South

Heatons South^[29][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom McGee*	2,459	58%	−9.85%
	Conservative	Natalie Louise Fenton	980	23%	+1.21%
	Green	Conrad Clive Beard	410	10%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Brewster	247	6%	−0.87%
	BNP	Sheila Mary Spink	165	4%	+0.51%
Majority			1479	35%	−11.06%
Turnout			4261
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor

Manor^[31][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Hawthorne*	1,458	40%	−4.32%
	Labour	Walter Barrett	1233	34%	−9.44%
	UKIP	John Howard Kelly	660	18%	N/A
	Conservative	Beverley Oliver	203	6%	+1.36%
	BNP	Duncan Noel Warner	67	2%	−2.76%
Majority			225	6%	+5.25%
Turnout			3621
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marple North

Marple North^[33][34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Abell	1,580	37%	−4.77%
	Conservative	Annette Claire Finnie	1248	29%	+2.02%
	UKIP	Chelsea Helen Smith	539	13%	+3.81%
	Labour	David Edward Rowbottom	538	13%	−1.10%
	Green	Maggie Preston	328	8%	+0.78%
Majority			332	8%	−6.79
Turnout			4233
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marple South

Marple South^[35][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ingham*	1,535	38%	−11.79%
	Conservative	Bev Morley-Scott	950	23%	−0.67%
	UKIP	Darran John Palmer	873	22%	+10.2%
	Labour	Kevin Dolan	446	11%	−3.34%
	Green	Graham Douglas Reid	254	6%	N/A
Majority			585	15%	−11.12
Turnout			4058
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Offerton

Offerton^[37][38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Goddard	1,159	32%	−3.58%
	Labour	Charlie Stewart	1052	29%	−7.81
	UKIP	Harry Perry	843	23%	+13.46%
	Conservative	Bill Law	557	15%	−3.07%
Majority			107	3%
Turnout			3611
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Reddish North

Reddish North^[39][40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Stephen Wilson*	2,082	66%	−3.39%
	Conservative	Anthony Hannay	479	15%	+2.5%
	BNP	Paul Bennett	419	13%	+1.74%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul John Ankers	174	6%	−0.85%
Majority			1603	51%	−5.90%
Turnout			3154
	Labour hold		Swing

Reddish South

Reddish South^[41][42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Grundy*	1,948	60%	−10.22%
	Conservative	Alex Fenton	561	17%	+3.50%
	Green	Jess Northey	322	10%	N/A
	BNP	Ged Williams	271	8%	+1.35%
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Shaw	169	5%	−4.63%
Majority			1387	43%	−13.72
Turnout			3271
	Labour hold		Swing

Stepping Hill

Stepping Hill^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Douglas Wright	1,316	33%	+6.76%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Edward Weldon*	1279	32%	−7.07%
	Labour	Janet Mary Rothwell	1054	26%	+3.61%
	Green	Ken Pease	381	9%	+2.88%
Majority			37	1%
Turnout			4030
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Changes 2014–2015

In October and November 2014, Labour lost three Stockport councillors, with Brian Hendley, Paul Moss, and Laura Booth all leaving the party. Hendley had been deselected without his knowing, Moss resigned due to house building on Reddish Vale Country Park, and Booth quit over allegations of a "culture of systematic bullying".^[45]

Bramhall South & Woodford

Bramhall South & Woodford by-election 20 November 2014^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John McGahan	2,080	53.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Richard Meal	1,502	38.4
	Green	David James McDonough	197	5.0
	Labour	Kathryn Ann Priestley	132	3.4
Majority			578	14.8
Turnout			3,911	39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing