Bramhall North (Stockport electoral ward)

Bramhall North
Bramhall North within Stockport
Population	10,689 (2010[1])
Region
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	North West
UK Parliament	Cheadle
Councillors	Alanna Vine (Conservative)
	Linda Holt (Conservative (Deputy Leader)[2])
	Lisa Walker (Conservative)
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Bramhall North is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It elects three Councillors to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth.

It covers the northern part of Bramhall and includes Bramhall Station to the south of the ward. The ward contains Bramhall High School and four local primary schools.^[3]

Together with Bramhall South, Cheadle and Gatley, Cheadle Hulme North, Cheadle Hulme South, Heald Green and Stepping Hill Wards it makes up the Cheadle Parliamentary Constituency.

Councillors

• 

  Linda Holt (Conservative)

• 

  Alanna Vine (Conservative)

• 

  Lisa Walker (Conservative)

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		Ken Holt (Con)		Anthony Johnson (Con)		Maureen Walsh (Con)
2006		Ken Holt (Con)		Anthony Johnson (Con)		Maureen Walsh (Con)
2007		Ken Holt (Con)		Helen Foster-Grime (LD)		Maureen Walsh (Con)
2008		Linda Holt (Con)		Helen Foster-Grime (LD)		Maureen Walsh (Con)
2010		Linda Holt (Con)		Helen Foster-Grime (LD)		Lisa Walker (Con)
2011		Linda Holt (Con)		Alanna Vine (Con)		Lisa Walker (Con)
2012		Linda Holt (Con)		Alanna Vine (Con)		Lisa Walker (Con)
2014		Linda Holt(Con)		Alanna Vine (Con)		Lisa Walker (Con)
2015		Linda Holt (Con)		Alanna Vine (Con)		Lisa Walker (Con)
2016		Linda Holt (Con)		Alanna Vine (Con)		Lisa Walker (Con)

     indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in 2010s

May 2016

Stockport Council Elections: Bramhall North Ward 2016^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Linda Holt	2,400	53
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Banham	1,177	26
	Labour	David Lee White	432	10
	UKIP	Joan Anne Wells	316	7
	Green	Deborah Evelyn Hind	189	4
Majority			1,223
Turnout			4,514	43
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2015

Stockport Council Elections: Bramhall North Ward 2015^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alanna Vine	3,920	49
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Foster-Grime	2,551	32
	Labour	Elizabeth Marron	754	9
	UKIP	David Perry	515	6
	Green	Deborah Hind	338	4
Majority			1,369
Turnout			8,078	75
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2014

Stockport Council Elections: Bramhall North Ward 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lisa Walker*	2185	50%	-2.26%
	Liberal Democrat	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

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May 2012

Stockport Council Elections: Bramhall North Ward 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Linda Holt*	2,291	52.26	−4.01
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Foster-Grime	1,572	35.86	−1.46
	Labour	Brian Harrop	521	11.88	+9.30
Majority			719	16.40
Turnout			4,413	41.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2011

Stockport Council Elections: Bramhall North Ward 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alanna Vine	2,799	49.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

May 2010

Stockport Council Elections: Bramhall North Ward 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lisa Walker	3764	47.8	-8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Banham	3763	47.8	+10.5
	Labour	Brian Harrop	521	6.5	+2.9
Majority			1	0.0001	-19
Turnout			7898	73.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Note: The electoral result after many recounts was a tie between Lisa Walker and Pauline Banham, as a result ballots were drawn for the winner of which Lisa Walker then scored one vote higher than Pauline Banham.

Elections in the 2000's

May 2008

Bramhall North ward candidates

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Linda Holt	3,043	56.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Ellis	2,018	37.3
	Labour	Kathryn Priestley	140	2.6
	BNP	David Gordon	123	2.3
	UKIP	Malcolm Crossley	84	1.6
Majority			1,025	19.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2007

Bramhall North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Foster-Grime, H.	2525	47.5
	Conservative	McCarron, R.B.	2457	46.3
	BNP	Gordon, D.R.	186	3.5
	Labour	Priestly, K.A.	143	2.7
Majority			68	1.3
Rejected ballots			10	0.2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			5321	50.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. http://www.stockport.gov.uk/2013/2986/59933/localelectionresults2010
2. https://twitter.com/SydLloyd/status/469898691109978113 Syd Lloyd Conservative Group Leader Twitter
3. "Area Summary - My Stockport".
4. "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
5. "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
6. http://www.stockport.gov.uk/2013/2986/59933/886275/bramhallnorth
7. http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=62&RPID=2594254

External links

• Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council