Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014

Stockport Council Election 2014

22 May 2014

21 Seats up for Election   First party Second party   Leader Sue Derbyshire Andrew Verdeille Party Liberal Democrat Labour Leader's seat Manor Reddish South Seats before 29 21 Seats won 1 1 Seats after 28 22   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 0 0 Seats after 10 3

Leader of the Council before election Sue Derbyshire Liberal Democrat Leader of the Council Sue Derbyshire Liberal Democrat

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

State of the Parties

Going in to 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%

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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

Asterix indicates incumbent in the Ward, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.

Stockport Council Gains 2014

Stockport Council Composition 2014 Map

Bramhall North

Bramhall North

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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Bramhall South & Woodford

Bramhall South & Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anita Johnson	1862	45%	-4.48%
	Liberal Democrat	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

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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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Gordon*	1349	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 Democrat hold		Swing

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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 Democrat	Mags Kirkham*	1350	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Brinnington & Central

Brinnington & Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Maureen Rowles*	1540	57%	-13.4%
	UKIP	Michael Buxton	633	23%	+11.20%
	Liberal Democrat	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

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Cheadle & Gatley

Cheadle & Gatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Roberts*	2176	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 Democrat hold		Swing

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Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	June Somekh*	1307	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 Democrat hold		Swing

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Cheadle Hulme South

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

Cheadle Hulme South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Andrew Bodsworth*	1630	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 Democrat hold		Swing

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Davenport & Cale Green

Davenport & Cale Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Elise Wilson	1557	43%	-2.92%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

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Edgeley & Cheadle Heath

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Philip Harding*	1884	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 Democrat	Danny Langley	240	7%	-1.46%
Majority			1305	40%	-25%
Turnout			3267
	Labour hold		Swing

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Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Oliver James Johnstone	1700	38%	-2.41%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

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Heald Green

Heald Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Heald Green Ratepayers	Adrian Roger Nottingham*	2010	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 Democrat	David Roberts-Jones	269	7%	+0.47%
Majority			1463	39%	-18.37%
Turnout			3690
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

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Heatons North

Heatons North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Taylor	2105	52%	+4.10%
	Conservative	Rosalind Elaine Lloyd	1168	29%	-9.88%
	Green	Janet Cuff	526	13%	+
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Humphreys	266	7%	+3.89%
Majority			937	23%	+13.99%
Turnout			4065
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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Heatons South

Heatons South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tom McGee*	2459	58%	-9.85%
	Conservative	Natalie Louise Fenton	980	23%	+1.21%
	Green	Conrad Clive Beard	410	10%	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Denise Brewster	247	6%	-0.87%
	BNP	Sheila Mary Spink	165	4%	+0.51%
Majority			1479	35%	-11.06%
Turnout			4261
	Labour hold		Swing

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Manor

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Hawthorne*	1458	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 Democrat hold		Swing

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Marple North

Marple North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Geoff Abell	1580	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 Democrat hold		Swing

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Marple South

Marple South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Ingham*	1535	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 Democrat hold		Swing

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Offerton

Offerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Goddard	1159	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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

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Reddish North

Reddish North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Stephen Wilson*	2082	66%	-3.39%
	Conservative	Anthony Hannay	479	15%	+2.5%
	BNP	Paul Bennett	419	13%	+1.74%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul John Ankers	174	6%	-0.85%
Majority			1603	51%	-5.90%
Turnout			3154
	Labour hold		Swing

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Reddish South

Reddish South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tom Grundy*	1948	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 Democrat	Louise Shaw	169	5%	-4.63%
Majority			1387	43%	-13.72
Turnout			3271
	Labour hold		Swing

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Stepping Hill

Stepping Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Douglas Wright	1316	33%	+6.76%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

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