2011_Stockport_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election
2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
2011 UK local government election
Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, with one third of the seats up for election.
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Map showing the results of the 2011 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. |
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Following the elections, the Liberal Democrats lost their majority on the council for the first time since 2002, but continued in power without an overall majority.
The state of the parties after the election was:[1]
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Party | Seats | +/- | % votes | |
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Liberal Democrat | 31 | -6 | ||
Labour | 16 | +3 | ||
Conservative | 11 | +3 | ||
Heald Green Ratepayer | 3 | 0 | ||
Independent left | 2 | 0 |
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Bramhall North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alanna Vine | 2,799 | 49.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Swing | ||||
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Bramhall South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Bellis* | 2,791 | 54.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Carter | 1,489 | 28.9 | ||
Labour | Beryl Dykes | 480 | 9.3 | ||
UKIP | David Perry | 213 | 4.1 | ||
Green | Ross White | 176 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 1,302 | ||||
Turnout | 5,149 | 51.94 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bredbury and Woodley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michael Wilson | 1,912 | 48.9 | -10.0 | |
Labour | Philip Bray | 1,153 | 29.5 | +14.5 | |
Conservative | Rosalind Lloyd | 844 | 21.6 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 759 | ||||
Turnout | 3,909 | 36.00 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Bredbury Green and Romiley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Syd Lloyd | 2,238 | 46.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret McLay | 1,580 | 33.0 | ||
Labour | David Sedgwick | 970 | 20.3 | ||
Majority | 658 | ||||
Turnout | 4,788 | 43.68 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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Brinnington and Central
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Murphy | 1,992 | 69.8 | +20.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Fairbanks | 336 | 11.8 | -16 | |
Conservative | Steve Holgate | 305 | 10.7 | +0.6 | |
Green | Chris Green | 219 | 7.7 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 1,656 | ||||
Turnout | 2,852 | 28.26 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Cheadle and Gatley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Pam King | 2,153 | 40.0 | -13.0 | |
Conservative | Julie Smith-Jones | 2,063 | 38.3 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Colin Owen | 1,143 | 21.2 | +10.8 | |
Majority | 90 | ||||
Turnout | 5,383 | 46.53 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Cheadle Hulme North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Porgess | 1,753 | 41.6 | ||
Labour | Matthew Baker | 1,188 | 28.2 | ||
Conservative | Robert Stevenson | 984 | 23.4 | ||
UKIP | Hilda Peake | 268 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 565 | ||||
Turnout | 4,213 | 41.46 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Cheadle Hulme South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Wyatt | 2,069 | 42.4 | -11.8 | |
Conservative | Brian Dougal | 1,729 | 35.4 | -1.5 | |
Labour | Theo Smith | 767 | 15.7 | +7.3 | |
UKIP | Cyril Peake | 283 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 340 | ||||
Turnout | 4,881 | 45.85 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Davenport and Cale Green
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Hendley | 2,083 | 54.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Reid | 819 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Bryan Lees | 607 | 15.7 | ||
Green | Phil Shaw | 320 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 1,264 | ||||
Turnout | 3,858 | 35.26 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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Edgeley and Cheadle Heath
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Coaton | 2,428 | 66.4 | ||
Conservative | Chris Holgate | 547 | 14.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Danny Langley | 406 | 11.1 | ||
Green | Andrew Knighton | 256 | 7.0 | ||
Majority | 1,881 | ||||
Turnout | 3,659 | 34.36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Hazel Grove
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Wragg | 1,918 | 38.8 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Corris | 1,789 | 36.1 | -14.9 | |
Labour | Karen Vickers | 892 | 18.0 | +6.2 | |
UKIP | Mark Shanahan | 331 | 6.7 | ||
Majority | 129 | ||||
Turnout | 4,949 | 44.73 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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Heald Green
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Heald Green Ratepayers | Eileen Sylvia Humphreys | 2,690 | 65.7 | ||
Labour | Kathryn Priestley | 526 | 12.8 | ||
Conservative | Pat Leck | 389 | 9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eric Brindley | 322 | 7.9 | ||
BNP | Richard Skill | 170 | 4.1 | ||
Majority | 2,164 | ||||
Turnout | 4,120 | 41.29 | |||
Heald Green Ratepayers hold | Swing | ||||
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Heatons North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Ganotis | 2,120 | 45.1 | ||
Conservative | Jackie Jones | 1,758 | 37.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Rawling | 396 | 8.4 | ||
Green | Peter Barber | 392 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 362 | ||||
Turnout | 4,704 | 44.55 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Heatons South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dean Fitzpatrick | 2,568 | 52.8 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Judson | 1,507 | 31.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ron Axtell | 442 | 9.1 | ||
Green | Conrad Beard | 324 | 6.7 | ||
Majority | 1,061 | ||||
Turnout | 4,866 | 44.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Manor
Patrick McAuley left Labour and became a Lib Dem councillor in 2012.[2]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patrick McAuley | 1,603 | 44.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Humphreys | 1,314 | 36.0 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Judson | 526 | 14.4 | ||
BNP | Duncan Warner | 204 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 289 | ||||
Turnout | 3,665 | 34.66 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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Marple North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andrew Bispham | 2,061 | 40.0 | ||
Conservative | Annette Finnie | 1,680 | 32.6 | ||
Labour | David Rowbottom | 760 | 14.8 | ||
Green | Maggie Preston | 381 | 7.4 | ||
UKIP | Ray Jones | 253 | 4.5 | ||
Majority | 381 | ||||
Turnout | 5,151 | 51.68 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Marple South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kevin Dowling | 1,948 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Lord | 1,493 | 32.2 | ||
Labour | Clifford Stanway | 783 | 16.7 | ||
UKIP | Tony Moore | 380 | 8.2 | ||
Majority | 455 | ||||
Turnout | 4,638 | 47.78 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Offerton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Wendy Meikle | 1,404 | 36.8 | ||
Labour | Laura Booth | 1,203 | 31.6 | ||
Conservative | Julie Dawn Wragg | 804 | 21.1 | ||
UKIP | Harry Perry | 386 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 201 | ||||
Turnout | 3,811 | 36.32 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Reddish North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Moss | 2,421 | |||
Labour | David Wilson | 2,304 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Hannay | 645 | |||
Conservative | Julie Whelan | 569 | |||
BNP | Paul Bennett | 291 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pat Buttle | 231 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Littlehales | 183 | |||
Majority | 117 | ||||
Turnout | 3,604 | 33.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Reddish South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Walter Brett | 2,347 | 65.0 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Burt | 640 | 17.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Norman Beverley | 421 | 11.7 | ||
BNP | Shelia Spink | 177 | 4.9 | ||
Majority | 1,707 | ||||
Turnout | 3,608 | 34.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Stepping Hill
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ben Alexander | 1,786 | 39.2 | ||
Conservative | John Wright | 1,406 | 30.9 | ||
Labour | Janet Rothwell | 935 | 20.5 | ||
Green | Ken Pease | 155 | 3.4 | ||
UKIP | Izzy Bolton | 150 | 3.3 | ||
BNP | Alan Carney | 96 | 2.1 | ||
Majority | 380 | ||||
Turnout | 4,552 | 46.33 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Contact Your Councillor". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- Brown, Richard (25 October 2014). "Stockport Labour compared to North Korean dictatorship after 'bullying' storm sees two cllrs quit". Mancunian Matters. Retrieved 15 June 2016.