The 2018 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 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 2018 will serve a four-year term, expiring in 2022. The election in Edgeley & Cheadle Heath was deferred, owing to the death of the Conservative candidate, until 24 May 2018.
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![]() Map showing the results of the 2018 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. White indicates the vacant seat in Edgeley & Cheadle Heath. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the election, the Labour minority administration that had governed since 2016 was able to continue in office, although without a majority the administrations budget was voted down in March 2019, the first time this had happened since the 1980s. [2]
Election results by ward
editAsterix indicates incumbent in the Ward, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.
Bramhall North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lisa Walker* | 2,269 | 53 | − | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Flowers | 1,300 | 30 | +4 | |
Labour | Janet Mobbs | 515 | 12 | +2 | |
Green | Deborah Hind | 206 | 5 | +1 | |
Majority | 969 | ||||
Turnout | 4,289 | 41 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bramhall South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John McGahan* | 2,354 | 53 | +9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Meal | 1,598 | 36 | −1 | |
Labour | Khalid Ahmed | 340 | 8 | +2 | |
Green | Malcolm Brown | 113 | 3 | − | |
UKIP | David Perry | 52 | 1 | −4 | |
Majority | 756 | ||||
Turnout | 4,457 | 46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bredbury and Woodley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Gordon* | 1,702 | 54 | +9 | |
Conservative | Richard Ellis | 668 | 21 | +3 | |
Labour | Nav Mishra | 610 | 19 | −1 | |
Green | Conrad Beard | 156 | 5 | +2 | |
Majority | 1,034 | ||||
Turnout | 3,136 | 29 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bredbury Green and Romiley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Angie Clark | 2,014 | 51 | − | |
Conservative | Nicki Baines | 1,130 | 29 | −3 | |
Labour | Laura Clingan | 625 | 16 | +3 | |
Green | Trevor Smith | 142 | 4 | +1 | |
Majority | 884 | ||||
Turnout | 3,911 | 35 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Brinnington and Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Becky Crawford* | 1,745 | 78 | +1 | |
Conservative | Ros Lloyd | 337 | 15 | +4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Orndal | 161 | 7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,408 | ||||
Turnout | 2,243 | 21 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cheadle and Gatley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Iain Roberts* | 2,281 | 47 | +5 | |
Conservative | Jon Shaw | 1,420 | 29 | −2 | |
Labour | Colin Owen | 1,047 | 22 | +5 | |
Green | Karl Wardlaw | 99 | 2 | −1 | |
Majority | 861 | ||||
Turnout | 4,847 | 41 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cheadle Hulme North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | David Meller | 1,577 | 39 | +17 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Halliwell | 1,575 | 39 | −8 | |
Conservative | Bob Stevenson | 684 | 17 | +1 | |
Green | Michael Padfield | 101 | 3 | −1 | |
UKIP | Taff Davies | 71 | 2 | −9 | |
Majority | 2 | ||||
Turnout | 4,008 | 40 | |||
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Cheadle Hulme South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Helen Foster-Grime | 2,267 | 56 | −4 | |
Conservative | Sue Carroll | 1,144 | 28 | +5 | |
Labour | Anthony Hay | 424 | 10 | +3 | |
Green | Clare Brown | 142 | 3 | − | |
UKIP | Cyril Peake | 92 | 2 | −5 | |
Majority | 1,123 | ||||
Turnout | 4,069 | 38 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Davenport and Cale Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elise Wilson* | 2,019 | 66 | +9 | |
Conservative | Daniel Hamilton | 561 | 18 | +7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Natalie Bird | 302 | 10 | −2 | |
Green | Chris Gibbins | 179 | 6 | − | |
Majority | 1,458 | ||||
Turnout | 3,061 | 28 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hazel Grove
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Ankers | 1,965 | 44 | +5 | |
Conservative | Oliver Johnstone* | 1,810 | 41 | +8 | |
Labour | Julie Wharton | 553 | 12 | −2 | |
Green | Ken Pease | 132 | 3 | − | |
Majority | 155 | ||||
Turnout | 4,460 | 41 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Heald Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heald Green Ratepayers | Adrian Nottingham* | 2,056 | 59 | +5 | |
Labour | Laith Gibani | 608 | 17 | +1 | |
Conservative | Yvonne Salmons | 416 | 12 | +1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Walker | 203 | 6 | −2 | |
Green | Richard Brown | 114 | 3 | +1 | |
UKIP | Tony Moore | 82 | 2 | −7 | |
Majority | 1,448 | ||||
Turnout | 3,479 | 35 | |||
Heald Green Ratepayers hold | Swing |
Heatons North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Taylor* | 2,436 | 61 | − | |
Conservative | Pamela Haworth | 909 | 23 | −2 | |
Green | Janet Cuff | 238 | 6 | −3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Humphreys | 222 | 6 | +1 | |
Women's Equality | Diane Coffey | 212 | 5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,527 | ||||
Turnout | 4,017 | 37 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heatons South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom McGee* | 2,706 | 66 | −2 | |
Conservative | Paula Timperley | 859 | 21 | +2 | |
Green | Samuel Dugdale | 269 | 7 | +1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Gibson | 236 | 6 | −1 | |
Majority | 1,847 | ||||
Turnout | 4,070 | 37 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Manor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amanda Peers | 1,630 | 55 | +11 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Feetham | 769 | 26 | −6 | |
Conservative | Janice McGahan | 398 | 13 | +7 | |
Green | Cliff Lee | 123 | 4 | +1 | |
End Austerity | John Pearson | 51 | 2 | N/A | |
Majority | 861 | ||||
Turnout | 2,971 | 28 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Marple North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Steve Gribbon | 2,213 | 48 | +6 | |
Conservative | Hannah Sneddon | 1,115 | 24 | −5 | |
Labour | Chris Gleeson | 810 | 18 | +7 | |
Green | Carolyn Leather | 239 | 5 | +1 | |
Independent | Kevin Dowling | 192 | 4 | −3 | |
Majority | 1,098 | ||||
Turnout | 4,569 | 49 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Marple South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Colin Macalister | 2,026 | 42 | +6 | |
Conservative | Yvonne Collier | 1,871 | 39 | +2 | |
Labour | Christopher Wallis | 756 | 16 | +3 | |
Green | Robbie Lee | 138 | 3 | −1 | |
Majority | 155 | ||||
Turnout | 4,791 | 48 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Offerton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Will Dawson | 1,973 | 52 | +17 | |
Labour | Dan Oliver | 1,117 | 30 | +3 | |
Conservative | Darran Palmer | 587 | 16 | −1 | |
Green | Simon Edge | 89 | 2 | − | |
Majority | 856 | ||||
Turnout | 3,766 | 34 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Reddish North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Wilson* | 1,940 | 73 | +17 | |
Conservative | Beverley Oliver | 424 | 16 | +7 | |
Green | Helena Mellish | 187 | 7 | +4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Jones | 98 | 4 | +1 | |
Majority | 1,516 | ||||
Turnout | 2,649 | 25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Reddish South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jude Wells | 1,916 | 64 | +6 | |
Conservative | David Dowse | 578 | 19 | +5 | |
Green | Gary Lawson | 176 | 6 | −1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gemma-Jane Bowker | 169 | 6 | − | |
UKIP | Joshua Seddon | 147 | 5 | −9 | |
Majority | 1,338 | ||||
Turnout | 2,986 | 29 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stepping Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Wright* | 1,457 | 37 | +7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Grace Baynham | 1,355 | 35 | −4 | |
Labour | Dena Ryness | 960 | 24 | +7 | |
Green | Steve Torley | 149 | 4 | −1 | |
Majority | 102 | ||||
Turnout | 3,921 | 42 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Deferred election
editEdgeley and Cheadle Heath
editOn 17 April 2018, Stockport Council published a notice to confirm that due to the death of the Conservative candidate Maureen Baldwin-Moore the scheduled election for this ward would no longer take place on 3 May 2018, and that a new poll would take place on 24 May 2018.[23][24] Under the Electoral Administration Act, the Conservatives were allowed to select a replacement candidate, but new nominations by other parties were not permitted.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Harding* | 1,709 | 74 | +6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Oliver Harrison | 203 | 9 | +3 | |
Conservative | Pat Leck | 187 | 8 | − | |
Green | Camilla Luff | 144 | 6 | − | |
UKIP | Peter Behan | 71 | 3 | −9 | |
Majority | 1,506 | ||||
Turnout | 2,314 | 22 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Your next election or referendum". stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Is it the year of the political minnows in Greater Manchester?". BBC News. 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Bramhall South & Woodford". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Bredbury & Woodley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Bredbury Green & Romiley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Cheadle & Gatley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Election results for Cheadle & Gatley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Cheadle Hulme South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Davenport & Cale Green". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Hazel Grove". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Heald Green". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Heatons North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Heatons North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Manor". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Election results for Marple North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Election results for Marple South & High Lane". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Offerton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Reddish North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Reddish South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Stepping Hill". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Notice of cancelled election (PDF)" (PDF). stockport.gov.uk.
- ^ "Notile of election (PDF)" (PDF). stockport.gov.uk. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). stockport.gov.uk. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Edgeley & Cheadle Heath, 24 May 2018". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 24 May 2018.