2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
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21 Seats up for Election
  First party Second party
 
Leader Dave Goddard Andrew Verdeille
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Leader's seat Offerton Reddish South
Seats before 37 13
Seats won 8 9
Seats after 31 16
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 3
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Syd Lloyd Peter Burns
Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers
Leader's seat Bredbury Green & Romiley Heald Green
Seats before 8 3
Seats won 4 1
Seats after 11 3
Seat change Increase 3 Steady
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.

Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, with one third of the seats up for election.

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]

Party Seats   +/-   % votes
Liberal Democrat 31 -6
Labour 16 +3
Conservative 11 +3
Heald Green Ratepayer 3 0
Independent left 2 0

Results

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Bramhall North

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Bramhall North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Bramhall South

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Bramhall South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Bredbury and Woodley

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Bredbury and Woodley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Bredbury Green and Romiley

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Bredbury Green and Romiley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Brinnington and Central

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Brinnington and Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Cheadle and Gatley

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Cheadle and Gatley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Cheadle Hulme North

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Cheadle Hulme North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Cheadle Hulme South

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Cheadle Hulme South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Davenport and Cale Green

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Davenport and Cale Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath

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Edgeley and Cheadle Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Hazel Grove

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Hazel Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Heald Green

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Heald Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Heatons North

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Heatons North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Heatons South

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Heatons South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Manor

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Patrick McAuley left Labour and became a Lib Dem councillor in 2012.[2]

Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Marple North

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Marple North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Marple South

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Marple South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Offerton

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Offerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Reddish North

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Reddish North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Reddish South

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Reddish South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Stepping Hill

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Stepping Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Changes 2011–2012

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On 21 January 2012, Patrick McAuley, Labour councillor for Manor since May 2011, announced on Twitter that he had resigned from the Labour Party but that he would continue to serve as a councillor;[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Contact Your Councillor". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Oldham, Steven (30 March 2012). "Stockport Councillor believes George Galloway". Mancunian Matters. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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Preceded by
2010 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election 		Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections Succeeded by
2012 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
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