1996 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

1996 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
21 of 63 seats ; to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council; 32 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1996 election
Leader of the Council before election; No leader; No overall control	Leader of the Council after election ; Fred Ridley; Liberal Democrats

Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2000. The council remained under no overall control.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Liberal Democrats	31,865 (38.6%)	4.9	11 (52.4%)	11 / 21	4	31 (49.2%)	31 / 63
Labour Party	28,484 (34.5%)	5.0	9 (42.9%)	9 / 21	4	27 (42.9%)	27 / 63
Heald Green Ratepayers	2,437 (3.0%)	0.5	1 (4.8%)	1 / 21		3 (4.8%)	3 / 63
Conservative Party	18,680 (22.6%)	0.7	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21	8	2 (3.2%)	2 / 63
Green Party	830 (1.0%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
Independent	227 (0.3%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Wilson*	2,149	54.3	+0.9
	Labour	D. Brown	1,175	29.7	−2.0
	Conservative	K. Gibbons	635	16.0	+1.1
Majority			974	24.6	+2.9
Turnout			3,959	33.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Rowles*	1,958	87.7	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	K. Crauford	275	12.3	+5.6
Majority			1,683	75.4	−5.2
Turnout			2,233	29.6	−2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. White	2,110	73.2	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Cliffe*	771	26.8	+0.8
Majority			1,339	46.4	+4.6
Turnout			2,881	32.7	−5.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Rule	1,970	46.2	+9.7
	Conservative	E. Livesley*	1,652	38.7	−3.0
	Labour	J. Wallace	643	15.1	−6.8
Majority			318	7.5
Turnout			4,265	37.7	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

1996 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Ward results

Bredbury

Brinnington

Cale Green

Cheadle

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme South

Davenport

East Bramhall

Edgeley

Great Moor

Hazel Grove

Heald Green

Heaton Mersey

Heaton Moor

Manor

North Marple

North Reddish

Romiley

South Marple

South Reddish

West Bramhall

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Porgess*	2,188	50.5	+1.8
	Labour	P. Diggett	1,326	30.6	−1.3
	Conservative	R. Stevenson	819	18.9	−0.4
Majority			862	19.9	+3.1
Turnout			4,333	38.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Lowe*	2,474	58.3	+5.1
	Conservative	P. Bellis	1,267	29.9	+0.1
	Labour	P. Wallace	502	11.8	−5.2
Majority			1,207	28.4	+5.0
Turnout			4,243	38.4	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Weldon	1,857	55.0	−7.0
	Conservative	I. Barrett	909	26.9	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. Jones	513	15.2	+4.1
	Green	K. Pease	95	2.8	+0.3
Majority			948	28.1	−9.5
Turnout			3,374	36.5	−3.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. King	2,450	43.5	+5.5
	Conservative	A. Johnson	2,427	43.1	−1.1
	Labour	S. Bennett	638	11.3	−3.4
	Green	M. Suter	122	2.2	−0.8
Majority			23	0.4
Turnout			5,637	44.0	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. McMillan*	2,530	74.1	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	M. Cross	771	22.6	+1.0
	Green	G. Johnson	115	3.4	+1.8
Majority			1,759	51.5	+3.7
Turnout			3,416	46.8	−3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Walker*	2,171	51.6	+5.8
	Labour	D. Cohen	1,347	32.0	−6.0
	Conservative	P. Orton	688	16.4	+0.1
Majority			824	19.6	+11.8
Turnout			4,206	39.5	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Corris	2,717	52.5	+3.6
	Conservative	T. Dunstan*	1,861	36.0	+4.3
	Labour	H. Abrams	597	11.5	−7.9
Majority			856	16.5	−0.7
Turnout			5,175	42.4	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	R. Stenson*	2,437	70.1	+7.4
	Labour	J. Becker	488	14.0	−6.2
	Conservative	S. Swinglehurst	290	8.3	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	D. Roberts Jones	259	7.5	−0.7
Majority			1,949	56.1	+13.6
Turnout			3,474	33.8	+0.3
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Auger	2,797	58.1	−4.1
	Conservative	E. Foulkes*	1,536	31.9	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	S. Newton	355	7.4	+1.1
	Green	M. Sullivan	125	2.6	+0.5
Majority			1,261	26.2	−2.6
Turnout			4,813	41.1	−4.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Lewis	1,843	46.0	−8.1
	Conservative	L. Jones	1,450	36.2	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	N. Reynolds	591	14.8	+4.6
	Green	J. Cuff	122	3.0	+1.1
Majority			393	9.8	−10.5
Turnout			4,006	40.9	−0.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Jackson*	1,903	52.2	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Torode	1,457	40.0	+2.3
	Conservative	E. Dennis	229	6.3	+0.3
	Green	R. Lindsay-Dunn	56	1.5	−0.1
Majority			446	12.2	−4.7
Turnout			3,645	38.4	−7.0
	Labour hold		Swing

North Marple
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hunter	2,270	60.7	+3.0
	Conservative	C. Mulliner	709	18.9	−4.3
	Labour	S. Townsend	536	14.3	−4.9
	Independent	J. Tyers	227	6.1	N/A
Majority			1,561	41.8	+7.3
Turnout			3,742	39.8	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Reddish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Smith*	2,264	80.6	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Larkin	544	19.4	+11.9
Majority			1,720	61.3	−11.9
Turnout			2,808	23.7	−5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Romiley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Lees	2,240	51.9	+5.7
	Conservative	H. Whitehead*	1,256	29.1	+6.0
	Labour	S. Humphries	734	17.0	−10.6
	Green	G. Reid	89	2.1	−0.9
Majority			984	22.8	+4.2
Turnout			4,319	39.4	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Taylor	2,359	59.9	+4.4
	Conservative	D. Law	1,105	28.1	−0.5
	Labour	W. Sewell	369	9.4	−6.5
	Green	A. Riddell	106	2.7	N/A
Majority			1,254	31.8	+4.9
Turnout			3,939	40.3	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Grundy*	2,445	78.2	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	I. McLean	682	21.8	+5.9
Majority			1,763	56.4	−1.7
Turnout			3,127	29.2	−6.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Wyatt	2,659	54.0	+7.2
	Conservative	S. Taylor*	1,847	37.5	−4.3
	Labour	G. Smith	422	8.6	−0.9
Majority			812	16.5	+11.5
Turnout			4,928	42.5	0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

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