2000 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

2000 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
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22 of 63 seats ; to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council; 32 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 2000 election
Leader of the Council before election; Fred Ridley; Liberal Democrats	Leader of the Council after election ; Fred Ridley; Liberal Democrats

Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2004. The Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council, to no overall control.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Liberal Democrats	25,617 (37.2%)	1.3	10 (45.5%)	10 / 22	1	31 (49.2%)	31 / 63
Labour Party	16,099 (23.4%)	4.2	7 (31.8%)	7 / 22	3	22 (34.9%)	22 / 63
Conservative Party	22,485 (32.6%)	5.5	4 (18.2%)	4 / 22	4	6 (9.5%)	6 / 63
Heald Green Ratepayers	2,483 (3.6%)	0.1	1 (4.5%)	1 / 22		3 (4.8%)	3 / 63
Independent	786 (1.1%)	1.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22		1 (1.6%)	1 / 63
Green Party	870 (1.3%)	0.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
UKIP	577 (0.8%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Wilson*	1,847	67.8	+0.6
	Conservative	K. Gibbons	443	16.3	+3.2
	Labour	D. Brown	433	15.9	−3.8
Majority			1,404	51.5	+4.0
Turnout			2,723	23.2	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Rowles*	921	75.2	−6.6
	Conservative	R. Davison	161	13.2	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	M. King	142	11.6	+2.1
Majority			760	62.1	−10.2
Turnout			1,224	16.7	−3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. White*	943	54.2	−16.2
	Liberal Democrats	R. Driver	564	32.4	+15.0
	Conservative	J. Jones	233	13.4	+1.2
Majority			379	21.8	−31.2
Turnout			1,740	19.1	−1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Millard	1,866	51.2	−4.5
	Conservative	I. Roberts	1,448	39.7	+4.5
	Labour	S. Moran	333	9.1	0
Majority			418	11.5	−9.0
Turnout			3,647	31.4	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2000 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Election result

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*	1,520	53.8	+2.8
	Conservative	S. Dey	851	30.2	+1.8
	Labour	M. Junejo	303	10.7	−9.9
	UKIP	V. Cavanagh	149	5.3	N/A
Majority			669	23.6	+1.0
Turnout			2,823	24.5	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Fletcher*	1,905	55.4	−3.5
	Conservative	D. Lawson	1,276	37.1	+6.8
	Labour	R. Cooper	258	7.5	−3.3
Majority			629	18.3	−10.3
Turnout			3,439	30.6	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Weldon*	949	42.5	+0.8
	Conservative	M. Kilty	902	40.4	+17.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. Humphreys	384	17.1	+8.2
Majority			47	2.1	−13.1
Turnout			2,235	24.1	−3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Walsh	2,427	46.1	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. King*	2,407	45.7	+3.4
	Labour	P. Hopkins	261	5.0	−1.1
	UKIP	A. Moore	90	1.7	N/A
	Green	M. Suter	83	1.5	−0.1
Majority			20	0.4	−7.4
Turnout			5,268	41.2	−3.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Siddelley*	1,159	62.7	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	R. Seymour	315	17.0	+0.7
	Conservative	D. Green	303	16.4	+6.0
	Green	G. Johnson	72	3.9	+1.5
Majority			844	45.7	−8.9
Turnout			1.849	19.9	−3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Beatty	1,409	46.0	−7.8
	Independent	K. Ralphs	583	19.0	+5.3
	Conservative	B. Haley	568	18.6	+8.4
	Labour	J. Humphries	459	15.0	−5.6
	Green	K. Pease	42	1.4	−0.2
Majority			826	27.0	−6.1
Turnout			3,061	28.6	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Corris*	2,011	51.0	−6.1
	Conservative	J. Townsend	1,528	38.7	+6.6
	Labour	H. Abrams	266	6.7	−4.1
	UKIP	G. Black	142	3.6	N/A
Majority			483	12.3	−12.7
Turnout			3,947	31.9	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	E. Humphreys	2,483	79.5	+2.4
	Conservative	P. Leck	292	9.4	+0.8
	Labour	K. Price	192	6.1	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	J. Porgess	155	5.0	−1.4
Majority			2,191	70.2	+1.7
Turnout			3,122	30.5	+0.1
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Auger*	1,791	44.7	−11.4
	Conservative	E. Foulkes	1,431	35.7	+5.8
	Labour	P. Diggett	1,410	35.2	−20.9
	Conservative	B. Lees	1,367	34.1	+4.2
	Green	M. Sullivan	396	9.9	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	H. Thompson	389	9.7	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	D. Roberts-Jones	324	8.1	−1.7
Majority			21	0.5	−25.6
Turnout			4,008	33.1	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Jones	1,901	49.1	+4.2
	Labour	R. Chapman	1,564	40.4	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	R. Axtell	298	7.7	+0.3
	Green	J. Cuff	108	2.8	+0.1
Majority			337	8.7
Turnout			3,871	38.5	+1.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	N. Derbyshire	1,422	46.2	−2.6
	Labour	I. Jackson*	1,324	43.0	−2.0
	Conservative	B. Charlesworth	253	8.2	+3.5
	Green	R. Lindsay-Dunn	79	2.6	+1.1
Majority			98	3.2	−0.6
Turnout			3,078	32.7	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

North Reddish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Owen	1,282	64.8	−8.2
	Conservative	C. Wilson	465	23.5	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	D. Matthews	232	11.7	−0.5
Majority			817	41.3	−16.9
Turnout			1,979	16.8	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

South Marple
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Elwood	2,153	50.6	−0.8
	Conservative	B. Morley-Scott	1,806	42.4	+2.6
	Labour	M. Duerdoth	161	3.8	−1.5
	UKIP	W. Leigh	136	3.2	N/A
Majority			347	8.2	−3.4
Turnout			4,256	43.6	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Reddish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Grundy*	1,274	61.4	−6.6
	Conservative	S. Burt	381	18.4	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Buttle	217	10.4	−2.2
	Independent	G. Price	203	9.8	+2.6
Majority			893	43.0	−12.4
Turnout			2,075	19.2	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hunter*	1,853	60.0	−2.5
	Conservative	J. Leck	929	30.1	+8.8
	Labour	S. Townsend	308	9.9	−1.4
Majority			924	29.9	−11.3
Turnout			3,090	32.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Lees*	1,689	56.7	+2.7
	Conservative	G. Jones	903	30.3	+2.6
	Labour	B. Lechner	296	9.9	−5.3
	Green	G. Reid	90	3.1	0
Majority			786	26.4	+0.1
Turnout			2,978	27.0	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Bellis	2,617	48.4	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	S. Wyatt*	2,515	46.6	−0.7
	Labour	G. Smith	212	3.9	−1.8
	UKIP	D. Perry	60	1.1	N/A
Majority			102	1.8
Turnout			5,404	46.4	0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing