Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections
Local government elections in Greater Manchester, England
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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.[1]

Council elections
- 1973 election
- 1975 election
- 1976 election
- 1978 election
- 1979 election
- 1980 election
- 1982 election
- 1983 election
- 1984 election
- 1986 election
- 1987 election
- 1988 election
- 1990 election
- 1991 election
- 1992 election
- 1994 election
- 1995 election
- 1996 election
- 1998 election
- 1999 election
- 2000 election
- 2002 election
- 2003 election
- 2004 election[a]
- 2006 election
- 2007 election
- 2008 election
- 2010 election
- 2011 election
- 2012 election
- 2014 election
- 2015 election
- 2016 election
- 2018 election
- 2019 election
- 2021 election[b]
- 2022 election
- 2023 election[a]
- 2024 election
- 2026 election
- Elections originally scheduled for 2020 but were suspended for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Borough result maps
By-election results
1998-2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 2,264 | 65.2 | +14.4 | ||
| Conservative | 1,048 | 30.2 | +4.7 | ||
| Labour | 161 | 4.6 | −19.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,218 | 35.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,473 | 31.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2002-2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 1,015 | 46.0 | −0.7 | ||
| Labour | 975 | 44.2 | +4.2 | ||
| Conservative | 165 | 7.5 | −1.4 | ||
| UKIP | 53 | 2.4 | +2.4 | ||
| Majority | 40 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,208 | 23.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 1,830 | 51.9 | −1.2 | ||
| Conservative | 1,458 | 41.3 | +3.1 | ||
| Labour | 143 | 4.1 | −4.6 | ||
| UKIP | 97 | 2.7 | +2.7 | ||
| Majority | 372 | 10.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,528 | 31.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2006-2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy E. Orrell | 1,779 | 47.4 | −6.1 | |
| Conservative | J.D. Wright | 1,336 | 35.6 | −1.0 | |
| UKIP | G. Price | 257 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
| Labour | J.M. Rothwell | 225 | 6.0 | −0.0 | |
| Green | P. Shaw | 158 | 4.2 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 443 | 11.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,775 | 38.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Wilson | 1,218 | 49.5 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | Gareth Butler | 403 | 16.4 | −8.9 | |
| UKIP | Gerald Price | 342 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Beverley | 303 | 12.3 | +0.7 | |
| BNP | Paul Bennett | 195 | 7.9 | −6.6 | |
| Majority | 815 | 33.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,461 | 23.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Roberts | 2,625 | 52.9 | +7.5 | |
| Conservative | J Smith-Jones | 2,005 | 40.4 | −5.4 | |
| Labour | K Priestley | 143 | 2.9 | −5.9 | |
| UKIP | D Perry | 96 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Green | D Leaver | 91 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 620 | 12.5 | |||
| Turnout | 4,960 | 43.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2014-2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John McGahan | 2,080 | 53.2 | +8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Meal | 1,502 | 38.4 | +5.3 | |
| Green | David McDonough | 197 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
| Labour | Kathryn Priestley | 132 | 3.4 | −5.5 | |
| Majority | 578 | 14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,911 | 39.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Becky Crawford | 3,877 | 75.0 | −2.1 | |
| Conservative | Ros Lloyd | 875 | 16.9 | +5.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Orndal | 193 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
| Green | James Pelham | 170 | 3.3 | −8.5 | |
| Old Swan Against the Cuts | John Pearson | 56 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 3,002 | 55.1 | |||
| Turnout | 5,190 | 48.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2018-2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Gibson | 1,401 | 45.7 | −2.0 | |
| Conservative | Oliver Johnstone | 1,194 | 38.9 | +9.6 | |
| Labour | Julie Wharton | 329 | 10.7 | −0.2 | |
| Green | Michael Padfield | 142 | 4.6 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 207 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,066 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2022-2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Georgia Lynott | 1,172 | 53.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robbie Cowbury | 840 | 38.0 | ||
| Green | Philip Handscomb | 200 | 9.0 | ||
| Majority | 332 | 15.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,238 | 21.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Bresnahan | 1,506 | 65.8 | ||
| Conservative | Pat Bentley | 552 | 24.1 | ||
| Labour | Papa Andoh-Kweku | 127 | 5.5 | ||
| Green | Stephanie Wyatt | 104 | 4.5 | ||
| Majority | 954 | 41.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,302 | 21.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Huma Khan | 1,159 | 45.1 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Fox | 553 | 21.5 | ||
| Labour | Dan Farley | 517 | 20.1 | ||
| Green | Alexander Drury | 341 | 13.3 | ||
| Majority | 606 | 23.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,579 | 22.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Crossen | 1,909 | 47.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sandeep Kashyap | 1,733 | 43.5 | ||
| Reform | John Howard Kelly | 133 | 3.3 | ||
| Labour | Jake Thomas | 115 | 2.9 | ||
| Green | Andrew Dearden | 95 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | 176 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,989 | 37.0 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||