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![]() Map showing the results of the 2012 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] It was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
The state of the parties after the election was:[2]
Following the election, the Lib Dem minority administration was able to continue in office however the leader of the council, Dave Goddard, lost his seat to Labour by 45 votes, meaning that he was replaced by Sue Derbyshire.
Party | Seats | +/- | % votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 28 | –3 | ||
Labour | 21 | +5 | ||
Conservative | 10 | –1 | ||
Heald Green Ratepayer | 3 | 0 | ||
People Matter | 1 | 0 |
Ward results
[edit]An asterisk denotes an incumbent.
Bramhall North ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Holt* | 2,291 | 52.26 | −4.01 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Foster-Grime | 1,572 | 35.86 | −1.46 | |
Labour | Brian Harrop | 521 | 11.88 | +9.30 | |
Majority | 719 | 16.40 | |||
Turnout | 4,413 | 41.36 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bramhall South ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Bagnall* | 1,900 | 49.48 | −9.93 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Banham | 1,007 | 26.22 | −7.20 | |
Labour | Beryl Dykes | 389 | 10.13 | +6.47 | |
UKIP | David Perry | 342 | 8.91 | +5.40 | |
Green | Ross White | 202 | 5.26 | N/A | |
Majority | 893 | 23.26 | |||
Turnout | 3,852 | 39.32 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bredbury & Woodley ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christine Corris | 1,333 | 41.19 | −19.76 | |
Labour | Roy Driver | 1,152 | 35.60 | +26.08 | |
Conservative | Chris Kelly | 469 | 14.49 | −15.04 | |
BNP | Andy Webster | 282 | 8.71 | N/A | |
Majority | 181 | 5.59 | |||
Turnout | 3,252 | 29.95 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bredbury Green & Romiley ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Lees * | 1,594 | 41.14 | −6.82 | |
Conservative | Sally Bennett | 1,332 | 34.37 | −10.94 | |
Labour | Kathryn Priestley | 790 | 20.39 | +13.66 | |
BNP | Tony Dean | 159 | 4.10 | N/A | |
Majority | 262 | 6.76 | |||
Turnout | 3,888 | 35.62 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Brinnington & Central ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Sorton | 1,677 | 70.40 | +32.95 | |
UKIP | Phil Lewis | 281 | 11.80 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Reid | 196 | 8.23 | −38.69 | |
Conservative | Stephen Holgate | 158 | 6.63 | −2.98 | |
Independent | John Heginbotham | 70 | 2.94 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,396 | 58.61 | |||
Turnout | 2,387 | 23.30 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Cheadle & Gatley ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Holloway | 2,030 | 42.52 | −2.92 | |
Conservative | Mick Jones | 1,770 | 37.08 | −8.72 | |
Labour | Colin Owen | 974 | 20.40 | +11.64 | |
Majority | 260 | 5.45 | |||
Turnout | 4,800 | 41.33 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cheadle Hulme North ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Pantall | 1,762 | 52.44 | −4.39 | |
Labour | Emily Hewson | 985 | 29.32 | +22.78 | |
Conservative | Chris Green | 613 | 18.24 | −13.01 | |
Majority | 777 | 23.13 | |||
Turnout | 3,384 | 33.27 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chealde Hulme South ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lenny Grice* | 1,876 | 46.86 | −4.47 | |
Conservative | Julie Smith-Jones | 1,157 | 28.90 | −10.54 | |
Labour | Theo Smith | 579 | 14.46 | +11.43 | |
UKIP | Cyril Peake | 391 | 9.77 | +6.85 | |
Majority | 719 | 17.96 | |||
Turnout | 4,015 | 37.76 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Davenport & Cale Green ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wendy Wild | 1,492 | 45.92 | +17.19 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Smith* | 1,235 | 38.01 | −7.39 | |
Conservative | Jackie Jones | 279 | 8.59 | −10.15 | |
Green | Phil Shaw | 206 | 6.34 | N/A | |
Liberal | Graham Ogden | 37 | 1.14 | N/A | |
Majority | 257 | 7.91 | |||
Turnout | 3,260 | 29.54 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Edgeley & Cheadle Heath ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Bailey* | 2,205 | 74.59 | +27.90 | |
Conservative | Christine Holgate | 284 | 9.61 | −5.91 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Livingstone | 250 | 8.46 | −22.91 | |
Green | Camilla Luff | 217 | 7.34 | +0.92 | |
Majority | 1,921 | 65.00 | |||
Turnout | 2,968 | 27.83 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hazel Grove ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hogg* | 1,736 | 42.05 | −12.80 | |
Conservative | Oliver Johnstone | 1,668 | 40.41 | +1.39 | |
Labour | Catherine Sheppard | 724 | 17.54 | +11.41 | |
Majority | 68 | 1.65 | |||
Turnout | 4,148 | 37.63 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Heald Green ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Burns* | 2,303 | 70.28 | +1.76 | |
Labour | Martin Miller | 423 | 12.91 | +7.70 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Robert-Jones | 214 | 6.53 | −2.77 | |
Conservative | Patricia Leck | 208 | 6.35 | −4.11 | |
BNP | Richard Skill | 129 | 3.94 | −2.59 | |
Majority | 1,880 | 57.37 | |||
Turnout | 3,284 | 32.89 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Heatons North ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Sedgwick | 1,913 | 47.90 | +22.34 | |
Conservative | Barbara Judson | 1,553 | 38.88 | −13.99 | |
Green | Janet Cuff | 364 | 9.11 | +0.53 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Rawling | 164 | 4.11 | −5.04 | |
Majority | 360 | 9.01 | |||
Turnout | 4,008 | 38.13 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Heatons South ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Foster* | 2,706 | 67.85 | +22.55 | |
Conservative | Bryan Lees | 869 | 21.79 | −15.24 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Axtell | 274 | 6.87 | −3.42 | |
BNP | Sheila Spink | 139 | 3.49 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,837 | 46.06 | |||
Turnout | 4,002 | 36.58 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Manor ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sue Derbyshire* | 1,415 | 44.32 | −1.07 | |
Labour | Walter Barrett | 1,391 | 43.56 | +20.19 | |
Conservative | Leslie Judson | 235 | 7.36 | −10.07 | |
BNP | Duncan Warner | 152 | 4.76 | −9.06 | |
Majority | 24 | 0.75 | |||
Turnout | 3,211 | 30.52 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Marple North ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Candler* | 1,700 | 41.77 | −9.48 | |
Conservative | Annette Finnie | 1,098 | 26.98 | −8.62 | |
Labour | David Rowbottom | 574 | 14.10 | +9.01 | |
UKIP | Ray Jones | 374 | 9.19 | N/A | |
Green | Maggie Preston | 294 | 7.22 | −0.84 | |
Independent | Barry Minshall | 30 | 0.74 | N/A | |
Majority | 602 | 14.79 | |||
Turnout | 4,076 | 41.34 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Marple South ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Shan Alexander* | 1,906 | 49.79 | −1.82 | |
Conservative | Carl Rydings | 906 | 23.67 | −11.33 | |
Labour | Clifford Stanway | 549 | 14.34 | +10.54 | |
UKIP | Tony Moore | 467 | 12.20 | +7.14 | |
Majority | 1,000 | 26.12 | |||
Turnout | 3,851 | 39.57 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Offerton ward
[edit]Dave Goddard had been the leader of Stockport Council before he lost his seat in this election. Laura Booth left Labour in 2014[3] and joined the Lib Dems in 2015.[4] She was re-elected as the Lib Dem councillor for Offerton in 2016.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Laura Booth | 1,346 | 36.81 | +26.88 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Goddard* | 1,301 | 35.58 | −13.22 | |
Conservative | Steve Rodriquez | 661 | 18.07 | −4.05 | |
UKIP | Harry Perry | 349 | 9.54 | N/A | |
Majority | 45 | 1.23 | |||
Turnout | 3,663 | 34.95 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Reddish North ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Butler | 2,027 | 69.39 | +20.86 | |
Conservative | Julia Whelan | 365 | 12.50 | −12.80 | |
BNP | Paul Bennett | 329 | 11.26 | −3.29 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Shaw | 200 | 6.85 | −4.77 | |
Majority | 1,662 | 56.90 | |||
Turnout | 2,933 | 27.26 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Reddish South ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Verdeille* | 2,028 | 70.22 | +20.74 | |
Conservative | Anthony Hannay | 390 | 13.50 | −19.33 | |
Liberal Democrats | Norman Beverley | 278 | 9.63 | −8.06 | |
BNP | Ged Williams | 192 | 6.65 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,638 | 56.72 | |||
Turnout | 2,905 | 27.83 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stepping Hill ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Orrell | 1,422 | 39.07 | −14.40 | |
Conservative | John Wright | 955 | 26.24 | −10.34 | |
Labour | Janet Rothwell | 815 | 22.39 | +16.38 | |
UKIP | Izzy Bolton | 229 | 6.29 | N/A | |
Green | Ken Pease | 219 | 6.02 | +2.07 | |
Majority | 467 | 12.83 | |||
Turnout | 3,654 | 37.50 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Changes 2012–2014
[edit]Patrick McAuley, who had left Labour in January 2012 to sit as an independent, joined the Liberal Democrat group in December 2012,[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "Contact Your Councillor". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Todd (28 April 2015). "Laura Booth joins Liberal Democrats and supports General Election candidate Lisa Smart". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Election results for Offerton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
- ^ "Councillor Patrick McAuley joins Stockport Lib Dems". stockportlibdems.org.uk. Stockport Lib Dems. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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