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2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

2011 UK local government election

Summary

2011 UK local government election

FieldValue
election_name2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
countryUnited Kingdom
flag_imageCoat of arms of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.png
typeparliamentaryongoing = no
party_colourYes
previous_electionStockport Metropolitan Council election 2010
election_date5 May 2011
previous_year2010
party_nameYes
next_year2012
seats_for_election21 Seats up for Election
next_electionStockport Metropolitan Borough Council election 2012
leader1Dave Goddard
party1Liberal Democrats (UK)
leaders_seat1Offerton
seats_before137
seats18
seats_after131
seat_change16
leader2Andrew Verdeille
party2Labour Party (UK)
leaders_seat2Reddish South
seats_before213
seats29
seats_after216
seat_change23
leader4Syd Lloyd
party4Conservative Party (UK)
leaders_seat4Bredbury Green & Romiley
seats_before48
seats44
seats_after411
seat_change43
leader5Peter Burns
party5Heald Green Ratepayers
leaders_seat5Heald Green
seats_before53
seats51
seats_after53
seat_change5
map_imageStockport UK local election 2011 map.svg
map_size300px
map_captionMap 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:

PartySeats±% votes
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Liberal Democrat31-6
Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour16+3
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative11+3
Heald Green Ratepayers}}"Heald Green Ratepayer30
Independent (politician)}}"Independent left20

Ward results

Bramhall North

Bramhall South

Bredbury and Woodley

Bredbury Green and Romiley

Brinnington and Central

Cheadle and Gatley

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme South

Davenport and Cale Green

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath

Hazel Grove

Heald Green

Heatons North

Heatons South

Manor

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

Marple North

Marple South

Offerton

Reddish North

Reddish South

Stepping Hill

Changes 2011–2012

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;

References

References

  1. "Contact Your Councillor". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.
  2. Brown, Richard. (25 October 2014). "Stockport Labour compared to North Korean dictatorship after 'bullying' storm sees two cllrs quit". Mancunian Matters.
  3. Oldham, Steven. (30 March 2012). "Stockport Councillor believes George Galloway". Mancunian Matters.
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