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2015 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 2015 results

Administration post-election
Other parties
Labour (21)
Conservative (13)
Heald Green Ratepayers (3)

The 2015 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the UK General Election. Stockport Council is elected in thirds which means that in each three member local ward, one councillor is elected every year, except every four years which is classed as fallow year. The last fallow year was 2013, when no local government elections took place in the borough. Those councillors elected will serve a four-year term expiring in 2019.

Following the elections, the Lib Dem minority administration was able to continue in office.

Asterisk (*) indicates incumbent in the Ward, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	3,920	49
	Liberal Democrats	2,551	32
	Labour	754	9
	UKIP	515	6
	Green	338	4
1,369
8,078	75
	Conservative hold

Paul Bellis was previously the Conservative Party councillor for Bramhall South & Woodford.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	3,598	46
	Liberal Democrats	2,579	33
	UKIP	779	10
	Labour	572	7
	Green	281	4
1,019
7,809	79
	Conservative gain from UKIP

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	2,401	35
	Conservative	1,817	26
	Labour	1,341	19
	UKIP	1,078	16
	Green	260	4
584
6,897	64
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,481	34
	Liberal Democrats	2,067	29
	Labour	1,391	19
	UKIP	1,066	15
	Green	243	3
414
7,248	66
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	2,860	57
	UKIP	991	20
	Conservative	520	10
	Liberal Democrats	308	6
	Green	244	5
	Left Unity	48	1
	Independent	35	1
1,869
5,006
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	3,056	36
	Conservative	2,602	31
	Labour	1,687	20
	UKIP	678	8
	Green	410	5
454
8,433	71
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	2,605	37
	Conservative	1,735	25
	Labour	1,480	21
	UKIP	842	12
	Green	368	5
870
7,030	73
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	2,907	37
	Conservative	2,769	35
	Labour	984	13
	UKIP	785	10
	Green	420	5
138
7,865	73
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	2,753	43
	UKIP	1,016	16
	Conservative	932	15
	Liberal Democrats	734	11
	Independent	587	9
	Green	394	6
1,737
6,416	58
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	3,466	55
	Conservative	945	15
	UKIP	857	14
	Liberal Democrats	549	9
	Green	506	8
2,521
6,323	59
	Labour hold

William Wragg was the incumbent however he instead contested the Hazel Grove Constituency for the Conservative Party.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,944	39
	Liberal Democrats	2,145	28
	Labour	1,208	16
	UKIP	1,027	13
	Green	294	4
799
7,618	70
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	2,788	41
	Conservative	1,145	17
	Labour	1,064	16
	Liberal Democrats	820	12
	UKIP	817	12
	Green	200	3
1,643
6,834	68
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	3,539	46
	Conservative	2,285	30
	Green	680	9
	UKIP	578	8
	Liberal Democrats	478	6
	TUSC	66	1
1,254
7,626	71
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	3,990	51
	Conservative	2,014	26
	UKIP	690	9
	Green	652	8
	Liberal Democrats	530	7
1,976
7,876	71
	Labour hold

Patrick McAuley left the Lib Dems in April 2016 to become an Independent politician.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	2,757	42
	Labour	2,146	33
	UKIP	1,276	20
	Green	292	4
	Left Unity	47	1
611
6,518	62
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,888	38
	Liberal Democrats	2,550	34
	Labour	1,040	14
	UKIP	609	8
	Green	506	7
338
7,593	76
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,731	38
	Liberal Democrats	2,103	29
	Labour	1,001	14
	UKIP	959	13
	Green	422	6
628
7,216	73
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	2,049	31
	Conservative	1,781	27
	Labour	1,460	22
	UKIP	1,115	17
	Green	209	3
268
6,614	63
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	3,335	54
	UKIP	1,120	18
	Conservative	1,052	17
	Green	405	7
	Liberal Democrats	213	3
2,215
6,125	57
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	3,499	54
	Conservative	1,308	20
	UKIP	887	14
	Green	451	7
	Liberal Democrats	331	5
2,191
6,476	62
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,284	32
	Liberal Democrats	2,121	30
	Labour	1,596	22
	UKIP	730	10
	Green	376	5
163
7,107	71
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

After the 2015 local election, the political make up of the council was as follows:

Party	Number of councillors
Liberal Democrats	26
Labour	21
Conservative	13
Heald Green Independent Ratepayers	3

Patrick McAuley left the Liberal Democrats in April 2016 to sit as an independent.

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