Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Coat of arms or logo
Logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Leader
Alex Ganotis, Labour
Structure
Seats 63 councillors
Stockport Council composition
Political groups
Administration
     Labour (25)
Other parties
     Liberal Democrats (21)
     Conservative (13)
     Heald Green Ratepayers (3)
     Independent (1)
Joint committees
 Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel
Length of term
 4 years
Elections
First past the post
Last election
 2015 (one third of councillors)
2016 (one third of councillors)
2018 (one third of councillors)
Next election
 2019 (one third of councillors)
2020 (one third of councillors)
2022 (one third of councillors)
Meeting place
Town Hall, Edward Street, Stockport
Website
stockport.gov.uk

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.[1] The council is currently in no overall control, as at the 2016 local elections the Liberal Democrats lost their majority. Currently, Labour have 25 seats, the Liberal Democrats have 21 and the Conservatives have 13. There are also 4 independent councillors, 3 that represent the Heald Green Ratepayers and 1 that is Independent.[2]

Parliamentary representation

Stockport is currently covered by four constituencies: Cheadle, Stockport, Hazel Grove and Denton and Reddish.

Wards and Councillors

There are 21 wards, each represented by three councillors.[3]

Council Wards
1 Bramhall North
2 Bramhall South
3 Bredbury & Woodley
4 Bredbury Green & Romiley
5 Brinnington & Central
6 Cheadle & Gatley
7 Cheadle Hulme North
8 Cheadle Hulme South
9 Davenport & Cale Green
10 Edgeley & Cheadle Heath
11 Hazel Grove
12 Heald Green
13 Heatons North
14 Heatons South
15 Manor
16 Marple North
17 Marple South & High Lane
18 Offerton
19 Reddish North
20 Reddish South
21 Stepping Hill
Parliamentary constituencyWardCouncillorPartyTerm of office
Cheadle
constituency		 Bramhall North Alanna Vine Conservative 2015–19
Linda Holt Conservative 2016–20
Lisa Walker Conservative 2018–22
Bramhall South Mike Hurleston Conservative 2015–19
Brian Bagnall Conservative 2016–20
John McGahan Conservative 2018–22
Cheadle and Gatley Graham Greenhalgh Liberal Democrat 2015–19
Keith Holloway Liberal Democrat 2016–20
Iain Roberts Liberal Democrat 2018–22
Cheadle Hulme North Paul Porgess Liberal Democrat 2015–19
John Pantall Liberal Democrat 2016–20
David Meller Labour 2018–22
Cheadle Hulme South Suzanne Wyatt Liberal Democrat 2015–19
Mark Hunter Liberal Democrat 2016–20
Helen Foster-Grime Liberal Democrat 2018–22
Heald Green Eileen Humphreys Heald Green Ratepayer 2015–19
Anna Charles-Jones Heald Green Ratepayer 2016–20
Adrian Nottingham Heald Green Ratepayer 2018–22
Stepping Hill Paul Hadfield Conservative 2015–19
Mark Weldon Liberal Democrat 2016–20
John Wright Conservative 2018–22
Denton and Reddish
constituency		 Reddish North Roy Driver Labour 2015–19
Kate Butler Labour 2016–20
David Wilson Labour 2018–22
Reddish South Walter Brett Labour 2015–19
Yvonne Guariento Labour 2016–20
Jude Wells Labour 2018–22
Hazel Grove
constituency		 Bredbury and Woodley Stuart Corris Liberal Democrat 2015–19
Christine Corris Liberal Democrat 2016–20
Chris Gordon Liberal Democrat 2018–22
Bredbury Green and Romiley Syd Lloyd Conservative 2015–19
Lisa Smart Liberal Democrat 2016–20
Angie Clark Liberal Democrat 2018–22
Hazel Grove Julian Lewis-Booth Conservative 2015–19
Jon Twigge Liberal Democrat 2016–20
Paul Ankers Liberal Democrat 2018–22
Marple North Annette Finnie Conservative 2015–19
Malcolm Allan Liberal Democrat 2016–20
Steve Gribbon Liberal Democrat 2018–22
Marple South and High Lane Kenny Blair Conservative 2015–19
Tom Dowse Conservative 2016–20
Colin MacAlister Liberal Democrat 2018–22
Offerton Wendy Meikle Liberal Democrat 2015–19
Laura Booth Labour 2016–20
Will Dawson Liberal Democrat 2018–22
Stockport
constituency		 Brinnington and Central Chris Murphy Labour 2015–19
Andy Sorton Labour 2016–20
Becky Crawford Labour 2018–22
Davenport and Cale Green Dickie Davies Labour 2015–19
Wendy Wild Labour 2016–20
Elise Wilson Labour 2018–22
Edgeley and Cheadle Heath Richard Coaton Labour 2015–19
Sheila Bailey Labour 2016–20
Philip Harding Labour 2018–22
Heatons North Alexander Ganotis Labour 2015–19
David Sedgwick Labour 2016–20
John Taylor Labour 2018–22
Heatons South Dean Fitzpatrick Labour 2015–19
Colin Foster Labour 2016–20
Tom McGee Labour 2018–22
Manor Patrick McAuley Independent 2015–19
Charlie Stewart Labour 2016–20
Amanda Peers Labour 2018–22

Executive Councillors

The Executive Committee of the Council consists of eight Executive Councillors:

  • Chair: Alex Ganotis (also Policy, Finance and Devolution)
  • Vice-Chair: Wendy Wild (also Adult Social Care)
  • Economy and Regeneration: Kate Butler
  • Communities and Housing: Sheila Bailey
  • Education: Dean Fitzpatrick
  • Children and Family Services: Colin Foster
  • Health: Tom McGee
  • Reform and Governance: David Sedgwick

Structure

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (Stockport Council) uses an executive system. There are eight executive councillors, including the leader of the council; each has a separate portfolio containing responsibilities for different services and areas of the council. There are also six scrutiny committees which scrutinise decisions made by the executive.

Politics

Stockport Council has 63 elected members, belonging to three different parties. No party has overall control.

In the 2004 election, all councillors on the council were put up for election at the same time. This election was conducted exclusively by postal voting. Each elector was given three votes, and asked to pick three candidates. The number of votes each candidate received then determined when they would next stand for election.

Elections were then scheduled for 2006, 2007, and 2008.

In the council elections on Thursday 1 May 2008, in which one third of the seats were up for re-election, there were two main changes. In the Cheadle & Gatley ward, incumbent councillor Paul Carter of the Liberal Democrat party lost his seat to the Conservative candidate Mick Jones. Similarly in the Brinnington and Central Ward, Labour councillor Maureen Rowles lost her seat to the Liberal Democrat candidate Christian Walker.[4] However, a short time after this election, he chose to serve as an Independent Councillor,[5] then returned to the Liberal Democrats,[6] then declared himself Independent again.[7]

During 2009, which was supposed to be a "fallow year" (one without elections), there were three by-elections following the deaths of serving councillors.[8][9][10] Subsequently, Labour Councillor Anne Graham joined the Liberal Democrat group, bringing them to 36 Councillors of 63.[11]

On 2 February 2011, Councillors David White, Roy Driver and Anne Graham all resigned from the Liberal Democrat Group. All three cited unhappiness with the national party's involvement with a "Tory-led" government. They became Independent Left Councillors, forming the Independent Left Group on the Council, whilst awaiting the result of membership applications to the Labour Party and subsequently joined the Labour Group after the 2011 elections.[12] Roy Driver was not selected for a seat in the May 2011 and unsuccessfully contested Bredbury and Woodley for Labour in May 2012.[13] He was eventually elected councillor for Reddish North in 2015.[14]

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 would continue to serve as a councillor;[15] he subsequently joined the Liberal Democrat group in December 2012,[16] but quit in April 2016, a month after being re-elected.[17]

In October and November 2014, Stockport Labour lost 3 seats with Brian Hendley, Paul Moss and Laura Booth all leaving the party. Hendley was deselected without his knowing, Moss resigned due to house building on Reddish Vale Country Park and Booth quit over allegations of a "culture of systematic bullying".[18]

Heald Green Ratepayers are the only non-mainstream candidates to win seats.

References

  1. ↑ Stockport Council
  2. ↑ "Your Councillors". Government of the United Kingdom, Stockport MBC.
  3. ↑ Stockport Council
  4. ↑ Morley, Victoria (7 May 2008). "It's alright on the night for Lib-Dems". Stockport Express. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Manchester Evening News (18 April 2010). "Councillor guilty of race abuse". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Scapens, Alex (10 November 2010). "Race case councillor voted back into the party he quit". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Manchester Evening News (16 June 2011). "Defection number four from Stockport Lib Dems". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Williams, Jennifer (8 April 2009). "A sad goodbye to a 'Lib-Dem legend'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  9. ↑ Manchester Evening News (24 July 2009). "Labour hold onto North Reddish seat". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  10. ↑ Devine, Peter (8 July 2009). "Tributes paid to 'true gentleman'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  11. ↑ Manchester Evening News (3 February 2011). "Control of Stockport council hangs in the balance after defections". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  12. ↑ Manchester Evening News (3 February 2011). "Control of Stockport council hangs in the balance after defections". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "Election results for Bredbury & Woodley: Local Election 2012 – Thursday, 3rd May, 2012". Stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Councillor Roy Edward Driver". Stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  15. ↑ Oldham, Steven (30 March 2012). "Stockport Councillor believes George Galloway". Mancunian Matters. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "Councillor Patrick McAuley joins Stockport Lib Dems". stockportlibdems.org.uk. Stockport Lib Dems. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  17. ↑ Scarens, Alex (13 April 2016). "Second Stockport councillor resigns in row sparked by proposed market move". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  18. ↑ Davis, Matthew (5 November 2014). "Third councillor quits Stockport Labour Party in a month". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
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