Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough
Leadership
Mayor of Stockport	Cllr Walter Brett, Labour
Leader of the Council	Cllr Alex Ganotis, Labour
Chief executive	Pam Smith since 4th September 2017
Structure
Seats	63 councillors
Political groups	Administration      Labour (25) Other parties      Liberal Democrats (21)      Conservative (12)      Heald Green Ratepayers (3)      Independent (2)
Joint committees	Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	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 12. There are also 5 independent councillors, 3 that represent the Heald Green Ratepayers and 2 that are Independent.^[2]

Contents

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  1 Parliamentary representation
  


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  2 Wards and Councillors
  


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  3 Executive Councillors
  


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  4 Structure
  


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  5 Politics
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

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 constituency	Ward		Councillor	Party	Term 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 Co-op	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	Independent	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

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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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