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2022 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

2022 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) 2023 →
21 out of 63 seats to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mark Hunter Elise Wilson Mike Hurleston Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative Leader's seat Cheadle Hulme South Davenport and Cale Green Bramhall South and Woodford Seats before 26 25 8 Seats won 10 9 0 Seats after 28 25 5 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 27,452 25,986 17,241 Percentage 34.5% 32.7% 21.7% Swing 3.9% 0.7% 4.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Anna Charles-Jones N/A Party Heald Green Ratepayers Green Leader's seat Heald Green N/A Seats before 3 1 Seats won 1 1 Seats after 3 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,552 6,351 Percentage 2.0% 8.0% Swing 0.3% 0.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader of the Council before election Elise Wilson Labour Leader of the Council Mark Hunter Liberal Democrats

The 2022 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place 5 May 2022 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 21 of the 63 seats were up for election.^[1]

Background[edit]

Stockport began as a Conservative council, with Conservative majorities from 1975 to 1982. The Liberal Democrats (Liberal Party from 1973 to 1988) overtook the Conservatives in 1992, and formed their first administration in 1999, before another period of no overall control from 2000 to 2002 with the second Liberal Democrat majority lasting until 2011.^[2]ALabour minority administration replaced the Liberal Democrats in 2016, and has survived despite the Liberal Democrats becoming the largest party in 2021.^[3] In the 2021 election, the Liberal Democrats made no gains or losses with 30.59% of the vote, Labour lost 1 seat with 31.96%, the Conservatives made no gains or losses with 25.76%, the Green Party won their first seat on the council with 8.15%, and Heald Green Ratepayers kept their seat up for election with 2.21%.

The seats up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour gained 2 seats with 33.4%, the Liberal Democrats lost 1 seat with 31.6%, Conservatives lost 1 seat with 27.1%, and independents made no gains or losses with 2.9%.^[4]

Previous council composition[edit]

Results[edit]

Changes are compared with the 2021 election.

2022 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10	2	47.6	18	28	44.4	27,452	34.5	+3.9
	Labour	9		42.9	16	25	39.7	25,986	32.7	+0.7
	Conservative	0	3	0	5	5	7.9	17,241	21.7	–4.1
	Heald Green Ratepayers	1		4.8	2	3	4.8	1,552	2.0	–0.3
	Green	1	1	4.8	1	2	3.2	6,351	8.0	–0.2
	Reform UK	0		0	0	0	0	369	0.5	+0.2
	Women's Equality	0		0	0	0	0	209	0.3	+0.1
	Independent	0		0	0	0	0	42	0.1	N/A

Results by ward[edit]

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor. Councillors were last elected in 2018 and changes are compared to those results.^[6]

Bramhall North[edit]

Bramhall South and Woodford[edit]

Bredbury and Woodley[edit]

Bredbury Green and Romiley[edit]

Brinnington and Central[edit]

Cheadle and Gatley[edit]

Cheadle Hulme North[edit]

Cheadle Hulme South[edit]

Davenport and Cale Green[edit]

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath[edit]

Hazel Grove[edit]

Heald Green[edit]

Heatons North[edit]

Heatons South[edit]

Manor[edit]

Marple North[edit]

Marple South and High Lane[edit]

Offerton[edit]

Reddish North[edit]

Reddish South[edit]

Stepping Hill[edit]

Changes since this election[edit]

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath by-election[edit]

A by-election was held on 13 October 2022 in the Edgeley and Cheadle Heath ward due to the death of councillor Sheila Bailey on 3 August 2022. Changes are relative to the 2021 election.

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