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Stockport Council Election 2016
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21 Seats up for Election
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 23 24
Seats won 8 9
Seats after 23 23
Seat change Steady Decrease1
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers
Seats before 13 3
Seats won 3 1
Seats after 14 3
Seat change Increase1 Steady

Map showing the results of the 2016 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.

Leader of the Council before election

Sue Derbyshire
Liberal Democrats

Leader of the Council

Alex Ganotis
Labour

The 2016 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. 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 with serve a four-year term expiring in 2020, the term was subsequently extended for a further year due to the deferral of the 2020 UK local elections.

Following the elections, the Lib Dem minority administration was replaced by a Labour minority administration. The Liberal Democrats had previously governed Stockport with a majority from 2002, and in a minority since 2011. This was able to occur as a result of a Liberal Democrat councillor defecting to Labour on election night, leaving Labour as the largest party with 23 councillors to the Liberal Democrats 21. [2]

Election results by ward

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Asterix indicates incumbent in the Ward, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.

Bredbury Green & Romiley

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Brinnington & Central

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Cheadle Hulme North

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Cheadle Hulme South

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Davenport & Cale Green

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Edgeley & Cheadle Heath

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Sue Derbyshire had been the leader of Stockport Council before she lost her seat in this election.

Laura Booth was previously the Labour Party councillor for Offerton. She left Labour in 2014[20] and joined the Lib Dems in 2015.[21]

Changes since this election

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Brinnington & Central

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  1. ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Stockport defection row councillor rejects resignation calls". BBC News. 10 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Election results for Bramhall North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Election results for Bramhall South & Woodford". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Election results for Bredbury & Woodley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Election results for Bredbury Green & Romiley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Election results for Cheadle & Gatley". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Election results for Cheadle Hulme North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Election results for Cheadle Hulme South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Election results for Davenport & Cale Green". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Election results for Edgeley & Cheadle Heath". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Election results for Hazel Grove". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  14. ^ "Election results for Heald Green". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Election results for Heatons North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  16. ^ "Election results for Heatons South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Election results for Manor". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  18. ^ "Election results for Marple North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  19. ^ "Election results for Marple South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  20. ^ Brown, Richard (25 October 2014). "Stockport Labour compared to North Korean dictatorship after 'bullying' storm sees two cllrs quit". Mancunian Matters. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  21. ^ Fitzgerald, Todd (28 April 2015). "Laura Booth joins Liberal Democrats and supports General Election candidate Lisa Smart". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  22. ^ "Election results for Offerton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  23. ^ "Election results for Reddish North". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  24. ^ "Election results for Reddish South". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  25. ^ "Election results for Stepping Hill". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 5 May 2016.
  26. ^ "Brinnington & Central Ward by-election 2017 - Thursday, 8th June, 2017". Stockport Council. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.