One third of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport

Metropolitan Borough of Stockport

The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in north west England, centred around the town of Stockport. It has a population of about 280,600 and includes the outyling areas of Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Bredbury, Reddish and Romiley...

, in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 63 councillor

Councillor

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s have been elected from 21 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

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Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1973–1975
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1975–1983
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1983–1999
Liberal Democrats	1999–2000
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	2000–2002
Liberal Democrats	2002–2011
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	since 2011

Council elections

Stockport Council election, 1998

Stockport Council election, 1999

Stockport Council election, 2000

Stockport Council election, 2002

Stockport Council election, 2003

Stockport Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes)

Stockport Council election, 2006

Stockport Council election, 2007

Stockport Council election, 2007

Elections to Stockport Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats retained overall control of the council with a majority of 9 councillors...

Stockport Council election, 2008

Stockport Council election, 2008

Elections to Stockport Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats held overall control of the council.The council is currently made up of;* 36 Liberal Democrat councillors* 14 Labour councillors...

Stockport Council election, 2010

Stockport Council election, 2010

Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the seats were up for election.The current state of the parties after the election is:-Bramhall North:-Bramhall South:-Bredbury and Woodley:...

By-election results