Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007

Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough 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. The overall turnout was 36.7%.

Following the election, the make up of the council was as follows;

36 Liberal Democrat councillors
15 Labour councillors
9 Conservative councillors
3 Heald Green Ratepayer councillors.^[1]

Ward results

Bramhall North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Foster-Grime, H.	2525	47.5
	Conservative	McCarron, R.B.	2457	46.3
	BNP	Gordon, D.R.	186	3.5
	Labour	Priestly, K.A.	143	2.7
Majority			68	1.3
Rejected ballots			10	0.2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			5321	50.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Bramhall South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bellis, P.J.	2713	56.5
	Liberal Democrat	Grice, L.	1787	37.2
	UKIP	Perry, D.M.	155	3.2
	Labour	Dykes, B.M.	151	3.1
Majority			926	19.3
Rejected ballots			7	0.1	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4813	49.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bredbury & Woodley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Wilson, M.	2018	65.8
	Conservative	Gibbons, K.	695	22.7
	Labour	Stanway, C.	354	11.5
Majority			1323	43.1
Rejected ballots			26	0.8	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3093	28.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bredbury Green & Romiley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	McLay, M.P.	1993	46.8
	Conservative	Rogers, J.D.	1902	44.6
	Labour	Bray, P.H.	366	8.6
Majority			91	2.1
Rejected ballots			8	0.2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4269	39
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Brinnington & Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Murphy, C.	1233	49.6
	Liberal Democrat	Walker, C.	998	40.1
	Conservative	Heginbotham, J.E.	257	10.3
Majority			235	9.4
Rejected ballots			17	0.7	{{{change}}}
Turnout			2505	25.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheadle & Gatley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	King, P.	2416	52.7
	Conservative	Rankin, J.A.	1762	38.4
	Labour	Owen, C.	409	8.9
Majority			654	14.3
Rejected ballots			19	0.4	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4606	40.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Porgess, P.	2086	58.8
	Conservative	Radmore, C.	1010	28.5
	Labour	Harrop, B.A.	275	7.8
	UKIP	Peake, H.	174	4.9
Majority			1076	30.4
Rejected ballots			9	0.3	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3554	35.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Wyatt, S.M.	2350	52.3
	Conservative	Roscoe, M.L.	1714	38.1
	Labour	Sinclair, K.L.	160	3.6
	Green	Leaver, D.N.	137	3
	UKIP	Peake, C.A.	136	3
Majority			636	14.1
Rejected ballots			8	0.2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4505	44.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Davenport & Cale Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Driver, R.	1235	38.3
	Labour	Hendley, B.J.	1070	33.1
	Conservative	Holgate, C.	500	15.5
	BNP	Stansfield, P.D.	323	10
	UKIP	Crossley, M.	100	3.1
Majority			165	5.1
Rejected ballots			16	0.5	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3244	30.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Coaton, R.M.	1558	45.5
	Liberal Democrat	Rawling, A.	1139	33.2
	Conservative	Charlesworth, Beryl	444	13
	BNP	Chadfield, R.	285	8.3
Majority			419	12.2
Rejected ballots			10	0.3	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3436	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Hazel Grove ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Corris, C.	2265	53.8
	Conservative	Lewis-Booth, J.A.	1647	39.1
	Labour	Bradley, Y.C.	298	7.1
Majority			618	14.7
Rejected ballots			17	0.4	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4227	39.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Heald Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Humphreys, S.	2370	62.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roberts-Jones, D.M.	524	13.9
	Conservative	Stevenson, R.J.	406	10.7
	BNP	Skill, R.C.	263	7
	Labour	Junejo, M.A.	214	5.7
Majority			1846	48.9
Rejected ballots			5	0.1	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3782	37.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Heatons North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jones, J.	1939	49.8
	Labour	Pollard, M.	1124	28.9
	Liberal Democrat	Moss, P.	448	11.5
	Green	Cuff, J.	381	9.8
Majority			815	20.9
Rejected ballots			8	0.2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3900	37.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heatons South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Breen, O.	1647	40.3
	Conservative	Lees, B.M.	1624	39.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mustafa, M.G.	423	10.4
	Green	Hardman, T.	391	9.6
Majority			23	0.6
Rejected ballots			11	0.3	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4096	38.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Humphreys, J.	1324	43.9
	Labour	Lechner, B.	808	26.8
	Conservative	Charlesworth, Barry	412	13.7
	BNP	Warner, D.N.	380	12.6
	Independent	Russell, B.	94	3.1
Majority			516	17.1
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3025	29.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marple North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Bispham, A.J.	2089	51.6
	Conservative	Walsh, C.	1226	30.3
	Green	Preston, M.	376	9.3
	Labour	Townsend, S.	268	6.6
	Independent	Russell, L.	88	2.2
Majority			863	21.3
Rejected ballots			11	0.3	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4058	41.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marple South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Baker, C.	2099	53.4
	Conservative	Labrey, K.E.	1215	30.9
	Green	Reid, G.D.	225	5.7
	Labour	Rowbottom, D.E.	205	5.2
	UKIP	Moore, A.H.	188	4.8
Majority			884	22.5
Rejected ballots			6	0.2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3938	40.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Offerton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Meikle, W.	1582	48
	Conservative	Lewis-Booth, N.	552	16.7
	BNP	Maher, S.P.	430	13
	Labour	Ball, S.	371	11.2
	Independent	Ryan, K.	363	11
Majority			1030	31.2
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3305	31.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Reddish North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Owen, D.	1522	53.8
	Conservative	Hannay, A.	564	19.9
	BNP	Bennett, P.R.	420	14.8
	Liberal Democrat	Davenport, A.	323	11.4
Majority			958	33.9
Rejected ballots			16	0.6	{{{change}}}
Turnout			2845	27.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Reddish South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brett, W.J.	1415	48.8
	Conservative	Burt, S.	545	18.8
	Liberal Democrat	Langley, D.	486	16.8
	UKIP	Price, G.	454	15.7
Majority			870	30
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			2907	27.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Stepping Hill ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander, B.	2016	46.3
	Conservative	Holt, L.M.	1751	40.2
	Labour	Rothwell, J.M.	369	8.5
	Green	Pease, K.	220	5.1
Majority			265	6.1
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	{{{change}}}
Turnout			4363	44.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Election Results". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 April 2010.

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