Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008

Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough 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
10 Conservative councillors
3 Heald Green Ratepayer councillors.^[1]

Summary

The following summary indicates the number of seats which are being defended by each party.

Stockport Council election, 2008 - Summary
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	12	1	1	0	57.1	39.6	31,655	0
	Conservative	4	1	0	+1	19.0	35.2	28,127	0
	Labour	4	0	1	-1	19.0	15.9	12,740	0
	Independent	1	0	0	0	4.8	3.2	2,594	0
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.6	2,050	0
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	1,818	0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	914	0

Ward results

Bramhall North ward

Bramhall North ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Holt	3,043	56.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Ellis	2,018	37.3
	Labour	Kathryn Priestley	140	2.6
	BNP	David Gordon	123	2.3
	UKIP	Malcolm Crossley	84	1.6
Majority			1,025	19.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramhall South ward

Bramhall South ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Bagnall	2,762	59.4
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Holloway	1554	33.4
	Labour	Beryl Dykes	170	3.7
	UKIP	David Perry	163	3.5
Majority			1,208	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bredbury and Woodley ward

Bredbury and Woodley ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stella Humphries	2,056	61.0
	Conservative	Jamie Holland	996	29.5
	Labour	Clifford Stanway	321	9.5
Majority			1,060	31.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bredbury Green and Romiley ward

Bredbury Green and Romiley ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Lees	2,159	48.0
	Conservative	John Rogers	2,040	45.3
	Labour	Bill Cawley	303	6.7
Majority			119	2.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Brinnington and Central ward

Brinnington and Central ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Walker	1,264	46.9
	Labour	Maureen Rowles	1,009	37.5
	Conservative	Steve Holgate	259	9.6
	Green	Phil Shaw	162	6.0
Majority			255	9.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Cheadle and Gatley ward

Cheadle and Gatley ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Jones	2,194	45.8
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Carter	2,177	45.4
	Labour	Colin Owen	420	8.8
Majority			17	0.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Cheadle Hulme North ward

Cheadle Hulme North ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Pantall	2,009	56.8
	Conservative	Christopher Ashley	1,105	31.3
	Labour	Brian Harrop	231	6.5
	UKIP	Hilda Peake	190	5.4
Majority			904	25.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme South ward

Cheadle Hulme South ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lenny Grice	2,215	51.3
	Conservative	Mark Roscoe	1,702	39.4
	Green	David Leaver	141	3.3
	Labour	Linda Sinclair	131	3.1
	UKIP	Cyril Peake	126	2.9
Majority			513	11.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Davenport and Cale Green ward

Davenport and Cale Green ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Smith	1,427	45.4
	Labour Co-op	Brian Hendley	903	28.7
	Conservative	Chris Holgate	589	18.7
	BNP	Steven Flood	224	7.1
Majority			524	16.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath ward

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Bailey	1,447	46.7
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Rawling	972	31.4
	Conservative	Beryl Charlesworth	481	15.5
	Green	Vanessa Kellaway	199	6.4
Majority			475	15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Hazel Grove ward

Hazel Grove ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Hogg	2,345	54.9
	Conservative	Julian Lewis-Booth	1,668	39.0
	Labour	Yvonne Bradley	262	6.1
Majority			677	15.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Heald Green ward

Heald Green ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Burns	2,594	68.5
	Conservative	Robert Stevenson	396	10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Roberts	352	9.3
	BNP	Richard Skill	247	6.5
	Labour	Peter Jackson	197	5.2
Majority			2,198	58.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Heatons North ward

Heatons North ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Jones	2,069	52.9
	Labour	Margaret Pollard	1,000	25.6
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Dowling	358	9.1
	Green	Janet Cuff	336	8.6
	UKIP	Gerald Price	150	3.8
Majority			1,069	27.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heatons South ward

Heatons South ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Foster	1,796	45.3
	Conservative	Alex Raisbeck	1,468	29.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Axtell	408	10.3
	Green	Peter Barber	292	7.4
Majority			328	8.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor ward

Manor ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Derbyshire	1,435	45.4
	Labour	Brigitte Lechner	739	23.4
	Conservative	Barry Charlesworth	551	17.4
	BNP	Duncan Warner	437	13.8
Majority			696	22.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marple North ward

Marple North ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Candler	2,162	51.2
	Conservative	Cath Walsh	1,502	35.6
	Green	Maggie Preston	340	8.1
	Labour	David Rowbottom	215	5.1
Majority			660	15.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marple South ward

Marple South ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Shan Alexander	2,051	51.6
	Conservative	William Wragg	1,391	35.0
	UKIP	Tony Moore	201	5.1
	Green	Graham Reid	180	4.5
	Labour	Karen Vickers	151	3.8
Majority			660	16.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Offerton ward

Offerton ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Goddard	1,602	48.8
	Conservative	Nikki Lewis-Booth	738	22.5
	BNP	Stephen Maher	617	18.8
	Labour	Susan Ball	326	9.9
Majority			864	26.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Reddish North ward

Reddish North ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Graham	1,341	48.5
	Conservative	Tony Hannay	699	25.3
	BNP	Paul Bennett	402	14.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Weigert	321	11.6
Majority			642	23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Reddish South ward

Reddish South ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Verdeille	1,382	49.5
	Conservative	Steve Burt	917	32.8
	Liberal Democrat	Danny Langley	494	17.7
Majority			465	16.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Stepping Hill ward

Stepping Hill ward candidates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maggie Clay	2,276	53.5
	Conservative	Michael Cunningham	1,557	36.6
	Labour	Janet Rothwell	256	6.0
	Green	Ken Pease	168	3.9
Majority			719	16.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

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

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