Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Mayor of Stockport | Cllr Adrian Nottingham, Heald Green Ratepayers |
Leader of the Council | Cllr Elise Wilson, Labour |
Chief executive | Pam Smith since 4 September 2017 |
Structure | |
Seats | 63 councillors |
Political groups |
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Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel |
Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 2018 (one third of councillors) 2019 (one third of councillors) 2021 (one third of councillors) |
Next election | (one third of councillors) (one third of councillors) (one third of councillors) |
Meeting place | |
Stockport Town Hall, Edward Street | |
Website | |
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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.[1] The council is currently in no overall control, as at the 2016 local elections the Liberal Democrats lost their majority. Currently, the Liberal Democrats have 26 seats, Labour have 25 seats, and the Conservatives have 8. There are also 3 independent councillors that represent the Heald Green Ratepayers, and one Green councillor.[2]
History[]
Stockport became incorporated in 1835 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. In 1888, the County Borough of Stockport was created under the Local Government Act 1888.[3][4] The Borough would be enlarged in 1901 and 1903, absorbing urban districts such as Reddish and Heaton Norris from the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.[4]
The Local Government Act 1972 would abolish this county borough, creating the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport within Greater Manchester.
Wards and councillors[]
There are 21 wards, each represented by three councillors.[5]
Parliamentary constituency | Ward | Councillor | Party | Term of office | |
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Cheadle constituency |
Bramhall North | Lisa Walker | Conservative | 2018–22 | |
Alanna Vine | Conservative | 2019–23 | |||
Linda Holt | Conservative | 2021–24 | |||
Bramhall South and Woodford | John McGahan | Conservative | 2018–22 | ||
Mike Hurleston | Conservative | 2019–23 | |||
Brian Bagnall | Conservative | 2021–24 | |||
Cheadle and Gatley | Iain Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 2018–22 | ||
Graham Greenhalgh | Liberal Democrats | 2019–23 | |||
Keith Holloway | Liberal Democrats | 2021–24 | |||
Cheadle Hulme North | David Meller | Labour Co-op | 2018–22 | ||
Tom Morrison | Liberal Democrats | 2019–23 | |||
Jilly Julian | Liberal Democrats | 2021–24 | |||
Cheadle Hulme South | Helen Foster-Grime | Liberal Democrats | 2018–22 | ||
Suzanne Wyatt | Liberal Democrats | 2019–23 | |||
Mark Hunter | Liberal Democrats | 2021–24 | |||
Heald Green | Adrian Nottingham | Independent[a] | 2018–22 | ||
Carole McCann | Independent[a] | 2019–23 | |||
Anna Charles-Jones | Independent[a] | 2021–24 | |||
Stepping Hill | John Wright | Conservative | 2018–22 | ||
Grace Baynham | Liberal Democrats | 2019–23 | |||
Rory Leonard | Labour | 2021–24 | |||
Denton and Reddish constituency |
Reddish North | David Wilson | Labour | 2018–22 | |
Roy Driver | Labour | 2019–23 | |||
Kate Butler | Labour | 2021–24 | |||
Reddish South | Jude Wells | Labour | 2018–22 | ||
Janet Mobbs | Labour | 2019–23 | |||
Gary Lawson | Green | 2021–24 | |||
Hazel Grove constituency |
Bredbury and Woodley | Chris Gordon | Liberal Democrats | 2018–22 | |
Stuart Corris | Liberal Democrats | 2019–23 | |||
Sue Thorpe | Liberal Democrats | 2021–24 | |||
Bredbury Green and Romiley | Angie Clark | Liberal Democrats | 2018–22 | ||
Mark Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 2019–23 | |||
Lisa Smart | Liberal Democrats | 2021–24 | |||
Hazel Grove | Paul Ankers | Liberal Democrats | 2018–22 | ||
Lou Ankers | Liberal Democrats | 2019–23 | |||
Oliver Johnstone | Conservative | 2021–24 | |||
Marple North | Steve Gribbon | Liberal Democrats | 2018–22 | ||
Becky Senior | Liberal Democrats | 2019–23 | |||
Malcolm Allan | Liberal Democrats | 2021–24 | |||
Marple South and High Lane | Colin MacAlister | Liberal Democrats | 2018–22 | ||
Aron Thornley | Liberal Democrats | 2019–23 | |||
Shan Alexander | Liberal Democrats | 2021–24 | |||
Offerton | Will Dawson | Liberal Democrats | 2018–22 | ||
Wendy Meikle | Liberal Democrats | 2019–23 | |||
Oliver Harrison | Liberal Democrats | 2021–24 | |||
Stockport constituency |
Brinnington and Central | Becky Crawford | Labour | 2018–22 | |
Kerry Waters | Labour | 2019–23 | |||
Andy Sorton | Labour | 2021–24 | |||
Davenport and Cale Green | Elise Wilson | Labour | 2018–22 | ||
Dickie Davies | Labour | 2019–23 | |||
Wendy Wild | Labour | 2021–24 | |||
Edgeley and Cheadle Heath | Philip Harding | Labour | 2018–22 | ||
Matt Wynne | Labour | 2019–23 | |||
Sheila Bailey | Labour | 2021–24 | |||
Heatons North | John Taylor | Labour | 2018–22 | ||
Dena Ryness | Labour | 2019–23 | |||
David Sedgwick | Labour | 2021–24 | |||
Heatons South | Tom McGee | Labour | 2018–22 | ||
Dean Fitzpatrick | Labour | 2019–23 | |||
Colin Foster | Labour | 2021–24 | |||
Manor | Amanda Peers | Labour | 2018–22 | ||
Laura Clingan | Labour | 2019–23 | |||
Charlie Stewart | Labour | 2021–24 |
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Sponsored by the Heald Green and Long Lane Ratepayers Association
Structure[]
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (Stockport Council) uses a leader and cabinet system. There are eight cabinet members, including the leader of the council; each has a separate portfolio containing responsibilities for different services and areas of the council. There are also six scrutiny committees which scrutinise decisions made by the cabinet.
Cabinet[]
The Cabinet of the Council consists of eight Councillors:
- Chair: Elise Wilson (also Devolution)
- Vice-Chair: Tom McGee (also Resources, Commissioning and Governance)
- Economy and Regeneration: David Meller
- Sustainable Stockport: Sheila Bailey
- Children, Family Services and Education: Colin Foster
- Health and Adult Social Care: Jude Wells
- Inclusive Neighbourhoods: Amanda Peers
- Citizen Focus and Engagement: Kate Butler
Politics[]
Stockport Council has 63 elected members, belonging to five different parties. No party has overall control.
In the 2004 election, all councillors on the council were put up for election at the same time. This election was conducted exclusively by postal voting. Each elector was given three votes, and asked to pick three candidates. The number of votes each candidate received then determined when they would next stand for election.
Elections were then scheduled for 2006, 2007, and 2008.
In the council elections on Thursday 1 May 2008, in which one third of the seats were up for re-election, there were two main changes. In the Cheadle & Gatley ward, incumbent councillor Paul Carter of the Liberal Democrat party lost his seat to the Conservative candidate Mick Jones. Similarly in the Brinnington and Central Ward, Labour councillor Maureen Rowles lost her seat to the Liberal Democrat candidate Christian Walker.[6] However, a short time after this election, he chose to serve as an Independent Councillor,[7] then returned to the Liberal Democrats,[8] then declared himself Independent again.[9]
During 2009, which was supposed to be a "fallow year" (one without elections), there were three by-elections following the deaths of serving councillors.[10][11][12] Subsequently, Labour Councillor Anne Graham joined the Liberal Democrat group, bringing them to 36 Councillors of 63.[13]
On 2 February 2011, Councillors David White, Roy Driver and Anne Graham all resigned from the Liberal Democrat Group. All three cited unhappiness with the national party's involvement with a "Tory-led" government. They became Independent Left Councillors, forming the Independent Left Group on the Council, whilst awaiting the result of membership applications to the Labour Party and subsequently joined the Labour Group after the 2011 elections.[14] Roy Driver was not selected for a seat in the May 2011 and unsuccessfully contested Bredbury and Woodley for Labour in May 2012.[15] He was eventually elected councillor for Reddish North in 2015.[16]
On 21 January 2012, Patrick McAuley, Labour Councillor for Manor since May 2011, announced on Twitter that he had resigned from the Labour Party but that would continue to serve as a councillor;[17] he subsequently joined the Liberal Democrat group in December 2012,[18] but quit in April 2016, a month after being re-elected.[19]
In October and November 2014, Stockport Labour lost 3 seats with Brian Hendley, Paul Moss and Laura Booth all leaving the party. Hendley was deselected without his knowing, Moss resigned due to house building on Reddish Vale Country Park and Booth quit over allegations of a "culture of systematic bullying".[20]
Heald Green Ratepayers are the only non-mainstream candidates to win seats.
References[]
- ^ Stockport Council
- ^ "Your Councillors". Government of the United Kingdom, Stockport MBC.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. .
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kelly's Directory of Cheshire 1914. Kelly's Directories Ltd. pp. 583–586. OCLC 1131686510.
- ^ Stockport Council
- ^ Morley, Victoria (7 May 2008). "It's alright on the night for Lib-Dems". Stockport Express. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Manchester Evening News (18 April 2010). "Councillor guilty of race abuse". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Scapens, Alex (10 November 2010). "Race case councillor voted back into the party he quit". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Manchester Evening News (16 June 2011). "Defection number four from Stockport Lib Dems". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Williams, Jennifer (8 April 2009). "A sad goodbye to a 'Lib-Dem legend'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Manchester Evening News (24 July 2009). "Labour hold onto North Reddish seat". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Devine, Peter (8 July 2009). "Tributes paid to 'true gentleman'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Manchester Evening News (3 February 2011). "Control of Stockport council hangs in the balance after defections". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Manchester Evening News (3 February 2011). "Control of Stockport council hangs in the balance after defections". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Bredbury & Woodley: Local Election 2012 – Thursday, 3rd May, 2012". Stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Roy Edward Driver". Stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Oldham, Steven (30 March 2012). "Stockport Councillor believes George Galloway". Mancunian Matters. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Patrick McAuley joins Stockport Lib Dems". stockportlibdems.org.uk. Stockport Lib Dems. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Scarens, Alex (13 April 2016). "Second Stockport councillor resigns in row sparked by proposed market move". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Davis, Matthew (5 November 2014). "Third councillor quits Stockport Labour Party in a month". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
External links[]
- Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
- Metropolitan district councils of England
- Local authorities in Greater Manchester
- Local education authorities in England
- Billing authorities in England
- Leader and cabinet executives
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