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| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Metropolitan district council of Metropolitan Borough of Stockport |
| Leadership | |
| Leader | David Goddard, Liberal Democrats |
| Deputy Leader | Sue Derbyshire, Liberal Democrats |
| Structure | |
| Members | 63 |
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| Election | |
| Voting system | First past the post |
| Last election | 1 May 2008 |
| Meeting place | |
| Town Hall, Edward Street, Stockport | |
| Website | |
| http://www.stockport.gov.uk | |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. This includes the constituencies of Stockport, Hazel Grove, Cheadle and the Reddish area of the Denton and Reddish constituency. It is currently controlled by the Liberal Democrats, who hold 35 of the 63 seats on the council; the Conservatives, the Labour Party, and the Heald Green Ratepayers are also present as is an independent councillor.
The Mayor and Mayoress of Stockport for 2009/2010 are Councillor Colin MacAlister and Mrs Nicola MacAlister and the Mayor's Charity during his Mayoral year is Mayor of Stockport's Charity Fund (Stockport).
There are four MPs covering Stockport Metropolitan Borough, Andrew Stunell (Liberal Democrat), Ann Coffey (Labour), Mark Hunter (Liberal Democrat) and Andrew Gwynne (Labour).
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Wards and councillors
There are 21 wards, each represented by three councillors.
- Bramhall North
- Helen Foster-Grime... Liberal Democrats
- Linda Holt... Conservative
- Maureen Walsh... Conservative
- Bramhall South
- Brian Bagnall ... Conservative
- Paul Bellis... Conservative
- John Bryan Leck... Conservative
- Bredbury and Woodley
- Stella Humphries ... Liberal Democrat
- Mike Wilson ... Liberal Democrat
- Chris Gordon ... Liberal Democrat
- Bredbury Green and Romiley
- Hazel Lees... Liberal Democrat
- Margaret Purcell McLay... Liberal Democrat
- Syd Lloyd... Conservative
- Brinnington and Central
- Chris Walker... Independent
- Chris Murphy... Labour
- Colin MacAlister... Independent
- Cheadle and Gatley
- Mick Jones... Conservative
- Pam King... Liberal Democrat
- Iain Roberts...Liberal Democrat
- Cheadle Hulme North
- John Pantall... Liberal Democrat
- June Somekh... Liberal Democrat
- Paul Porgess... Liberal Democrat
- Cheadle Hulme South
- Lenny Grice... Liberal Democrat
- Suzanne Wyatt ... Liberal Democrat
- Stuart Bodsworth... Liberal Democrat
- Davenport and Cale Green
- Ann Smith... Liberal Democrat
- Roy Driver ... Liberal Democrat
- David White... Liberal Democrat
- Edgeley and Cheadle Heath
- Hazel Grove
- Kevin Hogg... Liberal Democrat
- Christine Corris... Liberal Democrat
- Stuart Corris... Liberal Democrat
- Heald Green
- Peter Burns... Heald Green Ratepayers
- Sylvia Humphreys... Heald Green Ratepayers
- Derek Whitehead... Heald Green Ratepayers
- Heatons North
- Les Jones... Conservative
- Jackie Jones... Conservative
- Anthony Patrick O'Neill... Conservative
- Manor
- Susan Derbyshire ... Liberal Democrat
- Jenny Humphreys ... Liberal Democrat
- Chris Blackburn .. Liberal Democrat
- Marple North
- Martin Candler... Liberal Democrat
- Andrew Bispham... Liberal Democrat
- Craig Wright... Liberal Democrat
- Marple South
- Shan Alexander... Independent
- Christopher Baker... Liberal Democrat
- Susan Anne Ingham... Liberal Democrat
- Offerton
- David Goddard... Liberal Democrat
- Wendy Meikle... Liberal Democrat
- John Smith... Liberal Democrat
- Reddish North
- Anne Graham... Liberal Democrat
- Peter Scott... Labour
- David Wilson Labour
- Stepping Hill
- Benjamin Alexander... Liberal Democrat
- Mark Weldon ... Liberal Democrat
- Wendy Orrell... Liberal Democrat
Executive councillors
The Council Executive is as follows
- Leader of the Council: Dave Goddard
- Deputy Leader and Communities Portfolio: Sue Derbyshire
- Transportation Portfolio: David White
- Children and Young people Portfolio: Mark Weldon
- Adults and Health Portfolio: John Pantall
- Customer Focus Portfolio: Martin Candler
- Leisure Portfolio: John Smith
- Regeneration Portfolio: Kevin Hogg
- Environment Portfolio: Stuart Bodsworth
- Finance Portfolio: Currently vacant
Structure
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (Stockport Council) uses an executive system. There are 10 executive councillors, 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 scrutinize decisions made by the executive.
Politics
Stockport Council has 63 elected members, belonging to three different parties. The largest party, and the ruling party is the Liberal Democrat party, which has 35 of the 63 seats. 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. However, a short time after this election, he chose to serve as an Independent Councillor.
During 2009, which was supposed to be a "fallow year" (one without elections), there were three by-elections following the deaths of serving councillors.
The 'All Out'
In the 2004 election, all councilors 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 scheduled for 2007, 2008 and then 2010.
Non-mainstream parties
Stockport Council has seen a number of candidates for non-mainstream parties including the Green Party of England and Wales, United Kingdom Independence Party and the British National Party.There have also been independents. However, so far, only the independents have been successful as non-mainstream candidates to win seats.
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