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Map showing the results of the 2012 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections by ward. Red shows
Labour seats, blue shows the
Conservatives, yellow shows the
Liberal Democrats and green the
Heald Green Ratepayers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] It was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
The state of the parties after the election was: [2]
Following the election, the Lib Dem minority administration was able to continue in office however the leader of the council, Dave Goddard, lost his seat to Labour by 45 votes, meaning that he was replaced by Sue Derbyshire.
Party | Seats | +/- | % votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 28 | –3 | ||
Labour | 21 | +5 | ||
Conservative | 10 | –1 | ||
Heald Green Ratepayer | 3 | 0 | ||
People Matter | 1 | 0 |
An asterisk denotes an incumbent.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Holt* | 2,291 | 52.26 | −4.01 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Foster-Grime | 1,572 | 35.86 | −1.46 | |
Labour | Brian Harrop | 521 | 11.88 | +9.30 | |
Majority | 719 | 16.40 | |||
Turnout | 4,413 | 41.36 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Bagnall* | 1,900 | 49.48 | −9.93 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Banham | 1,007 | 26.22 | −7.20 | |
Labour | Beryl Dykes | 389 | 10.13 | +6.47 | |
UKIP | David Perry | 342 | 8.91 | +5.40 | |
Green | Ross White | 202 | 5.26 | N/A | |
Majority | 893 | 23.26 | |||
Turnout | 3,852 | 39.32 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christine Corris | 1,333 | 41.19 | −19.76 | |
Labour | Roy Driver | 1,152 | 35.60 | +26.08 | |
Conservative | Chris Kelly | 469 | 14.49 | −15.04 | |
BNP | Andy Webster | 282 | 8.71 | N/A | |
Majority | 181 | 5.59 | |||
Turnout | 3,252 | 29.95 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Lees * | 1,594 | 41.14 | −6.82 | |
Conservative | Sally Bennett | 1,332 | 34.37 | −10.94 | |
Labour | Kathryn Priestley | 790 | 20.39 | +13.66 | |
BNP | Tony Dean | 159 | 4.10 | N/A | |
Majority | 262 | 6.76 | |||
Turnout | 3,888 | 35.62 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Sorton | 1,677 | 70.40 | +32.95 | |
UKIP | Phil Lewis | 281 | 11.80 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Reid | 196 | 8.23 | −38.69 | |
Conservative | Stephen Holgate | 158 | 6.63 | −2.98 | |
Independent | John Heginbotham | 70 | 2.94 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,396 | 58.61 | |||
Turnout | 2,387 | 23.30 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Holloway | 2,030 | 42.52 | −2.92 | |
Conservative | Mick Jones | 1,770 | 37.08 | −8.72 | |
Labour | Colin Owen | 974 | 20.40 | +11.64 | |
Majority | 260 | 5.45 | |||
Turnout | 4,800 | 41.33 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Pantall | 1,762 | 52.44 | −4.39 | |
Labour | Emily Hewson | 985 | 29.32 | +22.78 | |
Conservative | Chris Green | 613 | 18.24 | −13.01 | |
Majority | 777 | 23.13 | |||
Turnout | 3,384 | 33.27 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lenny Grice* | 1,876 | 46.86 | −4.47 | |
Conservative | Julie Smith-Jones | 1,157 | 28.90 | −10.54 | |
Labour | Theo Smith | 579 | 14.46 | +11.43 | |
UKIP | Cyril Peake | 391 | 9.77 | +6.85 | |
Majority | 719 | 17.96 | |||
Turnout | 4,015 | 37.76 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wendy Wild | 1,492 | 45.92 | +17.19 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Smith* | 1,235 | 38.01 | −7.39 | |
Conservative | Jackie Jones | 279 | 8.59 | −10.15 | |
Green | Phil Shaw | 206 | 6.34 | N/A | |
Liberal | Graham Ogden | 37 | 1.14 | N/A | |
Majority | 257 | 7.91 | |||
Turnout | 3,260 | 29.54 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Bailey* | 2,205 | 74.59 | +27.90 | |
Conservative | Christine Holgate | 284 | 9.61 | −5.91 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Livingstone | 250 | 8.46 | −22.91 | |
Green | Camilla Luff | 217 | 7.34 | +0.92 | |
Majority | 1,921 | 65.00 | |||
Turnout | 2,968 | 27.83 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hogg* | 1,736 | 42.05 | −12.80 | |
Conservative | Oliver Johnstone | 1,668 | 40.41 | +1.39 | |
Labour | Catherine Sheppard | 724 | 17.54 | +11.41 | |
Majority | 68 | 1.65 | |||
Turnout | 4,148 | 37.63 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Burns* | 2,303 | 70.28 | +1.76 | |
Labour | Martin Miller | 423 | 12.91 | +7.70 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Robert-Jones | 214 | 6.53 | −2.77 | |
Conservative | Patricia Leck | 208 | 6.35 | −4.11 | |
BNP | Richard Skill | 129 | 3.94 | −2.59 | |
Majority | 1,880 | 57.37 | |||
Turnout | 3,284 | 32.89 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Sedgwick | 1,913 | 47.90 | +22.34 | |
Conservative | Barbara Judson | 1,553 | 38.88 | −13.99 | |
Green | Janet Cuff | 364 | 9.11 | +0.53 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Rawling | 164 | 4.11 | −5.04 | |
Majority | 360 | 9.01 | |||
Turnout | 4,008 | 38.13 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Colin Foster* | 2,706 | 67.85 | +22.55 | |
Conservative | Bryan Lees | 869 | 21.79 | −15.24 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Axtell | 274 | 6.87 | −3.42 | |
BNP | Sheila Spink | 139 | 3.49 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,837 | 46.06 | |||
Turnout | 4,002 | 36.58 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sue Derbyshire* | 1,415 | 44.32 | −1.07 | |
Labour | Walter Barrett | 1,391 | 43.56 | +20.19 | |
Conservative | Leslie Judson | 235 | 7.36 | −10.07 | |
BNP | Duncan Warner | 152 | 4.76 | −9.06 | |
Majority | 24 | 0.75 | |||
Turnout | 3,211 | 30.52 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Candler* | 1,700 | 41.77 | −9.48 | |
Conservative | Annette Finnie | 1,098 | 26.98 | −8.62 | |
Labour | David Rowbottom | 574 | 14.10 | +9.01 | |
UKIP | Ray Jones | 374 | 9.19 | N/A | |
Green | Maggie Preston | 294 | 7.22 | −0.84 | |
Independent | Barry Minshall | 30 | 0.74 | N/A | |
Majority | 602 | 14.79 | |||
Turnout | 4,076 | 41.34 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Shan Alexander* | 1,906 | 49.79 | −1.82 | |
Conservative | Carl Rydings | 906 | 23.67 | −11.33 | |
Labour | Clifford Stanway | 549 | 14.34 | +10.54 | |
UKIP | Tony Moore | 467 | 12.20 | +7.14 | |
Majority | 1,000 | 26.12 | |||
Turnout | 3,851 | 39.57 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dave Goddard had been the leader of Stockport Council before he lost his seat in this election. Laura Booth left Labour in 2014 [3] and joined the Lib Dems in 2015. [4] She was re-elected as the Lib Dem councillor for Offerton in 2016. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Laura Booth | 1,346 | 36.81 | +26.88 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Goddard* | 1,301 | 35.58 | −13.22 | |
Conservative | Steve Rodriquez | 661 | 18.07 | −4.05 | |
UKIP | Harry Perry | 349 | 9.54 | N/A | |
Majority | 45 | 1.23 | |||
Turnout | 3,663 | 34.95 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Butler | 2,027 | 69.39 | +20.86 | |
Conservative | Julia Whelan | 365 | 12.50 | −12.80 | |
BNP | Paul Bennett | 329 | 11.26 | −3.29 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Shaw | 200 | 6.85 | −4.77 | |
Majority | 1,662 | 56.90 | |||
Turnout | 2,933 | 27.26 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Verdeille* | 2,028 | 70.22 | +20.74 | |
Conservative | Anthony Hannay | 390 | 13.50 | −19.33 | |
Liberal Democrats | Norman Beverley | 278 | 9.63 | −8.06 | |
BNP | Ged Williams | 192 | 6.65 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,638 | 56.72 | |||
Turnout | 2,905 | 27.83 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Orrell | 1,422 | 39.07 | −14.40 | |
Conservative | John Wright | 955 | 26.24 | −10.34 | |
Labour | Janet Rothwell | 815 | 22.39 | +16.38 | |
UKIP | Izzy Bolton | 229 | 6.29 | N/A | |
Green | Ken Pease | 219 | 6.02 | +2.07 | |
Majority | 467 | 12.83 | |||
Turnout | 3,654 | 37.50 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |