2000 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

2000 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
4 May 2000 (2000-05-04)
22 of 63 seats
to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Fred Ridley Tom McGee Kenneth Holt
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Cheadle Hulme South Davenport East Bramhall
Last election 11 seats,
38.5%		 8 seats,
27.6%		 1 seat,
26.0%
Seats before 32 25 2
Seats won 10 7 4
Seats after 31 22 6
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease3 Increase4
Popular vote 25,617 16,099 22,485
Percentage 37.2% 23.4% 32.6%
Swing Decrease1.3% Decrease4.2% Increase5.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Ron Stenson David Goddard
Party Heald Green Ratepayers Independent
Leader's seat Heald Green South Reddish
Last election 1 seat,
3.5%		 0 seats,
2.2%
Seats before 3 1
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 2,483 786
Percentage 3.6% 1.1%
Swing Increase0.1% Decrease1.1%
Map of results of 2000 election
Leader of the Council before election

Fred Ridley
Liberal Democrats

 Leader of the Council after election

Fred Ridley
Liberal Democrats

Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2004. The Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council, to no overall control.[1][2]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Liberal Democrats 25,617 (37.2%)
Decrease 1.3 10 (45.5%)
10 / 22
 Decrease 1 31 (49.2%)
31 / 63
Labour Party 16,099 (23.4%)
Decrease 4.2 7 (31.8%)
7 / 22
 Decrease 3 22 (34.9%)
22 / 63
Conservative Party 22,485 (32.6%)
Increase 5.5 4 (18.2%)
4 / 22
 Increase 4 6 (9.5%)
6 / 63
Heald Green Ratepayers 2,483 (3.6%)
Increase 0.1 1 (4.5%)
1 / 22
 Steady 3 (4.8%)
3 / 63
Independent 786 (1.1%)
Decrease 1.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 22
 Steady 1 (1.6%)
1 / 63
Green Party 870 (1.3%)
Increase 0.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 22
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
UKIP 577 (0.8%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 22
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
↓
22 31 1 3 6

[3]

Ward results

Bredbury

Bredbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats M. Wilson* 1,847 67.8 +0.6
Conservative K. Gibbons 443 16.3 +3.2
Labour D. Brown 433 15.9 −3.8
Majority 1,404 51.5 +4.0
Turnout 2,723 23.2 −1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brinnington

Brinnington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Rowles* 921 75.2 −6.6
Conservative R. Davison 161 13.2 +4.5
Liberal Democrats M. King 142 11.6 +2.1
Majority 760 62.1 −10.2
Turnout 1,224 16.7 −3.9
Labour hold Swing

Cale Green

Cale Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. White* 943 54.2 −16.2
Liberal Democrats R. Driver 564 32.4 +15.0
Conservative J. Jones 233 13.4 +1.2
Majority 379 21.8 −31.2
Turnout 1,740 19.1 −1.9
Labour hold Swing

Cheadle

Cheadle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats B. Millard 1,866 51.2 −4.5
Conservative I. Roberts 1,448 39.7 +4.5
Labour S. Moran 333 9.1 0
Majority 418 11.5 −9.0
Turnout 3,647 31.4 −4.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats P. Porgess* 1,520 53.8 +2.8
Conservative S. Dey 851 30.2 +1.8
Labour M. Junejo 303 10.7 −9.9
UKIP V. Cavanagh 149 5.3 N/A
Majority 669 23.6 +1.0
Turnout 2,823 24.5 −0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats K. Fletcher* 1,905 55.4 −3.5
Conservative D. Lawson 1,276 37.1 +6.8
Labour R. Cooper 258 7.5 −3.3
Majority 629 18.3 −10.3
Turnout 3,439 30.6 −1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Davenport

Davenport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Weldon* 949 42.5 +0.8
Conservative M. Kilty 902 40.4 +17.5
Liberal Democrats J. Humphreys 384 17.1 +8.2
Majority 47 2.1 −13.1
Turnout 2,235 24.1 −3.9
Labour hold Swing

East Bramhall

East Bramhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Walsh 2,427 46.1 −3.9
Liberal Democrats P. King* 2,407 45.7 +3.4
Labour P. Hopkins 261 5.0 −1.1
UKIP A. Moore 90 1.7 N/A
Green M. Suter 83 1.5 −0.1
Majority 20 0.4 −7.4
Turnout 5,268 41.2 −3.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Edgeley

Edgeley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Siddelley* 1,159 62.7 −8.2
Liberal Democrats R. Seymour 315 17.0 +0.7
Conservative D. Green 303 16.4 +6.0
Green G. Johnson 72 3.9 +1.5
Majority 844 45.7 −8.9
Turnout 1.849 19.9 −3.9
Labour hold Swing

Great Moor

Great Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats P. Beatty 1,409 46.0 −7.8
Independent K. Ralphs 583 19.0 +5.3
Conservative B. Haley 568 18.6 +8.4
Labour J. Humphries 459 15.0 −5.6
Green K. Pease 42 1.4 −0.2
Majority 826 27.0 −6.1
Turnout 3,061 28.6 −3.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats S. Corris* 2,011 51.0 −6.1
Conservative J. Townsend 1,528 38.7 +6.6
Labour H. Abrams 266 6.7 −4.1
UKIP G. Black 142 3.6 N/A
Majority 483 12.3 −12.7
Turnout 3,947 31.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Heald Green Ratepayers E. Humphreys 2,483 79.5 +2.4
Conservative P. Leck 292 9.4 +0.8
Labour K. Price 192 6.1 −1.8
Liberal Democrats J. Porgess 155 5.0 −1.4
Majority 2,191 70.2 +1.7
Turnout 3,122 30.5 +0.1
Heald Green Ratepayers hold Swing

Heaton Mersey

Heaton Mersey (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Auger* 1,791 44.7 −11.4
Conservative E. Foulkes 1,431 35.7 +5.8
Labour P. Diggett 1,410 35.2 −20.9
Conservative B. Lees 1,367 34.1 +4.2
Green M. Sullivan 396 9.9 +5.7
Liberal Democrats H. Thompson 389 9.7 −0.1
Liberal Democrats D. Roberts-Jones 324 8.1 −1.7
Majority 21 0.5 −25.6
Turnout 4,008 33.1 +1.3
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Heaton Moor

Heaton Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Jones 1,901 49.1 +4.2
Labour R. Chapman 1,564 40.4 −4.6
Liberal Democrats R. Axtell 298 7.7 +0.3
Green J. Cuff 108 2.8 +0.1
Majority 337 8.7
Turnout 3,871 38.5 +1.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Manor

Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats N. Derbyshire 1,422 46.2 −2.6
Labour I. Jackson* 1,324 43.0 −2.0
Conservative B. Charlesworth 253 8.2 +3.5
Green R. Lindsay-Dunn 79 2.6 +1.1
Majority 98 3.2 −0.6
Turnout 3,078 32.7 −4.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

North Marple

North Marple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats M. Hunter* 1,853 60.0 −2.5
Conservative J. Leck 929 30.1 +8.8
Labour S. Townsend 308 9.9 −1.4
Majority 924 29.9 −11.3
Turnout 3,090 32.6 +0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

North Reddish

North Reddish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Owen 1,282 64.8 −8.2
Conservative C. Wilson 465 23.5 +8.7
Liberal Democrats D. Matthews 232 11.7 −0.5
Majority 817 41.3 −16.9
Turnout 1,979 16.8 −2.0
Labour hold Swing

Romiley

Romiley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats H. Lees* 1,689 56.7 +2.7
Conservative G. Jones 903 30.3 +2.6
Labour B. Lechner 296 9.9 −5.3
Green G. Reid 90 3.1 0
Majority 786 26.4 +0.1
Turnout 2,978 27.0 −1.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Marple

South Marple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats M. Elwood 2,153 50.6 −0.8
Conservative B. Morley-Scott 1,806 42.4 +2.6
Labour M. Duerdoth 161 3.8 −1.5
UKIP W. Leigh 136 3.2 N/A
Majority 347 8.2 −3.4
Turnout 4,256 43.6 +5.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Reddish

South Reddish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Grundy* 1,274 61.4 −6.6
Conservative S. Burt 381 18.4 +6.2
Liberal Democrats P. Buttle 217 10.4 −2.2
Independent G. Price 203 9.8 +2.6
Majority 893 43.0 −12.4
Turnout 2,075 19.2 −3.4
Labour hold Swing

West Bramhall

West Bramhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Bellis 2,617 48.4 +1.4
Liberal Democrats S. Wyatt* 2,515 46.6 −0.7
Labour G. Smith 212 3.9 −1.8
UKIP D. Perry 60 1.1 N/A
Majority 102 1.8
Turnout 5,404 46.4 0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Election special: Results". The Guardian. 5 May 2000. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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