David Goddard, Baron Goddard of Stockport

The Right Honourable
The Lord Goddard of Stockport
Official portrait, 2026
Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats
in the House of Lords
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2026
Preceded byBaron Stoneham of Droxford
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage
15 September 2014
Leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
In office
2007–2012
Preceded byBrian Millard
Succeeded bySue Derbyshire
Personal details
Born (1952-10-02) 2 October 1952
PartyLiberal Democrats

David Goddard, Baron Goddard of Stockport (born 2 October 1952) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was made a life peer, as Baron Goddard of Stockport, of Stockport in the County of Greater Manchester, on 15 September 2014.[1]

A gas engineer by trade, he was an elected member of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council from 1990 until 2012 - initially as a Labour councillor before defecting to the Liberal Democrats around the turn of the millennium - and was elected again in 2014 before standing down in 2018. He was leader of the council between 2007 and 2012.[2][3]

In February 2026, he became Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords.

Elections contested

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Year Ward Party Votes % votes Position Ref.
1988 Romiley Labour 1,300 23.4 3rd of 5 [4]
1990 South Reddish Labour 4,054 73.7 Won [4]
1994 South Reddish Labour 2,476 60.0 Won [4]
1998 South Reddish Labour 1,551 70.6 Won [4]
2002 Great Moor Liberal Democrats 1,622 52.9 Won [4]
2004 Offerton Liberal Democrats 1,806 44.8 Won [4]
2008 Offerton Liberal Democrats 1,602 48.8 Won [4]
2012 Offerton Liberal Democrats 1,301 35.6 2nd of 4 [4]
2014 Offerton Liberal Democrats 1,159 32.0 Won [5]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 60993". The London Gazette. 19 September 2014. p. 18258.
  2. ↑ Paul Britton (8 August 2014). "Former Stockport council leader Dave Goddard named new House of Lords peer". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Introducing our new Lib Dem Peers". Liberal Democrats. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Election results for Offerton, 22 May 2014". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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