The 2018 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The council is currently run by a Liberal Democrat minority administration. At the 2022 local elections, the ...
in England. This was on the same day as other
local elections
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. Stockport Council is elected in thirds, which means that in each three member local ward, one councillor is elected every year, except every four years which is classed as a fallow year. The last fallow year was 2017, when no local government elections took place in the borough. Those councillors elected in 2018 will serve a four-year term, expiring in 2022. The election in
Edgeley & Cheadle Heath was deferred, owing to the death of the Conservative candidate, until 24 May 2018.
After the election, the Labour minority administration that had governed since 2016 was able to continue in office, although without a majority the administrations budget was voted down in March 2019, the first time this had happened since the 1980s.
Election results by ward
Asterix indicates incumbent in the Ward, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.
Bramhall North
Bramhall South
Bredbury and Woodley
Bredbury Green and Romiley
Brinnington and Central
Cheadle and Gatley
Cheadle Hulme North
Cheadle Hulme South
Davenport and Cale Green
Hazel Grove
Heald Green
Heatons North
Heatons South
Manor
Marple North
Marple South
Offerton
Reddish North
Reddish South
Stepping Hill
Deferred election
Edgeley and Cheadle Heath
On 17 April 2018, Stockport Council published a notice to confirm that due to the death of the Conservative candidate Maureen Baldwin-Moore the scheduled election for this ward would no longer take place on 3 May 2018, and that a new poll would take place on 24 May 2018.
Under the
Electoral Administration Act
The Electoral Administration Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed on 11 July 2006.
Among its main provisions, the Act:
* Provides a legislative framework for setting up a "Coordinated Online Record of Electors", kn ...
, the Conservatives were allowed to select a replacement candidate, but new nominations by other parties were not permitted.
References
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2018
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2010s in Greater Manchester