Background Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council was created in 1974. The
Conservatives saw early success, controlling the council as a majority from its creation until
1983.
1988 saw the what was then the
SLD become the largest party; since then council control has been contested between the
Liberal Democrats and
Labour. The Liberal Democrats formed their first majority administration in
1999 after a decade of
no overall control, which lasted until
2011. The first Labour-led administration was formed in
2016 as a minority. The Liberal Democrats again became the largest group in
2021, but it was not until
2022 that they formed a minority administration. A new set of ward boundaries was used for the
2023 election. As such, this election will be for the councillors elected with the second highest number of votes in each of the 21 three-member wards. The Liberal Democrats will be defending 11 seats, Labour will be defending 7, and the
Greens,
Heald Green Ratepayers, and Edgeley Community Association will be defending 1 each.
Election result ==Incumbent==