Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.^[1]

Council elections

^ ^a ^b Whole council elected following ward boundary changes.^[2]
^ Elections originally scheduled for 2020 but were suspended for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Cheadle Hulme South by-election 10 September 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,264	65.2	+14.4
	Conservative	1,048	30.2	+4.7
	Labour	161	4.6	−19.1
Majority		1,218	35.0
Turnout		3,473	31.3
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Manor by-election 17 October 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,015	46.0	−0.7
	Labour	975	44.2	+4.2
	Conservative	165	7.5	−1.4
	UKIP	53	2.4	+2.4
Majority		40	1.8
Turnout		2,208	23.5
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Cheadle Hulme South by-election 17 July 2003^[3]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,830	51.9	−1.2
	Conservative	1,458	41.3	+3.1
	Labour	143	4.1	−4.6
	UKIP	97	2.7	+2.7
Majority		372	10.6
Turnout		3,528	31.4
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Stepping Hill by-election 11 June 2009^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy E. Orrell	1,779	47.4	−6.1
	Conservative	J.D. Wright	1,336	35.6	−1.0
	UKIP	G. Price	257	6.8	+6.8
	Labour	J.M. Rothwell	225	6.0	−0.0
	Green	P. Shaw	158	4.2	+0.3
Majority			443	11.8
Turnout			3,775	38.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Reddish North by-election 23 July 2009^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Wilson	1,218	49.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Gareth Butler	403	16.4	−8.9
	UKIP	Gerald Price	342	13.9	+13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Beverley	303	12.3	+0.7
	BNP	Paul Bennett	195	7.9	−6.6
Majority			815	33.1
Turnout			2,461	23.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheadle and Gatley by-election 10 September 2009^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Roberts	2,625	52.9	+7.5
	Conservative	J Smith-Jones	2,005	40.4	−5.4
	Labour	K Priestley	143	2.9	−5.9
	UKIP	D Perry	96	1.9	+1.9
	Green	D Leaver	91	1.8	+1.8
Majority			620	12.5
Turnout			4,960	43.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bramhall South and Woodford by-election 20 November 2014^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John McGahan	2,080	53.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Meal	1,502	38.4	+5.3
	Green	David McDonough	197	5.0	+5.0
	Labour	Kathryn Priestley	132	3.4	−5.5
Majority			578	14.8
Turnout			3,911	39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brinnington and Central by-election 8 June 2017^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Becky Crawford	3,877	75.0	−2.1
	Conservative	Ros Lloyd	875	16.9	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Orndal	193	3.7	+3.7
	Green	James Pelham	170	3.3	−8.5
	Old Swan Against the Cuts	John Pearson	56	1.1	+1.1
Majority			3,002	55.1
Turnout			5,190	48.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Hazel Grove by-election 1 August 2019^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Gibson	1,401	45.7	−2.0
	Conservative	Oliver Johnstone	1,194	38.9	+9.6
	Labour	Julie Wharton	329	10.7	−0.2
	Green	Michael Padfield	142	4.6	+0.2
Majority			207	6.8
Turnout			3,066
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath by-election 13 October 2022^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Georgia Lynott	1,172	53.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Cowbury	840	38.0
	Green	Philip Handscomb	200	9.0
Majority			332	15.0
Turnout			2,238	21.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Bredbury Green and Romiley by-election 17 October 2024^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Bresnahan	1,506	65.8
	Conservative	Pat Bentley	552	24.1
	Labour	Papa Andoh-Kweku	127	5.5
	Green	Stephanie Wyatt	104	4.5
Majority			954	41.7
Turnout			2,302	21.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle West and Gatley by-election 17 October 2024^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Huma Khan	1,159	45.1
	Conservative	Michael Fox	553	21.5
	Labour	Dan Farley	517	20.1
	Green	Alexander Drury	341	13.3
Majority			606	23.6
Turnout			2,579	22.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bramhall South and Woodford by-election 31 October 2024^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Crossen	1,909	47.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sandeep Kashyap	1,733	43.5
	Reform UK	John Howard Kelly	133	3.3
	Labour	Jake Thomas	115	2.9
	Green	Andrew Dearden	95	2.4
Majority			176	0.4
Turnout			3,989	37.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing