2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
4 May 2023

All 63 seats to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mark Hunter Elise Wilson Gary Lawson
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Green
Last election 28 seats, 34.5% 25 seats, 32.7% 2 seats, 8.0%
Seats won 30 24 3
Seat change 2 1 1
Popular vote 82,930 70,045 15,578
Percentage 38.5% 32.5% 7.2%
Swing 4.0% 0.2% 0.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Anna Charles-Jones Matt Wynne Mike Hurleston
Party Heald Green Ratepayers Community Association Conservative
Last election 3 seats, 2.0% N/A 5 seats, 21.7%
Seats won 3 3 0
Seat change 3 5
Popular vote 4,804 4,662 35,267
Percentage 2.2% 2.2% 16.4%
Swing 0.2% N/A 5.3%

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Leader before election

Mark Hunter
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader of the Council

Mark Hunter
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

The 2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, all 63 seats on Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were contested.

The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being led by a Liberal Democrat minority administration. The council remained under no overall control after the election, but the Liberal Democrats increased their share of the seats.