2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)

21 out of 63 seats to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Mark Hunter David Meller Gary Lawson
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Green
Last election 30 seats, 38.5% 24 seats, 32.5% 3 seats, 7.2%
Seats before 29 24 3
Seats after 31 22 3
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 27,834 25,837 8,849
Percentage 34.2% 31.7% 10.9%
Swing 4.3% 0.8% 3.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Anna Charles-Jones Matt Wynne
Party Heald Green Ratepayers Community Association Independent
Last election 3 seats, 2.2% 3 seats, 2.2% 0 seats, 0.5%
Seats before 3 3 1
Seats after 3 3 1
Seat change
Popular vote 1,787 1,751 353
Percentage 2.2% 2.2% 0.4%
Swing 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%

Winner of each seat at the 2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Leader before election

Mark Hunter
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Mark Hunter
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

The 2024 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect 21 out of 63 members of the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. The election took place at the same time as the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election other local elections across England.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Liberal Democrat minority administration. The election saw the Liberal Democrats gain two seats from Labour, but they remained one seat short of an overall majority.