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1994 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
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22 of 63 seats
to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Fred Ridley Colin MacAlister John Needham
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Cheadle Hulme South Brinnington Cheadle
(defeated)
Last election 7 seats,
33.7% 		5 seats,
22.2% 		8 seats,
39.9%
Seats before 26 17 17
Seats won 12 9 0
Seats after 29 18 13
Seat change Increase3 Increase1 Decrease4
Popular vote 46,977 30,876 24,906
Percentage 43.9% 28.9% 23.3%
Swing Increase10.2% Increase6.7% Decrease16.6%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Ron Stenson
Party Heald Green Ratepayers
Leader's seat Heald Green
Last election 1 seat,
3.3%
Seats before 3
Seats won 1
Seats after 3
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 3,240
Percentage 3.0%
Swing Decrease0.3%
Map of results of 1994 election
Leader of the Council before election

No leader
No overall control

Leader of the Council after election

No leader
No overall control

Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1994, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1998. The council remained under no overall control.[1][2]

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Liberal Democrats 46,977 (43.9%)
Increase 10.2 12 (54.5%)
12 / 22
 Increase 3 29 (46.0%)
29 / 63
Labour Party 30,876 (28.9%)
Increase 6.7 9 (40.9%)
9 / 22
 Increase 1 18 (28.6%)
18 / 63
Conservative Party 24,906 (23.3%)
Decrease 16.6 0 (0.0%)
0 / 22
 Decrease 4 13 (20.6%)
13 / 63
Heald Green Ratepayers 3,240 (3.0%)
Decrease 0.3 1 (4.5%)
1 / 22
 Steady 3 (4.8%)
3 / 63
Green Party 961 (0.9%)
Decrease 0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 22
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
↓
18 29 3 13

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Ward results

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Bredbury

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Bredbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats D. Humphries* 3,240 66.1 +11.2
Labour J. McGuire 915 18.7 +1.4
Conservative M. Gibbons 748 15.3 −12.5
Majority 2,325 47.4 +20.3
Turnout 4,903 42.5 +5.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brinnington

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Brinnington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Gallacher* 2,398 80.4 +1.5
Liberal Democrats H. Austin 381 12.8 +5.6
Conservative P. Gresty 204 6.8 −4.8
Majority 2,017 67.6 +0.3
Turnout 2,983 38.6 +6.2
Labour hold Swing

Cale Green

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Cale Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Mone 2,103 55.0 +14.6
Liberal Democrats J. Jones 1,444 37.8 −4.1
Conservative G. McKelvie 275 7.2 −8.5
Majority 659 17.2
Turnout 3,822 43.2 +6.5
Labour hold Swing

Cheadle

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Cheadle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats C. Seeley 2,340 47.2 +23.5
Conservative J. Needham* 1,953 39.4 −27.2
Labour A. Kellett 668 13.5 +3.9
Majority 387 7.8
Turnout 4,961 44.4 +6.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

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Cheadle Hulme North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats K. Anstis* 2,841 59.4 +10.3
Conservative A. Johnson 1,089 22.8 −16.9
Labour D. White 849 17.8 +6.6
Majority 1,752 36.6 +27.2
Turnout 4,779 41.4 +6.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

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Cheadle Hulme South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats I. Shaw* 3,116 60.2 +7.1
Conservative P. Bellis 1,534 29.7 −13.6
Labour B. Holland 522 10.1 +6.5
Majority 1,582 30.5 +20.7
Turnout 5,172 46.7 −0.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Davenport

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Davenport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. McGee* 2,276 52.8 +15.6
Conservative B. Haley 1,197 27.8 −23.5
Liberal Democrats H. Lees 835 19.4 +9.9
Majority 1,079 25.0
Turnout 4,308 46.5 +1.8
Labour hold Swing

East Bramhall

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East Bramhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats B. Millard 2,524 43.5 +16.0
Conservative A. Doherty* 2,399 41.4 −22.6
Labour M. McNamee 697 12.0 +5.8
Green M. Suter 177 3.1 +0.8
Majority 125 2.1
Turnout 5,797 45.0 +1.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Edgeley

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Edgeley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Bailey* 2,394 51.4 +7.1
Liberal Democrats F. Davenport 1,902 40.8 +1.7
Conservative D. Law 287 6.2 −8.2
Green G. Johnson 74 1.6 −0.5
Majority 492 10.6 +5.4
Turnout 4,657 49.2 +7.5
Labour hold Swing

Great Moor

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Great Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats R. A. Stunell 2,962 53.5 +12.6
Labour P. Wharton* 1,701 30.7 +5.4
Conservative A. Hickson 872 15.8 −17.9
Majority 1,261 22.8 +15.6
Turnout 5,535 51.5 +7.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Hazel Grove

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Hazel Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats K. Hogg* 3,762 61.1 +18.5
Conservative K. Labrey 1,718 27.9 −22.5
Labour M. Wallis 680 11.0 +4.0
Majority 2,044 33.2
Turnout 6,160 50.6 +1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heald Green

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Heald Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Heald Green Ratepayers P. Burns* 3,240 74.9 −3.2
Labour J. Becker 512 11.8 +5.1
Conservative S. Swinglehurst 322 7.4 −4.5
Liberal Democrats D. Roberts Jones 250 5.8 +2.5
Majority 2,728 63.1 −3.1
Turnout 4,324 42.8 +4.7
Heald Green Ratepayers hold Swing

Heaton Mersey

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Heaton Mersey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Foster* 3,243 54.5 +19.0
Conservative P. Reed 1,677 28.2 −23.8
Liberal Democrats C. Douglas 886 14.9 +7.2
Green M. Sullivan 146 2.5 −2.2
Majority 1,566 26.3
Turnout 5,952 50.9 +4.8
Labour hold Swing

Heaton Moor

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Heaton Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Nance 1,963 43.0 +16.8
Conservative J. Lloyd* 1,544 33.8 −24.3
Liberal Democrats C. Craufurd 953 20.9 +7.0
Green I. Lindsay-Dunn 105 2.3 +0.5
Majority 419 9.2
Turnout 4,565 46.9 +4.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Manor

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Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Miller 2,096 45.6 +5.1
Liberal Democrats M. Torode 2,033 44.2 +4.8
Conservative J. Horswell 364 7.9 −10.6
Green R. Lindsay-Dunn 107 2.3 +0.8
Majority 63 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 4,600 48.7 +7.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

North Marple

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North Marple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats M. Candler 2,994 64.5 +14.5
Conservative P. Smith 1,114 24.0 −18.5
Labour S. Townsend 532 11.5 +4.0
Majority 1,880 30.5 +33.0
Turnout 4,640 49.3 +2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

North Reddish

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North Reddish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Graham* 3,127 74.5 +24.3
Liberal Democrats M. Colbridge 659 15.7 −18.5
Conservative S. Frost 411 9.8 −3.9
Majority 2,468 58.8 +42.8
Turnout 4,197 35.2 +3.5
Labour hold Swing

Romiley

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Romiley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats N. Wilson* 3,050 60.7 +17.6
Conservative P. Orton 1,040 20.7 −26.1
Labour D. Brown 794 15.8 +5.8
Green G. Reid 138 2.7 N/A
Majority 2,010 40.0
Turnout 5,022 45.6 +2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Marple

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South Marple (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats D. Brailsford 3,148 61.0 +12.0
Liberal Democrats A. Taylor 2,999 58.1 +9.1
Conservative G. Mottram 1,779 34.5 −12.4
Conservative G. Cameron 1,567 30.4 −16.5
Labour H. Abrams 339 6.5 +2.5
Labour S. Vergo 285 5.5 +1.5
Green A. Riddell 214 4.1 N/A
Majority 1,220 23.6 +21.5
Turnout 5,161 52.7 −0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Reddish

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South Reddish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Goddard* 2,476 60.0 −1.1
Liberal Democrats I. McLean 1,182 28.6 +17.4
Conservative J. Frost 468 11.4 −16.4
Majority 1,294 31.4 −2.0
Turnout 4,126 38.5 +7.4
Labour hold Swing

West Bramhall

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West Bramhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats P. Calton 3,476 56.7 +14.5
Conservative J. B. Leck* 2,344 38.3 −16.2
Labour S. Bennett 306 5.0 +1.7
Majority 1,132 18.4
Turnout 6,126 52.9 +5.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ Stockport, Manchester Evening News, May 6, 1994, p.32
  3. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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