Jump to content

Brinnington and Central (Stockport electoral ward)

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Hammersoft (talk | contribs) at 16:56, 26 January 2020 (→Councillors: rm placeholder images per WP:IPH). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Brinnington and Central
Brinnington and Central within Stockport
Population9,984 (2010)[1]
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Becky Crawford (Labour)
  • Kerry Waters (Labour)
  • Andy Sorton (Labour)
List of places
UK
England

Brinnington and Central is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It elects three Councillors to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth.

Together with Davenport and Cale Green, Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Heatons North, Heatons South and Manor, the ward lies in the Stockport Parliamentary Constituency. The ward had previously been in the Denton & Reddish constituency from 1983 to 1997, when boundary changes brought it back to Stockport. The ward contains Stockport town centre and major attractions including the Hatworks and Air Raid Shelters. Brinnington & Central is one of three Priority 1 centres for deprivation.

Councillors

Brinnington and Central electoral ward is represented in Westminster by Ann Coffey MP for Stockport.[2]

The ward is represented on Stockport Council by three councillors:

  • Becky Crawford (Lab)[3]
  • Kerry Waters (Lab)[4]
  • Andy Sorton (Lab)[5]
Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Colin MacAlister (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab)
2006 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Colin MacAlister (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab)
2007 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Colin MacAlister (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab)
2008 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Colin MacAlister (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Walker (Lib Dem)
February 2010 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem)[6] style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Walker (Lib Dem)
April 2010 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Chris Walker (Ind)[7]
May 2010 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Chris Walker (Ind)
November 2010 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Walker (Lib Dem)[8]
May 2011 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Walker (Lib Dem)
June 2011 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Chris Walker (Ind)[9]
2012 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Sorton (Lab)
2014 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Sorton (Lab)
2015 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Sorton (Lab)
2016 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Maureen Rowles (Lab)[10] style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Sorton (Lab)
By-election
8 June 2017[11] 		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Becky Crawford (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Sorton (Lab)
2018 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Becky Crawford (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Chris Murphy (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Sorton (Lab)
2019 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Becky Crawford (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kerry Waters (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Sorton (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat won in by-election.   indicates councillor suspended / defected.

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kerry Waters 1,248 60
Green Karl Peter Marx Wardlaw 272 13
Conservative Ros Lloyd 215 10
Liberal Democrats Geoff Abell 183 9
End Austerity John Chapman Pearson 164 8
Majority 976
Turnout 2,082 20
Labour hold Swing

May 2018

2018[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Becky Crawford 1,745 78
Conservative Ros Lloyd 337 15
Liberal Democrats Alex Orndal 161 7
Majority 1,408
Turnout 2,243 21
Labour hold Swing

By-election 8 June 2017

By-election 8 June 2017[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Becky Crawford 3,877 75
Conservative Rosalind Lloyd 875 17
Liberal Democrats Alex Orndall 193 4
Green James Pelham 170 3
End Austerity John Pearson 56 1
Majority 3,002
Turnout 5,171
Labour hold Swing

May 2016

2016[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Sorton 1,889 77
Green James Pelham 288 12
Conservative Ros Lloyd 272 11
Majority 1,601 25
Turnout 2,449 25
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

2015[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Murphy 2,860 57
UKIP John Wild 991 20
Conservative Rosalind Lloyd 520 10
Liberal Democrats Colin Gell 308 6
Green Christopher Green 244 5
Left Unity Ali Treacher 48 1
Independent John Heginbotham 35 1
Majority 1,869
Turnout 5,006
Labour hold Swing

May 2014

2014[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Rowles 1,540 57 −13.4
UKIP Michael Buxton 633 23 +11.20
Liberal Democrats Colin Gell 190 7 −1.23
Conservative Pat Leck 181 7 +0.37
BNP Brenda Waterhouse 93 3 N/A
Independent John Heginbotham 68 3 +0.06%
Majority 907 34 −24.61
Turnout 2705
Labour hold Swing

May 2012

2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Sorton 1,677 70.40 +32.95
UKIP Phil Lewis 281 11.80 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Reid 196 8.23 −38.69
Conservative Stephen Holgate 158 6.63 −2.98
Independent John Heginbotham 70 2.94 N/A
Majority 1,396 58.61
Turnout 2,387 23.30
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

May 2011

2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Murphy 1,992 69.8 +20.6
Liberal Democrats Bruce Fairbanks 336 11.8 −16
Conservative Steve Holgate 305 10.7 +0.6
Green Chris Green 219 7.7 +5.2
Majority 1,656
Turnout 2,852 28.26
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Stockport Council local elections 2010". Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Ann Coffey MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Councillor Becky Crawford". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Councillor Kerry Waters". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Councillor Andy Sorton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Mayor of Stockport defects from Labour to Lib Dems". iainroberts.mycouncillor.org.uk. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  7. ^ Manchester Evening News (18 April 2010). "Councillor guilty of race abuse". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  8. ^ Scapens, Alex (10 November 2010). "Race case councillor voted back into the party he quit". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  9. ^ Manchester Evening News (16 June 2011). "Defection number four from Stockport Lib Dems". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Death of Councillor Maureen Rowles". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Brinnington & Central Ward by-election 2017 - Thursday, 8th June, 2017". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  13. ^ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  14. ^ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  15. ^ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  16. ^ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
  17. ^ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  18. ^ "Election results for Brinnington & Central". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brinnington_and_Central_(Stockport_electoral_ward)&oldid=937688261"