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1982 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 1980
6 May 1982 (1982-05-06)
1983 →
21 of 63 seats
to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Lloyd Bernard Bradbury Brian Leah
Party Conservative Labour Alliance
Leader's seat Heaton Moor Reddish North Cheadle Hulme South
Last election 11 seats,
39.9% 		10 seats,
33.9% 		1 seats,
22.7%
Seats before 32 22 6
Seats won 11 5 4
Seats after 32 20 8
Seat change Steady Decrease2 Increase2
Popular vote 42,274 21,660 36,200
Percentage 40.6% 20.8% 34.8%
Swing Increase0.7% Decrease13.1% Increase12.1%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Ron Stenson
Party Heald Green Ratepayers
Leader's seat Heald Green
Last election 1 seat,
2.6%
Seats before 3
Seats won 1
Seats after 3
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 3,133
Percentage 3.0%
Swing Increase0.4%
Map of results of 1982 election
Leader of the Council before election

John Lloyd
Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

John Lloyd
Conservative

Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1986. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1][2]

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 42,274 (40.6%)
Increase 0.7 11 (52.4%)
11 / 21
 Steady 32 (50.8%)
32 / 63
Labour Party 21,660 (20.8%)
Decrease 13.1 5 (23.8%)
5 / 21
 Decrease 2 20 (31.7%)
20 / 63
Alliance 36,200 (34.8%)
Increase 12.1 4 (19.0%)
4 / 21
 Increase 2 8 (12.7%)
8 / 63
Heald Green Ratepayers 3,133 (3.0%)
Increase 0.4 1 (4.8%)
1 / 21
 Steady 3 (4.8%)
3 / 63
Ecology 555 (0.5%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Independent Liberal 219 (0.2%)
Decrease 0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Workers Revolutionary 59 (0.1%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Communist 44 (0.0%)
Decrease 0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
↓
20 8 3 32

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Ward results

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Bredbury

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Bredbury
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Liberal D. Humphries 2,733 52.6 +21.6
Conservative A. Treharne 1,385 26.6 −7.5
Labour R. Peachey 1,080 20.8 −14.1
Majority 1,348 26.0
Turnout 5,198 48.0 −2.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Brinnington

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Brinnington
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour K. Ford* 2,189 65.4 −17.4
SDP M. Torevell 688 20.5 +14.8
Conservative F. Field 472 14.1 +2.6
Majority 1,501 44.9 −26.4
Turnout 3,349 37.3 −2.7
Labour hold Swing

Cale Green

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Cale Green
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour R. Boyd 1,695 44.2 −14.3
Conservative J. Hendry 1,082 28.2 −1.6
SDP H. Gaskell 1,008 26.3 +16.9
Ecology J. Wrightman 54 1.4 N/A
Majority 613 16.0 −12.7
Turnout 3,839 40.6 +0.8
Labour hold Swing

Cheadle

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Cheadle
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative J. Needham 2,730 58.2 −9.3
Liberal I. Kirk 1,686 35.9 +14.1
Labour A. Kellett 276 5.9 −4.7
Majority 1,044 22.3 −23.4
Turnout 4,692 47.8 +4.3
Conservative hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

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Cheadle Hulme North
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Liberal K. Anstis* 2,910 56.5 +9.0
Conservative J. Walsh 1,754 34.1 −5.7
Labour N. Stoddard 487 9.5 −3.2
Majority 1,156 22.4 +14.7
Turnout 5,151 46.2 −2.8
Liberal hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

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Cheadle Hulme South
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Liberal B. Leah* 3,289 53.5 +11.2
Conservative T. Radcliffe 2,525 41.1 −9.2
Labour R. Brown 336 5.5 −1.9
Majority 764 12.4
Turnout 6,150 55.8 +2.8
Liberal hold Swing

Davenport

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Davenport
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative G. Lowe* 2,042 46.4 −1.2
SDP V. Dawson 1,187 27.0 +15.2
Labour E. Hoad 1,085 24.6 −16.0
Ecology R. Bamforth 89 2.0 N/A
Majority 855 19.4 +12.4
Turnout 4,403 46.8 +4.2
Conservative hold Swing

East Bramhall

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East Bramhall
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative A. Doherty* 3,549 57.4 +1.0
Liberal F. Ridley 2,357 38.1 +7.1
Labour G. Scott 276 4.5 −1.5
Majority 1,192 19.3 −6.1
Turnout 6,182 50.9 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing

Edgeley

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Edgeley
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Liberal J. Ashworth 2,419 48.1 +16.5
Labour J. McMullen 1,772 35.2 −14.4
Conservative W. Thomson 780 15.5 −1.1
Workers Revolutionary J. Downs 59 1.2 N/A
Majority 647 12.9 −5.1
Turnout 5,030 40.3 +2.0
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

Great Moor

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Great Moor
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative I. Roberts 1,986 41.5 −2.0
SDP J. Begg 1,472 30.8 +19.4
Labour J. Mobbs 1,268 26.5 −18.7
Ecology G. Leatherbarrow 58 1.2 N/A
Majority 514 10.7
Turnout 4,784 43.2 −1.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Hazel Grove

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Hazel Grove
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative A. Law* 2,759 46.7 +1.9
Liberal D. Robinson 2,706 45.8 +10.1
Labour B. Hughes 440 7.5 −11.9
Majority 53 0.9 −8.2
Turnout 5,905 49.1 +4.4
Conservative hold Swing

Heald Green

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Heald Green
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Heald Green Ratepayers P. Burns 3,133 62.2 −0.8
Conservative L. Clark 926 18.4 −1.0
SDP S. Comer 598 11.9 +3.1
Labour M. Lawley 359 7.1 −1.8
Ecology S. Lasker 20 0.4 N/A
Majority 2,207 43.8 +0.2
Turnout 5,036 47.5 +4.0
Heald Green Ratepayers hold Swing

Heaton Mersey

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Heaton Mersey
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative P. Whitney* 2,834 52.2 +1.9
Labour M. Banks 1,277 23.5 −15.3
SDP P. Vittoz 1,237 22.8 +11.9
Ecology F. Chapman 84 1.5 N/A
Majority 1,557 28.7 +17.2
Turnout 5,432 48.5 +3.6
Conservative hold Swing

Heaton Moor

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Heaton Moor
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative J. A. MacCarron* 2,526 57.6 −1.1
Liberal J. Langrish 1,211 27.6 +14.7
Labour D. Solomon 646 14.7 −13.7
Majority 1,315 30.0 −0.3
Turnout 4,383 44.3 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing

Manor

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Manor
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour E. Gallacher* 1,495 38.9 −19.8
Conservative H. Armstrong 1,168 30.7 −0.3
SDP S. Rimmer 1,131 29.4 +18.8
Ecology E. Ashton 50 1.3 N/A
Majority 327 8.5 −19.5
Turnout 3,844 42.3 −1.1
Labour hold Swing

North Marple

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North Marple
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative J. Childerstone 2,304 47.9 −1.7
Liberal B. Warwick 1,972 41.0 +7.7
Labour A. Howard 539 11.2 −5.8
Majority 332 6.9 −9.4
Turnout 4,815 54.5 +6.8
Conservative hold Swing

North Reddish

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North Reddish
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour P. Halliday* 2,717 52.4 −17.4
Conservative P. Gamblin 1,279 24.7 +1.2
SDP T. Pyle 1,145 22.1 +16.5
Communist N. Bourne 44 0.8 −0.3
Majority 1,438 27.7 −18.6
Turnout 5,185 45.0 −0.6
Labour hold Swing

Romiley

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Romiley
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative P. Gilleney* 2,531 47.4 +1.6
SDP B. Ravenscroft 1,546 28.9 +2.8
Labour J. Hughes 1,266 23.7 −4.4
Majority 985 18.5 +0.8
Turnout 5,343 46.1 +1.9
Conservative hold Swing

South Marple

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South Marple
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative J. Cooke* 2,670 51.6 −4.5
Liberal D. Brailsford 2,097 40.5 +10.5
Labour W. Town 325 6.3 −7.6
Ecology M. Nicholls 83 1.6 N/A
Majority 573 11.1 −15.0
Turnout 5,175 52.7 +5.7
Conservative hold Swing

South Reddish

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South Reddish
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour A. Mobbs* 1,897 44.9 −11.2
Conservative B. Francis 1,188 28.1 +3.8
Liberal I. Files 880 20.8 0
Independent Liberal J. D. Hunt 219 5.2 −1.9
Ecology S. Ledger 40 0.9 N/A
Majority 709 16.8 −11.3
Turnout 4,224 38.3 −6.2
Labour hold Swing

West Bramhall

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West Bramhall
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative J. B. Leck* 3,784 62.8 −4.1
SDP T. Davies 1,928 32.0 +6.4
Labour I. Hamilton 235 3.9 −3.6
Ecology N. Bamber 77 1.3 N/A
Majority 1,856 30.8 −10.5
Turnout 6,024 51.0 +6.7
Conservative hold 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 7, 1982, p.25
  3. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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