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The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is south-east of central Manchester and south of Tameside. As well as the towns of Stockport, Bredbury and Marple, it includes the outlying villages and suburbs of Hazel Grove, Bramhall, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Reddish, Woodley and Romiley. In 2022, it had a population of 297,107, making it the fourth-most populous borough of Greater Manchester.[3]
History
The borough was created in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the former area of the County Borough of Stockport and from the administrative county of Cheshire the urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple.
Stockport became a county borough in 1889 and was enlarged by gaining territory from Lancashire, including Reddish in 1906 and the Four Heatons in 1913.[6] The Marple Urban District of Cheshire, formed in 1894, gained parts of Derbyshire in 1936 including Mellor and Ludworth from Chapel en le Frith Rural District.[7]
Prior to its creation, it was suggested that the metropolitan borough be named "Norchester", but this was rejected as "a concocted name", being beaten by "Stockport" by a vote of 16 to 5.[8]
Geography
- Adswood
- Bramhall, Bredbury, Brinnington
- Cale Green, Cheadle, Cheadle Heath, Cheadle Hulme, Compstall
- Davenport
- Edgeley
- Gatley
- Heaton Chapel
- Heaton Mersey
- Heaton Moor
- Heaton Norris
- Hazel Grove, Heald Green, High Lane
- Marple, Mellor
- Offerton
- Portwood
- Reddish, Romiley
- Woodford, Woodley, Woodsmoor
Governance
Parliamentary constituencies
There are four parliamentary constituencies in the Stockport Metropolitan Borough: Stockport, Cheadle, Hazel Grove, and Denton and Reddish. Stockport has been represented by Navendu Mishra (Labour) since 2019. Mary Robinson (Conservative) has been MP for Cheadle since 2015. William Wragg (Conservative) has been MP for Hazel Grove since 2015. The constituency of Denton and Reddish bridges Stockport and Tameside; the current member is Andrew Gwynne (Labour).
Unparished Areas
Showing former status (prior to 1974), the entire district is unparished (note that Offerton Park, called "Offerton Estate" until 2006, existed from 2002 to 2011):
- Bredbury and Romiley (Urban District)
- Cheadle and Gatley (Urban District)
- Hazel Grove and Bramhall (Urban District)
- Marple (Urban District)
- Stockport (County Borough)
Council
There are 21 electoral wards in Stockport, each with 3 councillors, giving a total of 63 councillors.
From 2002 until 2014, the Liberal Democrats had a controlling majority on the council.[9]
Following the 2014 Local Elections, no party had overall control. The Liberal Democrats remained the largest party, despite losing a seat, but decided not to form a minority administration and strongly refused any possibility of a coalition with the Conservatives.[10]
Following the 2016 Local Elections, no party had overall control with the Liberal Democrat council leader Sue Derbyshire losing her seat and Labour taking over as largest party.[11]
Following the 2022 Local Elections, the Liberal Democrats took control of the council and Mark Hunter became leader.[12]
| Party | Seats | Current Council (2022–23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014[13] | 2015[14] | 2016[11] | 2018[15] | 2019[16] | 2021 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lib Dems | 28 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour | 22 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heald Green Ratepayers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demography
At the 2001 UK census, the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport had a total population of 284,528.[17] Of the 120,456 households in Stockport: 38.0% were married couples living together, 30.3% were one-person households, 8.3% were co-habiting couples and 9.4% were lone parents.[18]
The population density is 2,257/km2 (5,850/sq mi)[19] and, for every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. Of those aged 16–74 in Stockport, 25.7% had no academic qualifications, lower than 28.9% in all of England.[17] 5.0% of Stockport's residents were born outside the United Kingdom, significantly lower than the national average of 9.2%.[20] The largest minority group was recorded as Asian, at 2.1% of the population.[21]
Population change
The table below details the population change since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data. Although the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport has only existed 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages and civil parishes that would later be constituent parts of the borough.
| Population growth in Stockport since 1801 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | |||||||||||
| Population | 18,901 | 23,957 | 29,745 | 39,027 | 50,340 | 51,232 | 67,034 | 82,837 | 98,693 | 114,252 | |||||||||||
| % change | – | +26.7 | +24.3 | +31.2 | +29.0 | +1.8 | +30.8 | +23.6 | +19.1 | +15.8 | |||||||||||
| Source: Vision of Britain[22] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Population growth in Stockport since 1901 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1941 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | |||||||||||
| Population | 135,156 | 159,884 | 172,025 | 185,087 | 204,265 | 225,433 | 256,848 | 292,695 | 288,977 | 288,354 | |||||||||||
| % change | +18.3 | +18.3 | +7.6 | +7.6 | +10.4 | +10.4 | +13.9 | +14.0 | −1.3 | −0.2 | |||||||||||
| Source: Vision of Britain[22] | |||||||||||||||||||||