Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, with one third of the seats up for election.
Following the elections, the Liberal Democrats lost their majority on the council for the first time since 2002, but continued in power without an overall majority.
The state of the parties after the election was:
PartySeats ± % votesLiberal Democrat 31 -6 Labour 16 +3 Conservative 11 +3 Heald Green Ratepayer 3 0 Independent left 2 0
Ward results Bramhall North
Bramhall South
Bredbury and Woodley
Bredbury Green and Romiley
Brinnington and Central
Cheadle and Gatley
Cheadle Hulme North
Cheadle Hulme South
Davenport and Cale Green
Edgeley and Cheadle Heath
Hazel Grove
Heald Green
Heatons North
Heatons South
Manor Patrick McAuley left Labour and became a Lib Dem councillor in 2012.
Marple North
Marple South
Offerton
Reddish North
Reddish South
Stepping Hill
Changes 2011–2012 On 21 January 2012, Patrick McAuley, Labour councillor for Manor since May 2011, announced on Twitter that he had resigned from the Labour Party but that he would continue to serve as a councillor;
References
External links Stockport local election results 2011