Offerton 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 Bredbury and Woodley, Bredbury Green and Romiley, Hazel Grove, Manor, Marple North and Marple South and High Lane, and part of the Norbury and Woodsmoor ward the majority of the ward falls within the Hazel Grove Parliamentary constituency. Part of the Offerton ward (polling districts OF2 and OF7) falls within the Cheadle constituency.
Offerton Ward was home to the former Offerton High School.
Offerton Ward is located near the centre of the borough and is bordered by Bramhall North, Bredbury Green & Romiley, Hazel Grove, Manor and Norbury & Woodsmoor.
The ward was also the seat of former Council Leader Dave Goddard, who in 2012 lost his seat to Laura Booth of the Labour Party, who later became a Lib Dem. Goddard regained the seat in 2013 and held it until 2018, and is now a member of the House of Lords.
Councillors Offerton is represented in Westminster by Lisa Smart MP for Hazel Grove, and Tom Morrison MP for Cheadle.
The ward is represented on Stockport Council by three councillors:, Will Dawson (Lib Dem), Dan Oliver (Lib Dem), and Helen Hibbert (Labour).
ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor 2004 Tom Eric Pyle (Ind) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) 2006 John Smith (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) 2007 John Smith (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) 2008 John Smith (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) 2010 John Smith (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) 2011 John Smith (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) January 2012 John Smith (Con) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) May 2012 John Smith (Con) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Laura Booth (Lab) 2014 Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Laura Booth (Lab) October 2014 Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Laura Booth (Ind) April 2015 Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Laura Booth (Lib Dem) May 2015 Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Laura Booth (Lib Dem) 2016 Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Laura Booth (Lib Dem) April 2018 Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Laura Booth (Ind) May 2018 Will Dawson (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Laura Booth (Lab) 2019 Will Dawson (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Laura Booth (Lab) 2021 Will Dawson (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Oliver Harrison (Lib Dem) 2022 Will Dawson (Lib Dem) Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) Oliver Harrison (Lib Dem)2023 Will Dawson (Lib Dem) Helen Hibbert (Lab) Will Sharp (Lab)2024Will Dawson (Lib Dem)Helen Hibbert (Lab)Dan Oliver (Lib Dem) indicates seat up for re-election. indicates councillor defected.
Elections in the 2020s
May 2024
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May 2022
May 2021
Elections in the 2010s May 2019
May 2018
May 2016 Laura Booth left Labour in 2014 and joined the Lib Dems in 2015 and rejoined Labour in 2018
May 2015
May 2014
May 2012 Laura Booth left Labour in 2014 and joined the Lib Dems in 2015. She was re-elected as the Lib Dem councillor for Offerton in 2016.
May 2011
References
External links Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council