David Goddard, Baron Goddard of Stockport (born 2 October 1952) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was made a life peer, as Baron Goddard of Stockport, of Stockport in the County of Greater Manchester, on 15 September 2014.
A gas engineer by trade, he was an elected member of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council from 1990 until 2012 - initially as a Labour councillor before defecting to the Liberal Democrats around the turn of the millennium - and was elected again in 2014 before standing down in 2018. He was leader of the council between 2007 and 2012.
In February 2026, he became Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords.
Elections contested Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections YearWardPartyVotes% votesPosition1988Romiley 1,30023.43rd of 51990South Reddish 4,05473.7Won1994South Reddish 2,47660.0Won1998South Reddish 1,55170.6Won2002Great Moor 1,62252.9Won2004Offerton 1,80644.8Won2008Offerton 1,60248.8Won2012Offerton 1,30135.62nd of 42014Offerton 1,15932.0Won
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External links Lord Goddard of Stockport – UK Parliament