Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1979. These were the first Borough elections to be held in Stockport since it received its Royal Charter (and effectively took over from its predecessor Districts and Municipal Boroughs) in 1974. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, from no overall control.Local election winners, The Guardian, May 2, 1975, p.22
Election result
PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilConservative Party48,171 (52.2%) 13.417 (85.0%) 734 (56.7%)Labour Party16,668 (18.0%) 4.32 (10.0%) 4 12 (20.0%)Liberal Party23,284 (25.2%) 9.7 0 (0.0%) 3 10 (16.7%)Heald Green Ratepayers2,326 (2.5%) 0.3 1 (5.0%) 3 (5.0%)Residents1,384 (1.5%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.7%)Communist344 (0.4%) 0.1 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)National Front92 (0.1%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%)Independent80 (0.1%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%)
+ ↓ 12 10 1 3 34
Ward results
No.1 (Brinnington & Lancashire Hill)
No.2 (Manor & Little Moor)
No.3 (Vernon & Offerton)
No.4 (Heaviley & Davenport)
No.5 (Adswood & Cale Green)
No.6 (Edgeley & Cheadle Heath)
No.7 (Heaton Mersey & Heaton Norris)
No.8 (Heaton Moor & Heaton Chapel)
No.9 (Reddish Green & Longford)
No.10 (Bredbury Goyt)
No.11 (Bredbury Tame)
No.12 (Heald Green)
No.13 (Cheadle & Gatley)
No.14 (Cheadle Hulme South)
No.15 (Cheadle Hulme North & Adswood)
No.16 (Torkington & Norbury)
No.17 (Ladybrook)
No.18 (Park & Pownall)
No.19 (Marple)
No.20 (Mellor & High Lane)
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