The latest in my posting of local election results for Stockport from 1973 to 2004.  Not the Liberal’s finest year this one – in fact the party won only a single seat, Edgeley and Cheadle Heath (which now has three Labour councillors).  In Cheadle & Gatley, the Conservatives were way ahead. The Jeremy Thorpe scandal [...]

Thanks to everyone from the Cheadle Muslim Association who braved the wind and rain to put on a a fun day raising money for the Seashell Trust (our school for the deaf, an excellent local charity). We came, we (the kids, anyway) enjoyed their marshmallow-and-melted-chocolate kebabs, fruit-and-melted-chocolate kebabs,  bouncy castle and more.  I didn’t quite [...]

From Stockport Council: Arrangements for the school admissions are available to view at www.stockport.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Please note that new oversubscription criteria for all Community primary and secondary schools, Church of England primary schools and Reddish Vale Technology College will be adopted for 2011/12. School Year 2010/2011 Main Term Dates * Autumn Term 2010 – Monday 6th [...]

Old Hall Road in Gatley has suffered especially badly following the big freeze earlier in the year.  A few potholes popped up in January, which we got fixed quickly.  Then more came, then even more. Currently the section of Old Hall Road by Pendlebury Road and in front of the old cemetary wall has big [...]

The work on Gatley Bridge has been completed ahead of schedule (with the potholes on Gatley Hill filled in to the bargain). The big problem we had at the start was the way the temporary traffic lights had been set up.  A lot of vehicles going north on Styal Road wanted to turn into Church [...]

I was very pleased to see that the new bollard on the corner of Gatley Road and Old Hall Road was installed on Tuesday.  This was something I worked with the Council on after a lorry clipping the kerb shot a fragment of concrete that hit our crossing lady in the throat (luckily, she wasn’t [...]

Our council’s Area Conditions Officer, Julie Henshall, has been looking into the mass of signs at the junction of Longley Lane and Altrincham Road on the edge of Gatley. Unfortunately, that side of the road is in Manchester, not Stockport, so our council officers have no power to act.  It has been passed onto Manchester [...]

At yesterday’s Cheadle Area Committee, we approved the proposal for a new streetlight to be erected on Hawthorn Road near the school, lighting the passageway running from Hawthorn Road to Birch Road. The total cost of the streetlamp is £1,300, and we’re meeting half that cost from our ward funding (we have £21,000 a year [...]

The press release from Mark’s office: Local Cheadle MP Mark Hunter has been appointed Deputy Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats. His appointment also means he now becomes an official Government Whip in the new Lib Dem/Conservative Coalition. Commenting on the appointment, Mark said: “This is a great privilege – particularly to have a job [...]

Each ward in Stockport gets £3,000 of area fuflexibility funding each year.  Typically, this is given to local organisations applying for funding.  It can also be used for other projects to improve the ward (e.g. in Heald Green they spent around £7,000 on some additional paving improvements in the village centre, on top of the [...]