The agenda for our next Cheadle Area Committee meeting is out. The meeting will be at 6pm on Tuesday 29th May 2012 at Bolshaw Primary School, Heald Green (the new location for the next year). Items of note, in what looks like a busy meeting, include: Planning Application 48852 – change of use of 20 [...]

The local elections are over and it’s the time of year to decide which councillors (and others) sit on which committees and perform which roles for the coming year. The parties on the council have all agreed who will be doing what – the roles are traditionally formally approved at the Annual Council Meeting, which [...]

Stockport Council supported the fourth annual International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) on Thursday 17th May. Councillors and employees dressed in the spectrum of colours represented on rainbow flag which symbolises IDAHO. The IDAHO flag was flying from Stockport Town Hall on the day. Councillor Stuart Bodsworth, champion for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender [...]

Stockport Art Gallery has it’s annual Open Contemporary Art Exhibition running until 24th June, and for my money it’s well worth a look. The exhibition is organised by SKarts, and includes cash prizes for the works of art judged the best – go along and see if you agree with the judges decisions. The Gallery, [...]

The Cheadle Area Committee covers three of the Stockport Council wards: Cheadle & Gatley, Cheadle Hulme North and Heald Green. We aim to move the location around, spending a year in each ward in turn. This allows local residents from each area to have a chance to get to the area committee, even if travelling [...]

Following the Local Election result on Thursday, Stockport’s Liberal Democrats successfully defended 9 seats, lost 2 seats and gained 1 seat from the Conservatives. This means they have 28 seats and, although they remain the largest single political Group, the Council remains in No Overall Control. One of the seats lost was that of Cllr [...]

Congratulations to Cllr Keith Holloway – the Lib Dems have gained Cheadle & Gatley from the Conservatives with a majority of 260. The votes were: Keith Holloway (Lib Dem): 2030 (42.5%, +2.5%) Mick Jones (Conservative): 1770 (37.1%, -1.2%) Colin Owen (Labour): 974 (20.4%, -0.8%) Total votes cast: 4774 Turnout: 41% Lib Dem majority over Conservatives: [...]

The Lib Dems have pointed out that the local Tories have been pressing for the Council to look into dimming and turning off streetlights (we campaigned against the Tory plan – thank you to everyone who supported us). We’ve also exposed the Tory proposal to take money away from Cheadle and Gatley and spend it [...]

The Cheadle Area Committee scheduled for 17th April 2012 has been cancelled due to lack of business. Because of “purdah” rules, council meetings avoid political subjects in election time, so local area committee meetings are generally held only when there are planning applications to consider. As there appear not to be this time round, there’s [...]

With the local elections just a few weeks away on 3rd May, the Lib Dems have selected hard-working local campaigner Keith Holloway to fight for Cheadle & Gatley – which looks to be another close fight between us and the Conservatives. Last year just 90 votes separated the Lib Dems and the Tories, with Labour [...]