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 […]

In 1973 Stockport had all-up elections at its inception.  In 1975, the elected councillor with the fewest votes was up again.  Here are the results. Paul Porgess is still plugging away in Heald Green in 1975 and the I Roberts standing for the Conservatives in Adswood and Cale Green isn’t me – I was in […]

Over the next few weeks I’m going to be publishing the Stockport Council election results from 1973 up to 2005. Here’s the all-up elections from 1973 that founded Stockport Metropolitain Borough Council.   For those of us involved in Stockport politics today there are some familiar names.  Brian Leck, Colin Foster, Paul Porgess and Andy […]