Offerton (Stockport electoral ward)

Offerton
Offerton within Stockport
Population	10,519 (2010[1])
Region
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	North West
UK Parliament	Hazel Grove
Councillors	Wendy Meikle (Liberal Democrat)
	Laura Booth (Liberal Democrat)
	Dave Goddard (Liberal Democrat)
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Offerton is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It elects three Councillors to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth.

Together with Bredbury & Woodley, Bredbury Green and Romiley, Hazel Grove, Marple North, and Marple South it constitutes the Hazel Grove Parliamentary constituency. Offerton Ward was home to the former Offerton High School. Offerton Ward is located near the centre of the borough and is bordered by Marple South, Marple North, Bredbury Green & Romiley, Manor, Stepping Hill and Hazel Grove. The ward is also the seat of former Council Leader Dave Goddard, who in 2012 lost his seat to Laura Booth of the Labour Party, who has since become a Lib Dem.^[2][3] Goddard has since been re-elected for Offerton but is not standing for Leader of the Council.

Councillors

• 
  Wendy Meikle (Liberal Democrat)
• 
  Laura Booth (Liberal Democrat)
• 
  Dave Goddard (Liberal Democrat)

Elections in the 2010s

May 2016

Laura Booth left Labour in 2014^[2] and joined the Lib Dems in 2015.^[3]

Stockport Council Elections: Offerton Ward 2016^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Booth	1,282	35
	Labour	Janet Glover	1,000	27
	UKIP	Darran Palmer	666	18
	Conservative	Richard Britton	614	17
	Green	Simon Edge	88	2
Majority			282
Turnout			3,650	36
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

May 2015

Stockport Council Elections: Offerton Ward 2015^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Meikle	2,049	31
	Conservative	Tom Dowse	1,781	27
	Labour	Charlie Stewart	1,460	22
	UKIP	Grahame Bradbury	1,115	17
	Green	Hannah Arnold	209	3
Majority			268
Turnout			6,614	63
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

May 2014

Stockport Council Elections: Offerton Ward 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Goddard	1,159	32%	-3.58%
	Labour	Charlie Stewart	1,052	29%	-7.81
	UKIP	Harry Perry	843	23%	+13.46%
	Conservative	Bill Law	557	15%	-3.07%
Majority			107	3%
Turnout			3,611
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

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May 2012

Laura Booth left Labour in 2014^[2] and joined the Lib Dems in 2015.^[3] She was re-elected as the Lib Dem councillor for Offerton in 2016.^[4]

Stockport Council Elections: Offerton Ward 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Laura Booth	1,346	36.81	+26.88
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Goddard	1,301	35.58	−13.22
	Conservative	Steve Rodriquez	661	18.07	−4.05
	UKIP	Harry Perry	349	9.54	N/A
Majority			45	1.23
Turnout			3,663	34.95
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

May 2011

Stockport Council Elections: Offerton Ward 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Meikle	1,404	36.8
	Labour	Laura Booth	1,203	31.6
	Conservative	Julie Dawn Wragg	804	21.1
	UKIP	Harry Perry	386	10.1
Majority			201
Turnout			3,811	36.32
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

1. http://www.stockport.gov.uk/2013/2986/59933/localelectionresults2010[]
2. Brown, Richard (25 October 2014). "Stockport Labour compared to North Korean dictatorship after 'bullying' storm sees two cllrs quit". Mancunian Matters. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
3. Fitzgerald, Todd (28 April 2015). "Laura Booth joins Liberal Democrats and supports General Election candidate Lisa Smart". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
4. "Election results for Offerton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
5. "Election results for Offerton". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. Stockport MBC.
6. http://www.stockport.gov.uk/2013/2986/59933/886275/offerton[]
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.

External links

• Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council