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Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

Council composition (approx.)

105 councillors elected across cycles 2022, 2023, 2024, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.

Cycles

Party-control changes between cycles

Cases where the largest party (by seats won) changed from one cycle to the next. Each row shows the new party's vote share in both cycles and the seats they took. A small vote shift paired with a big seat shift is the First-Past-the-Post volatility story.

2021 2022

Labour Party Liberal Democrats

Vote shift (incoming party) +4.1 pts 30.6% → 34.7%
Seat shift (incoming party) +9.5 pts 38.1% → 47.6%
Outgoing party (vote / seats 2021 → 2022) 32.0% → 32.8% seats: 38.1% → 42.9%

Vote share vs seat share

2021
Votes
Seats
2022
Votes
Seats

Caveat for by-thirds councils: only a third of the seats are elected in each cycle, so a flip in the "largest party this cycle" doesn't necessarily mean a flip in overall council control. The vote-vs-seat divergence still tells you something about how First-Past-the-Post allocates the seats that were contested.

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward2021202220232024
Bramhall North52%42%18%48%
Bramhall South & Woodford48%49%17%
Bramhall South and Woodford45%
Bredbury & Woodley49%41%15%
Bredbury and Woodley47%
Bredbury Green & Romiley57%59%23%
Bredbury Green and Romiley59%
Brinnington & Stockport Central27%
Brinnington and Stockport Central61%
Brinnington Central62%65%
Cheadle & Gatley46%55%
Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North17%
Cheadle East and Cheadle Hulme North45%
Cheadle Hulme North45%46%
Cheadle Hulme South61%58%24%57%
Cheadle West & Gatley20%
Cheadle West and Gatley57%
Davenport & Cale Green64%65%25%
Davenport and Cale Green54%
Edgeley19%59%
Edgeley & Cheadle Heath72%72%
Hazel Grove45%48%17%42%
Heald Green54%50%16%43%
Heatons North66%61%25%62%
Heatons South67%67%26%64%
Manor47%51%16%52%
Marple North54%57%23%50%
Marple South & High Lane50%58%21%
Marple South and High Lane55%
Norbury & Woodsmoor16%
Norbury and Woodsmoor43%
Offerton36%46%16%40%
Reddish North61%69%26%67%
Reddish South48%50%20%55%
Stepping Hill35%36%