Stockport.
Liberal Democrats-controlled metropolitan_borough. £324m net revenue. 21 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Liberal Democrats chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Stockport is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Liberal Democrats (34 of 63 seats). Net revenue is £324m for 2025-26. It covers 21 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Liberal Democrats 54% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taya Rose Clarke | LD | Bramhall North | 2026 |
| Alex Wynne | LD | Bramhall North | 2024 |
| Mark Anthony Jones | LD | Bramhall North | 2023 |
| Dallas Ann Jones | LD | Bramhall South | 2026 |
| Jeremy Richard Meal | LD | Bramhall South | 2024 |
| Ian George Powney | LD | Bramhall South | 2023 |
| Angie Clark | LD | Bredbury Green Romiley | 2026 |
| Mark Anthony Roberts | LD | Bredbury Green Romiley | 2024 |
| Lisa Smart | LD | Bredbury Green Romiley | 2023 |
| Niki Meerman | LD | Bredbury Woodley | 2026 |
| Rosemary Frances Barratt | Lab | Bredbury Woodley | 2024 |
| Joe Barratt | Lab | Bredbury Woodley | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (metropolitan_borough): 63% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (44%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £2,076 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £270 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £129 |
| Total Band-D | £2,475 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Stockport split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORI | £27.40m | 11.1% | 45 |
| STOCKPORT HOMES LTD | £18.00m | 7.3% | 276 |
| HMRC - PAYROLL PAYMENTS ONLY | £16.44m | 6.7% | 73 |
| GREATER MANCHESTER PENSION PAYROLL | £12.16m | 4.9% | 8 |
| TOTALLY LOCAL COMPANY LTD | £9.96m | 4.0% | 604 |
| *REDACT - PERSONAL INFORMATION | £9.61m | 3.9% | 32,841 |
| TEACHERS PENSIONS | £9.01m | 3.7% | 13 |
| CAPITAL & CENTRIC ROSE LIMITED | £6.32m | 2.6% | 7 |
| THREE SIXTY SHG LTD | £4.26m | 1.7% | 188 |
| STOCKPORT NHS TRUST | £3.95m | 1.6% | 120 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORI | £7.65m |
| Childrens Services | *REDACT - PERSONAL INFORMATION | £4.65m |
| Adult Social Care | *REDACT - PERSONAL INFORMATION | £2.79m |
| Highways And Transport | GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORI | £2.16m |
| Culture And Leisure | TOTALLY LOCAL COMPANY LTD | £1.24m |
| Public Health | LOCALA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP | £0.92m |
| Planning And Economic | TAMESIDE MBC | £0.84m |
Stockport’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Grove | 8 | 38% | Lisa Smart | LD |
| Stockport | 8 | 38% | Navendu Mishra | Lab |
| Cheadle | 5 | 24% | Tom Morrison | LD |
This council holds 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Liberal Democrats-controlled metropolitan_borough — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
73,906 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level