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Stockport: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, North West; part of the GMCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000007.

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Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Stockport for 2026–27: £2,179.65 of a £2,618.90 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 4 opened (4 academy converter), 6 closed (4 academy converter, 1 closure, 1 result of amalgamation/merger)

Adswood Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 28 February 2026
Alexandra Park Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 December 2025
Brabyns Preparatory School — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
Bramhall Park Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
Queensgate Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
St Philip's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 September 2025
Adswood Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 March 2026
Alexandra Park Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 January 2026
Queensgate Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
St Philip's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 October 2025

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Stockport reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Stockport: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£302.9 million
Highways and transport services	£9.2 million
Children's social care	£88.9 million
Adult social care	£151.7 million
Public health	£21.5 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£6.3 million
Cultural and related services	£13.8 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£15.6 million
Planning and development services	£7.7 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£6.6 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£624.1 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Stockport in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 303,929 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 41 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £26,236 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £654 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 19.6% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.9% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £317,913 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.8 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 63.1 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 61.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 3.4 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 94.9% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 115.2 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 13,360 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

63 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 33, Labour Party 14, Independent / Other 6, Green Party (E&W) 4, Edgeley Community Association 3, Reform UK 2, Conservative and Unionist 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 63 councillors, by ward

Alex Wynne (Liberal Democrats) — Bramhall North
Mark Jones (Liberal Democrats) — Bramhall North
Taya Clarke (Liberal Democrats) — Bramhall North
Dallas Jones (Liberal Democrats) — Bramhall South & Woodford
Jeremy Meal (Liberal Democrats) — Bramhall South & Woodford
Peter Crossen (Conservative and Unionist) — Bramhall South & Woodford
Joe Barratt (Independent / Other) — Bredbury & Woodley
Niki Meerman (Liberal Democrats) — Bredbury & Woodley
Rosemary Barratt (Independent / Other) — Bredbury & Woodley
Angie Clark (Liberal Democrats) — Bredbury Green & Romiley
Mark Roberts (Liberal Democrats) — Bredbury Green & Romiley
Rachel Bresnahan (Liberal Democrats) — Bredbury Green & Romiley
Christine Carrigan (Labour Party) — Brinnington & Stockport Central
Karl Wardlaw (Labour Party) — Brinnington & Stockport Central
Shaun Regan (Reform UK) — Brinnington & Stockport Central
David Meller (Labour Party) — Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North
Jilly Julian (Liberal Democrats) — Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North
Mike Newman (Liberal Democrats) — Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North
Helen Foster-Grime (Liberal Democrats) — Cheadle Hulme South
Keith Holloway (Liberal Democrats) — Cheadle Hulme South
Mark Hunter (Liberal Democrats) — Cheadle Hulme South
Graham Greenhalgh (Liberal Democrats) — Cheadle West & Gatley
Huma Khan (Liberal Democrats) — Cheadle West & Gatley
Ian Hunter (Liberal Democrats) — Cheadle West & Gatley
Alice Delemare (Liberal Democrats) — Davenport & Cale Green
Dickie Davies (Labour Party) — Davenport & Cale Green
Paul Wright (Labour Party) — Davenport & Cale Green
Asa Caton (Edgeley Community Association) — Edgeley
Jess Meller (Edgeley Community Association) — Edgeley
Matt Wynne (Edgeley Community Association) — Edgeley
Frankie Singleton (Liberal Democrats) — Hazel Grove
Jake Austin (Liberal Democrats) — Hazel Grove
Wendy Meikle (Liberal Democrats) — Hazel Grove
Anna Charles-Jones (Independent / Other) — Heald Green
Carole McCann (Independent / Other) — Heald Green
Catherine Stuart (Independent / Other) — Heald Green
David Sedgwick (Independent / Other) — Heatons North
Dena Ryness (Labour Party) — Heatons North
Jo Williams (Labour Party) — Heatons North
Claire Vibert (Labour Party) — Heatons South
Colin Foster (Labour Party) — Heatons South
Dean Fitzpatrick (Labour Party) — Heatons South
Brian Battle (Reform UK) — Manor
Jon Byrne (Labour Party) — Manor
Laura Clingan (Labour Party) — Manor
Megan Axon (Liberal Democrats) — Marple North
Steve Gribbon (Liberal Democrats) — Marple North
Wendy Meikle (Liberal Democrats) — Marple North
Colin MacAlister (Liberal Democrats) — Marple South & High Lane
Dominic Warner (Liberal Democrats) — Marple South & High Lane
Shan Alexander (Liberal Democrats) — Marple South & High Lane
Dominic Hardwick (Liberal Democrats) — Norbury & Woodsmoor
Grace Baynham (Liberal Democrats) — Norbury & Woodsmoor
Pete West (Liberal Democrats) — Norbury & Woodsmoor
Dan Oliver (Liberal Democrats) — Offerton
Jamie Hirst (Liberal Democrats) — Offerton
Will Dawson (Liberal Democrats) — Offerton
David White (Green Party (E&W)) — Reddish North
David Wilson (Labour Party) — Reddish North
Rachel Wise (Labour Party) — Reddish North
James Frizzell (Green Party (E&W)) — Reddish South
Laura Smith (Green Party (E&W)) — Reddish South
Liz Crix (Green Party (E&W)) — Reddish South

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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