| Election Name: | 2011 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | Yes |
| Previous Election: | Stockport Metropolitan Council election 2010 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2011 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Party Name: | Yes |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 Seats up for Election |
| Next Election: | Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election 2012 |
| Leader1: | Dave Goddard |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Offerton |
| Seats Before1: | 37 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 31 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Leader2: | Andrew Verdeille |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Reddish South |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Leader4: | Syd Lloyd |
| Party4: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat4: | Bredbury Green & Romiley |
| Seats Before4: | 8 |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Seats After4: | 11 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Leader5: | Peter Burns |
| Party5: | Heald Green Ratepayers |
| Leaders Seat5: | Heald Green |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, with one third of the seats up for election.
Following the elections, the Liberal Democrats lost their majority on the council for the first time since 2002, but continued in power without an overall majority.
The state of the parties after the election was:[1]
| Party | Seats | +/- | % votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | -6 | ||||
| 16 | +3 | ||||
| 11 | +3 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | ||||
Patrick McAuley left Labour and became a Lib Dem councillor in 2012.[2]
On 21 January 2012, Patrick McAuley, Labour councillor for Manor since May 2011, announced on Twitter that he had resigned from the Labour Party but that he would continue to serve as a councillor;[3]