| Election Name: | Stockport Council Election 2016 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Party Colour: | Yes |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Party Name: | Yes |
| Seats For Election: | 21 Seats up for Election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2018 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 23 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 23 |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 24 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seats After2: | 23 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Party4: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before4: | 13 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seats After4: | 14 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Heald Green Ratepayers |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council |
| Before Party: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | Sue Derbyshire |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Alex Ganotis |
The 2016 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Stockport Council is elected in thirds which means that in each three member local ward, one councillor is elected every year, except every four years which is classed as fallow year. The last fallow year was 2013, when no local government elections took place in the borough. Those councillors elected with serve a four-year term expiring in 2020, the term was subsequently extended for a further year due to the deferral of the 2020 UK local elections.
Following the elections, the Lib Dem minority administration was replaced by a Labour minority administration. The Liberal Democrats had previously governed Stockport with a majority from 2002, and in a minority since 2011. This was able to occur as a result of a Liberal Democrat councillor defecting to Labour on election night, leaving Labour as the largest party with 23 councillors to the Liberal Democrats 21. [2]
Asterix indicates incumbent in the Ward, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.
Sue Derbyshire had been the leader of Stockport Council before she lost her seat in this election.
Laura Booth was previously the Labour Party councillor for Offerton. She left Labour in 2014[3] and joined the Lib Dems in 2015.[4]