| Official Name: | Marple South and High Lane |
| Static Image Name: | Marple South (Stockport Council Ward).png |
| Static Image Width: | 240px |
| Static Image Caption: | Marple South and High Lane within Stockport |
| Region: | North West |
| Country: | England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Hazel Grove |
| Councillor1: | Colin MacAlister |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrat |
| Councillor2: | Aron Thornley |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrat |
| Councillor3: | Shan Alexander |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrat |
| Population: | 9,733 |
| Population Ref: | (2010)[1] |
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Marple South and High Lane is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It elects three Councillors to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth.
It covers the southern part of Marple. Together with Bredbury & Woodley, Bredbury Green and Romiley, Hazel Grove, Marple North, and Offerton it constitutes the Hazel Grove Parliamentary constituency. Marple South and High Lane is also home to the Marple Sixth Form College, which is part of Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College.
The ward was previously called Marple South but the council agreed to the ward's name change in October 2017 following a public consultation.[2]
Marple South and High Lane electoral ward is represented in Westminster by William Wragg MP for Hazel Grove.[3]
The ward is represented on Stockport Council by three councillors: Colin Macalister (Lib Dem),[4] Aron Thornley (Lib Dem).,[5] and Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Roy Weaver (Lib Dem) | Chris Baker (Lib Dem) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2006 | Sue Ingham (Lib Dem) | Chris Baker (Lib Dem) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2007 | Sue Ingham (Lib Dem) | Chris Baker (Lib Dem) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2008 | Sue Ingham (Lib Dem) | Chris Baker (Lib Dem) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2010 | Sue Ingham (Lib Dem) | Chris Baker (Lib Dem) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2011 | Sue Ingham (Lib Dem) | Kevin Dowling (Lib Dem) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2012 | Sue Ingham (Lib Dem) | Kevin Dowling (Lib Dem) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2014 | Sue Ingham (Lib Dem) | Kevin Dowling (Lib Dem) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2015 | Sue Ingham (Lib Dem) | Kenny Blair (Con) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2016 | Sue Ingham (Lib Dem) | Kenny Blair (Con) | Tom Dowse (Con) | ||||
| May 2018 | Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem) | Kenny Blair (Con) | Tom Dowse (Con) | ||||
| July 2018 | Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem) | Kenny Blair (Ind) | Tom Dowse (Con) | ||||
| 2019 | Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem) | Aron Thornley (Lib Dem) | Tom Dowse (Con) | ||||
| 2021 | Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem) | Aron Thornley (Lib Dem) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2022 | Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem) | Aron Thornley (Lib Dem) | Shan Alexander (Lib Dem) | ||||
Kenny Blair left the Conservatives and became an Independent councillor in 2018.