Metropolitan Borough of Stockport explained

Borough of Stockport
Settlement Type:Metropolitan borough
Motto:Latin: Animo et Fide |translation=With courage and faith
Coordinates:53.4056°N -2.1592°W
Subdivision Type:Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:United Kingdom
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:England
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:North West
Subdivision Type3:Ceremonial county and city region
Subdivision Name3:Greater Manchester
Established Title:Incorporated
Established Date:1 April 1974
Named For:Stockport
Seat Type:Administrative HQ
Seat:Stockport Town Hall
Government Footnotes:[1]
Government Type:Metropolitanborough
Governing Body:Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Leader Title:Executive
Leader Name:Leader and cabinet
Leader Title1:Control
Leader Title2:Leader
Leader Name2:Mark Hunter (LD)
Leader Title3:Mayor
Leader Name3:Graham Greenhalgh
Leader Title4:MPs
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Rank:
Population Rank:
Population Demonym:Stopfordian
Demographics Type1:Ethnicity (2021)
Demographics1 Title1:Ethnic groups
Demographics Type2:Religion (2021)
Demographics2 Title1:Religion
Timezone1:GMT
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:BST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+1
Postal Code Type:Postcode area
Postal Code:SK
Area Code Type:Dialling code
Iso Code:GB-SKP
Blank1 Name:GSS code
Blank1 Info:E08000007

The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is south-east of central Manchester and south of Tameside. As well as the towns of Stockport, Bredbury and Marple, it includes the outlying villages and suburbs of Hazel Grove, Bramhall, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Reddish, Woodley and Romiley. In, it had a population of, making it the fourth-most populous borough of Greater Manchester.

History

The borough was created in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the former area of the County Borough of Stockport and from the administrative county of Cheshire the urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple.

Stockport became a county borough in 1889 and was enlarged by gaining territory from Lancashire, including Reddish in 1906 and the Four Heatons in 1913.[2] The Marple Urban District of Cheshire, formed in 1894, gained parts of Derbyshire in 1936 including Mellor and Ludworth from Chapel en le Frith Rural District.[3]

Prior to its creation, it was suggested that the metropolitan borough be named "Norchester", but this was rejected as "a concocted name", being beaten by "Stockport" by a vote of 16 to 5.[4]

Geography

Governance

Parliamentary constituencies

There are four parliamentary constituencies in the Stockport Metropolitan Borough: Stockport, Cheadle, Hazel Grove, and Denton and Reddish. Stockport has been represented by Navendu Mishra (Labour) since 2019. Mary Robinson (Conservative) has been MP for Cheadle since 2015. William Wragg (Conservative) has been MP for Hazel Grove since 2015. The constituency of Denton and Reddish bridges Stockport and Tameside; the current member is Andrew Gwynne (Labour).

Unparished Areas

Showing former status (prior to 1974), the entire district is unparished (note that Offerton Park, called "Offerton Estate" until 2006, existed from 2002 to 2011):

  1. Bredbury and Romiley (Urban District)
  2. Cheadle and Gatley (Urban District)
  3. Hazel Grove and Bramhall (Urban District)
  4. Marple (Urban District)
  5. Stockport (County Borough)

Council

There are 21 electoral wards in Stockport, each with 3 councillors, giving a total of 63 councillors.

From 2002 until 2014, the Liberal Democrats had a controlling majority on the council.[5]

Following the 2014 Local Elections, no party had overall control. The Liberal Democrats remained the largest party, despite losing a seat, but decided not to form a minority administration and strongly refused any possibility of a coalition with the Conservatives.[6]

Following the 2016 Local Elections, no party had overall control with the Liberal Democrat council leader Sue Derbyshire losing her seat and Labour taking over as largest party.[7]

Following the 2022 Local Elections, the Liberal Democrats took control of the council and Mark Hunter became leader.[8]

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PartySeatsCurrent Council (2022–23)
2014[9] 2015[10] 20162018[11] 2019[12] 20212022
 Lib Dems28262121262628                              
 Labour22212324262525                              
 Conservative10131413885                              
 Heald Green Ratepayers3333333                              
 Green0000012                              

Demography

At the 2001 UK census, the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport had a total population of 284,528.[13] Of the 120,456 households in Stockport: 38.0% were married couples living together, 30.3% were one-person households, 8.3% were co-habiting couples and 9.4% were lone parents.[14]

The population density is 2257/km2[15] and, for every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. Of those aged 16–74 in Stockport, 25.7% had no academic qualifications, lower than 28.9% in all of England.[13] 5.0% of Stockport's residents were born outside the United Kingdom, significantly lower than the national average of 9.2%.[16] The largest minority group was recorded as Asian, at 2.1% of the population.[17]

Population change

The table below details the population change since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data. Although the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport has only existed 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages and civil parishes that would later be constituent parts of the borough.

Population growth in Stockport since 1801
Year1801181118211831184118511861187118811891
Population18,90123,95729,74539,02750,34051,23267,03482,83798,693114,252
% change+26.7+24.3+31.2+29.0+1.8+30.8+23.6+19.1+15.8
Source: Vision of Britain[18]
Population growth in Stockport since 1901
Year1901191119211931194119511961197119811991
Population135,156159,884172,025185,087204,265225,433256,848292,695288,977288,354
% change+18.3+18.3+7.6+7.6+10.4+10.4+13.9+14.0-1.3-0.2
Source: Vision of Britain
Population growth in Stockport since 2001
Year2001201120212031204120512061207120812091
Population284,544283,300
% change-1.3-0.4
Source: Vision of Britain

Ethnicity

Ethnic GroupYear
1991[19] 2001[20] 2011[21] 2021[22]
Number%Number%Number%Number%
White

Total

277,64897.6%272,23095.7%260,81992.1%257,53087.3
White: British264,27992.9%252,04489%245,83183.4
White: Irish4,1551.5%3,9381.4%4,1741.4
White: Roma132<0.01
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller580.0290<0.1
White: Other3,7961.3%4,7791.7%7,3032.5
Asian or Asian British

Total

4,5321.6%7,2822.6%13,7624.9%21,4647.3
Asian or Asian British: Indian13830.51,8670.72,7861.04,4331.5
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani15790.62,9491.06,6732.410,9533.7
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi2260.13530.17050.29630.3
Asian or Asian British: Chinese9430.31,3150.51,7220.62,3060.8
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian4010.17980.31,8760.72,8091.0
Black or Black British

Total

1,1220.4%1,1810.4%1,9580.7%3,4161.2
Black or Black British: African2310.13520.19760.32,0300.7
Black or Black British: Caribbean4930.26600.27450.38960.3
Black or Black British: Other Black3980.11690.12370.14900.2
Mixed or British Mixed

Total

3,0261.1%5,1041.8%7,6682.6
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean9530.31,7340.62,2150.8
Mixed: White and Black African4130.17750.31,2360.4
Mixed: White and Asian9150.31,4600.52,3590.8
Mixed: Other Mixed7450.31,1350.41,8580.6
Other: Total10930.4%8090.3%1,6320.6%4,6921.6
Other: Arab7270.31,5090.5
Other: Any other ethnic group10930.48090.39050.33,1831.1
Total284,395100%284,528100%283,275100%294,773100%

Religion

The following table shows the religious identity of residents residing in Stockport.

Religion2001[23] 2011[24] 2021[25]
Number%Number%Number%
214,610 75.4 179,005 63.2 139,951 47.5
4,977 1.7 9,431 3.3 16,3325.5
1,654 0.6 1,340 0.5 1,234 0.4
1,331 0.5 1,666 0.6 2,3880.8
1900.1330 0.1 5030.2
610 0.2 8530.3964 0.3
Other religion 643 0.29640.31,207 0.4
40,346 14.271,12625.1 116,749 39.6
Religion not stated 20,167 7.1 18,510 6.5 15,4455.2
Total 284,528 100.00% 283,275 100.00% 294,773100.0%

Economy

Stockport Compared
2011 UK Census[26] StockportNorth West EnglandEngland
Population of working age178,4004,839,66935,532,091
Full-time employment43.3%38.8%40.8%
Part-time employment12.5%11.9%11.8%
Self employed8.4%7.1%8.3%
Unemployed2.5%3.6%3.3%
Retired14.8%14.3%13.5%
The Co-operative Bank opened a telephone banking centre in the Stockport pyramid in 1994.[27] In 1999, the Stockport pyramid became the administrative home of smile.co.uk, an internet bank owned by the Co-op. The Co-op moved out of the pyramid building in 2019 and it is now available to let. Experian ranked Stockport fifth in North West England for shopping. The Merseyway Shopping Centre underwent a £15m redevelopment.[28] Other shopping centres in Stockport include the Grand Central Stockport and the Stockport Peel Centre.

Medical equipment and technology, financial and professional services, computer and internet based services, and creative industries have been identified as growth industries in Greater Manchester, all with concentrations in Stockport. With employment at 2.0%, Stockport has the lowest rate of unemployment of all Greater Manchester's boroughs.[29] Average house prices in the Stockport are second out of all the metropolitan boroughs in Greater Manchester, 27.7% higher than the average for the county.[30]

At the 2001 UK census, Stockport had 204,812 residents aged 16 to 74. 2.4% of these people were students with jobs, 3.3% students without jobs, 5.4% looking after home or family, 5.0% permanently sick or disabled and 2.4% economically inactive for other reasons. These figures were generally in line with the national averages, although the proportion of people looking after home and family and students without jobs was significantly lower than the national average.[31]

In 2001, of 136,059 residents of Stockport in employment, the industry of employment was: 17.3% retail and wholesale, 14.7% manufacturing, 13.8% property and business services, 11.7% health and social work, 8.9% education, 7.7% transport and communications, 6.1% construction, 5.3% finance, 4.6% public administration and defence, 4.1% hotels and restaurants, 0.7% energy and water supply, 0.6% agriculture and 4.3% other. This was roughly in line with national figures, except for the proportion of jobs in agriculture which is less than half the national average, reflecting the town's suburban nature and its proximity to the centre of Manchester.[32]

Landmarks

See also: List of Scheduled Monuments in Greater Manchester, Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester and List of public art in Greater Manchester.

Stockport has 386 listed buildings.[33]

There are six Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the borough. Two date to the Bronze Age, a cairn in Ludworth and the Brown Low bowl barrow. Two related to medieval halls, Peel Hall in Heaton Moor and Torkington Moat. The final two were both built at the start of the 19th century, Oldknows Limekilns and the Marple Aqueduct.

Stockport has 14 local nature reserves: Abney Hall Park, Carr Wood, Chadkirk Country Estate, Crookilley Woods, Etherow Country Park, Gatley Carrs, Heaton Mersey Common, Happy Valley, Mersey Vale Nature Park, Poise Brook, Reddish Vale Country Park, Tangshutts Fields, Woodbank Park and Wright's Wood.[34]

Education

See also: List of schools in Stockport. Overall, Stockport was ranked 21st out of all the Local Education Authorities in SATs performance in 2006 and was 2nd in Greater Manchester.[35] Authorised and unauthorised absences from Stockport secondary schools in 2006-07 were 6.7% and 1.3% respectively, almost the same as the national average (6.8% and 1.3%).[36] In 2007, the Stockport LEA was ranked 30th out of 148 in the country, and 2nd in Greater Manchester, based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including Maths and English (50.0% compared with the national average of 45.8%).[37]

In 2006, Cheadle Hulme School was the most successful school in Stockport at both GCSE and A-level; 99% of the pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at A*-C grade including Maths and English. At A-level, it was also the 72nd most successful school in the country.[38] [39]

Twin towns

The Borough of Stockport has formal twinning arrangements with two European places:[40] Béziers was originally twinned with the County Borough of Stockport and became twinned with the Metropolitan Borough on its creation in 1974.[41]

References

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Notes and References

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  2. http://vision.edina.ac.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10109498 Vision of Britain
  3. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10007896 Vision of Britain
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  5. News: BBC NEWS, Election 2006, Stockport . BBC News . 12 May 2010.
  6. News: Stockport becomes hung council after Lib Dem losses, Election 2011 . BBC News . 6 October 2011.
  7. News: 2016 May Elections in the Granada region: Labour takes control of Stockport from Liberal Democrats . . . 6 May 2016 . 15 June 2016 .
  8. News: Liberal Democrats lead Stockport Council after crunch vote . BBC News . 19 May 2022 .
  9. Web site: Local Election 2014 - Thursday, 22nd May, 2014 . democracy.stockport.gov.uk . Stockport MBC . 22 May 2014 . 15 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160811164738/http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=8&RPID=2360321 . 11 August 2016 .
  10. Web site: Local Election 2015 - Thursday, 7th May, 2015 . democracy.stockport.gov.uk . Stockport MBC . 22 May 2014 . 15 June 2016 .
  11. Web site: Election results by party, 3 May 2018. 3 May 2018. democracy.stockport.gov.uk.
  12. Web site: Local Elections Results 2019. www.stockport.gov.uk.
  13. Web site: Stockport Metropolitan Borough key statistics . Statistics.gov.uk . 21 December 2007 . 25 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525205331/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=276782&c=Stockport&d=13&e=16&g=354915&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1198230591093&enc=1 . dead .
  14. Web site: Stockport Metropolitan Borough household data . Statistics.gov.uk . 21 December 2007 .
  15. Web site: Stockport Metropolitan Borough population density . Statistics.gov.uk . 21 December 2007 .
  16. Web site: Stockport Metropolitan Borough country of birth data . Statistics.gov.uk . 21 December 2007 .
  17. Web site: Stockport Metropolitan Borough ethnic group data . Statistics.gov.uk . 21 December 2007 . 25 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525205424/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276782&c=Stockport&d=13&e=16&g=354915&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1198230591109&enc=1&dsFamilyId=87 . dead .
  18. Web site: Stockport District: total population . Vision of Britain. 20 December 2008.
  19. Data is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales (Table 6)
  20. Web site: Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics . 2021-09-07 . webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
  21. Web site: 2011 Census: Ethnic Group, local authorities in England and Wales . 2021-12-15 . webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
  22. Web site: Ethnicity - Ethnicity by local authorities, ONS.
  23. Web site: KS007 - Religion . 30 January 2016.
  24. Web site: 2011 census – theme tables . 8 January 2016 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062523/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS208EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures . live .
  25. Web site: Religion - Religion by local authorities, ONS.
  26. Web site: Archived copy . 28 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903135544/http://www.stockport.gov.uk/2013/2978/stockporteconomicoverviewjune2013 . 3 September 2014 . dead .
  27. Web site: The unknown story behind Stockport's Pyramid . June 2019 . Stockport Express.
  28. Web site: Economic overview . Stockport.gov.uk . 2 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080313185005/http://www.stockport.gov.uk/content/business/economicdevelopment/sectorinformation?a=5441 . 13 March 2008.
  29. Web site: Promoting a Dynamic Economy . Greater Manchester e-Government Partnership . 12 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080112085728/http://www.gmep.org.uk/ccm/content/agma/promoting-a-dynamic-economy.en%3Bjsessionid%3D64C7688F205BEE012F17A5E3001818D5 . 12 January 2008 . dead .
  30. News: House prices for Greater Manchester Local Authorities . BBC News Online . 2 July 2008 .
  31. Web site: Stockport Local Authority economic activity . Statistics.gov.uk . 2 July 2008 .
  32. Web site: Stockport Local Authority industry of employment . Statistics.gov.uk . 2 July 2008 .
  33. Web site: Listed Buildings . Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council . 13 February 2012.
  34. Web site: Local Nature Reserves. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council . 13 February 2012.
  35. News: LEA SATs performance . BBC Online . 7 December 2006 . 18 December 2007.
  36. News: Stockport schools . BBC Online . 11 January 2007 . 26 December 2007.
  37. News: How different LEAs performed . BBC Online . 17 January 2007 . 18 December 2007.
  38. News: Education results in Stockport . BBC Online . 11 January 2007 . 26 December 2007.
  39. News: Top A-level results . BBC Online . 11 January 2007 . 18 December 2007.
  40. Web site: Twin Towns and Link Areas . Stockport.gov.uk . 13 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120618035124/http://www.stockport.gov.uk/services/communitypeopleliving/aboutstockport/twintowns/ . 18 June 2012 .
  41. Web site: British towns twinned with French towns. 11 July 2013. Archant Community Media Ltd.