| Official Name: | Stepping Hill |
| Static Image Name: | Stepping Hill (Stockport Council Ward).png |
| Static Image Width: | 240px |
| Static Image Caption: | Former boundaries of Stepping Hill within Stockport |
| Region: | North West |
| Country: | England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Cheadle |
| Population: | 9,834 |
| Population Ref: | (2010[1]) |
| Hide Services: | yes |
| Type: | Electoral ward |
Stepping Hill was an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, England, created for the 2004 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election. It elected 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. The ward was abolished in boundary changes before the 2023 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election and split up, with the largest part of it going to the new ward of Norbury & Woodsmoor. Parts of Great Moor and Little Moor within the ward were moved into the Offerton ward, and a small area into the Hazel Grove ward.
The ward was bordered by Hazel Grove, Bramhall North, Davenport & Cale Green, Manor and Offerton, and included Stepping Hill Hospital.[2] Together with Bramhall North, Bramhall South, Cheadle and Gatley, Cheadle Hulme North, Cheadle Hulme South, and Heald Green wards, it made up the Cheadle Parliamentary constituency.
Stepping Hill electoral ward was represented in Westminster by the Member of Parliament for Cheadle.
The ward was represented on Stockport Council by three councillors, and throughout its history was represented by councillors from the Liberal Democrats, Conservative Party, and the Labour Party.
In the 2023 local elections, all three of the sitting councillors for the ward and two of its former councillors sought re-election in new wards.[3]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | Ben Alexander (Lib Dem) | Maggie Clay (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2006 | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | Ben Alexander (Lib Dem) | Maggie Clay (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2007 | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | Ben Alexander (Lib Dem) | Maggie Clay (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2008 | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | Ben Alexander (Lib Dem) | Maggie Clay (Lib Dem)[4] | ||||
| By-election 11 June 2009 | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | Ben Alexander (Lib Dem) | Wendy Orrell (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2010 | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | Ben Alexander (Lib Dem) | Wendy Orrell (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2011 | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | Ben Alexander (Lib Dem) | Wendy Orrell (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2012 | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | Ben Alexander (Lib Dem) | Wendy Orrell (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2014 | John Wright (Con) | Ben Alexander (Lib Dem) | Wendy Orrell (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2015 | John Wright (Con) | Paul Hadfield (Con) | Wendy Orrell (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2016 | John Wright (Con) | Paul Hadfield (Con) | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2018 | John Wright (Con) | Paul Hadfield (Con) | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2019 | John Wright (Con) | Grace Baynham (Lib Dem) | Mark Weldon (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2021 | John Wright (Con) | Grace Baynham (Lib Dem) | Rory Leonard (Lab) | ||||
| 2022 | Christine Carrigan (Lab) | Grace Baynham (Lib Dem) | Rory Leonard (Lab) | ||||