Alan James Beith,Baron Beith,is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2015.
Keith John Charles Bradley,Baron Bradley,is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. He was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington from 1987 until 2005.
Robert Andrew Stunell,Baron Stunell,is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.
James Robert Wallace,Baron Wallace of Tankerness,is a Scottish politician serving as a Liberal Democrat life peer in the British House of Lords since 2007 and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 2021 to 2022. He served as the Deputy First Minister of Scotland from 1999 to 2005,and during that time he served twice as acting First Minister,in 2000,in the aftermath of Donald Dewar's death and in 2001,following Henry McLeish's resignation. He was formerly Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 1992 to 2005 and Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords from 2013 to 2016.
Dick Taverne,Baron Taverne,is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1962 to 1974. A member of the Liberal Democrats,he was a Labour MP until his deselection in 1972,following which he resigned his seat and won the subsequent by-election in 1973 as a Democratic Labour candidate.
Thomas McNally,Baron McNally,PC is a British politician and a former Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
Edward Timothy Razzall,Baron Razzall,,is a British Liberal Democrat politician and parliamentarian.
John Thomas Alderdice,Baron Alderdice is a Northern Ireland politician. He was the Speaker and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Belfast from 1998 to 2004 and 1998 to 2003,respectively. Alderdice was the leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland from 1987 to 1998,and since 1996 has sat in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport,Greater Manchester,England. The council is currently run by a Liberal Democrat minority administration. At the 2023 local elections,the Liberal Democrats gained two more seats,increasing their lead over the Labour Party to six seats,and retaining minority control. This lead is now five seats after one of the Liberal Democrats’councillors resigned the whip,days after being re-elected. The Liberal Democrats currently have 29 seats,Labour 24,and the Heald Green Ratepayers,Greens and the Edgeley Community Association each holding 3. There is 1 independent.
Mark James Hunter is a British Liberal Democrat politician and leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council who became Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheadle at a 2005 by-election. At the 2015 general election,Hunter lost his seat to Mary Robinson of the Conservative Party. Since 19 May 2022,Hunter has served as the leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. As leader he is also a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and is the combined authority's portfolio holder for Children and Young People.
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 2021,it had a population of 295,243,making it the fourth-most populous borough of Greater Manchester.
Navnit Dholakia,Baron Dholakia,,is a British Liberal Democrat politician and a deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom,founded in 1988. Since the 1992 general election,with the exception of the 2015 general election,they have been the third-largest UK political party by the number of votes cast. They have 15 members of Parliament in the House of Commons,84 members of the House of Lords,four Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Senedd. The party has nearly 3,000 local council seats. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference,at which party policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents' conference rules,the Lib Dems grant all members attending its Conference the right to speak in debates and vote on party policy,under a one member,one vote system. The party also allows its members to vote online for its policies and in the election of a new leader. The party served as the junior party in a coalition government with the Conservative Party between 2010 and 2015;with Scottish Labour in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2007,and with Welsh Labour in the Welsh Government from 2000 to 2003 and from 2016 to 2021.
Paul James Scriven,Baron Scriven is a Liberal Democrat politician and former Leader of Sheffield City Council (2008–11),who was once described as Nick Clegg's "closest ally in local government".
A series of mayoral referendums were held on 3 May 2012 in England's 11 largest cities to determine whether to introduce directly elected mayors to provide political leadership,replacing their current council leaders,who are elected by the local council.
The 2012 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a centrist to centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. The party supported a mixed economy,electoral reform,European integration and a decentralised state while rejecting the possibility of trade unions being overly influential within the industrial sphere. The SDP officially advocated social democracy,but its actual propensity is evaluated as close to social liberalism.
Offerton 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.
The 2021 Greater Manchester mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of Greater Manchester. This election,alongside other local and mayoral elections across England and Wales,was originally scheduled to take place on 7 May 2020,but was delayed by the UK Government on 13 March 2020,due to the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. The election took place on the same day as council elections within the city-region,including the election for the mayor of Salford,as well as elections across England and Wales. It was the second election to the position of mayor. It used the supplementary vote as its electoral system.
The 2022 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place 5 May 2022 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 21 of the 63 seats were up for election.
