Population 10,537 (2010) Sovereign state United Kingdom | EU Parliament North West | |
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Councillors Patrick McAuley (Independent)Charlie Stewart (Labour Democrats)Daniel Hawthorne (Liberal Democrats) | ||
Manor 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.
Together with Brinnington and Central, Davenport and Cale Green, Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Heatons North, and Heatons South, the ward lies in the Stockport Parliamentary Constituency. Manor ward contains Aquinas College, as well as Banks Lane Infant and Junior Schools. It is also the seat of the current Council Leader Sue Derbyshire. Manor ward was the subject of media scrutiny when former councillor Neil Derbyshire resigned following a conviction.
Patrick McAuley won his seat as a Labour candidate in May 2011, however he resigned from the Labour party in early 2012 serving as an Independent under the People Matter banner before joining the Liberal Democrats. He then left the Lib Dems in April 2016 to become an Independent politician.
May 2015
Patrick McAuley left Labour and became a Lib Dem councillor in 2012. He then left the Lib Dems in April 2016 to become an Independent politician.