title: Offerton (Stockport electoral ward)
text: # Offerton (Stockport electoral ward)
  
  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.
  
  Together with Bredbury and Woodley, Bredbury Green and Romiley, Hazel Grove, Marple North, and Marple South it constitutes the Hazel Grove Parliamentary constituency. Offerton Ward was home to the former Offerton High School. Offerton Ward is located near the centre of the borough and is bordered by Marple South, Marple North, Bredbury Green & Romiley, Manor, Stepping Hill and Hazel Grove. The ward was also the seat of former Council Leader Dave Goddard, who in 2012 lost his seat to Laura Booth of the Labour Party, who has since become a Lib Dem. Goddard has since been re-elected for Offerton but is not standing for Leader of the Council.
  
  ## Councillors
  
  Offerton electoral ward is represented in Westminster by William Wragg MP for Hazel Grove.
  
  The ward is represented on Stockport Council by three councillors:, Will Dawson (Lib Dem), Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem), and Oliver Harrison (Lib Dem).
  
  | Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2004 | Tom Eric Pyle (Ind) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) |
  | 2006 | John Smith (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) |
  | 2007 | John Smith (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) |
  | 2008 | John Smith (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) |
  | 2010 | John Smith (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) |
  | 2011 | John Smith (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) |
  | January 2012 | John Smith (Con) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) |
  | May 2012 | John Smith (Con) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Laura Booth (Lab) |
  | 2014 | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Laura Booth (Lab) |
  | October 2014 | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Laura Booth (Ind) |
  | April 2015 | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Laura Booth (Lib Dem) |
  | May 2015 | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Laura Booth (Lib Dem) |
  | 2016 | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Laura Booth (Lib Dem) |
  | April 2018 | Dave Goddard (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Laura Booth (Ind) |
  | May 2018 | Will Dawson (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Laura Booth (Lab) |
  | 2019 | Will Dawson (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Laura Booth (Lab) |
  | 2021 | Will Dawson (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Oliver Harrison (Lib Dem) |
  | 2022 | Will Dawson (Lib Dem) | Wendy Meikle (Lib Dem) | Oliver Harrison (Lib Dem) |
  
  indicates seat up for re-election.  indicates councillor defected.
  
  ## Elections in the 2010s
  
  ### May 2019
  
  2019 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Meikle | 1,581 | 57 |
  | | Conservative | Michael Frank Butler | 473 | 17 |
  | | Labour | James Thomas Pelham | 469 | 17 |
  | | Green | Simon Edge | 274 | 10 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,108 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,797 | 27 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### May 2018
  
  2018 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Will Dawson | 1,973 | 52 |
  | | Labour | Dan Oliver | 1,117 | 30 |
  | | Conservative | Darran Palmer | 587 | 16 |
  | | Green | Simon Edge | 89 | 2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 856 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,766 | 34 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### May 2016
  
  Laura Booth left Labour in 2014 and joined the Lib Dems in 2015 and rejoined Labour in 2018
  
  2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Laura Booth | 1,282 | 35 |
  | | Labour | Janet Glover | 1,000 | 27 |
  | | UKIP | Darran Palmer | 666 | 18 |
  | | Conservative | Richard Britton | 614 | 17 |
  | | Green | Simon Edge | 88 | 2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 282 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,650 | 36 |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
  
  ### May 2015
  
  2015 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Meikle | 2,049 | 31 |
  | | Conservative | Tom Dowse | 1,781 | 27 |
  | | Labour | Charlie Stewart | 1,460 | 22 |
  | | UKIP | Grahame Bradbury | 1,115 | 17 |
  | | Green | Hannah Arnold | 209 | 3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 268 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,614 | 63 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### May 2014
  
  2014 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Dave Goddard | 1,159 | 32% | -3.58% |
  | | Labour | Charlie Stewart | 1,052 | 29% | -7.81 |
  | | UKIP | Harry Perry | 843 | 23% | +13.46% |
  | | Conservative | Bill Law | 557 | 15% | -3.07% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 3% | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,611 | | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### May 2012
  
  Laura Booth left Labour in 2014 and joined the Lib Dems in 2015. She was re-elected as the Lib Dem councillor for Offerton in 2016.
  
  2012 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Laura Booth | 1,346 | 36.81 | +26.88 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Dave Goddard | 1,301 | 35.58 | −13.22 |
  | | Conservative | Steve Rodriquez | 661 | 18.07 | −4.05 |
  | | UKIP | Harry Perry | 349 | 9.54 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | 1.23 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,663 | 34.95 | |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  
  ### May 2011
  
  2011 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Meikle | 1,404 | 36.8 |
  | | Labour | Laura Booth | 1,203 | 31.6 |
  | | Conservative | Julie Dawn Wragg | 804 | 21.1 |
  | | UKIP | Harry Perry | 386 | 10.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 201 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,811 | 36.32 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  