Election results for Stockport

The first Mayor of Greater Manchester was elected in 2017 for a three-year term. An election was meant to take place on 7 May 2020 but was postponed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Elections are now taking place on Thursday 6 May 2021. These are the results for the Stockport district only. Please visit https://www.gmelects.org.uk to view the results from across the Combined Authority region.

Stockport - results

Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Outcome
Andy Burnham	Labour and Co-operative Party	57971	66%	Elected
Laura Kathryn Evans	Conservative and Unionist Party	17146	19%	Not elected
Simon Edward Lepori	Liberal Democrats	5206	6%	Not elected
Melanie Jane Horrocks	Green Party	3823	4%	Not elected
Nick Buckley	Reform UK	2289	3%	Not elected
Stephen Morris	English Democrats	893	1%	Not elected
Marcus Jonathan Farmer	Independent	542	1%	Not elected
David John Sutcliffe	Independent	263	0%	Not elected
Alec Marvel	Independent	52	0%	Not elected

Voting Summary

Details	Number
Total votes	88185
Electorate	223387
Number of ballot papers issued	89406
Number of ballot papers rejected	1221
Turnout	40%

Share of the votes (%)

Andy Burnham	66%	Elected
Laura Kathryn Evans	19%	Not elected
Simon Edward Lepori	6%	Not elected
Melanie Jane Horrocks	4%	Not elected
Nick Buckley	3%	Not elected
Stephen Morris	1%	Not elected
Marcus Jonathan Farmer	1%	Not elected
David John Sutcliffe	0%	Not elected
Alec Marvel	0%	Not elected

Rejected ballot papers

Description	Number
being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	680
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	533
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	8
Total rejected	1221