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The Stockport and District Water Board was formed, with its membership made up of members of Stockport Borough Council, the urban district councils of Alderley Edge, Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, Marple, New Mills, Whaley Bridge and Wilmslow and Disley Rural District Council. [23]
Stockport was a station on the railroad. [3] It was likely named for its livestock trade. [4] A post office was established at Stockport in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914. [5]
The first elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. [2] This was a new council created to replace Stockport County Borough , Bredbury and Romiley Urban District , Cheadle and Gatley Urban District , Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District , and Marple Urban District .
Pages in category "Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The municipal borough was governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Stockport', generally known as the corporation, town council or borough council. [5] [6] When elected county councils were established in 1889, Stockport was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so ...
When elected county councils were established in 1889, Stockport was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it was made a county borough, independent from both Cheshire County Council and Lancashire County Council. The borough boundaries were enlarged several times, notably absorbing the urban districts of ...
Gibson previously served on the City-County Council for two terms from 2000 to 2007, losing his reelection bid in 2007, the same year former Democratic Mayor Bart Peterson was ousted by former ...
This change was made in part because as of the 2010–11 season, Stockport County was sponsored by the town's Metropolitan Borough Council. [127] The crest was further altered in 2011 to re-include the town's motto. The new version added two white ribbons—one at the top, with Animo et Fide, and one at the bottom with Stockport County F.C.. In ...