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Heald Green and Long Lane Ratepayers Association | |
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| Chairman | John Williams[1] |
| Deputy Chairman | Stephen Pearson[1] |
| Secretary | Margaret Burns[1] |
| Treasurer | Dave Mullin[1] |
| Founded | December 1927; 97 years ago (1927-12) |
| Ideology | Ratepayer interests |
| Local government | 3 / 19,698 |
| Website | |
| healdgreenratepayers.org.uk | |
Heald Green and Long Lane Ratepayers Association is aRatepayers' Association in theHeald Green ward of theMetropolitan Borough of Stockport.
In everylocal election since its creation in 1927,independents sponsored by the association have held the council seats in the ward.[2][3] The association has also supplied three mayors and two deputy mayors since the ward became a part of Stockport in 1974.[4]
The association states that it does not have a manifesto or party policies, instead sponsoring councillors who live in the area to represent the community.[5]
The association was formed in 1927 following the creation of the Heald Green electoral ward.[2][4][6]
In 1962, the ratepayers' launched a community magazine namedCONTACT.[4][6]
The ratepayers' association would become entangled with the construction and development of runways atManchester Airport several times through its history. As far back as April 1960, the association joined forces with theHale Barns andHandforth ratepayer associations to spearhead opposition against the development of the new runways, due tonoise pollution concerns.[7] During a meeting of the Manchester Airport Consultative Committee, founded by the airport in 1969,[8] the chair stated "we are watching the airport consultative committee like hawks and we shall not hesitate to give it a kick in the right place."[9] In 1997, the group began campaigning alongside local groups such as the Manchester Airport Joint Action Group and the Stockport Campaign Against Runway Extension against the construction of Runway 2.[10][11] Councillor Peter Burns made a statement on the runway in 2005, nearly four years following its construction amid local complaints: "I feel that Manchester Airport has already broken an undertaking given to residents under the flight path of this runway - and it had only been open for 102 hours." A spokesperson for Manchester Airport stated that due to debris, planes were forced to land on the second runway from theStockport direction.[12]
| Election | Votes | Seats | Position | Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ± | No. | ± | |||
| 2004 | 9,321 | 3 / 63 |  | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 2006 | 2,199 | 3.0 |  0.7 | 3 / 63 | | 4th | Liberal Democrats |
| 2007 | 2,370 | 4.0 |  1.0 | 3 / 63 | | 4th | Liberal Democrats |
| 2008 | 2,594 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 / 63 | | 4th | Liberal Democrats |
| 2010 | 3,462 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 3 / 63 | | 4th | Liberal Democrats |
| 2011 | 2,690 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 3 / 63 | | 4th | No overall control |
| 2012 | 2,303 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 3 / 63 | | 5th | No overall control |
| 2014 | 2,010 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3 / 63 | | 6th | No overall control |
| 2015 | 2,788 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 3 / 63 | | 6th | No overall control |
| 2016 | 2,002 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 3 / 63 | | 6th | No overall control |
| 2018 | 2,056 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 3 / 63 | | 5th | No overall control |
| 2019 | 2,393 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 3 / 63 | | 5th | No overall control |
| 2021 | 1,976 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 3 / 63 | | 5th | No overall control |
| 2022 | 1,552 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 3 / 63 | | 5th | No overall control |
| 2023 | 4,804 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 3 / 63 | | 4th | No overall control |
| 2024 | 1,787 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 3 / 63 | | 5th | Liberal Democrats |
For over ninety years, all Heald Green councillors have been independent Ratepayers' councillors.