Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010 when one third of the seats were up for election. The Liberal Democrats retained the majority that they had held continuously since 2002.

The state of the parties after the election was:^[1][2]

Party		Seats	+/-	% votes
	Liberal Democrat	37	0	40.8
	Labour	13	+1	22.1
	Conservative	8	-1	30.3
	Heald Green Ratepayer	3	0
	Independent	2	0	0

Bramhall North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Walker	3,764	47.8	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Banham	3,763	47.8	+10.5
	Labour	Brian Harrop	521	6.5	+2.9
Majority			1	0.0001	−19
Turnout			7898	73.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bramhall South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Leck	3,775	48.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Carter	3,195	41.1
	Labour	Beryl Dykes	387	5.0
	UKIP	David Perry	213	2.7
	Green	Ross White	173	2.2
Majority			580	7.5
Turnout			7,771	78.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bredbury and Woodley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Gordon	4,009	58.9
	Conservative	Rosalind Lloyd	1,723	25.3
	Labour	Clifford Stanway	1,025	15.0
Majority			2,286	33.6
Turnout			6,811	62.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bredbury Green and Romiley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mags Kirkham	3,123	44.1
	Conservative	Syd Lloyd	2,979	42.1
	Labour	David Sedgwick	945	13.4
Majority			144	2.0
Turnout			7,078	64.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Brinnington and Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Rowles	2,413	48.2
	Liberal Democrats	Colin MacAlister	1,394	27.8
	Conservative	Steve Holgate	508	10.1
	BNP	Tony Dean	315	6.3
	UKIP	John Heginbotham	241	4.8
	Green	Chris Green	125	2.5
Majority			1,019	20.4
Turnout			5,010	50.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Cheadle and Gatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Roberts	4,332	53.0
	Conservative	Adam Calmonson	2,964	36.3
	Labour	Colin Owen	848	10.4
Majority			1,368	13.7
Turnout			8,168	71.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	June Somekh	3,939	57.1
	Conservative	Benjamin Ash	1,995	28.9
	Labour	Martin Miller	930	13.5
Majority			1,944	28.2
Turnout			6,901	68.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bodsworth	4,110	54.2
	Conservative	Brian Dougal	2,797	36.9
	Labour	Dean Fitzpatrick	635	8.4
Majority			1,313	17.3
Turnout			7,577	72.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Davenport and Cale Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David White	2,453	39.2
	Labour	Brian Hendley	2,032	32.5
	Conservative	Beryl Charlesworth	1,321	21.1
	Green	Phil Shaw	415	6.6
Majority			421	6.7
Turnout			6,255	57.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Harding	3,137	48.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Weigert	1,532	23.7
	Conservative	Chris Holgate	1,177	18.2
	BNP	Damian Skuse	258	4.0
	Green	Andrew Knighton	221	3.4
	Independent	Peter Behan	111	1.7
Majority			1,605	24.8
Turnout			6,463	60.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Hazel Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Corris	3,777	51.0
	Conservative	William Wragg	2,697	36.4
	Labour	Karen Vickers	884	11.9
Majority			1,080	14.6
Turnout			7,402	67.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Heald Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adrian Nottingham	3,462	50.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Roberts-Jones	1,469	21.2
	Conservative	Robert Stevenson	952	13.8
	Labour	Kathryn Priestley	680	9.8
	BNP	Richard Skill	328	4.7
Majority			1,993	28.8
Turnout			6,917	69.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Heatons North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony O'Neill	2,680	36.6
	Labour	Alex Ganotis	2,396	32.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Rawling	1,596	21.8
	Green	Peter Barber	419	5.7
	BNP	Sheila Spink	205	2.8
Majority			284	3.9
Turnout			7,322	69.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heatons South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom McGee	3,401	44.0
	Conservative	Bryan Lees	2,286	29.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Axtell	1,697	21.9
	Green	Conrad Beard	322	4.2
Majority			1,115	14.4
Turnout			7,735	70.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Hawthorne	2,605	40.8
	Labour	Paul Moss	2,030	31.8
	Conservative	Alex Raisbeck	1,269	19.9
	BNP	Duncan Warner	464	7.3
Majority			575	9.0
Turnout			6,392	60.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marple North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Wright	3,435	47.9
	Conservative	Catherine Walsh	2,389	33.3
	Labour	David Rowbottom	647	9.0
	Green	Maggie Preston	442	6.2
	Independent	Barry Minshall	233	3.2
Majority			1,046	14.6
Turnout			7,172	72.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marple South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ingham	3,717	54.8
	Conservative	Oliver Johnstone	2,421	35.7
	Labour	Patrick McAuley	612	9.0
Majority			1,296	19.1
Turnout			6,784	69.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Offerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Smith	3,173	48.7
	Conservative	Julie Wragg	1,536	23.6
	Labour	Laura Booth	1,199	18.4
	BNP	Stephen Maher	573	8.8
Majority			1,637	25.1
Turnout			6,512	61.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Reddish North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Scott	3,209	53.5
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Langley	1,115	18.6
	Conservative	Anthony Hannay	1,100	18.3
	BNP	Paul Bennett	536	8.9
Majority			2,094	34.9
Turnout			5,996	56.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Reddish South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Grundy	3,196	50.7
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Beverley	1,433	22.7
	Conservative	Stephen Burt	1,320	20.9
	BNP	George Thorne	326	5.2
Majority			1,763	28.0
Turnout			6,302	61.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Stepping Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Weldon	3,305	46.9
	Conservative	John Wright	2,296	32.6
	Labour	Janet Rothwell	954	13.5
	BNP	Alan Carney	264	3.7
	Green	Ken Pease	208	3.0
Majority			1,009	14.3
Turnout			7,041	71.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Labour councillor Anne Graham joined the Liberal Democrat group in February 2011, bringing them to 36 Councillors out of 63.^[3]

On 2 February 2011, Councillors David White, Roy Driver and Anne Graham all resigned from the Liberal Democrat Group. All three cited unhappiness with the national party's involvement with a "Tory-led" government. They formed an Independent Left Group on the Council, whilst awaiting the result of membership applications to the Labour Party, and subsequently joined the Labour Group after the 2011 elections.^[3] Driver was not selected for a seat in the May 2011 elections, but unsuccessfully contested Bredbury and Woodley for Labour in May 2012.^[4] He was eventually elected as councillor for Reddish North in 2015.^[5]

• Stockport Council - Elections 2010^{[dead link]}