Metropolitan Borough of Stockport

Borough of Stockport
Borough of Stockport
Metropolitan borough
	Stockport Town Hall
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Latin: Animo et Fide, lit. 'With courage and faith'
	Stockport shown within Greater Manchester
	Coordinates: 53°24′20″N 2°09′33″W / 53.40556°N 2.15917°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county and city region	Greater Manchester
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named for	Stockport
Administrative HQ	Stockport Town Hall
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Mark Hunter (LD)
• Mayor	Graham Greenhalgh
• MPs	4 MPs Andrew Gwynne (L) ; Navendu Mishra (L) ; Tom Morrison (LD) ; Lisa Smart (LD) ;
Area
• Total	49 sq mi (126 km2)
• Rank	178th
Population (2022)
• Total	297,107
• Rank	50th
• Density	6,100/sq mi (2,357/km2)
Demonym	Stopfordian
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 87.4% White ; 7.3% Asian ; 2.6% Mixed ; 1.2% Black ; 1.6% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 47.5% Christianity ; 39.6% no religion ; 5.5% Islam ; 0.8% Hinduism ; 0.4% Judaism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.2% Sikhism ; 0.4% other ; 5.2% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	SK
Dialling code	01457; 0161;
ISO 3166 code	GB-SKP
GSS code	E08000007
Website	stockport.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is south-east of central Manchester and south of Tameside. As well as the towns of Stockport, Bredbury and Marple, it includes the outlying villages and suburbs of Hazel Grove, Bramhall, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Reddish, Woodley and Romiley. In 2022, it had a population of 297,107, making it the fourth-most populous borough of Greater Manchester.^[3]