Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox It’s been two years since Stockport voters last went to the polls to have their say on who runs the town hall.
Back in 2019 - in the days before Covid - the election count was packed with councillors, candidates and campaigners anxiously awaiting the first results.
And as the ballot boxes began to arrive at the town hall, word was that the Liberal Democrats were in for ‘a good night’. Those murmurings were fully borne out as the evening progressed with the group gaining all five of their target seats - four at the expense of the Tories.
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