Stockport
Stories from Stockport
Elijah's Story
Elijah, 28, from Stockport in the North West, wanted to become a teacher in a region crying out for educators. But when he looked into …
Yasmin's Story
In Stockport, 32-year-old Yasmin wanted to train as a nurse to serve her local community in the North West. Despite having the motivation and meeting …
Pavel's Story
Pavel, 29, from Stockport wanted to retrain as a construction worker to help build the homes his community desperately needs. Despite having planning permission for …
Your councillors
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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain
Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.
Identified resource gaps
Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.
810 registered charities
Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.
Largest charities by income
GP and primary care
The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). See methodology.
People working in Stockport, by sector
| Sector | Employees |
|---|---|
| Construction | 3,750 |
| Education | 3,500 |
| Social Care | 3,250 |
| NHS / Healthcare | 3,000 |
| Transport | 2,570 |
| Environment / Green | 175 |
Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.
Data sources & provenance
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