Information:  - Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The council is currently in no overall control, as at the 2016 local elections the Liberal Democrats lost their majority. Currently, Labour have 23 seats, the Liberal Democrats have 21 and the Conservatives have 14. There are also 5 independent councillors, 3 that represent the Heald Green Ratepayers and 2 others that are Independent.  - Heald Green Ratepayers are independents who sit on Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council representing the electoral ward of Heald Green. Their leader is Peter Burns and their other Councillors are Sylvia Humphreys and Adrian Nottingham.  - Brian Millard was a British local politician , and was the leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 2005 - 2007 . Millard attained a degree in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield , before attending the University of Liverpool to complete his doctorate . He was the Liberal Democrat Leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council ( SMBC ) from 2005 to 2007 . As such he took political responsibility for all Executive Councillors ' portfolios and deputizes for other Executive Councillors . Millard took over as leader of the council from Mark Hunter after Hunter 's byelection success beating Stephen Day in 2005 . He died on 4 July 2009 at the age of 71 and had recently been elected Deputy Chairman of the local Fire Authority . Until his death , Millard represented the Cheadle and Gatley Ward , he was re-elected on Thursday 4 May 2006 with a majority of several hundred votes .  - The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. The party was formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which had formed the SDPLiberal Alliance for the previous seven years. At the 2010 general election, led by Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrats won 57 seats, making them the third-largest party in the House of Commons, behind the Conservatives with 306 and Labour with 258. With no party having an overall majority, the Liberal Democrats agreed to join a coalition government with the Conservative Party with Clegg becoming Deputy Prime Minister and other Liberal Democrats taking up ministerial positions.    Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'member of political party' with the subject 'brian millard'.  Choices: - alliance  - democrats  - green  - liberal  - liberal democrats  - social democratic party
liberal democrats