The point is that the Council; no matter who runs it, is not going to do a good job. It is too remote and includes only six members from Marple. It also tries to interfere in too many areas where local people are much better placed to do the job.
Too remote? Stockport town hall is four miles away. Disley is run from Macclesfield. And is run by a council with a far bigger area of operation.
I really struggle to see how Stockport can be too remote.
As for localness, isn't that exactly what the Marple Area Committee is for? What's the alternative? A tiny council covering just Marple that has next to no money to do anything and no economies of scale?