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Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2016. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2018, due to planned boundary changes. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to hold all but one seat contested and won by former Withington MP, John Leech. Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years.
Changes in vote share are compared to the 2015 election.
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 31/32 | ![]() | 96.9% | 62 | 95 | 99.0% | 68,668 | 64.13% | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 1/32 | ![]() | 3.1% | 0 | 1 | 1.0% | 11,920 | 11.13% | ![]() | |
Green | 0/29 | ![]() | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 9,486 | 8.86% | ![]() | |
Conservative | 0/32 | ![]() | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 7,475 | 6.98% | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0/13 | ![]() | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 6,639 | 6.20% | ![]() | |
Independent | 0/4 | ![]() | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,625 | 1.52% | ![]() | |
TUSC | 0/16 | ![]() | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 974 | 0.91% | ![]() | |
Monster Raving Loony | 0/3 | ![]() | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 223 | 0.21% | ![]() | |
Christian Democrat Party for a Consensus | 0/1 | ![]() | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 57 | 0.05% | ![]() | |
Communist League | 0/1 | ![]() | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 12 | 0.01% | ![]() |
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
96 |
Labour |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
95 | 1 |
Labour | LD |
LD - Liberal Democrat
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2012, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. All results are listed below: [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ollie Manco* | 1,864 | 54.5 | -19.8 | |
Independent | Ken Dobson | 941 | 27.5 | n/a | |
Green | Steffeny Louise McGiffen | 322 | 9.4 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Denis Kostyan | 164 | 4.8 | -2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Wilkinson | 130 | 3.8 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 923 | 27.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,421 | 26.60 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tarjuah Tina Hewitson* | 2,086 | 80.9 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Akbar Ali Arif | 185 | 7.2 | +2.0 | |
Green | Kara Ng | 156 | 6.1 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Richard George Gadsden | 79 | 3.1 | -1.6 | |
TUSC | John Neill | 73 | 2.8 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 1,901 | 73.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,579 | 25.28 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Luke John Raikes* | 1,579 | 64.8 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Ralph John Ellerton | 400 | 16.4 | +5.3 | |
Green | Bonnie Mercer | 154 | 6.3 | +2.0 | |
TUSC | Lynn Worthington | 127 | 5.2 | +0.3 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Lord Cameron of Roundwood | 91 | 3.7 | n/a | |
Liberal Democrats | Phil Stubbs | 86 | 3.5 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 858 | 35.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,437 | 22.60 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emma Victoria Taylor | 2,121 | 73.4 | -4.3 | |
Green | Rachel Harper | 283 | 9.8 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Charles Barnes | 249 | 8.6 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary McKenna | 105 | 3.6 | -0.7 | |
TUSC | Alexander Robert John Powell | 75 | 2.6 | n/a | |
Christian Democrat Party for a Consensus | Jonathan Cox | 57 | 1.97 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,838 | 63.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,890 | 24.00 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glynn Evans* | 1,738 | 59.3 | +5.6 | |
UKIP | Pat Bebby | 544 | 18.6 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen Paul Woods | 504 | 17.2 | -0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew McGuinness | 145 | 5.0 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 1,194 | 40.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,931 | 28.20 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bev Craig* | 2,291 | 63.2 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maria Theresa Turner | 489 | 13.5 | -1.8 | |
UKIP | Liam Thomas Evans | 460 | 12.7 | n/a | |
Green | Sam Darby | 339 | 9.4 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Sahed Hossain | 46 | 1.3 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 1,802 | 49.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,625 | 33.82 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hannah Kate Priest | 1,671 | 59.4 | -15.9 | |
UKIP | Neil Caradoc Griffiths | 770 | 27.4 | n/a | |
Conservative | Nicholas David St John Savage | 204 | 7.3 | -3.9 | |
Green | Astrid Johnson | 92 | 3.3 | -6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles William Turner | 77 | 2.7 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 901 | 32.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,814 | 27.75 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shaukat Ali* | 3,485 | 81.8 | +19.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Malcolm Schofield | 318 | 7.5 | +2.8 | |
Green | Dave Taylor | 225 | 5.3 | -0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Craig Whittall | 121 | 2.8 | +/-0.0 | |
TUSC | Catherine Spencer | 112 | 2.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,167 | 74.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,261 | 29.19 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Councillor Sheila Newman died suddenly 19 February 2018, three months prior to the 2018 local elections which she was due to stand in. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sheila Newman* | 3,296 | 65.7 | +8.9 | |
Green | Nigel James Woodcock | 778 | 15.5 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver | 719 | 14.3 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | Colm George Lock | 225 | 4.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2,518 | 50.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,018 | 47.00 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joanna Rachel Midgley* | 2,564 | 50.3 | -5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis | 1,950 | 38.3 | +8.2 | |
Green | Hannah Lisa Richmond | 412 | 8.1 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | Luke Oisin Bourke Costello | 172 | 3.4 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 614 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,098 | 45.17 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Elizabeth Davies* | 1,410 | 64.7 | +26.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Richard Bridges | 403 | 18.5 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Wan | 365 | 16.8 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 1,007 | 46.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,178 | 22.15 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Charles Leese* | 2,704 | 74.4 | -4.2 | |
UKIP | Bob Willescroft | 375 | 10.3 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Sarah Idowu Ajiboye | 288 | 7.9 | +0.8 | |
Green | Penny Miller-Swann | 151 | 4.2 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Iain Colin Donaldson | 75 | 2.1 | -0.3 | |
TUSC | Martin Conway | 44 | 1.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,329 | 64.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,637 | 32.79 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kelly Suzanne Simcock | 2,484 | 53.7 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Hardwick | 1,281 | 27.7 | -6.9 | |
Green | Wendy Ann Lynas | 316 | 6.8 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Robert George Manning | 305 | 6.6 | -0.3 | |
UKIP | Mark Davies | 236 | 5.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,203 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,622 | 44.00 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Leech | 2,295 | 52.6 | +21.6 | |
Labour | Barnaby Edward Lane | 1,593 | 36.5 | -11.0 | |
Green | Arnold James Spencer | 244 | 5.6 | -5.2 | |
Conservative | Max Dowling | 161 | 3.7 | -4.7 | |
UKIP | Robert Gutenfreund-Walmsley | 69 | 1.6 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 702 | 16.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,362 | 44.40 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +16.3 | |||
Robert Gutenfreund-Walmsley stood in 2012 for the Democracy First party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Zahra Alijah | 1,932 | 71.2 | -6.7 | |
Green | Laura Alice Bannister | 408 | 15.0 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Luke Aidan Dyks | 197 | 7.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Jones | 125 | 4.6 | +1.0 | |
TUSC | Aidan Ryan Matthews | 53 | 2.0 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 1,524 | 56.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,715 | 24.74 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Afia Begum Kamal* | 1,743 | 61.0 | +8.0 | |
UKIP | Katie Elizabeth Fanning | 628 | 22.0 | n/a | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Peter Hickey | 194 | 6.8 | -28.6 | |
Conservative | Phelim Rowe | 161 | 5.6 | +2.0 | |
Green | Karl Wardlaw | 131 | 4.6 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 1,115 | 39.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,857 | 26.80 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Eric Stone* | 2,792 | 70.2 | +16.4 | |
UKIP | Bob Catterall | 481 | 12.1 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Louise Brown | 246 | 6.2 | -24.6 | |
Green | Melvyn Newton | 239 | 6.0 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Tmo Opesan | 141 | 3.5 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Martin Burke | 80 | 2.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,311 | 58.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,979 | 31.28 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patrick Charles Karney* | 1,791 | 64.3 | -11.9 | |
UKIP | Mandy Michelle Howard | 552 | 19.8 | n/a | |
Conservative | Alexandru Stelian Stancu | 166 | 6.0 | -4.1 | |
Green | Mary Rosalind Candeland | 132 | 4.7 | -4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Alan Isherwood | 102 | 3.7 | -0.8 | |
TUSC | Emma Windefride | 42 | 1.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,239 | 44.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,785 | 23.50 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shelley Margaret Lanchbury* | 1,569 | 58.5 | -9.0 | |
UKIP | Martin Power | 691 | 25.8 | +18.2 | |
Conservative | Barney Bradley Watson | 202 | 7.5 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter George Matthews | 115 | 4.3 | +0.5 | |
Green | Anne Vivienne Power | 104 | 3.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 878 | 32.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,681 | 25.76 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Amina Lone* | 1,726 | 65.3 | +4.4 | |
Green | Deyika Nzeribe | 515 | 19.5 | -8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Jane Gee | 184 | 7.0 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Kevin Gerard O'Neill | 162 | 6.1 | +0.6 | |
TUSC | Martin Shaw | 56 | 2.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,211 | 45.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,643 | 25.30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nasrin Bibi Ali* | 2,066 | 54.5 | +4.2 | |
Green | Dick Venes | 764 | 20.2 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Mark Breeze | 470 | 12.4 | n/a | |
Liberal Democrats | Liaqat Ali | 285 | 7.5 | -20.4 | |
Conservative | Calum Tudur James Davies | 164 | 4.3 | +2.2 | |
TUSC | Joe McArdle | 40 | 1.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,302 | 34.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,789 | 35.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Luthfur Rahman* | 2,897 | 79.0 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Anjnarra Huque | 254 | 6.9 | -5.1 | |
Green | Vicky Matthews | 219 | 6.0 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Charles Crump | 140 | 3.8 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Raees Ahmad Khan | 134 | 3.7 | n/a | |
TUSC | Mercedes Caccia Mesorio | 24 | 0.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,643 | 72.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,668 | 36.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carmine Geatano Grimshaw* | 1,938 | 78.5 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | Harry Kagkouras | 193 | 7.8 | n/a | |
Green | Isobel Mary Patience | 134 | 5.4 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Martin Kilpatrick | 116 | 4.7 | -25.1 | |
TUSC | Bridget Taylor | 88 | 3.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,745 | 70.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,469 | 24.12 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mahadi Hussein Sharif Mahamed | 2,869 | 74.3 | -10.0 | |
Green | Muhammad Anwar Shahzad | 415 | 10.8 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Aden Hassan | 309 | 8.0 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Annie Jackson | 267 | 6.9 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 2,454 | 63.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,860 | 29.20 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carl Peter Ollerhead* | 1,899 | 56.7 | +2.9 | |
UKIP | Phil Eckersley | 899 | 26.8 | n/a | |
Conservative | Hector James Robertson Williams | 301 | 9.0 | +1.3 | |
Green | Eithne Quinn | 118 | 3.5 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Page | 102 | 3.04 | n/a | |
TUSC | Jack Joseph Metcalf | 33 | 0.98 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,000 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,352 | 30.28 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Theresa Monaghan | 2,003 | 64.1 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Fiona Mary Green | 541 | 17.3 | +9.3 | |
Green | Simon James Gray | 308 | 9.9 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pablo O'Hana | 166 | 5.3 | -7.8 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Johnny Disco | 109 | 3.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,462 | 46.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,127 | 28.30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andrew Henryk Fender* | 2,244 | 67.3 | -6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | April Preston | 561 | 16.8 | +7.8 | |
Green | Nathan Rae | 329 | 9.9 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | Phillip Gallagher | 138 | 4.1 | -1.6 | |
TUSC | Jane Elizabeth Lee | 63 | 1.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,683 | 50.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,335 | 31.85 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ahmed Ali* | 2.346 | 75.1 | +0.3 | |
Green | Rob Jones | 415 | 13.3 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Abu Mohiuddin Chowdhury | 195 | 6.3 | -6.2 | |
Conservative | Archie Stuart Galbraith | 166 | 5.3 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 1,931 | 61.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,122 | 31.24 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tommy Judge* | 1,645 | 61.8 | -7.7 | |
UKIP | Bob Burke | 561 | 21.1 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Jagdeep Singh Mehat | 227 | 8.5 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernie Ryan | 100 | 3.8 | -0.4 | |
Green | Sylvia June Buchan | 92 | 3.5 | -0.3 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Silly Sir Oink A-Lot | 23 | 0.9 | n/a | |
Communist League | Peter Clifford | 12 | 0.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,084 | 40.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,660 | 23.00 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angeliki Stogia* | 3,091 | 63.8 | -1.9 | |
Green | Ben Godfrey | 1,321 | 27.2 | +16.1 | |
Conservative | David Robert Semple | 223 | 4.6 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rhona Eva Elizabeth Cowan Brown | 169 | 3.5 | -16.3 | |
TUSC | Liam David | 45 | 0.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,770 | 36.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,849 | 44.52 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Chris Wills | 1,683 | 55.3 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon David Wheale | 844 | 27.7 | -8.6 | |
Green | Lucy Jane Bannister | 370 | 12.2 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Shaden Jaradat | 113 | 3.7 | +/-0.0 | |
TUSC | Zoe Brunswick | 36 | 1.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 839 | 27.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,046 | 31.47 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Darral O'Neil* | 1,548 | 68.2 | -2.9 | |
UKIP | Tony Welch | 373 | 16.4 | -2.7 | |
Conservative | Eric Houghton | 231 | 10.2 | +2.9 | |
TUSC | Laurie Joseph Carefoot | 63 | 2.8 | n/a | |
Liberal Democrats | Martha O'Donoghue | 54 | 2.4 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 1,175 | 51.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,269 | 22.25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The resignation of Labour councillor Kate Chappell in March 2017 [3] [4] triggered a by-election for Rusholme ward on 4 May: [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jill Lovecy | 2,188 | 64.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Amaan Hashmi | 576 | 16.9 | ||
Green | Anne Loveday Tucker | 458 | 13.4 | ||
Conservative | David Robert Semple | 151 | 4.4 | ||
TUSC | Jack Joseph Metcalf | 37 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 1,612 | 47.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,410 | 34.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The resignation of Labour councillor Mike Amesbury in June 2017 (he was elected Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale) triggered a by-election in Fallowfield on 27 July: [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ali Raza Ilyas | 861 | 76.9 | +15.3 | |
Green | Adam Philip King | 105 | 9.4 | -12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Warren | 82 | 7.3 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | David Robert Semple | 72 | 6.4 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 756 | 67.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,122 | 9.36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Lady Mayoress and Labour councillor Shiela Newman (Chorlton) died suddenly on 18 February 2018. [2] Her term would have ended in May.
Labour councillor Beth Knowles (City Centre) resigned from the council in March 2018. [7] [8] Her term would have ended in May.
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The second Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held in May 2021 to elect the mayor of the Liverpool City Region, alongside other local elections across England and Wales, to elect councillors, the mayor of Liverpool, and police and crime commissioners across the city region. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 6 May 2021, as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. They were originally scheduled for 2020 but were suspended for a year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019 Labour had retained its majority on the council, with 93 seats, with the Liberal Democrats led by former MP John Leech increasing the number of opposition councillors to three, but this had fallen back to two in March 2021 when Councillor Greg Stanton defected to the Labour Party.
The 2022 Manchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors on Manchester City Council were elected. This election was a part of the other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third—20 out of 60—of councillors on Oldham Council was elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.