2019 Manchester City Council election

2019 Manchester City Council election
33 of 96 seats (One Third) to Manchester City Council ; 49 seats needed for a majority
Leader of Largest Party before election; Richard Leese ; Labour	Leader of Largest Party after election; Richard Leese ; Labour

Last updated June 17, 2023

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 2 May 2019, as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. In 2018 Labour retained its majority of the council with 94 seats to the Liberal Democrats making up the opposition of 2, led by former MP John Leech.

Background and campaign

Labour won every seat on Manchester City Council between 2011 and 2015. In 2016, former Liberal Democrat MP John Leech, who lost his seat in Manchester Withington in the 2015 General Election won a seat in Didsbury West and was joined by another Liberal Democrat Councillor in 2018.^[1]

Following the resignation of Fallowfield councillor Grace Fletcher-Hackwood on 19 March, two vacancies were filled in the Fallowfield ward; the candidate who received the most votes won the full four-year term and the second placed candidate took over the three years remaining of the vacant seat.^[2]

On 25 March, Manchester Lib Dem leader John Leech launched his party's manifesto for the 2019 elections.^[3] This was followed by the Green Party launching their manifesto for the local elections on 9 April.

On 15 April, The Times uncovered a number of offensive tweets from Fallowfield Labour candidate Jade Doswell.^[4] In 2014, Doswell had tweeted that she was a "little bit sick in my mouth" at the sight of an Israeli flag and claimed the flag was 'offensive' and provocative’.^[5] She apologised on a private Facebook post.^[6]

On 17 April, Manchester Evening News reported that the Liberal Democrat candidate for Hulme, Daniel Tóth-Nagy, had been suspended from the party after tweeting "There is no such thing as Islamophobia" and making other comments deemed Islamophobic. Tóth-Nagy denied that he had ever "express[ed] hatred or violent against any person", but the party issued a statement condemning the comments and immediately withdrew their support for him.^[7]^[8]

On 30 April, the Manchester Evening News reported that the Conservative candidate for Charlestown, Charalampos Kagouras, had been dropped by the party as a candidate due to years of racist and Islamophobic posts on social media.^[9]

Result

Changes are compared with the 2018 results. Socialist Alternative changes in vote share are compared to the results for Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. Where 2 seats were contested simultaneously due to a vacancy the results for that ward have been normalised.

Manchester City Council^[10]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	32/33	1	97.0	61	93	96.9	55,134	58.60	11.40
	Liberal Democrats	1/33	1	3.0	2	3	3.1	13,188	14.02	1.23
	Green	0/33	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	12,164	13.04	6.50
	Conservative	0/33	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	6,212	6.58	2.70
	UKIP	0/14	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	4,155	4.42	4.15
	Independent	0/7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	2,735	2.91	2.27
	Women's Equality	0/4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	418	0.44	0.22
	For Britain	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	38	0.04	n/a
	Socialist Alternative	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	25	0.03	0.09
	Communist League	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	12	0.01

Council composition

Before the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
94	2
Labour	LD

After the election, the composition of the council is:

↓
93	3
Labour	LD

Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2018, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis.

Ancoats and Beswick

Ancoats and Beswick ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Majid Dar*	1,192	55.6	0.6
	Green	Robyn Schreibke	378	17.6	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jane McQueen	236	11.0	2.0
	Conservative	Daniel Bell	187	8.7	2.1
	UKIP	Trevor Wongsam	143	6.7	n/a
Majority			814	37.9	1.4
Rejected ballots			9	0.42
Turnout			2,145	21.28
Registered electors			10,079
	Labour hold		Swing	0.75

Ardwick

Ardwick ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amna Abdullatif	1,692	71.2	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	George Rice	243	10.2	4.1
	Green	Kara Ng	242	10.2	2.1
	Conservative	Archie Galbraith	171	7.2	0.2
Majority			1,449	61.0
Rejected ballots			28	1.18
Turnout			2,376	19.04	1.2
Registered electors			12,480
	Labour hold		Swing	0.85

Baguley

Baguley ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Raikes*	1,192	52.7	2.5
	UKIP	Paul O'Donoughue	364	16.1	n/a
	Conservative	Peter Harrop	343	15.2	0.7
	Green	Sarah Mander	222	9.8	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Saunders	107	4.7	0.2
	Communist League	Hugo Wils	12	0.5	n/a
Majority			828	36.6	7.0
Rejected ballots			22	0.97
Turnout			2,264	20.26
Registered electors			11,176
	Labour hold		Swing	6.8

Brooklands

Brooklands ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Murphy*	1,336	49.3	1.3
	Conservative	Stephen Carlton-Woods	463	17.1	9.9
	UKIP	Kathy Mason	389	14.4	n/a
	Green	Grace Buczkowska	301	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Bate	203	7.5	2.7
Majority			873	32.2	7.6
Rejected ballots			18	0.66
Turnout			2,710	24.29	0.8
Registered electors			11,157
	Labour hold		Swing	4.3

Burnage

Burnage ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Azra Ali*	2,337	64.0	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Timoney	570	15.6	2.2
	Green	Benjamin Dundas	362	9.9	0.6
	UKIP	Ian Rae	233	6.4	n/a
	Conservative	Shahed Hossain	149	4.1	1.5
Majority			1,767	48.2	2.7
Rejected ballots			18	0.49
Turnout			3,668	28.66	3.9
Registered electors			12,800
	Labour hold		Swing	1.45

Charlestown

Charlestown ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basil Curley*	1,387	52.8	3.2
	Independent	Anthony Brennan	415	15.8	2.1
	UKIP	Stephen O'Neill	387	14.7	n/a
	Conservative	Charalampos Kagkouras	180	6.8	6.8
	Green	Astrid Johnson	159	6.0	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Turner	88	3.3	3.0
Majority			972	37.0	0.9
Rejected ballots			13	0.49
Turnout			2,629	22.25	0.8
Registered electors			11,817
	Labour hold		Swing	0.55

Cheetham

Cheetham ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shazia Butt	3,047	81.0	10.4
	Green	Dave Taylor	183	4.9	2.0
	Independent	Rafique Malik	150	4.0	n/a
	UKIP	James Miller	121	3.2	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Gary McKenna	117	3.1	2.0
	Conservative	Azmat Husain	109	2.9	1.6
Majority			2,864	76.2	16.9
Rejected ballots			33	0.88
Turnout			3,760	30.35	1.3
Registered electors			12,390
	Labour hold		Swing	6.2

Chorlton

Chorlton ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Strong*	2,574	57.0	3.0
	Green	Mary Crumpton	950	21.0	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lizzy Bain	575	12.7	0.3
	Conservative	Keith Berry	212	4.7	0.4
	Women's Equality	Jo Heathcote	146	3.2	6.2
	Independent	Michael Elston	59	1.3	1.6
Majority			1,624	35.7	9.5
Rejected ballots			29	0.64
Turnout			4,545	43.50	2.8
Registered electors			10,452
	Labour hold		Swing	4.65

Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Rawson*	2,577	54.3	1.0
	Green	Mary Candeland	1,042	22.0	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Amaan Hashmi	857	18.1	5.0
	Conservative	Christopher Halliday	269	5.7	1.7
Majority			1,535	32.1	2.2
Rejected ballots			42	0.88
Turnout			4,787	37.10	4.2
Registered electors			12,904
	Labour hold		Swing	5.25

Clayton and Openshaw

Clayton and Openshaw ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean McHale*	1,346	44.6	9.0
	Independent	Ken Dobson	1,334	44.2	23.9
	Green	Jake Welsh	109	3.6	3.7
	Conservative	Fahim Ahmad Choudhury	106	3.5	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Turner	99	3.3	2.2
Majority			12	0.40	33.0
Rejected ballots			21	0.70
Turnout			3,015	25.05	1.5
Registered electors			12,036
	Labour hold		Swing	16.45

Crumpsall

Crumpsall ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiaz Riazat*	2,402	71.6	4.8
	Conservative	Sham Akhtar	294	8.8	1.8
	Green	Adam King	214	6.4	1.5
	UKIP	Ernest Willescroft	159	4.7	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew McGuinness	143	4.3	1.2
	Women's Equality	Samantha Days	82	2.4	n/a
	For Britain	Brian Sallis	38	1.1	n/a
Majority			2,108	62.9	6.7
Rejected ballots			22	0.66
Turnout			3,354	29.96	4.0
Registered electors			11,203
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

Deansgate

Deansgate ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jeavons*	497	34.8	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Bridges	449	31.4	6.7
	Green	Christopher Ogden	252	17.6	3.4
	Conservative	Connor Watson	126	8.8	3.9
	Women's Equality	Sam Johnson	105	7.3	3.9
Majority			48	3.36	10.7
Rejected ballots			9	0.63
Turnout			1429	19.81	0.43
Registered electors			7,258
	Labour hold		Swing	5.35

Didsbury East

Didsbury East ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wilson*	1,948	41.9	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Cameron	1,889	40.6	5.8
	Green	Wendy Lynas	491	10.6	0.1
	Conservative	James Flanagan	286	6.2	1.3
Majority			59	1.27	9.7
Rejected ballots			34	0.73
Turnout			4,648	41.71	2.9
Registered electors			11,144
	Labour hold		Swing	5.05

Didsbury West

Didsbury West ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Stanton	2,214	50.2	9.1
	Labour	David Ellison*	1,490	33.8	7.7
	Green	Arnold Spencer	430	9.8	3.0
	Conservative	Anjenarra Haque	170	3.9	1.9
	Women's Equality	Sarika Paul	85	1.9	N/A
Majority			724	16.4
Rejected ballots			18	0.73
Turnout			4,407	37.60	0.9
Registered electors			11,717
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	8.4

Fallowfield

Fallowfield (2)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jade Doswell	1,279	65.1	4.7
	Labour	Ali R. Ilyas*	1,213	61.7	0.5
	Green	Lottie Donovan	371	18.9	2.4
	Green	Anne Power	315	16.0	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lauren Coleman-Bennett	191	9.7	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Dwan	148	7.5	0.6
	Conservative	Mike Hannon	111	5.6	0.4
	Conservative	Rory Tinker	92	4.7	1.2
Majority			842	42.8	2.9
Rejected ballots			25	1.27
Turnout			1,965	16.55	0.4
Registered electors			11,879
	Labour hold		Swing	3.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorton and Abbey Hey

Gorton and Abbey Hey ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Afia Kamal*	1,464	47.3	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Pearcey	818	26.4	2.7
	UKIP	Katie Fanning	418	13.5	N/A
	Green	Paul Davies	208	6.7	1.1
	Conservative	Jake Feeley	170	5.5	6.1
Majority			646	20.86	4.83
Rejected ballots			19	0.61
Turnout			3,097	24.18
Registered electors			12,810
	Labour hold		Swing	2.35

Harpurhey

Harpurhey ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Karney*	1,510	63.1	4.1
	UKIP	Michael Felse	319	13.3	n/a
	Conservative	Gareth Brown	232	9.7	6.7
	Green	Vicky Matthews	215	9.0	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Williams	102	4.3	n/a
Majority			1,191	49.8	7.2
Rejected ballots			15	0.63
Turnout			2,393	19.24	0.8
Registered electors			12,445
	Labour hold		Swing	4.6

Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Sadler*	1,378	56.4	4.8
	UKIP	Lee Seville	431	17.6	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Matthews	230	9.4	1.3
	Green	Adrian Thompson	214	8.8	2.0
	Conservative	Alexandru Stancu	190	7.8	3.0
Majority			947	38.8	4.9
Rejected ballots			14	0.57
Turnout			2,443	21.78	0.9
Registered electors			11,283
	Labour hold		Swing	11.2

Hulme

Hulme ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annette Wright*	1,530	62.1	0.4
	Green	Issy Patience	620	25.2	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dániel Tóth-Nagy	163	6.6
	Conservative	Jessica Beaumont	125	6.6	0.7
Majority			910	36.9	5.2
Rejected ballots			26	1.06
Turnout			2464	21.60	0.7
Registered electors			11,408
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

On 17 April, Dániel Tóth-Nagy was suspended by the Liberal Democrats over allegedly Islamophobic comments made on social media.^[11]

Levenshulme

Levenshulme ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basat Mahmood Sheikh*	2,524	65.9	0.8
	Green	Dick Venes	604	15.8	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hickey	370	9.7	0.9
	UKIP	Bob Catterall	218	5.7	1.9
	Conservative	James Smith	88	2.3	1.0
Majority			1,920	50.2	3.6
Rejected ballots			24	0.63
Turnout			3,828	31.02	2.9
Registered electors			12,344
	Labour hold		Swing	1.75

Longsight

Longsight ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Suzanne Richards*	2,501	76.5	4.0
	Conservative	Shahana Choudhary	344	10.5	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kobe Bibbon	214	6.5	2.9
	Green	Bernard Ekbery	189	5.8	0.2
Majority			2,157	65.9	1.0
Rejected ballots			23	0.70
Turnout			3,271	26.44	2.5
Registered electors			12,370
	Labour hold		Swing	0.8

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Flanagan*	1,601	60.3	3.0
	UKIP	Christopher Owen	459	17.3	6.7
	Green	Stephanie Wyatt	213	8.0	1.6
	Independent	Francesco Falcioni	133	5.0	n/a
	Conservative	Michael Ciotkowski	128	4.8	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Lepori	101	3.8	n/a
Majority			1,142	43.0	9.7
Rejected ballots			21	0.79
Turnout			2,656	21.25	1.1
Registered electors			12,499
	Labour hold		Swing	4.95

Moss Side

Moss Side ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mahadi Hussein Sharif Mahamed*	2,485	78.9	10.2
	Green	Kristine Pearson	339	10.8	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Stevens	186	5.9	0.9
	Conservative	Luke Costello	109	3.5	0.2
Majority			2,146	68.1	9.9
Rejected ballots			30	0.95
Turnout			3,149	24.98	3.0
Registered electors			12,600
	Labour hold		Swing	4.95

Moston

Moston ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasmine Dar*	1,430	46.5	10.1
	Independent	Mike Pattillo	527	17.1	n/a
	UKIP	Mark Davies	467	15.1	n/a
	Conservative	Stephen McHugh	309	10.1	9.8
	Green	Eithne Quinn	181	5.9	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Glover	118	3.8	n/a
	Socialist Alternative	Grace Donaghey	25	0.8	n/a
Majority			901	29.3	5.8
Rejected ballots			17	0.55
Turnout			3,074	24.02	2.0
Registered electors			12,797
	Labour hold		Swing	13.6

Northenden

Northenden ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Russell*	1,431	56.9	0.5
	Green	Simon Gray	389	15.5	0.6
	Conservative	Ralph Ellerton	349	13.9	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Saunders	231	9.2	3.2
	Independent	Donald Oink A-Lot	117	4.6	3.3
Majority			1,042	41.4	3.1
Rejected ballots			20	0.79
Turnout			2,517	23.42	2.7
Registered electors			10,832
	Labour hold		Swing	0.05

Old Moat

Old Moat ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Garry Bridges*	1,754	62.9	5.4
	Green	Bonnie Boulton	468	16.8	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Martin	386	13.8	0.2
	Conservative	Tom Benbow	144	5.2	0.9
Majority			1,286	46.1	5.6
Rejected ballots			37	1.33
Turnout			2,789	26.27	1.5
Registered electors			10,628
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

Piccadilly

Piccadilly ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Wheeler*	596	42.6	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Lynch	357	25.5	3.5
	Green	Brian Candeland	336	24.0	0.3
	Conservative	Paul Wan	98	7.0	2.2
Majority			239	17.1	11.9
Rejected ballots			13	0.93	0.43
Turnout			1,400	19.58	0.50
Registered electors			7,149
	Labour hold		Swing	6.6

Rusholme

Rusholme ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ahmed Ali*	2,266	74.9	2.6
	Green	Kate Walsh Benson	384	12.7	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Holly Matthies	201	6.6	2.5
	Conservative	Shazia Anjum	148	4.9	0.9
Majority			1,882	62.2	2.4
Rejected ballots			27	0.89
Turnout			3,026	26.19	1.0
Registered electors			11,555
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

Sharston

Sharston ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tim Whiston	1,286	56.7	8.1
	UKIP	Philip Matthews	403	17.8	n/a
	Green	Sylvia Buchan	247	10.9	1.4
	Conservative	Jagdeep Mehat	191	8.4	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Shaw	135	5.9	0.8
Majority			883	38.9	5.2
Rejected ballots			7	0.31
Turnout			2,269	19.73	0.1
Registered electors			11,501
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	12.95

Whalley Range

Whalley Range ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Angeliki Stogia*	2,524	69.1	12.5
	Green	Eliza Tyrell	777	21.3	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Manktelow	199	5.4	2.6
	Conservative	David Semple	123	3.4	0.1
Majority			1,747	47.8	22.2
Rejected ballots			32	0.88
Turnout			3,655	33.19	3.7
Registered electors			11,013
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	8.9

Withington

Withington ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Becky Chambers	1,442	44.6	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	April Preston	1,339	41.4	8.4
	Green	Nathan Rae	331	10.2	5.2
	Conservative	Shaden Jaradat	101	3.1	1.5
Majority			103	3.2	10.6
Rejected ballots			21	0.65
Turnout			3,234	31.27	0.77
Registered electors			10,341
	Labour hold		Swing	9.5

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddy Newman*	1,149	51.4	11.3
	Green	Rob Nunney	771	34.5	28.2
	Conservative	Ken Wedderburn	195	8.7	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Hablak	79	3.5	1.5
Majority			378	16.9	28.1
Rejected ballots			42	2.06
Turnout			2,236	20.36	2.36
Registered electors			10,989
	Labour hold		Swing	19.75

Changes since this election

On 24 July 2019 it was reported that Majid Dar (Ancoats and Beswick) had been suspended by the Labour Party.^[12] He was readmitted to the party and to the Labour group on the council without formal announcement.^[13]

On 18 March 2020 Greg Stanton (Didsbury West) resigned from the Liberal Democrats to sit as an independent. Later, in April, he joined the Labour Party.^[14]

On 7 April 2020 (2020-04-07), Sue Murphy (Brooklands) died after a long illness.^[15]

Clayton and Openshaw by-election

Clayton and Openshaw councillor Andy Harland died in December 2019.^[16] A by-election took place on Thursday 27 February 2020 to fill the vacancy.^[17] Changes are compared with the 2019 result.

By-election: Clayton & Openshaw - 27th February 2020^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ken Dobson	1,191	47.9	3.4
	Labour	Sherita Mandongwe	1,083	43.6	1.4
	Conservative	Sham Raja Akhtar	102	4.1	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Claude-Diele Nsumbu	57	2.3	1.0
	Green	Jake Welsh	51	2.1	1.6
Majority			112	3.3	N/A
Rejected ballots			5	0.2
Turnout			2,489	19.7
Registered electors			12,623
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	2.4

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[mancunianmatters-1] "Lib Dem John Leech re-elected as fellow party member Richard Kilpatrick also picks up surprise council win in Manchester". Mancunian Matters. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

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[5] Reporter, Jewish News. "Labour candidate 'sorry' for saying sight of Israeli flag made her 'feel sick'". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[6] "Labour candidate Jade Doswell apologises for saying Israeli flag made her feel 'sick'". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[7] "Lib Dem candidate suspended over comments about Muslims". Metro. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[8] Abbit, Beth (17 April 2019). "Lib Dem candidate suspended from party over online comments about Muslims". Manchester Evening News.

[9] Williams, Jennifer (30 April 2019). "Tories drop Manchester election candidate who dubbed Curry Mile the 'P*** Mile'". Manchester Evening News.

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[14] "Councillor Details - Councillor Greg Stanton". democracy.manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

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