2024 Manchester City Council election

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2024 Manchester City Council election
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32 of 96 seats on Manchester City Council + 1 vacancy
49 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Bev Craig Astrid Johnson John Leech
Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats
Last election30 (64.6%)1 (14.0%)2 (12.2%)
Seats before8744
Leader before election

Bev Craig
Labour

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Manchester City Council elections are scheduled to take place on 2 May 2024, alongside the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election and other local elections across England. One third of members of Manchester City Council are up for election.

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Background

History

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Manchester was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county. [1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs.

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county. [2] One member from each district council in Greater Manchester, conventionally their leader, sits on the combined authority alongside the mayor.

Since its formation, Manchester City Council has continuously been under Labour control. In the most recent council election in 2023, Labour won 30 of the 33 seats up for election with 64.6% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats won two seats with 12.2% of the vote and the Green Party won one seat with 14% of the vote. The Conservatives received 7.3% of the vote but did not win any seats.

Candidates up for re-election in 2024 are those who were elected in 2021.

Changes since the last election

In July 2023 councillor Julia Baker Smith resigned her seat in Brooklands following rumours that she was living in on the Isle of Wight, 200 miles (320 km) away from her ward. [3] A by-election was held on 7 September 2023, won by Labour's Dave Marsh. [4]

In October 2023 Amna Abdullatif (Ardwick) resigned from the Labour party in the wake of the Labour leadership's stance on the Israeli invasion of Gaza, and now sits as an independent councillor. [5]

In March 2024 James Wilson (Didsbury East) resigned as a councillor; voters in the ward will vote for up to 2 candidates with the winner receiving a full 4-year term, and the candidate with the 2nd highest number of votes will serve the remainder of Cllr Wilson's 2023-2027 term.

Councillors not seeking re-election

CouncillorPartyWardHeld seat since
Hannah Priest Labour Charlestown 2016
Eve Holt Labour Chorlton 2018
Zahra Alijah Labour Fallowfield 2016
Shelley Lanchbury Labour Higher Blackley 2012
Emily Rowles Labour Moss Side 2014
Julie Connolly Labour Moston 2021

    Electoral process

    The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. [6] [7] Councillors are elected via first-past-the-post voting, with each ward represented by three councillors, one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

    All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Manchester aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

    Council composition

    After the 2023 election, the composition of the council was:

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    LabourGreenLib Dem

    The current composition of the council is:

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    LabourGreenLib DemInd [lower-alpha 1]
    1. ↑ vacancy

    Candidates

    Manchester City Council
    PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
    SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
      Labour 57
      Liberal Democrats 3
      Green 2
      Independent 1
      Conservative 0
      Workers Party 0
     Communist Future0
     Independent Network0
      TUSC 0
      Women's Equality 0

    Incumbent candidates are denoted with an asterisk. [8]

    Ancoats and Beswick

    Ancoats and Beswick
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Alan Good*
    Labour Julie Jarman
    Communist FutureChris Strafford
    Green Kate Sophie Walsh Benson
    Conservative Paul Wan

    Ardwick

    Ardwick
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Abdigafar Mohamed Muse*
    Conservative Princetta Nicol
    Green Chris Perriam
    Liberal Democrats Bernie Ryan

    Baguley

    Baguley
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Luke James Berry
    Liberal Democrats Phil Manktelow
    Labour Co-op Tracey Rawlins*
    Green Jake Welsh

    Brooklands

    Brooklands
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Yemi Ajayi
    Green Grace Buczkowska
    Labour Dave Marsh*
    Liberal Democrats Euan Stewart

    Burnage

    Burnage
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Green Asma Alam
    Liberal Democrats Kobe Bibbon
    Labour Bev Craig*
    Workers Party Syed Ataur Rahman
    Conservative Muhammad Tahir

    Charlestown

    Charlestown
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Green Paul Dominick Hodges
    Labour Uzma Jafri
    Conservative Muhammad Arbab Khan
    Liberal Democrats Melanie Ncube

    Cheetham

    Cheetham
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Independent Dawud Ali
    Labour Shaukat Ali*
    Conservative Patience Assam
    Liberal Democrats Roderick George Donald Morrison
    Communist FutureEdmund Potts
    Green Fesl Reza-Khan

    Chorlton

    Chorlton
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Rhona Brown
    Conservative Festus Fofanah
    Green Kate Hughes
    Labour Tina Kirwin-McGinley

    Chorlton Park

    Chorlton Park
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Keith Berry
    Labour Co-op Mandie Shilton Godwin*
    Liberal Democrats Chris Rogers
    Green Richard Miles Stubbs Walton

    Clayton and Openshaw

    Clayton and Openshaw
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Donna Ludford*
    Conservative Ramzi Swaray-Kella
    Green Samsuzzaman Syed
    Liberal Democrats Maria Theresa Turner

    Crumpsall

    Crumpsall
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Nasrin Ali*
    Independent Madasar Kasana Anwar
    Independent Tariq Baz
    Women's Equality Samantha Days
    Conservative Arbab Khan Fatima
    Green Alison Jane Hawdale
    Liberal Democrats Norman Lewis

    Deansgate

    Deansgate
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Luke Allan
    Labour Co-op Marcus Charles Johns*
    Conservative Jason Peter McLeod
    Green Chris Ogden

    Didsbury East

    Didsbury East (2)
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Leslie Bell
    Liberal Democrats Bryn Coombe
    Green Ben Dundas
    Labour Linda Foley*
    Conservative Anjenarra Huque
    Green Charlotte Mary Lanigan
    Conservative Stephen James McHugh
    Liberal Democrats Belal Sabbagh

    Didsbury West

    Didsbury West
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Daniel James Bell
    Labour Deborah Louise Hilal*
    Liberal Democrats Rosie Hughes
    Green Stanley Charles Parker

    Fallowfield

    Fallowfield
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Workers Party Chowdhury Murtahin Billah
    Conservative Sabreena Zareen Hossain
    Green Albie Mayo
    Labour Ghazala Sadiq
    Liberal Democrats Lynne Williams

    Gorton and Abbey Hey

    Gorton and Abbey Hey
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Ugo Nzeribe
    Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey
    Labour Co-op Julie Reid*
    Green Natasha Turner

    Harpurhey

    Harpurhey
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Green Jean Betteridge
    Conservative Gareth Joseph Brown
    Liberal Democrats Celia Mary Craske
    Labour Joanne Mary Green*
    TUSC Sam Hey

    Higher Blackley

    Higher Blackley
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Independent NetworkDean Luke Booth
    Labour Julie Connolly
    Conservative Colin Gregory Jones
    Green Vicky Matthews
    Liberal Democrats Peter George Matthews

    Hulme

    Hulme
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Green Ekua Bayunu*
    Conservative Yat Fung Cheung
    Labour Lee Glover
    Liberal Democrats Joe Lynch

    Levenshulme

    Levenshulme
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Democrats John Bridges
    Green Amanda Gardner
    Independent Jeremy Edward Hoad
    Labour Zahid Hussain*
    Workers Party Muhammad Iqbal
    Conservative Chan Ben Kin

    Longsight

    Longsight
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Liaqat Ali
    Green Bernard Joseph Ekbery
    Labour Luthfur Rahman*
    Independent Mohammed Aqib Raja
    Conservative Liberty Rowe
    Workers Party Shahbaz Sarwar

    Miles Platting and Newton Heath

    Miles Platting and Newton Heath
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour June Hitchen*
    Green Prashant Kumbhat
    Independent Donna Liley
    Conservative Bassel Ounah
    Liberal Democrats Charles William Turner

    Moss Side

    Moss Side
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Green Thirza Amina Asanga-Rae
    Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Jones
    Conservative Bhupinder Kumar
    Labour Esha Mumtaz
    Independent Ali Guled Olad

    Moston

    Moston
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Popoola Stephen Alabi
    Liberal Democrats John Cameron
    Green Diane Lilian Kosandiak
    Labour Sherita Mandongwe

    Northenden

    Northenden
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Green Sylvia June Buchan
    Liberal Democrats Mark Clayton
    Labour Sam Lynch*
    Conservative Ezra McGowan

    Old Moat

    Old Moat
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Misbah Ahmed
    Green Laura Bannister
    Liberal Democrats Jon Martin
    Labour Gavin White*

    Piccadilly

    Piccadilly
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Allison Harrison
    Labour Jon-Connor Lyons*
    Green Scott Robinson
    Communist FutureSinead Rylance
    Conservative Praveen Tomar

    Rusholme

    Rusholme
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Workers Party Naznin Hussain
    Conservative Joseph Bernard Kalokoh
    Labour Jill Lovecy*
    Green Dennis Pirdzuns
    Independent Shahid Qazi
    Independent Mohammed Wahab Sajjad
    Liberal Democrats Gregory Thomas Sammons

    Sharston

    Sharston
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Green Brian Arthur Candeland
    Liberal Democrats Martha O'Donoghue
    Conservative Glen Richard Sykes
    Labour Emma Victoria Taylor*

    Whalley Range

    Whalley Range
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Muqaddasah Bano*
    Liberal Democrats Seb Bate
    Conservative Norman Hesketh-Hart
    Workers Party Tanvir Marth
    Green Billie Nagle

    Withington

    Withington
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Akbar Arif
    Green Sam Easterby-Smith
    Liberal Democrats April Preston
    Labour Co-op Chris Wills*

    Woodhouse Park

    Woodhouse Park
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Anna Hablak
    Conservative Eric Houghton
    Green Rob Nunney*
    Labour Susan Gwenda Wildman

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