Clayton and Openshaw (ward)

For the area of Clayton, Greater Manchester, see Clayton, Manchester. For the area of Openshaw, Greater Manchester, see Openshaw.

Clayton and Openshaw
Electoral ward
Clayton and Openshaw electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  By wisdom and effort
Coordinates: 53°29′01″N2°10′48″W / 53.4837°N 2.1801°W / 53.4837; -2.1801
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	December 2017
Named after	Clayton and Openshaw
Government   UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Central
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
• Leader of the council	Bev Craig (Labour)
• Councillor	Sean McHale (Labour)
• Councillor	Donna Ludford (Labour)
• Councillor	Thomas Robinson (Labour)

Clayton and Openshaw is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) replacing the previous electoral wards of Ancoats & Clayton and Bradford for the local elections 2018. ^[1]

It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell MP for Manchester Central. ^[2]

Councillors

Two councillors currently serve the ward with one vacancy: ^[3] Sean McHale (Lab), ^[4] and Donna Ludford (Lab) are incumbent councillors; ^[5] Kenneth Dobson (Ind) won a by-election in February 2020 but resigned in October. ^{[6] [7]}

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2018		Sean McHale (Lab)		Donna Ludford (Lab)		Andy Harland (Lab)
2019		Sean McHale (Lab)		Donna Ludford (Lab)		Andy Harland (Lab)
By-election Feb 2020		Sean McHale (Lab)		Donna Ludford (Lab)		Ken Dobson (Ind)
2021		Sean McHale (Lab)		Donna Ludford (Lab)		Thomas Robinson (Lab)

  indicates seat up for election.   indicates seat won in by-election.

Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna Ludford*	2,064	69.3
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	1,560	52.4
	Conservative	Keith Berry	389	13.1
	Green	Daniel Kyle	250	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Diele Nsumbu	218	7.3
	Green	Robyn Schreibke	204	6.9
	Conservative	Ramzi Swaray-Kella	193	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martha O'Donoghue	120	4.0
Majority
Rejected ballots			32
Turnout			2,978	23.98
Registered electors			12,553
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

By-election: 27 February 2020

Councillor Andy Harland died in December 2019. ^[8] A by-election took place on Thursday 27 February 2020 to fill the vacancy. ^[9]

By-election: Clayton & Openshaw - 27th February 2020 ^[9]

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

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean McHale*	1,346	44.6%	9.1%
	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%
Rejected ballots			21	0.70%
Turnout			3,015	25.05%	1.5%
Registered electors			12,036
	Labour hold		Swing	16.5%

May 2018

2018 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Harland	2,103	70.9%
	Labour	Donna Ludford*	1,722	58.0%
	Labour	Sean McHale	1,592	53.7%
	Independent	Kenneth Dobson	603	20.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Boyes	279	9.4%
	Green	Paul Brunger	220	7.4%
	Conservative	Archie Galbraith	217	7.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Clayton	162	5.5%
	Conservative	Aimen Javaid	152	5.1%
	Conservative	Chenjie Zhang	142	4.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Willis	118	4.0%
Majority
Turnout			2,967	24.9%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. LGBCE (April 2017). Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2018.
2. "Lucy Powell MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament . Retrieved 5 February 2018.
3. Ladden-Hall, Dan; Abbit, Beth; Dobson, Charlotte (4 May 2018). "What are the Manchester local elections 2018 results?". Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 7 May 2018.
4. "Councillor Sean McHale". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council . Retrieved 22 May 2018.
5. "Councillor Donna Ludford". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council . Retrieved 22 May 2018.
6. "Councillor Ken Dobson". democracy.manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council . Retrieved 6 October 2020.
7. "Casual Vacancy - Clayton & Openshaw". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
8. Williams, Jennifer (24 December 2019). "'Positive, principled' Manchester councillor dies after a lifetime dedicated to his community". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
9. "Clayton & Openshaw By-Election Results - 27 February 2020". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
10. Manchester Evening News: What are the Manchester local elections 2019 results? https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-local-election-2019-results-16197507
11. "3 May 2018 Local Government Election results". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.