Piccadilly (ward)

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Piccadilly
Electoral ward
Piccadilly (Manchester City Council ward) 2018.png
Piccadilly electoral ward within Manchester City Council
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Coat of arms
Motto: 
By wisdom and effort
Piccadilly (ward)
Coordinates: 53°28′51″N2°14′02″W / 53.4807°N 2.2340°W / 53.4807; -2.2340
Country United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region North West England
County Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough Manchester
CreatedDecember 2017
Named after Piccadilly Gardens and the surrounding area
Government
  UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Central
 • Type Unicameral
 • Body Manchester City Council
 • Leader of the council Bev Craig (Labour)
 • CouncillorAdele Douglas (Labour)
 • CouncillorJon-Connor Lyons (Labour)
 • CouncillorSam Wheeler (Labour)

The Piccadilly electoral ward of Manchester City Council was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to replace parts of the City Centre and Ancoats & Clayton wards in 2018. [1]

Contents

It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell Labour Co-op MP for Manchester Central. [2]

Councillors

The ward is represented by three councillors on the city council. The first councillors for the new ward were elected in the local elections 2018; the candidate with the most votes receiving a 4-year term, second-most votes a 2-year term and third-most votes a 1-year term. From 2019 the council returns to electing one-third of councillors at each election. [1]

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2018 Sam Wheeler (Lab)Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab)Adele Douglas (Lab)
2019 Sam Wheeler (Lab)Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab)Adele Douglas (Lab)
2021 Sam Wheeler (Lab)Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab)Adele Douglas (Lab)

  indicates seat up for election.

Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

May 2021

2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon-Connor Lyons* 1,381 62.1 4.4 Increase2.svg
Green Chris Perriam43819.74.6 Decrease2.svg
Liberal Democrats Chris Northwood25011.29.3 Decrease2.svg
Conservative Siqi Lin1567.01.3 Decrease2.svg
Majority 94342.4
Rejected ballots120.50.1 Increase2.svg
Turnout 2,23728.78.6 Increase2.svg
Registered electors 7,783
Labour hold Swing 4.5 Increase2.svg

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sam Wheeler* 596 42.6 Decrease2.svg9.7
Liberal Democrats Joe Lynch35725.5Increase2.svg3.5
Green Brian Candeland33624.0Decrease2.svg0.3
Conservative Paul Wan987.0Decrease2.svg2.2
Majority 23917.1Decrease2.svg11.9
Rejected ballots130.93Increase2.svg0.43
Turnout 1,40019.58Decrease2.svg0.50
Registered electors 7,149
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.6

May 2018

2018 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adele Douglas 925 61.0
Labour Jon-Connor Lyons 875 57.7
Labour Sam Wheeler 793 52.3
Green Kara Ng36824.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Browne34823.0
Liberal Democrats Joe Lynch33422.0
Liberal Democrats Matthew Varnam25016.5
Conservative Paul Wan1409.2
Conservative Victoria Williams1248.2
Conservative Levi Walker1157.6
Majority 42528.0
Rejected ballots60.40
Turnout 1,51620.08
Registered electors 7,550
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
PartyCandidatesSeats WonVotesVote %
Labour 332,59360.70
Liberal Democrats 3093221.82
Conservative 303798.87
Green 103688.61

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ "3 May 2018 Local Government Election results". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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