Piccadilly | |
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Motto(s): By wisdom and effort | |
Coordinates: 53°28′51″N2°14′02″W / 53.4807°N 2.2340°W Coordinates: 53°28′51″N2°14′02″W / 53.4807°N 2.2340°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | North West England |
County | Greater Manchester |
Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
Created | December 2017 |
Named for | 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) |
• Councillor | Adele Douglas (Labour) |
• Councillor | Jon-Connor Lyons (Labour) |
• Councillor | Sam 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]
It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell Labour Co-op MP for Manchester Central. [2]
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]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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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.
* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jon-Connor Lyons* | 1,381 | 62.1 | 4.4 | |
Green | Chris Perriam | 438 | 19.7 | 4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Northwood | 250 | 11.2 | 9.3 | |
Conservative | Siqi Lin | 156 | 7.0 | 1.3 | |
Majority | 943 | 42.4 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,237 | 28.7 | 8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,783 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adele Douglas | 925 | 61.0 | ||
Labour | Jon-Connor Lyons | 875 | 57.7 | ||
Labour | Sam Wheeler | 793 | 52.3 | ||
Green | Kara Ng | 368 | 24.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Browne | 348 | 23.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joe Lynch | 334 | 22.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Varnam | 250 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative | Paul Wan | 140 | 9.2 | ||
Conservative | Victoria Williams | 124 | 8.2 | ||
Conservative | Levi Walker | 115 | 7.6 | ||
Majority | 425 | 28.0 | |||
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.40 | |||
Turnout | 1,516 | 20.08 | |||
Registered electors | 7,550 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidates | Seats Won | Votes | Vote % | |
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Labour | 3 | 3 | 2,593 | 60.70 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 932 | 21.82 | |
Conservative | 3 | 0 | 379 | 8.87 | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 368 | 8.61 |
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