2006 Manchester City Council election

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2006 Manchester City Council election
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32 of the 96 seats on Manchester City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won239
Seats after6134
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote41,03928,929
Percentage44.8%31.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.9%Decrease2.svg 2.3%
Manchester UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Manchester council election. Labour in red and the Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The council stayed under Labour Party control, strengthened by four gains from the Liberal Democrats. [1] [2]

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Election result

Changes in vote share are compared to the 2004 election.

Manchester Council Election Result 2006 [2]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 23Increase2.svg471.9386163.541,03944.8Increase2.svg4.9%
  Liberal Democrats 9Decrease2.svg428.1253435.428,92931.6Decrease2.svg2.3%
  Conservative 0Steady2.svg0.0000.09,64910.5Decrease2.svg2.2%
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0111.18,4939.3Decrease2.svg1.0%
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,1281.2Increase2.svg1.0%
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0000.08330.9Increase2.svg0.4%
  BNP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.06410.7Increase2.svg0.3%
  Respect 0Steady2.svg0.0000.06150.7Decrease2.svg0.3%
  Socialist Alternative 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02140.2n/a
  Independent Liberal 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0110.0n/a

Ward results

Below is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. Incumbent councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2004 and are marked with an asterisk.

Ancoats and Clayton

Ancoats and Clayton [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Battle* 1,463 48.3 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Daniel James Valentine1,23540.7-0.2
Conservative Christine Joan Birchenough1364.5-0.6
Green Richard Francis Keatley1264.2-0.5
Independent John Hulse712.3-1.2
Majority2287.6+2.0
Turnout 3,03132.9-5.1
Labour hold Swing +1.2

Ardwick

Ardwick [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mavis Smitheman* 1,248 61.4 +15.7
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Alam Panwar40519.9-7.5
Green Christopher David Charlton21610.6-2.4
Conservative Tadeusz Sochacki1638.0+0.9
Majority84341.5+23.2
Turnout 2,03221.7-2.7
Labour hold Swing +11.6

Baguley

Baguley [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Eddie McCulley* 1,205 49.0 -4.8
Conservative Joyce Kaye49820.2-0.7
Liberal Democrats Leslie James Ardron32313.1-0.7
Green Lynne Richmond2208.9-2.5
Socialist Alternative Lynn Worthington2148.7+8.7
Majority70728.7-4.1
Turnout 2,46023.9-5.5
Labour hold Swing -2.0

Bradford

Bradford [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Longsden* 1,525 69.8 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Rob Brettle31614.5+0.3
Conservative Karen Abbad1888.6-6.5
Green Christopher Waldon1567.1-1.6
Majority1,20955.3+14.2
Turnout 2,18525.3-4.5
Labour hold Swing +3.7

Brooklands

Brooklands [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Sue Murphy* 1,378 42.1 -2.7
Conservative Ralph John Ellerton95329.2-5.1
Liberal Democrats John Paul Ankers78724.1+10.7
Green Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh1494.6-2.8
Majority42513.0+2.4
Turnout 3,26733.4-1.4
Labour hold Swing +1.2

Burnage

Burnage [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rodney Alan Isherwood* 1,460 47.5 -10.4
Labour Frank Oliver Duffy1,16938.0+12.7
Conservative Dorothy Helen Keller2528.2-0.5
Green Elindsay James1494.8-3.2
Majority2919.5-23.1
Turnout 3,07329.8-10.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -11.5

Charlestown

Charlestown [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Hobin* 1,435 54.3 -4.8
Conservative Vivienne Inez Clarke38814.7-1.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Rodgers34813.2-11.5
UKIP Catherine Andrea Ritchie31211.8+11.8
Green Helen Sarah Dolan1596.0+6.0
Majority1,04739.6+5.2
Turnout 2,64229.2-5.2
Labour hold Swing -1.6

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Naeem Ul Hassam* 1,707 45.6 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Qassim Afzal1,60843.0+5.9
Green Jacqueline Smith2356.3+6.3
Conservative Kim Elvin Glasspole1915.1+2.4
Majority992.6-5.1
Turnout 3,74136.2-11.0
Labour hold Swing -2.5

Chorlton

Chorlton [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Val Stevens* 1,828 42.0 +9.0
Liberal Democrats Charles Leslie Glover1,71339.4+6.7
Green Brian Arthur Candeland60914.0-1.4
Conservative Amar Rouf Ahmed1984.6-4.0
Majority1152.6+2.3
Turnout 4,34843.0-3.9
Labour hold Swing +1.1

Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Norman Lewis* 1,724 54.7 +0.7
Labour Yogesh Virmani79725.3+6.4
Green Kathryn Mary Brownbridge39912.7-1.1
Conservative Rodney Keller2297.3+0.0
Majority92729.4+5.6
Turnout 3,14932.1-10.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.8

City Centre

City Centre [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elaine Boyes* 531 38.0 +0.5
Labour Co-op Chris Paul37426.8-0.8
Conservative James Jacob Gilchrist Berry 31122.3+7.1
Green Birgit Vollm18113.0-2.0
Majority15711.2+1.3
Turnout 1,39716.4-2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.6

Crumpsall

Crumpsall [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon-Leigh Pritchard* 1,667 49.6 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Sham Raja73821.9+2.2
Conservative Adrian Paul Glasspole47614.2-4.3
UKIP Ernest Robert Willescroft2597.7+7.7
Green Justine Michelle Hall2236.6-10.1
Majority92927.6+2.4
Turnout 3,36333.8-8.0
Labour hold Swing +1.2

Didsbury East

Didsbury East [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Thomas Parkinson* 1,809 45.3 -2.4
Labour Geoffrey Bridson1,36934.3+2.9
Green Richard Edgar Gee45911.5+3.4
Conservative Peter Malcolm Schofield3599.0-3.7
Majority44011.0-5.3
Turnout 3,99639.1-9.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.6

Didsbury West

Didsbury West [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Mark Clayton 1,189 42.9 +0.1
Labour David Clive Ellison69225.0+4.6
Conservative Peter Girvan Hilton48517.5+2.3
Green George Stanislaw Czernuszka32911.9-4.2
UKIP Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley762.7-2.9
Majority49717.9-4.5
Turnout 2,77128.0-8.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.2

Fallowfield

Fallowfield [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Amesbury 1,357 46.4 +4.1
Liberal Democrats John-Paul Wilkins*1,08637.2+0.6
Conservative Cedric Beniston1715.9-3.8
Green Susan Somerville1685.7-5.7
BNP Joseph Gerard Marjella Finnon1404.8+4.8
Majority2719.3+3.5
Turnout 2,92228.1-2.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +1.7

Gorton North

Gorton North [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nilofar Siddiqi 1,244 39.7 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Newing*1,13236.1-11.0
Independent Allan James Grafton46514.8+14.8
Conservative Patricia Ann Ainscough1444.6-3.5
Green Rachel Michelle Wilson782.5-2.8
Independent David Colin Jones722.3+2.3
Majority1123.6-3.9
Turnout 3,13531.4-1.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +5.5

Gorton South

Gorton South [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Richard Bridges* 1,375 47.8 -7.6
Labour Julie Reid1,03135.8+8.3
Green David William Mottram2468.5-1.0
Conservative Raymond Kenyon2267.9+0.4
Majority34412.0-15.9
Turnout 2,87826.9-4.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -7.9

Harpurhey

Harpurhey [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Fairweather* 1,420 55.3 -0.3
Liberal Democrats Gareth David Aubrey32012.5-11.5
UKIP Roger Porter Bullock31212.1+12.1
Conservative Ian Beswick30211.8-2.4
Green Darren Jason Flynn2158.4+8.4
Majority1,10042.8+11.2
Turnout 2,56922.1-4.8
Labour hold Swing +5.6

Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anna Margaret Trotman* 1,477 57.0 -3.4
Conservative Terence Shannon50619.5-0.3
Liberal Democrats Barbara Argyropoulos38314.8-4.9
Green Michael Robert Shaw2268.7+8.7
Majority97137.5-3.1
Turnout 2,59226.5-5.8
Labour hold Swing -1.5

Hulme

Hulme [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Joseph Murphy 816 37.9 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Oliver West57626.7+7.6
Green Steven Jonathan Durrant53925.0-12.4
Conservative Paul Anthony Kierman964.6-2.7
Independent Christine Anne Boscott-Shermerdine532.5+2.5
Independent Captain Cae Os432.0+2.0
UKIP Peter David Reeve200.9+0.9
Independent Liberal Charles Anthony Lyn-Lloyd110.5+0.5
Majority24011.1+9.8
Turnout 2,15424.1-1.5
Labour hold Swing -2.9

Levenshulme

Levenshulme [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alexander Cowan* 1,402 50.1 -3.1
Labour Dermot Sean Zafar77927.9+3.8
Green Peter Norman Thompson39914.3-2.1
Conservative William Moore2177.8+1.5
Majority62322.3-6.9
Turnout 2,79728.4-4.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -3.4

Longsight

Longsight [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maryam Fazeela Khan 1,687 54.6 +24.4
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sajjad*77425.1-19.2
Green Hassan Ukairo44414.4-1.7
Conservative Zahir Ali1825.9-3.5
Majority91330.0+15.4
Turnout 3,08732.3-6.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +21.8

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Flanagan* 1,286 43.5 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Richard John Wilson79126.8+9.5
BNP Derek George Adams50116.9+3.4
UKIP Lisa Ann Duffy1495.0+5.0
Conservative Brian George Birchenough1344.5-3.0
Green Anthony James Quinn963.2-1.9
Majority49516.7-1.1
Turnout 2,95729.1-2.9
Labour hold Swing -1.6

Moss Side

Moss Side [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Blake Walters* 1,734 63.7 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Hamza Butt50918.7+1.1
Green Robin Goater2358.6+0.2
Independent Reverend Juggla1294.7-2.8
Conservative Raymond Talbot Wattenbach1164.3-2.1
Majority1,22545.0+2.4
Turnout 2,72327.8-0.0
Labour hold Swing +1.2

Moston

Moston [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Risby* 1,774 53.1 -5.2
Conservative Anthony Gerard Pinder75522.6-2.7
Liberal Democrats Timothy John Hartley50615.2+3.1
Green Rose Ann Cameron3039.0+9.0
Majority1,01930.5-2.6
Turnout 3,33831.2-6.1
Labour hold Swing -1.2

Northenden

Northenden [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard James Cowell* 1,431 46.9 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Clive Eakins1,09235.8+15.7
Conservative Nathan James Cruddas39112.8-5.2
Green Lance David Crookes1364.5-12.6
Majority33911.1-13.5
Turnout 3,05029.3-3.6
Labour hold Swing -6.7

Old Moat

Old Moat [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Harrison* 1,567 54.4 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Tina Maache77326.9-0.4
Green Robin-Ella Davies31711.0-1.4
Conservative Daniel Rossall Valentine2217.7-3.2
Majority79427.6+5.4
Turnout 2,87829.2-3.2
Labour hold Swing +2.7

Rusholme

Rusholme [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Williams* 1,157 39.9 -16.0
Labour John Byrne80427.7-0.8
Respect Nahella Ashraf61521.2+21.2
Green Penelope Irene Collins1886.5-2.9
Conservative Barbara Mary Goodall1354.7-1.4
Majority35312.2-15.1
Turnout 2,89931.5-6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -7.6

Sharston

Sharston [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Hugh Barrett* 1,248 55.0 +4.7
Conservative Agnes Anne Carroll40217.7-1.1
Liberal Democrats William David Fisher35515.6-0.9
Green Karen Jane Duffy26411.5-2.9
Majority84637.3+5.8
Turnout 2,26921.4-5.6
Labour hold Swing +2.9

Whalley Range

Whalley Range [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Rose Watson 1,637 46.1 +17.4
Liberal Democrats Joy Ruth Winder*1,15832.6-6.6
Green Mary Rosalind Candeland46613.1+0.6
Conservative Matthew Graham Cox2898.1-11.5
Majority47913.5+2.9
Turnout 3,55034.5-9.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +12.0

Withington

Withington [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon David Wheale 1,064 47.8 -10.6
Labour Delores Elizabeth Long61327.6+9.0
Green Sarah Stuart34015.3+0.9
Conservative Andrew Christopher Perfect2079.3+0.7
Majority45120.3-19.5
Turnout 2,22422.3-8.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -9.8

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Newman* 1,277 61.5 +1.1
Conservative Ruby Marie Raynor32815.8-0.8
Liberal Democrats Joseph Francis Podbylski29014.0-0.2
Green Peter Andrew Somerville1808.7-0.1
Majority94945.7+1.8
Turnout 2,07521.8-5.7
Labour hold Swing +0.9

By-elections between 2006 and 2007

Gorton South By-Election 19 October 2006 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charles Glover1,58849.3+1.5
Labour Julie Reid1,20837.5+1.7
BNP Derek Adams1855.7+5.7
Green David Mottram1514.7-3.8
Conservative Daniel Valentine902.8-5.1
Majority38011.8-0.2
Turnout 3,22229.9+3.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.1

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