Manchester City Council election, 2016

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2016. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2020. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to hold all but one seat contested, won by former Withington MP, John Leech. Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years.

Councillors elected in 2012 were defending their seats this year, and vote share changes are compared on this basis.

Result

Manchester City Council
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	32	31	0	1	-1	96.9	64.13	68,668
	Liberal Democrat	32	1	1	0	+1	3.1	11.13	11,920
	Green	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	8.86	9,486
	Conservative	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.98	7,475
	UKIP	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.20	6,639
	Independent	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.52	1,625
	TUSC	16	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.91	974
	Monster Raving Loony	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.21	223
	Christian Democrat Party for a Consensus	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.05	57
	Communist League	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.01	12

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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96
Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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95	1
Labour	LD

LD - Liberal Democrat

Ward Results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2012, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. All results are listed below:^[1]

Ancoats and Clayton

Ancoats and Clayton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ollie Manco	1,864	54.49
	Independent	Ken Dobson	941	27.51
	Green	Steffeny Louise McGiffen	322	9.41
	Conservative	Denis Kostyan	164	4.79
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Wilkinson	130	3.80
Majority			923	26.98
Turnout			3,421	26.60
	Labour hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tarjuah Tina Hewitson	2,086	80.88
	Conservative	Akbar Ali Arif	185	7.17
	Green	Kara Ng	156	6.05
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Richard George Gadsden	79	3.06
	TUSC	John Neill	73	2.83
Majority			1,901	73.71
Turnout			2,579	25.28
	Labour hold		Swing

Baguley

Baguley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Luke John Rakes*	1,579	64.79
	Conservative	Ralph John Ellerton	400	16.41
	Green	Bonnie Mercer	154	6.32
	TUSC	Lynn Worthington	127	5.21
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Cameron of Roundwood	91	3.73
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Stubbs	86	3.53
Majority			858	35.21
Turnout			2,437	22.60
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Emma Victoria Taylor	2,121	73.39
	Green	Rachel Harper	283	9.79
	Conservative	Michael Charles Barnes	249	8.62
	Liberal Democrat	Gary McKenna	105	3.63
	TUSC	Alexander Robert John Powell	75	2.60
	Christian Democrat Party for a Consensus	Jonathan Cox	57	1.97
Majority			1,838	63.60
Turnout			2,890	24.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Glynn Evans*	1,738	59.30
	UKIP	Pat Bebby	544	18.56
	Conservative	Stephen Paul Woods	504	17.20
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew McGuinness	145	4.95
Majority			1,194	40.74
Turnout			2,931	28.20
	Labour hold		Swing

Burnage

Burnage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bev Craig*	2,291	63.20
	Liberal Democrat	Maria Theresa Turner	489	13.49
	UKIP	Liam Thomas Evans	460	12.69
	Green	Sam Darby	339	9.35
	Conservative	Sahed Hossain	46	1.27
Majority			1,802	49.71
Turnout			3,625	33.82
	Labour hold		Swing

City Centre

City Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Elizabeth Davies*	1,410	64.74
	Liberal Democrat	John Richard Bridges	403	18.50
	Conservative	Paul Wan	365	16.76
Majority			1,007	46.24
Turnout			2,178	22.15
	Labour hold		Swing

Charlestown

Charlestown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hannah Kate Priest	1,671	59.38
	UKIP	Neil Caradoc Griffiths	770	27.36
	Conservative	Nicholas David St John Savage	204	7.25
	Green	Astrid Johnson	92	3.27
	Liberal Democrat	Charles William Turner	77	2.74
Majority			901	32.02
Turnout			2,814	27.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shaukat Ali*	3,485	81.79
	Conservative	Peter Malcolm Schofield	318	7.46
	Green	Dave Taylor	225	5.28
	Liberal Democrat	Arthur Craig Whittall	2.84
	TUSC	Catherine Spencer	112	2.63
Majority			3,167	74.33
Turnout			4,261	29.19
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorlton

Chorlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sheila Newman*	3,296	65.68
	Green	Nigel James Woodcock	778	15.50
	Liberal Democrat	Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver	719	14.33
	Conservative	Colm George Lock	225	4.48
Majority			2,518	50.18
Turnout			5,018	47.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joanna Rachel Midgley*	2,564	50.29
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Lewis	1,950	38.25
	Green	Hannah Lisa Richmond	412	8.08
	Conservative	Luke Oisin Bourke Costello	172	3.37
Majority			614	12.04
Turnout			5,098	45.17
	Labour hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Charles Leese*	2,704	74.35
	UKIP	Bob Willescroft	375	10.31
	Conservative	Sarah Idowu Ajiboye	288	7.92
	Green	Penny Miller-Swann	151	4.15
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Colin Donaldson	75	2.06
	TUSC	Martin Conway	44	1.21
Majority			2,329	64.04
Turnout			3,637	32.79
	Labour hold		Swing

Didsbury East

Didsbury East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kelly Suzanne Simcock	2,484	53.74
	Liberal Democrat	Dominic Hardwick	1,281	27.72
	Green	Wendy Ann Lynas	316	6.84
	Conservative	Robert George Manning	305	6.60
	UKIP	Mark Davies	236	5.11
Majority			1,203	26.03
Turnout			4,622	44.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Didsbury West

Didsbury West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Leech	2,295	52.61	+24.5%
	Labour	Barnaby Edward Lane	1,593	36.52	-7.5%
	Green	Arnold James Spencer	244	5.59	-6%
	Conservative	Max Dowling	161	3.69	-12%
	UKIP	Robert Gutenfreund-Walmsley	69	1.58	-2%
Majority			702	16.09
Turnout			4,362	44.40
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years.

Fallowfield

Fallowfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Zahra Alijah	1,932	71.16
	Green	Laura Alice Bannister	408	15.03
	Conservative	Luke Aidan Dyks	197	7.26
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Jones	125	4.60
	TUSC	Aidan Ryan Matthews	53	1.95
Majority			1,524	56.13
Turnout			2,715	24.74
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Afia Begum Kamal*	1,743	61.01
	UKIP	Katie Elizabeth Fanning	628	21.98
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Peter Hickey	194	6.79
	Conservative	Phelim Rowe	161	5.64
	Green	Karl Wardlaw	131	4.59
Majority			1,115	39.03
Turnout			2,857	26.80
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Eric Stone*	2,792	70.17
	UKIP	Bob Catterall	481	12.09
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Louise Brown	246	6.18
	Green	Melvyn Newton	239	6.01
	Conservative	Tmo Opesan	141	3.54
	Independent	Martin Burke	80	2.01
Majority			2,311	58.08
Turnout			3,979	31.28
	Labour hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick Charles Karney*	1,791	64.31
	UKIP	Mandy Michelle Howard	552	19.82
	Conservative	Alexandru Stelian Stancu	166	5.96
	Green	Mary Rosalind Candeland	132	4.74
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Alan Isherwood	102	3.66
	TUSC	Emma Windefride	42	1.51
Majority			1,239	44.49
Turnout			2,785	23.50
	Labour hold		Swing

Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shelley Margaret Lanchbury*	1,569	58.52
	UKIP	Martin Power	691	25.77
	Conservative	Barney Bradley Watson	202	7.53
	Liberal Democrat	Peter George Matthews	115	4.29
	Green	Anne Vivienne Power	104	3.88
Majority			878	32.75
Turnout			2,681	25.76
	Labour hold		Swing

Hulme

Hulme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amina Lone*	1,726	65.30
	Green	Deyika Nzeribe	515	19.49
	Liberal Democrat	Hannah Jane Gee	184	6.96
	Conservative	Kevin Gerard O'Neill	162	6.13
	TUSC	Martin Shaw	56	2.12
Majority			1,211	45.82
Turnout			2,643	25.30
	Labour hold		Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nasrin Bibi Ali*	2,066	54.53
	Green	Dick Venes	764	20.16
	Independent	Mark Breeze	470	12.40
	Liberal Democrat	Liaqat Ali	285	7.52
	Conservative	Calum Tudur James Davies	164	4.33
	TUSC	Joe McArdle	40	1.06
Majority			1,302	34.36
Turnout			3,789	35.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Luthfur Rahman*	2,897	78.98
	Conservative	Anjnarra Huque	254	6.92
	Green	Vicky Matthews	219	5.97
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Charles Crump	140	3.82
	Independent	Raees Ahmad Khan	134	3.65
	TUSC	Mercedes Caccia Mesorio	24	0.65
Majority			2,643	72.06
Turnout			3,668	36.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carmine Geatano Grimshaw*	1,938	78.49
	Conservative	Harry Kagkouras	193	7.82
	Green	Isobel Mary Patience	134	5.43
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Martin Kilpatrick	116	4.70
	TUSC	Bridget Taylor	88	3.56
Majority			1,745	70.68
Turnout			2,469	24.12
	Labour hold		Swing

Moss Side

Moss Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mahadi Hussein Sharif Mahamed	2,869	74.33
	Green	Muhammad Anwar Shahzad	415	10.75
	Conservative	Aden Hassan	309	8.01
	Liberal Democrat	Annie Jackson	267	6.92
Majority			2,454	63.58
Turnout			3,860	29.20
	Labour hold		Swing

Moston

Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carl Peter Ollerhead*	1,899	56.65
	UKIP	Phil Eckersley	899	26.82
	Conservative	Hector James Robertson Williams	301	8.98
	Green	Eithne Quinn	118	3.52
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Page	102	3.04
	TUSC	Jack Joseph Metcalf	33	0.98
Majority			1,000	29.83
Turnout			3,352	30.28
	Labour hold		Swing

Northenden

Northenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Theresa Monaghan	2,003	64.06
	Conservative	Fiona Mary Green	541	17.30
	Green	Simon James Gray	308	9.85
	Liberal Democrat	Pablo O'Hana	166	5.31
	Monster Raving Loony	Johnny Disco	109	3.49
Majority			1,462	46.75
Turnout			3,127	28.30
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Moat

Old Moat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Henryk Fender*	2,244	67.29
	Liberal Democrat	April Preston	561	16.82
	Green	Nathan Rae	329	9.87
	Conservative	Jeanmiguel Uva	138	4.14
	TUSC	Jane Elizabeth Lee	63	1.89
Majority			1,683	50.46
Turnout			3,335	31.85
	Labour hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ahmed Ali*	2.346	75.14
	Green	Rob Jones	415	13.29
	Liberal Democrat	Abu Mohiuddin Chowdhury	195	6.25
	Conservative	Archie Stuart Galbraith	166	5.32
Majority			1,931	61.85
Turnout			3,122	31.24
	Labour hold		Swing

Sharston

Sharston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tommy Judge*	1,645	61.84
	UKIP	Bob Burke	561	21.09
	Conservative	Jagdeep Singh Mehat	227	8.53
	Liberal Democrat	Bernie Ryan	100	3.76
	Green	Sylvia June Buchan	92	3.46
	Monster Raving Loony	Silly Sir Oink A-Lot	23	0.86
	Communist League	Peter Clifford	12	0.45
Majority			1,084	40.75
Turnout			2,660	23.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Whalley Range

Whalley Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Angeliki Stogia*	3,091	63.75
	Green	Ben Godfrey	1,321	27.24
	Conservative	David Robert Semple	223	4.60
	Liberal Democrat	Rhona Eva Elizabeth Cowan Brown	169	3.49
	TUSC	Liam David	45	0.93
Majority			1,770	36.50
Turnout			4,849	44.52
	Labour hold		Swing

Withington

Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Wills	1,683	55.25
	Liberal Democrat	Simon David Wheale	844	27.71
	Green	Lucy Jane Bannister	370	12.15
	Conservative	Shaden Jaradat	113	3.71
	TUSC	Zoe Brunswick	36	1.18
Majority			839	27.54
Turnout			3,046	31.47
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Darral O'Neil*	1,548	68.22
	UKIP	Tony Welch	373	16.44
	Conservative	Eric Houghton	231	10.18
	TUSC	Laurie Joseph Carefoot	63	2.78
	Liberal Democrat	Martha O'Donoghue	54	2.38
Majority			1,175	51.78
Turnout			2,269	22.25
	Labour hold		Swing

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