2024 Manchester City Council election

The 2024 Manchester City Council elections took place on 2 May 2024, alongside the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election and other local elections across England. There were 33 of the 96 seats on Manchester City Council up for election, being the usual third of the seats plus a by-election in Didsbury East ward. Labour retained its majority on the council.

2024 Manchester City Council election

← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →

33 of 96 seats on Manchester City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Bev Craig John Leech Astrid Johnson
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 30 (64.6%) 2 (12.2%) 1 (14.0%)
Seats before 87 4 4
Seats won 30 1 1
Seats after 87 4 3
Seat change Steady Steady Decrease 1

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Workers Party Independent
Last election n/a
Seats before 0 1
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady

Map of the wards of Manchester City Council coloured by winning party

Leader before election

Bev Craig
Labour

Leader after election

Bev Craig
Labour

Background

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In the previous election in 2023, Labour won 30 of the 33 seats up for election with 64.6% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats won two seats with 12.2% of the vote and the Green Party won one seat with 14% of the vote. The Conservatives received 7.3% of the vote but did not win any seats.

Candidates up for re-election in 2024 are those who were elected in 2021.

Changes since the last election

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In July 2023 councillor Julia Baker Smith resigned her seat in Brooklands following rumours that she was living in on the Isle of Wight, 200 miles (320 km) away from her ward.[1] A by-election was held on 7 September 2023, won by Labour's Dave Marsh.[2]

In October 2023 Amna Abdullatif (Ardwick) resigned from the Labour party in the wake of the Labour leadership's stance on the Israeli invasion of Gaza, and now sits as an independent councillor.[3]

In March 2024 James Wilson (Didsbury East) resigned as a councillor; voters in the ward therefore voted for up to 2 candidates with the winner receiving a full 4-year term, and the candidate with the 2nd highest number of votes serving the remainder of Cllr Wilson's 2023-2027 term.

Councillors not seeking re-election

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Councillor Party Ward Held seat since
Hannah Priest Labour Charlestown 2016
Eve Holt Labour Chorlton 2018
Zahra Alijah Labour Fallowfield 2016
Shelley Lanchbury Labour Higher Blackley 2012
Emily Rowles Labour Moss Side 2014
Julie Connolly Labour Moston 2021

Electoral process

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The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[4][5] Councillors are elected via first-past-the-post voting, with each ward represented by three councillors, one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Manchester aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Council composition

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After the 2023 election, the composition of the council was:

88 4 4
Labour Grn Lib Dem

Immediately prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

86 4 4 1 1
Labour Grn Lib Dem [a] [b]
  1. ^ Independent
  2. ^ Vacancy

Following the election result, the composition of the council became:

87 4 3 1 1
Labour Lib Dem Grn [a] [b]
  1. ^ Workers Party of Britain
  2. ^ Independent

Results

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With 87 of the 96 seats on the council before the election, it was not possible for Labour to lose its majority. Their overall number of seats remained the same after the election. They gained one seat from the Greens, but their deputy leader, Luthfur Rahman, was defeated by Shahbaz Sarwar of the Workers Party.[6][7]

Summary change in vote share compared to the 2023 election; where no figure is shown, the party did not stand candidates in 2023. Change in number of seats compared to the most recent sitting councillor for each ward before the election. The result for the Didsbury East ward has been normalised to account for the 2nd vacancy being filled in this election.

Manchester City Council
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % /−
  Labour 30   90.9 57 87 90.63 60,059 53.70 10.90  
  Green 1 1   3.0 2 3 3.13 19,562 17.49 3.46  
  Liberal Democrats 1   3.0 3 4 4.17 11,577 10.35 1.80  
  Workers Party 1 1   3.0 0 1 1.04 6,174 5.52
  Conservative 0   0.0 0 0 0.00 6,865 6.14 1.15  
  Independent 0   0.0 1 1 1.04 5,037 4.50 3.60  
  Independent Network 0   0.0 0 0 0.00 558 0.50
  Women's Equality 0   0.0 0 0 0.00 123 0.11 0.01  
  Communist Future 0   0.0 0 0 0.00 93 0.08
  TUSC 0   0.0 0 0 0.00 81 0.07

Ward level results are compared to the 2021 election when candidates seeking re-election were last elected on their normal cycle. Incumbent candidates are denoted with an asterisk.[8]

Ancoats and Beswick

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Ancoats and Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Good* 1,900 49.8 27.8  
Labour Julie Jarman 1,420 37.2 20.7  
Green Kate Sophie Walsh Benson 366 9.6 1.2  
Conservative Paul Wan 76 2.0 6.3  
Communist Future Chris Strafford 33 0.9 New
Majority 480 12.6
Rejected ballots 19 0.5
Turnout 3,814 30.1
Registered electors 12,679
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing 24.3  

Alan Good was elected in a by-election in 2022; changes in vote share are compared with the regular May 2021 election cycle and on that basis this is a notional Liberal Democrat gain.

Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdigafar Mohamed Muse 1,947 63.2 14.0  
Green Chris Perriam 528 17.1 7.7  
Conservative Princetta Nicol 329 10.7 2.2  
Liberal Democrats Bernie Ryan 233 7.6 2.6  
Majority 1,419 46.0
Rejected ballots 45 1.5
Turnout 3,082 23.8
Registered electors 12,956
Labour hold Swing 10.8  

Baguley

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Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Tracey Rawlins* 1,586 62.8 0.4  
Conservative Luke James Berry 423 16.7 3.7  
Green Jake Welsh 319 12.6 2.4  
Liberal Democrats Phil Manktelow 148 5.9 1.8  
Majority 1,163 46.0
Rejected ballots 50 2.0
Turnout 2,526 21.6
Registered electors 11,683
Labour Co-op hold Swing 1.6  

Brooklands

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Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Marsh* 1,737 62.8 1.3  
Conservative Yemi Ajayi 407 14.7 2.1  
Green Grace Buczkowska 402 14.5 2.6  
Liberal Democrats Euan Stewart 177 6.4 1.3  
Majority 1,330 48.1
Rejected ballots 44 1.6
Turnout 2,767 24.9
Registered electors 11,093
Labour hold Swing 0.4  

Dave Marsh was elected in a by-election in 2023.

Burnage

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Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bev Craig* 2,257 53.2 19.0  
Green Asma Alam 815 19.2 11.1  
Workers Party Syed Ataur Rahman 707 16.7 New
Liberal Democrats Kobe Bibbon 210 5.0 1.4  
Conservative Muhammad Tahir 197 4.6 5.4  
Majority 1,442 34.0
Rejected ballots 53 1.3
Turnout 4,239 32.1
Registered electors 13,222
Labour hold Swing 14.9  

Charlestown

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Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Uzma Jafri 1,602 58.6 5.5  
Green Paul Dominick Hodges 591 21.6 15.2  
Conservative Muhammad Arbab Khan 299 10.9 6.6  
Liberal Democrats Melanie Ncube 176 6.4 2.7  
Majority 1,011 37.0
Rejected ballots 68 2.5
Turnout 2,736 22.4
Registered electors 12,225
Labour hold Swing 10.3  

Cheetham

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Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaukat Ali* 1,906 49.5 30.2  
Independent Dawud Ali 1,218 31.6 New
Green Fesl Reza-Khan 315 8.2 1.7  
Liberal Democrats Roderick George Donald Morrison 191 5.0 0.9  
Conservative Patience Assam 150 3.9 5.7  
Communist Future Edmund Potts 31 0.8 New
Majority 688 17.9
Rejected ballots 42 1.1
Turnout 3,853 27.9
Registered electors 13,818
Labour hold Swing 30.9  

Chorlton

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Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tina Kirwin-McGinley 2,809 59.5 8.5  
Green Kate Hughes 1,360 28.8 11.7  
Liberal Democrats Rhona Brown 343 7.3 1.9  
Conservative Festus Fofanah 159 3.4 3.4  
Majority 1,449 30.7
Rejected ballots 51 1.1
Turnout 4,722 44.9
Registered electors 10,524
Labour hold Swing 10.1  

Chorlton Park

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Chorlton Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mandie Shilton Godwin* 3,235 63.2 6.0  
Green Richard Miles Stubbs Walton 1,222 23.9 9.9  
Liberal Democrats Chris Rogers 366 7.1 1.2  
Conservative Keith Berry 230 4.5 4.0  
Majority 2,013 39.3
Rejected ballots 67 1.3
Turnout 5,120 38.76
Registered electors 13,210
Labour hold Swing 7.9  

Clayton and Openshaw

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Clayton and Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donna Ludford* 2,191 72.6 3.3  
Green Samsuzzaman Syed 359 11.9 3.5  
Conservative Ramzi Swaray-Kella 216 7.2 5.9  
Liberal Democrats Maria Theresa Turner 211 7.0 0.3  
Majority 1,832 60.7
Rejected ballots 39 1.3
Turnout 3,016 22.59
Registered electors 13,350
Labour hold Swing 0.1  

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nasrin Ali* 1,467 42.6 23.8  
Independent Madasar Kasana Anwar 981 28.5 New
Green Alison Jane Hawdale 298 8.6 0.3  
Conservative Arbab Khan Fatima 213 6.2 15.4  
Liberal Democrats Norman Lewis 192 5.6 1.9  
Independent Tariq Baz 124 3.6 New
Women's Equality Samantha Days 123 3.6 New
Majority 486 14.3
Rejected ballots 50 1.5
Turnout 3,448 28.77
Registered electors 11,983
Labour hold Swing 26.1  

Deansgate

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Deansgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Marcus Charles Johns* 1,432 61.3 7.4  
Green Chris Ogden 490 21.0 9.9  
Conservative Jason Peter McLeod 196 8.4 1.3  
Liberal Democrats Luke Allan 186 8.0 17.3  
Majority 942 40.3
Rejected ballots 31 1.3
Turnout 2,335 24.23
Registered electors 9,635
Labour hold Swing 1.2  

Didsbury East

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Didsbury East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Foley* 2,636 53.4 2.4  
Labour Leslie Bell 2,611 52.9 1.9  
Liberal Democrats Bryn Coombe 1,176 23.8 11.9  
Green Charlotte Mary Lanigan 784 15.9 7.3  
Liberal Democrats Belal Sabbagh 780 15.8 19.9  
Green Ben Dundas 622 12.6 4.0  
Conservative Stephen James McHugh 279 5.7 1.0  
Conservative Anjenarra Huque 215 4.4 0.4  
Rejected ballots 36
Turnout 4,933 43.57
Registered electors 11,322
Labour hold
Labour hold

Didsbury West

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Didsbury West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deborah Louise Hilal* 2,379 43.3 1.6  
Liberal Democrats Rosie Hughes 2,220 40.4 0.2  
Green Stanley Charles Parker 677 12.3 5.0  
Conservative Daniel James Bell 173 3.1 2.2  
Majority 159 2.9
Rejected ballots 45 0.8
Turnout 5,494 44.81
Registered electors 12.262
Labour hold Swing 0.7  

Fallowfield

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Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ghazala Sadiq* 1,136 53.1 18.0  
Green Albie Mayo 338 15.8 0.4  
Workers Party Chowdhury Murtahin Billah 331 15.5 New
Liberal Democrats Lynne Williams 196 9.2 5.1  
Conservative Sabreena Zareen Hossain 113 5.3 4.1  
Majority 798 37.3
Rejected ballots 27 1.3
Turnout 2,141 21.21
Registered electors 10,094
Labour hold Swing 9.2  

Gorton and Abbey Hey

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Gorton and Abbey Hey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Julie Reid* 2,206 67.3 3.4  
Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey 403 12.3 0.8  
Green Natasha Turner 368 11.2 6.3  
Conservative Ugo Nzeribe 248 7.6 3.7  
Majority 1,803 55.0
Rejected ballots 55 1.7
Turnout 3,280 23.38
Registered electors 14,031
Labour hold Swing 1.3  

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joanne Mary Green* 1,879 69.4 0.7  
Conservative Gareth Joseph Brown 300 11.1 7.1  
Green Jean Betteridge 294 10.9 2.7  
Liberal Democrats Celia Mary Craske 114 4.2 0.7  
TUSC Sam Hey 81 3.0
Majority 1,579 58.3
Rejected ballots 41 1.5
Turnout 2,709 20.37
Registered electors 13,296
Labour hold Swing 3.9  

Higher Blackley

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Higher Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Connolly 1,392 55.3 12.5  
Independent Network Dean Luke Booth 558 22.2 New
Green Vicky Matthews 215 8.5 2.3  
Conservative Colin Gregory Jones 175 6.9 11.8  
Liberal Democrats Peter George Matthews 148 5.9 1.4  
Majority 834 33.1
Rejected ballots 30 1.2
Turnout 2,518 22.28
Registered electors 11.300
Labour hold Swing 17.3  

Hulme

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Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee Glover 1,845 58.4 10.6  
Green Ekua Bayunu* 1,018 32.2 14.4  
Conservative Yat Fung Cheung 172 5.4 1.1  
Liberal Democrats Joe Lynch 126 4.0 2.7  
Majority 827 26.2
Rejected ballots 40 1.3
Turnout 3,201 24.81
Registered electors 12,903
Labour hold Swing 12.5  

Ekua Bayunu was elected as a Labour councillor in 2021 but defected to the Green Party. Changes in vote share reflect the party's vote in 2021 rather than an individual candidate's. On that basis, this ward is a Labour hold.

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zahid Hussain* 1,958 37.8 28.5  
Workers Party Muhammad Iqbal 1,200 23.2 New
Green Amanda Gardner 863 16.7 4.0  
Independent Jeremy Edward Hoad 761 14.7 3.3  
Liberal Democrats John Bridges 224 4.3 0.9  
Conservative Chan Ben Kin 120 2.3 20  
Majority 758 14.6
Rejected ballots 57 1.1
Turnout 5,183 37.30
Registered electors 13,895
Labour hold Swing 25.8  

Longsight

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Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Workers Party Shahbaz Sarwar 2,444 46.0 New
Labour Luthfur Rahman* 2,259 42.5 28.8  
Green Bernard Joseph Ekbery 253 4.8 0.1  
Conservative Liberty Rowe 164 3.1 14.2  
Liberal Democrats Liaqat Ali 110 2.1 2.4  
Independent Mohammed Aqib Raja 48 0.9 New
Majority 185 3.5
Rejected ballots 38 0.7
Turnout 5,316 38.02
Registered electors 13,981
Workers Party gain from Labour Swing 37.4  

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

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Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Hitchen* 1,876 65.8 4.0  
Independent Donna Liley 320 11.2 New
Green Prashant Kumbhat 295 10.3 0.9  
Conservative Bassel Ounah 191 6.7 5.0  
Liberal Democrats Charles William Turner 134 4.7 0.6  
Majority 1,556 54.6
Rejected ballots 35 0.9
Turnout 2,851 21.21
Registered electors 13,440
Labour hold Swing 7.6  

Moss Side

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Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Esha Mumtaz 1,763 44.5 37.3  
Independent Ali Guled Olad 988 25.0 New
Green Thirza Amina Asanga-Rae 820 22.0 13.7  
Conservative Bhupinder Kumar 180 4.5 1.3  
Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Jones 158 4.0  
Majority 775 19.5
Rejected ballots 43 1.1
Turnout 3,952 26.88
Registered electors 14,705
Labour hold Swing 31.1  

Moston

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Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sherita Mandongwe 1,982 60.8 4.2  
Green Diane Lilian Kosandiak 464 14.2 4.7  
Conservative Popoola Stephen Alabi 452 13.9 6.9  
Liberal Democrats John Cameron 285 8.7 5.2  
Majority 1,518 46.6
Rejected ballots 76 2.3
Turnout 3,259 24.66
Registered electors 13,216
Labour hold Swing 4.4  

Northenden

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Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sam Lynch* 1,741 62.4 1.9  
Green Sylvia June Buchan 519 18.6 15.5  
Conservative Ezra McGowan 320 11.5 8.4  
Liberal Democrats Mark Clayton 164 5.9 1.2  
Majority 1,222 43.8
Rejected ballots 45 1.6
Turnout 2,789 25.51
Registered electors 10,931
Labour hold Swing 7.3  

Old Moat

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Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin White* 2,078 63.8 8.6  
Green Laura Bannister 777 23.9 10.3  
Liberal Democrats Jon Martin 250 7.7 0.9  
Conservative Misbah Ahmed 116 3.6 2.6  
Majority 1,301 40.0
Rejected ballots 34 1.0
Turnout 3,255 28.13
Registered electors 11.572
Labour hold Swing 9.4  

Piccadilly

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Piccadilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon-Connor Lyons* 1,453 56.6 5.5  
Green Scott Robinson 815 31.8 12.1  
Liberal Democrats Allison Harrison 140 5.5 5.7  
Conservative Praveen Tomar 129 5.0 2.0  
Communist Future Sinead Rylance 29 1.1 New
Majority 638 24.8
Rejected ballots 26 1.0
Turnout 2,582 26.90
Registered electors 9,636
Labour hold Swing 8.8  

Rusholme

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Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jill Lovecy* 1,608 43.0 32.5  
Workers Party Naznin Hussain 823 22.0 New
Independent Mohammed Wahab Sajjad 555 14.8 New
Green Dennis Pirdzuns 413 11.0 0.3  
Conservative Joseph Bernard Kalokoh 143 3.8 5.4  
Liberal Democrats Gregory Thomas Sammons 124 3.3 0.6  
Independent Shahid Qazi 42 1.1
Majority 785 21.0
Rejected ballots 34 0.9
Turnout 3,742 29.8
Registered electors 12,542
Labour hold Swing 27.2  

Sharston

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Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Victoria Taylor* 1,703 68.6 1.5  
Conservative Glen Richard Sykes 338 13.6 7.7  
Green Brian Arthur Candeland 270 10.9 3.1  
Liberal Democrats Martha O'Donoghue 137 5.5 4.6  
Majority 1,365 55.0
Rejected ballots 36 1.4
Turnout 2,484 21.5
Registered electors 11,576
Labour hold Swing 3.3  

Whalley Range

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Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Muqaddasah Bano* 2,084 50.6 17.7  
Green Billie Nagle 980 23.8 0.1  
Workers Party Tanvir Marth 669 16.2 New
Liberal Democrats Seb Bate 180 4.4 1.8  
Conservative Norman Hesketh-Hart 160 3.9 1.4  
Majority 1,104 26.8
Rejected ballots 46 1.1
Turnout 4,119 34.5
Registered electors 11,948
Labour hold Swing 8.8  

Withington

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Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Chris Wills* 1,614 44.1 10.1  
Liberal Democrats April Preston 1,082 29.6 2.7  
Green Sam Easterby-Smith 835 22.8 13.3  
Conservative Akbar Arif 99 2.7 1.3  
Majority 532 14.5
Rejected ballots 31 0.8
Turnout 3,661 33.2
Registered electors 11,026
Labour Co-op hold Swing 3.7  

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Rob Nunney* 1,580 59.2 11.2  
Labour Susan Gwenda Wildman 890 33.3 8.5  
Conservative Eric Houghton 130 4.9 3.7  
Liberal Democrats Anna Hablak 71 2.7 1.2  
Majority 690 25.6
Rejected ballots 24 0.9
Turnout 2,695 23.3
Registered electors 11,542
Green hold Swing 9.8  

Changes since this election

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Baguley by-election

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Phil Brickell (Baguley, elected in 2023) was elected as MP for Bolton West in the July general election and resigned as a councillor; a by-election took place on 5 September.[9]

2024 Baguley by-election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Munaver Rasul 623 46.9 15.9  
Green Thirza Asanga-Rae 282 21.2 8.6  
Conservative Stephen Carlton-Woods 243 18.3 1.6  
Liberal Democrats Euan Stewart 110 8.3 5.4  
SDP Sebastian Moore 71 5.3 New
Majority 341 25.7
Rejected ballots 14 1.0
Turnout 1,329
Labour hold Swing 20.3  

References

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  1. ^ "Manchester councillor stands down following rumours she lives 200 miles away". Manchester Evening News. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Labour win by-election in council seat so safe the Tory candidate didn't turn up". Manchester Evening News. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ^ Abdullatif, Amna (26 October 2023). "I Dedicated My Life to the Labour Party. Keir Starmer's Stance on Gaza Made Me Leave". thenation.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  6. ^ Davies, Ethan; Lawton, Maisie (2 May 2024). "Manchester council local election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  7. ^ Davies, Ethan (10 May 2024). "Manchester council has a new deputy leader after shock departure". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Statement as to Persons Nominated". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  9. ^ "The next election". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Baguley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.