Withington is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England.[2] It is represented in Westminster by Jeff Smith MP for Manchester Withington.[3] The 2011 Census recorded a population of 13,422.[1]
Withington (Manchester) | |
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Motto(s): By wisdom and effort | |
Coordinates: 53°26′04″N 2°13′05″W / 53.4344°N 2.2180°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | North West England |
County | Greater Manchester |
Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
Created | May 1973 |
Named for | Withington |
Government UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Withington | |
• Type | Unicameral |
• Body | Manchester City Council |
• Leader of the council | Bev Craig (Labour) |
• Councillor | Becky Chambers (Labour) |
• Councillor | Chris Wills (Labour Co-operative) |
• Councillor | Angela Gartside (Labour) |
Population | |
• Total | 13,422 |
Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1] |
Councillors
editAs of 2022[update], three councillors serve the ward: Becky Chambers (Lab), Chris Wills (Lab Co-op),[4] and Angela Gartside (Lab).[5]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2004 | Audrey Jones (Lib Dem) | Alison Firth (Lib Dem) | Helen Jones (Lib Dem) | |||
2006 | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) | Alison Firth (Lib Dem) | Helen Jones (Lib Dem) | |||
2007 | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) | Alison Firth (Lib Dem) | Helen Jones (Lib Dem) | |||
2008 | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) | Alison Firth (Lib Dem) | Brendon Jones (Lib Dem) | |||
2010 | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) | Alison Firth (Lib Dem) | Brendon Jones (Lib Dem) | |||
2011 | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) | Chris Paul (Labour Co-op) | Brendon Jones (Lib Dem) | |||
2012 | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) | Chris Paul (Labour Co-op) | Daniel Gillard (Lab) | |||
2014 | Rebecca Moore (Lab) | Chris Paul (Labour Co-op) | Daniel Gillard (Lab) | |||
2015 | Rebecca Moore (Lab) | Chris Paul (Labour Co-op) | Daniel Gillard (Lab) | |||
2016 | Rebecca Moore (Lab) | Chris Paul (Labour Co-op) | Chris Wills (Labour Co-op) | |||
2018 | Rebecca Moore (Lab) | Chris Paul (Labour Co-op) | Chris Wills (Labour Co-op) | |||
2019 | Rebecca Moore (Lab) | Becky Chambers (Lab) | Chris Wills (Labour Co-op) | |||
2021 | Rebecca Moore (Lab) | Becky Chambers (Lab) | Chris Wills (Labour Co-op) | |||
2022 | Angela Gartside (Lab) | Becky Chambers (Lab) | Chris Wills (Labour Co-op) |
indicates seat up for re-election.
Elections in 2020s
edit* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
May 2022
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Gartside | 1,525 | 47.5 | 11.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | April Preston | 1,279 | 39.8 | 6.8 | |
Green | Sam Easterby-Smith | 303 | 9.4 | 6.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Barnes | 87 | 2.7 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 246 | 7.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 17 | ||||
Turnout | 3,211 | 29.4 | 1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,931 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.1 |
May 2021
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Chris Wills* | 2,146 | 54.2 | 5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | April Preston | 1,277 | 32.3 | 0.8 | |
Green | Sam Easterby-Smith | 377 | 9.5 | 5.9 | |
Conservative | Cameron Cosh | 158 | 4.0 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 869 | 21.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 23 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,981 | 34.1 | 3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,718 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 3.0 |
Elections in 2010s
editMay 2019
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Becky Chambers | 1,442 | 44.6 | 11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | April Preston | 1,339 | 41.4 | 8.4 | |
Green | Nathan Rae | 331 | 10.2 | 5.2 | |
Conservative | Shaden Jaradat | 101 | 3.1 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 103 | 3.2 | 10.6 | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.65 | |||
Turnout | 3,234 | 31.27 | 0.77 | ||
Registered electors | 10,341 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.5 |
May 2018
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rebecca Moore* | 1,987 | 58.9 | ||
Labour Co-op | Chris Wills* | 1,656 | 49.1 | ||
Labour Co-op | Chris Paul* | 1,577 | 46.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | April Preston | 1,112 | 33.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Warren | 1,026 | 30.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Phil Manktelow | 1,014 | 30.1 | ||
Green | Adam King | 519 | 15.4 | ||
Conservative | Shaden Jaradat | 154 | 4.6 | ||
Conservative | Peter Harrop | 149 | 4.4 | ||
Conservative | Avigail Walker | 116 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 465 | 13.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 (full) 2 (partial) |
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Turnout | 3,372 | 30.5 | |||
Registered electors | 11,057 | ||||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidates | Seats Won | Votes | Vote % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 3 | 3 | 5,220 | 56.07 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 3,152 | 33.86 | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 519 | 5.57 | |
Conservative | 3 | 0 | 419 | 4.50 |
May 2016
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Chris Wills | 1,683 | 55.25 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
May 2015
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Chris Paul* | 3,032 | 47.3 | 3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon David Wheale | 1,382 | 21.6 | −12.8 | |
Green | Harriet Emilia Pugh | 1,272 | 19.9 | 4.7 | |
Conservative | Shaden Jaradat | 621 | 9.6 | 3.0 | |
TUSC | Mercedes Caccia Mesorio | 102 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,650 | 25.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,409 | 65.1 | 35.3 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
May 2014
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rebecca Moore | 1,386 | 40.75 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon David Wheale* | 1,098 | 32.28 | ||
Green | Laura Bannister | 657 | 19.32 | ||
Conservative | Peter Jacques Werner | 194 | 5.70 | ||
TUSC | Liam David Curless | 66 | 1.94 | ||
Majority | 288 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,401 | 30.34 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
May 2012
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Gillard | 1,107 | 46.6 | 23.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brendon Jones* | 862 | 36.3 | −21.4 | |
Green | Laura Bannister | 251 | 10.6 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Lorna McHugh | 88 | 3.7 | −5.4 | |
UKIP | James Howson | 68 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 245 | 10 | |||
Turnout | 2,376 | 21 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
May 2011
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Chris Paul | 1,476 | 43.8 | 21.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Firth* | 1,161 | 34.4 | −26.3 | |
Green | Laura Bannister | 513 | 15.2 | 5.5 | |
Conservative | Shumaila Malik | 223 | 6.6 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 315 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,373 | 29.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
May 2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon David Wheale* | 2,849 | 51.4 | −6.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Chris Paul | 1,558 | 28.1 | 5.0 | |
Conservative | Shumaila Malik | 600 | 10.8 | 1.7 | |
Green | Laura Alice Bannister | 534 | 9.6 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 1,291 | 23.3 | −11.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,541 | 50.6 | 30.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -5.6 |
Elections in 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brendon Jones | 1,267 | 57.7 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Leif Jerram | 508 | 23.1 | 0.6 | |
Green | Felicity Paris | 223 | 10.2 | 0.5 | |
Conservative | Zoe Slater | 199 | 9.1 | 2.0 | |
Majority | 759 | 34.5 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,197 | 20.6 | −0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alison Firth* | 1,346 | 60.7 | 12.9 | |
Labour | Andrew Simcock | 499 | 22.5 | −5.1 | |
Green | Felicity Paris | 216 | 9.7 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | Adele Douglas | 157 | 7.1 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 847 | 38.2 | 17.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,218 | 21.5 | −0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon David Wheale | 1,064 | 47.8 | −10.6 | |
Labour | Delores Elizabeth Long | 613 | 27.6 | 9.0 | |
Green | Sarah Stuart | 340 | 15.3 | 0.9 | |
Conservative | Andrew Christopher Perfect | 207 | 9.3 | 0.7 | |
Majority | 451 | 20.3 | −19.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,224 | 22.3 | −8.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Audrey Jones* | 1,811 | 58.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Firth* | 1,747 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Jones | 1,537 | |||
Labour | Gerard Collier | 578 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Mark Bowcock | 509 | |||
Green | Gregory Griffin | 446 | 14.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Steve Nuttall | 439 | |||
Green | Bushra Hussain | 409 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Perfect | 267 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 959 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,102 | 30.7 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brendon Jones* | 1,621 | 61.6 | 0.1 | |
Labour | Gerard Collier | 593 | 22.5 | −1.7 | |
Socialist Alliance | Rachel Green | 149 | 5.7 | 2.5 | |
Conservative | Stuart Penketh | 145 | 5.5 | 0.4 | |
Green | Bushra Hussain | 125 | 4.7 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 1,028 | 39.0 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,633 | 21.6 | −2.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Audrey Jones* | 1,822 | 61.5 | 0.2 | |
Labour | Kate Torkington | 717 | 24.2 | 1.2 | |
Green | June Buchan | 178 | 6.0 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Smith | 152 | 5.1 | −3.0 | |
Socialist Alliance | Toby Gibbons | 96 | 3.2 | 3.2 | |
Majority | 1,105 | 37.3 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,965 | 23.7 | 1.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alison Firth* | 1,586 | 61.3 | 3.9 | |
Labour | Pamela Smyth | 595 | 23.0 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Smith | 209 | 8.1 | 2.3 | |
Green | Susan Thorpe | 198 | 7.7 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 991 | 38.3 | 12.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,588 | 21.9 | −4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.3 |
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