Manchester City Council election, 2018

Manchester City Council election, 2018

3 May 2018

All 96 seats to Manchester City Council
48 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party
 
Leader Richard Leese John Leech
Party Labour Liberal Democrat
Leader since 20 May 1996 5 May 2016
Leader's seat Crumpsall Didsbury West
Seats before 95 1
Seats won 94 2
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 189,401 34,573
Percentage 70.2% 12.8%
Swing Increase6.1% Increase1.7%

Leader of Largest Party before election

Richard Leese
Labour

Leader of Largest Party after election

Richard Leese
Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 3 May 2018, as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2018. Although the council is normally elected in thirds, all 96 council seats were up for election due to boundary changes.[1] Labour retained its near-complete dominance of the council. The sole change was that the Liberal Democrats gained a second seat in Didsbury West.

Background and Campaign

From 2014 to 2016, Labour were the only party represented on the council. In 2016, former MP John Leech won a seat in Didsbury West and sat as the only opposition councillor for two years.

On 9 April 2018, it was reported that the Labour Party had received formal complaints about Chris Paul, Labour councillor for Withington since 2011. There were social media comments describing women as “cows”, “slobs” and “bitches”, and inciting violence against women. [2] Greater Manchester Police, The Labour Party and Manchester City Council all launched investigations and Paul eventually apologised. Paul was re-elected in Withington ward with a reduced majority beating Lib Dem candidate April Preston.[3][4]

Following reports of a last-minute search for eligibile candidates,[5] the Manchester Conservative Party announced on 10 April, it would be fielding three candidates in all 32 wards within the city.

John Leech launched the Liberal Democrats 'Manchester Together' campaign. [6]

Result

Manchester City Council
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % Net %
  Labour 96 94 0 1 –1 97.9 70.2 189,401 +6.1
  Liberal Democrat 76 2 1 0 +1 2.1 12.8 34,573 +1.7
  Conservative 96 0 0 0 0 0 9.3 25,158 +2.3
  Green 38 0 0 0 0 0 6.4 17,402 –2.5
  Independent 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 1,126 –1.1
  UKIP 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 736 –5.9
  Women's Equality 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 629 NA
  No description 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 603 NA
  TUSC 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 337 –0.8
  Communist League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 19 0

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

95 1
Labour LD


After the election, the composition of the council is:

94 2
Labour LD

Ward Results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. All results are listed below:[7]

Ancoats and Beswick

Ancoats and Beswick (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rosa Battle* 1,475 72.0%
Labour Emma Taylor* 1,272 62.1%
Labour Mohammed Dar 1,152 56.2%
Green Eliza Tyrrell 345 16.8%
Conservative Michael Barnes 253 12.3%
Liberal Democrat Christopher Wilkinson 233 11.4%
Conservative Barney Watson 223 10.9%
Conservative Adam Williams 189 9.2%
Liberal Democrat Lynne Williams 169 8.2%
Liberal Democrat Simon Lepori 157 7.7%
Majority
Turnout 2,049 21%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ardwick

Ardwick (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tina Hewitson* 2,012 72.0%
Labour Bernard Priest* 1,821 67.9%
Labour Mavis Smitheman* 1,703 63.5%
Green Samantha Goodchild 329 12.3%
Conservative Rebecca Thompson 229 8.5%
Conservative Shahzadi Begum 173 6.4%
Conservative Sarah-Jane Trelfa 165 6.1%
Liberal Democrat Beth Waller 163 6.1%
Majority
Turnout 2,683 20.3%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Baguley

Baguley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Paul Andrews* 1,485 68.0%
Labour Tracey Rawlins* 1,281 58.7%
Labour Luke Raikes* 1,095 50.2%
Conservative Ralph Ellerton 450 20.6%
Conservative Jagdeep Mehat 314 14.4%
Conservative Manjit Mehat 275 12.6%
Green Sarah Mander 224 10.3%
Liberal Democrat Matt Downey 128 5.9%
Liberal Democrat Eleanor Nagle 113 5.2%
Liberal Democrat Theo Penn 82 3.8%
Majority
Turnout 2,183 19.6%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Brooklands

Brooklands (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Sue Cooley* 1,684 59.7%
Labour Glynn Evans* 1,635 58.0%
Labour Sue Murphy* 1,456 51.6%
Conservative Stephen Carlton-Woods 763 27.0%
Conservative Stephen McHugh 705 25.0%
Conservative David Semple 634 22.5%
Green Robert Nunney 313 11.1%
Liberal Democrat Paul Jones 153 5.4%
Liberal Democrat Norman Lewis 134 4.8%
Liberal Democrat Bernie Ryan 117 4.1%
Majority
Turnout 2,821 25.1%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Burnage

Burnage (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ben Clay 2,913 69.5%
Labour Bev Craig* 2,853 68.1%
Labour Azra Ali* 2,652 63.3%
Liberal Democrat Andrea Timoney 747 17.8%
Liberal Democrat Maria Turner 541 12.9%
Liberal Democrat Mohamed Sabbagh 457 10.9%
Green Lance Crookes 442 10.5%
Conservative Samuel Baxter 291 6.9%
Conservative Lexi Webster 241 5.8%
Conservative Shahed Hossain 234 5.6%
Majority
Turnout 4,191 32.6%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Charlestown

Charlestown (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Veronica Kirkpatrick* 1,769
Labour Hannah Priest* 1,541
Labour Basil Curley* 1,531
Independent Anthony Brennan 489
Conservative Peter Schofield 433
Conservative Daniel Somers 358
Conservative Michael Shupac 326
Green Astrid Johnson 271
Liberal Democrat Charles Turner 172
Majority
Turnout 2,732 23.1%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Naeem-Ul Hassan* 2,943 75.0%
Labour Shaukat Ali* 2,755 70.2%
Labour Julie Connolly* 2,613 66.6%
Green Dave Taylor 271 6.9%
Conservative Pamela Goldfine 215 5.5%
Liberal Democrat Paul Crane 202 5.1%
Conservative Hannah Levy 186 4.7%
Conservative Charalampos Kagkouras 132 3.4%
Majority
Turnout 3,926 31.7%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chorlton

Chorlton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Hacking* 3,175 64.1%
Labour Eve Holt 3,165 63.9%
Labour Matt Strong* 2,974 60.0%
Green Nigel Woodcock 731 14.8%
Green Mary Crumpton 728 14.7%
Green Anne Power 653 13.2%
Liberal Democrat Lizzy Bain 614 12.4%
Liberal Democrat Joanne Milligan 507 10.2%
Women's Equality Jo Heathcote 465 9.4%
Liberal Democrat Rhona Brown 463 9.3%
Conservative Luke Berry 301 6.1%
Conservative Luke Costello 242 4.9%
Conservative John Edwards 221 4.5%
Independent Michael Elston 145 2.9%
Majority
Turnout 4,955 46.3%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joanna Midgley* 3,404 63.5%
Labour Mandie Shilton-Godwin* 3,027 56.5%
Labour Dave Rawson* 2,967 55.3%
Liberal Democrat Rosie Hughes 1,363 25.4%
Liberal Democrat Amaan Hashmi 1,238 23.1%
Liberal Democrat Sebastian Bate 1,234 23.0%
Green Mary Candeland 669 12.5%
Green Brian Candeland 530 9.9%
Conservative Keith Berry 255 4.8%
Conservative Kelly Geddes 197 3.7%
Conservative Andrew Tang 155 2.9%
Majority
Turnout 5,362 41.3%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Clayton and Openshaw

Clayton and Openshaw (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Andy Harland 2,103
Labour Donna Ludford* 1,722
Labour Sean McHale 1,592
Independent Kenneth Dobson 603
Liberal Democrat Elaine Boyes 279
Green Paul Brunger 220
Conservative Archie Galbraith 217
Liberal Democrat Richard Clayton 162
Conservative Aimen Javaid 152
Conservative Chenjie Zhang 142
Liberal Democrat Dan Willis 118
Turnout 2,967 24.9%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Crumpsall

Crumpsall (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Richard Leese* 2,783
Labour Nasrin Ali 2,644
Labour Fiaz Riasat 2,517
Conservative Sham Akhtar 399
Conservative Mohammad Malik 303
Green Penny Swann 298
Conservative Shun Wah Tang 263
Liberal Democrat Sarah Brown 206
UKIP Mark Davies 148
Independent Peter Rowe 138
TUSC Grace Donaghey 104
Majority
Turnout 3,768 34%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Deansgate

Deansgate (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joan Davies* 782 53%
Labour Marcus Johns 604 41%
Labour William Jeavons 570 39%
Liberal Democrat John Bridges 362 25%
Liberal Democrat Gary McKenna 311 21%
Green Christopher Ogden 308 21%
Liberal Democrat George Rice 285 19%
Conservative Russ George 196 13%
Conservative Lee Evans 185 13%
Independent Nick Buckley 164 11%
Women's Equality Sam Johnson 164 11%
Conservative Charles Latchford 151 10%
Independent Giles Grover 99 7%
Majority
Turnout 1,468 19.38%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Didsbury East

Didsbury East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Andrew Simcock* 2,549 51.9%
Labour Kelly Simcock* 2,440 49.7%
Labour James Wilson* 2,268 46.2%
Liberal Democrat Bryn Coombe 1,729 35.2%
Liberal Democrat Dominic Hardwick 1,728 35.2%
Liberal Democrat John Cameron 1,710 34.8%
Green Wendy Lynas 524 10.7%
Conservative James Flanagan 368 7.5%
Conservative Ian Mason 300 6.1%
Conservative Phelim Rowe 274 5.6%
Majority
Turnout 4,909 43.6%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Didsbury West

Didsbury West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat John Leech* 2,524 55.2% +14%
Liberal Democrat Richard Kilpatrick 1,994 43.6% +7.5%
Labour David Ellison* 1,899 41.5% -6.5%
Liberal Democrat Greg Stanton 1,878 41.1% +1.1%
Labour Laura Wright 1,781 39.0%
Labour Peter Cookson 1,567 34.3%
Green Arnold Spencer 587 12.8%
Conservative Connor Walsh 275 6.0%
Conservative Thomas Beach 271 5.9%
Conservative Xin Shi 206 4.5%
Majority
Turnout 4,571 38.5%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
  • Leech's win in 2016 signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years and provided Manchester with its first opposition for two years. After the 2018 election he was selected as Leader of the Opposition.

Fallowfield

Fallowfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Grace Fletcher-Hackwood* 1,627 74.1%
Labour Zahra Alijah* 1,608 73.3%
Labour Ali Ilyas* 1,366 62.2%
Green Adrian Thompson 363 16.5%
Liberal Democrat Robin Grayson 213 9.7%
Liberal Democrat Gemma Kilday 162 7.4%
Liberal Democrat Jem Arpa 159 7.2%
Conservative Nathan Denham 147 6.7%
Conservative Rory Tinker 130 5.9%
Conservative Adam Goldfine 118 5.4%
Majority
Turnout 2,195 17%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Gorton and Abbey Hey

Gorton and Abbey Hey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Louis Hughes* 1,849 59.92%
Labour Julie Reid* 1,771 57.39%
Labour Afia Kamal* 1,523 49.35%
Liberal Democrat Jackie Pearcey 730 23.66%
Liberal Democrat Iain Donaldson 526 17.04%
Liberal Democrat Tim Bannister 385 12.48%
Conservative Paul Mostyn 342 11.08%
Conservative Michael Street 308 9.98%
Conservative Melissa Jackson 271 8.78%
Green Melvyn Newton 241 7.81%
Rejected ballots 13 (full)
1 (partial)
Turnout 3,086 24%
Registered electors 12857
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Harpurhey

Harpurhey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Sandra Collins* 1,773
Labour Joanne Green* 1,656
Labour Pat Karney* 1,464
Conservative Gareth Brown 408
Conservative Jodie Goldfine 329
Green Vicky Matthews 285
Conservative Ivor Levy 279
TUSC Jack Metcalf 118
Majority
Turnout 2,481 20.1%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Farrell* 1,811
Labour Shelley Lanchbury* 1,591
Labour Paula Sadler* 1,570
Conservative Bernard Goldfine 449
Conservative Nicholas Grimshaw 383
Conservative Alexandru Stancu 278
Green David Halligan 276
Liberal Democrat Peter Matthews 274
Majority
Turnout 2,564 22.7%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hulme

Hulme (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Lee-Ann Igbon* 1,913
Labour Nigel Murphy* 1,731
Labour Annette Wright 1,638
Green Melanie Horrocks 521
Green Dave James 413
Conservative Timothy Dawson 182
Liberal Democrat Richard Gadsen 180
Liberal Democrat James Ross 180
Liberal Democrat Thomas Mitchell 165
Conservative Phillip Page 152
Conservative Thomas Paterson 135
Majority
Turnout 2,653 22.3%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Dzidra Noor* 3,031
Labour Bernard Stone* 2,995
Labour Basat Sheikh* 2,745
Green Ieuan Hall 779
Liberal Democrat Charles Glover 558
Liberal Democrat Mark Saunders 319
Liberal Democrat Nicholas Saunders 239
Conservative Lawrence Rosenberg 187
UKIP Bob Catterall 161
Conservative James Smith 138
Conservative Elisheva Walker 106
Majority
Turnout 4,213 34%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Abid Chohan* 2,821
Labour Luthfur Rahman* 2,655
Labour Suzanne Richards* 2,590
Green Bernard Ekbery 201
Conservative Javaid Hussain 197
Conservative Mark Shaw 172
Liberal Democrat Andrew Hickey 156
Conservative Joshua Phillips 150
Liberal Democrat Katie McKellar 132
UKIP Katie Fanning 130
Liberal Democrat Philip Stubbs 101
Communist League Catharina Tirsen 19
Majority
Turnout 3,573 29%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Carmine Grimshaw* 1,969
Labour June Hitchen* 1,953
Labour John Flanaghan* 1,769
UKIP Martin Power 297
Conservative Beverley Cottrell 276
Green Paul Madley 268
Conservative Vera Berry 250
Conservative Jacqueline Mountaine 212
TUSC Bridget Taylor 115
Majority
Turnout 2,794 22.4%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side

Moss Side (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Sameem Ali* 2,578
Labour Emily Rowles* 2,538
Labour Mahadi Mahamed* 2,462
Green Kirstine Pearson 376
Liberal Democrat Maria Guillermo 190
Liberal Democrat Christopher Kane 167
Conservative Mark Dippnall 165
Conservative Shazia Riaz 98
Conservative Aref Goojani 89
Majority
Turnout 3,586 27.9%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Moston

Moston (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Paula Appleby* 2,407 72.1%
Labour Carl Ollerhead* 1,938 58.0%
Labour Yasmine Dar* 1,889 56.6%
Conservative John Boase 718 21.5%
Conservative Callum Goodier 656 19.6%
Conservative Gary Wilkinson 616 18.4%
Green Eithne Quinn 405 12.1%
Majority
Turnout 3,340 26%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Northenden

Northenden (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Mary Monaghan* 1,803 66.2%
Labour Sam Lynch 1,694 62.2%
Labour Sarah Russell* 1,535 56.4%
Conservative Nigel Geddes 494 18.1%
Conservative Ezra McGowan 492 18.1%
Green Simon Gray 407 14.9%
Conservative Nathan Cruddas 401 14.7%
Liberal Democrat Maria Storey 181 6.6%
Liberal Democrat Simon Kirkham 173 6.4%
Liberal Democrat Paul Waide 134 4.9%
Independent A-Lot Oink 91 3.3%
Majority
Turnout 2,723 25.1%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Old Moat

Old Moat (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Suzannah Reeves* 2,165
Labour Gavin White 2,086
Labour Garry Bridges* 2,071
Green Bonnie Boulton 502
Liberal Democrat Jon Martin 425
Liberal Democrat Brigitte Sapriel 363
Liberal Democrat Andrew McGuinness 359
Conservative Luke Dyks 191
Conservative Nicola Dixon 181
Conservative Michael Lister-Geddes 179
Majority
Turnout 3,030 27.8%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Piccadilly

Piccadilly (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Adele Douglas 925 61%
Labour Jon-Connor Lyons 875 58%
Labour Sam Wheeler 793 53%
Green Kara Ng 368 24%
Liberal Democrat Martin Browne 348 23%
Liberal Democrat Joe Lynch 334 22%
Liberal Democrat Matthew Varnam 250 17%
Conservative Paul Wan 140 9%
Conservative Victoria Williams 124 8%
Conservative Levi Walker 115 8%
Majority
Turnout 1,510 20%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Rusholme

Rusholme (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rabnawaz Akbar* 2,484
Labour Jill Lovecy* 2,433
Labour Ahmed Ali* 2,416
Green George Salomon 416
Liberal Democrat Holly Matthies 269
Liberal Democrat Abu Chowdhury 263
Liberal Democrat Dave Page 237
Conservative Mehreen Qazi 161
Conservative Amir Moore 142
Conservative Roozbeh Sarkohaki 96
Majority
Turnout 3,341 27.2%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sharston

Sharston (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tommy Judge* 1,555
Labour Maddy Monaghan* 1,486
Labour Hugh Barrett* 1,399
Conservative Eric Houghton 393
Conservative Amandeep Kaur 260
Conservative Sukhjinder Mehat 231
Green Richard Venes 217
Liberal Democrat Sally Ashe 141
Liberal Democrat Hermione Warr 129
Liberal Democrat Asad Osman 82
Majority
Turnout 2,283 19.8%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Whalley Range

Whalley Range (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Aftab Razaq* 2,483 59.5 Decrease4.2
Labour Mary Watson* 2,379
Labour Angeliki Stogia* 2,327
Green Issy Patience 1,414 33.9 Increase6.7
Green Matt Schriebke 958
Green Stephanie Wyatt 885
Conservative Amber Lister-Geddes 140 3.4 Decrease1.2
Conservative James Ranger 137
Liberal Democrat Jane McQueen 136 3.3 Decrease0.2
Liberal Democrat Samantha Magill 130
Conservative Lee McGrath 128
Liberal Democrat Mark Smith 81
Majority 1,069 25.6 Decrease10.9
Turnout 4,111 36.9
Labour hold Swing Decrease5.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Withington

Withington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rebecca Moore* 1,987 58.93%
Labour Co-op Chris Wills* 1,656 49.11%
Labour Co-op Chris Paul* 1,577 46.77%
Liberal Democrat April Preston 1,112 32.98%
Liberal Democrat Alex Warren 1,026 30.43%
Liberal Democrat Phil Manktelow 1,014 30.07%
Green Adam King 519 15.39%
Conservative Shaden Jaradat 154 4.57%
Conservative Peter Harrop 149 4.42%
Conservative Avigail Walker 116 3.44%
Rejected ballots 12 (full)
2 (partial)
Turnout 3,372 30.5%
Registered electors 11,057
Labour hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Sarah Judge* 1,336 67.3%
Labour Brian O'Neil* 1,285 64.7%
Labour Edward Newman* 1,246 62.7%
Conservative Heath Collinson 349 17.6%
Conservative David McGrath 296 14.9%
Conservative Ken Wedderburn 286 14.4%
Green Chris Waldon 145 7.3%
Liberal Democrat Anna Hablak 99 5.0%
Liberal Democrat Helen Shaw 92 4.6%
Liberal Democrat Martha O'Donoghue 86 4.3%
Majority
Turnout 1,986 18%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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