Manchester City Council election, 2019

Manchester City Council election, 2019
	2 May 2019
	2 May 2019
32 of 96 seats (One Third) to Manchester City Council; 49 seats needed for a majority
Incumbent Leader of Largest Party; Richard Leese; Labour	;

Elections to Manchester City Council will be held on 2 May 2019, as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2019. In 2018 Labour retained its near-complete dominance of the council with the Liberal Democrats making up the opposition led by former MP John Leech.

Background and Campaign

Labour won every seat on Manchester City Council between 2011 and 2015 with many branding it a "one-party-state." In 2016, former Liberal Democrat MP John Leech won a seat in Didsbury West and stood as the only opposition councillor for two years until the party doubled its presence with the election of Richard Kilpatrick in 2018.^[1]

Result

Manchester City Council
Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Labour	32	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	+TBC
	Liberal Democrat	32	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
	Conservative	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
	Green	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
	Independent	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
	UKIP	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
	Women's Equality	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
	No description	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
	TUSC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
	Communist League	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC

Council Composition

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

↓
94	2
Labour	LD

References

↑ "Lib Dem John Leech re-elected as fellow party member Richard Kilpatrick also picks up surprise council win in Manchester". Mancunian Matters. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

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[mancunianmatters-1] "Lib Dem John Leech re-elected as fellow party member Richard Kilpatrick also picks up surprise council win in Manchester". Mancunian Matters. Retrieved 18 May 2018.