Withington (ward)

Withington (Manchester)
Withington (Manchester)
	Electoral ward
	Withington East electoral ward within Manchester City Council
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	Motto(s): By wisdom and effort
	Coordinates: 53°26′04″N 2°13′05″W / 53.4344°N 2.2180°WCoordinates: 53°26′04″N 2°13′05″W / 53.4344°N 2.2180°W
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Manchester
County	Greater Manchester
Created	May 1973
Named for	Withington
Government UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Withington
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
• Leader of the council	Richard Leese (Labour)
• Councillor	Chris Paul (Labour Co-operative)
• Councillor	Chris Wills (Labour Co-operative)
• Councillor	Rebecca Moore (Labour)
Population
• Total	13,422
	Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1]

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]

Councillors

Three councillors serve the ward:

Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)^[4]
Chris Wills (Lab Co-op)^[5]
Rebecca Moore (Lab)^[6]

Election
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 (Lab Co-op)	Brendon Jones (Lib Dem)
2012	Simon Wheale (Lib Dem)	Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)	Daniel Gillard (Lab)
2014	Rebecca Moore (Lab)	Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)	Daniel Gillard (Lab)
2015	Rebecca Moore (Lab)	Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)	Daniel Gillard (Lab)
2016	Rebecca Moore (Lab)	Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)	Chris Wills (Lab Co-op)
2018	Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)	Chris Wills (Lab Co-op)	Rebecca Moore (Lab)

indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in 2010s

May 2018

2018^[7]
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

Results by party 2018
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Rebecca Moore Chris Wills (Lab Co-op) Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)	5220	56.07
Liberal Democrat	April Preston Alex Warren Phil Manktelow	3152	33.86
Green	Adam King	519	5.57
Conservative	Shaden Jaradat Peter Harrop Avigail Walker	419	4.50

May 2016

2016^[8]
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

May 2015

2015^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Chris Paul*	3,032	47.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	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

2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rebecca Moore	1,386	40.75
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

May 2012

2012^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Daniel Gillard	1,107	46.6	+23.5
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

May 2011

2011^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Chris Paul	1,476	43.8	+21.3
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

May 2010

2010^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	-5.6

Elections in 2000s

2008^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	-1.8

2007^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	+9.0

2006^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	-9.8

2004^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Audrey Jones*	1,811	58.4	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Firth*	1,747
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

2003^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	+0.9

2002^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	-0.5

2000^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	+6.3

References

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↑ "Council wards in Manchester". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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↑ "Rebecca Moore". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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[2] "Council wards in Manchester". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[3] "Jeff Smith MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[4] "Chris Paul". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

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[6] "Rebecca Moore". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

[7] "3 May 2018 Local Government Election results". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[Withington_2016-8] "Local election results - Thursday 5 May 2016". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[Withington_2015-9] "Local election results - Thursday 7 May 2015". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[Withington_2014-10] "Local election results 2014". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[Withington_2012-11] "Results of the Manchester City Council election, 2012". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[Withington_2011-12] "Local election results 2011". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[Withington_2010-13] "Election results: 6 May 2010". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[Withington_2008-14] "Local elections 2008". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

[Withington_2007-15] "Local elections 2007". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

[Withington_2006-16] "Local elections 2006". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

[Withington_2004-17] "Local Elections 10 June 2004". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Archived from the original on 26 June 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

[Withington_2003-18] "Local Election Results - 1 May 2003". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Archived from the original on 7 July 2003. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

[Withington_2002-19] "Results of local elections 2nd May 2002". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Archived from the original on 5 November 2002. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

[Withington_2000-20] "Results of Local Elections 4th May 2000". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Archived from the original on 26 June 2002. Retrieved 1 May 2017.