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2021 Manchester City Council election

Summary

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 6 May 2021, as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. They were originally scheduled for 2020 but were suspended for a year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019 Labour had retained its majority on the council, with 93 seats, with the Liberal Democrats led by former MP John Leech increasing the number of opposition councillors to three, but this had fallen back to two in March 2021 when Councillor Greg Stanton defected to the Labour Party.[1]

2021 Manchester City Council election
← 2019 6 May 2021 2022 →
32 of 96 seats (One Third) to Manchester City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Richard Leese John Leech Rob Nunney
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Leader since 20 May 1996 5 May 2016 6 May 2021
Leader's seat Crumpsall Didsbury West Woodhouse Park
Last election 31 1 0
Seats won 31 0 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Increase 1
Leader of Largest Party before election

Richard Leese
Labour

Leader of Largest Party after election

Richard Leese
Labour

Background and campaign edit

The following councillors, last elected in 2018, did not stand for re-election:

  • Labour: Kelly Simcock (Didsbury East), Nigel Murphy (Hulme, deselected),[2] Bernard Stone (Levenshulme), Carl Ollerhead (Moston, suspended by party in June 2020),[3] Maddy Monaghan (Sharston), Mary Watson (Whalley Range).

One councillor from 2018 to 2021, Labour's Emma Taylor, had previously been elected in Ancoats and Beswick and stood this time in a different ward, Sharston.

Two by-elections were outstanding and were held alongside the scheduled elections of 2021: one for the seat of councillor Sue Murphy (Labour, Brooklands, elected 2019), who had died in April 2020,[4] and the other for that of Ken Dobson (Independent, Clayton and Openshaw, elected at a by-election in February 2020), who had resigned from the council in October 2020.[5]

Result edit

Summary change in vote share compared to the 2019 election. Change in number of seats compared to the composition of the council immediately before the election. Where multiple seats were contested in the same ward due to vacancies the results have been normalised.

Manchester City Council
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 33/34  1 97.06 61 94 97.92 73,210 65.43  6.83
  Green 1/34  1 2.94 0 1 1.04 12,838 11.47  1.46
  Conservative 0/34   0.00 0 0 0.00 12,120 10.83  4.23
  Liberal Democrats 0/34  1 0.00 1 1 1.04 11,679 10.44  3.58
  Independent 0/4  1 0.00 0 0 0.00 795 0.71  2.22
  Monster Raving Loony 0/3   0.00 0 0 0.00 475 0.42 New
  Reform UK 0/2   0.00 0 0 0.00 387 0.35 New
  Women's Equality 0/3   0.00 0 0 0.00 273 0.24  0.20
  Communist 0/1   0.00 0 0 0.00 80 0.07 New
  SDP 0/1   0.00 0 0 0.00 29 0.03 New

Council composition edit

After the 2019 election, the composition of the council was:

↓
93 3
Labour LD

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

↓
92 2 2
Labour LD [a]

a Vacant seats previously held by Sue Murphy and Kenneth Dobson

After the election, the composition of the council is:

↓
94 1 1
Labour LD GP

Ward results edit

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2018, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis.[6]

Ancoats and Beswick edit

Ancoats and Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marcia Hutchinson 2,052 57.9 5.5  
Liberal Democrats Alan Good 779 22.0 12.9  
Green Ryan Johns 384 10.8 6.0  
Conservative Alexander Bramham 293 8.3 2.5  
Majority 1,273 25.9 13.5  
Rejected ballots 39 1.1
Turnout 3,547 30.3 9.3  
Registered electors 11,702
Labour hold Swing 9.2  

Ardwick edit

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard Priest* 2,324 77.2 6.7  
Green Kate Walsh Benson 280 9.3 4.3  
Conservative Callum Wood 256 8.5 0.1  
Liberal Democrats Luke Beamish 150 5.0 2.5  
Majority 2,044 66.9
Rejected ballots 39 1.3
Turnout 3,049 24.18 5.1  
Registered electors 12,608
Labour hold Swing 5.5  

Baguley edit

Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Tracy Rawlins* 1,622 63.2 7.7  
Conservative Ezra McGowan 523 20.4 1.3  
Green Norm Cassidy 262 10.2 6.1  
Liberal Democrats Seb Bate 104 4.1 1.8  
Monster Raving Loony Merv the Karaoke Kid 54 2.1 New
Majority 1,099 42.8
Rejected ballots 22
Turnout 2,587 22.6 3.0  
Registered electors 11,452
Labour hold Swing 4.5  

Brooklands edit

Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julia Baker-Smith 1,686 53.6  2.8
Labour Glynn Evans* 1,499 47.7  10.3
Conservative Stephen Carlton-Woods 689 21.9  5.1
Conservative Ralph Ellerton 672 21.4  3.4
Green Grace Buczkowska 385 12.2  1.1
Green Maggie Hoffgen 211 6.7  4.4
Liberal Democrats Nick Saunders 112 3.6  1.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Saunders 75 2.4  2.4
Monster Raving Loony Lord Cam 57 1.8 new
Majority
Rejected ballots 27
Turnout 3,145 28.29
Registered electors 11,116
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Burnage edit

Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bev Craig* 3,036 72.2 1.8  
Conservative Shahed Hossain 421 10.0 3.3  
Green Brian Candeland 341 8.1 4.2  
Liberal Democrats Jamie Dwan 270 6.4 9.0  
Independent Andrea Timoney 137 3.3 New
Majority 2,615 62.2
Rejected ballots 43 1.0
Turnout 4,248 30.7
Registered electors 13,045
Labour hold Swing 2.6  

Charlestown edit

Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hannah Priest* 1,910 64.1 6.2  
Conservative Michael Ciotkowski 522 17.5 1.3  
Reform UK Martin Power 247 8.3 New
Green Anne Power 190 6.4 2.5  
Liberal Democrats Melanie Ncube 109 3.7 1.2  
Majority 1388 46.6
Rejected ballots 25 0.8
Turnout 3,003 24.76
Registered electors 12,130
Labour hold Swing 3.8  

Cheetham edit

Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaukat Ali* 3,061 79.7 9.5  
Conservative Arbab Khan 369 9.6 3.9  
Green Ben Dundas 250 6.5 3.6  
Liberal Democrats Roddy Morrison 159 4.1 1.4  
Majority 2692 70.1
Rejected ballots 44
Turnout 3,883 29.47 2.2  
Registered electors 13,178
Labour hold Swing 6.7  

Chorlton edit

Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Eve Holt* 3,656 68.0 3.2  
Green Mary Crumpton 917 17.1 2.4  
Conservative Kath Fitzgibbon 368 6.8 1.5  
Liberal Democrats Robin Grayson 291 5.4 5.6  
Women's Equality Jo Heathcote 141 2.6 0.6  
Majority 2739 50.9
Rejected ballots 40 0.7
Turnout 5,413 51.03 4.7  
Registered electors 10,608
Labour Co-op hold Swing 0.4  

Chorlton Park edit

Chorlton Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mandie Shilton Godwin* 3,819 69.2 6.7  
Green Richard Walton 773 14.0 6.0  
Conservative Connor Cooper 472 8.5 4.5  
Liberal Democrats Amaan Hashmi 457 8.3 17.2  
Majority 3046 55.2
Rejected ballots 65 1.2
Turnout 5,586 42.3 1.0  
Registered electors 13,218
Labour Co-op hold Swing 0.4  

Clayton and Openshaw edit

Clayton and Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donna Ludford* 2,064 69.3
Labour Thomas Robinson 1,560 52.4
Conservative Keith Berry 389 13.1
Green Daniel Kyle 250 8.4
Liberal Democrats Diele Nsumbu 218 7.3
Green Robyn Schreibke 204 6.9
Conservative Ramzi Swaray-Kella 193 6.5
Liberal Democrats Martha O'Donoghue 120 4.0
Majority
Rejected ballots 32
Turnout 2,978 23.98
Registered electors 12,553
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Crumpsall edit

Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nasrin Ali* 2,341 66.4 14.6  
Conservative Iftikhar Ahmed Butt 762 21.6 11.8  
Green Alison Hawdale 291 8.3 3.5  
Liberal Democrats Michael McKinstry 130 3.7 1.6  
Majority 1,579 44.8
Rejected ballots 39 1.1
Turnout 3,563 30.0 4.0  
Registered electors 11,583
Labour hold Swing 13.2  

Deansgate edit

Deansgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Marcus Johns* 1,245 53.9 12.8  
Liberal Democrats John Bridges 583 25.3 0.6  
Green Chris Ogden 256 11.1 9.9  
Conservative James Flanagan 164 7.1 5.0  
Women's Equality Samantha Days 60 2.6 8.6  
Majority 662 32.6  12.2
Rejected ballots 16 0.7
Turnout 2,324 28.9 9.5  
Registered electors 8,047
Labour hold Swing 6.1  

Didsbury East edit

Didsbury East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Foley 2,972 51.0 1.2  
Liberal Democrats John Cameron 2,082 35.7 1.5  
Green Liberty Franley 503 8.6 4.8  
Conservative Anjenarra Huque 276 4.7 2.1  
Majority 890 15.3
Rejected ballots 32 0.5
Turnout 5,865 52.0 8.4  
Registered electors 11,283
Labour hold Swing 0.2  

Didsbury West edit

Didsbury West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debbie Hilal 2,523 44.9  4.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Kilpatrick* 2,282 40.6  3.0
Green Jake Welsh 408 7.3  2.8
Conservative Luke Bourke Costello 309 5.5  0.3
Women's Equality Sarika Paul 72 1.3 New
SDP Wendy Andrew 29 0.5 New
Majority 241 4.3
Rejected ballots 31 0.6
Turnout 5,654 45.8 1.7  
Registered electors 12,335
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 3.8  

Fallowfield edit

Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zahra Alijah* 1,583 71.1 7.0  
Green George Morris 342 15.4 9.2  
Conservative Sabreena Hossain 209 9.4 2.7  
Liberal Democrats Paul Jones 92 4.1 5.0  
Majority 1,241 55.7
Rejected ballots 23 1.0
Turnout 2,249 19.78 2.8  
Registered electors 11,394
Labour hold Swing 8.1  

Gorton and Abbey Hey edit

Gorton and Abbey Hey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Julie Reid* 2,372 70.7 6.0  
Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey 440 13.1 7.6  
Conservative Ugo Nzeribe 378 11.3 0.3  
Green Scott Robinson 165 4.9 1.9  
Majority 1,932 57.6
Rejected ballots 57 1.7
Turnout 3,412 25.8 1.8  
Registered electors 13,243
Labour Co-op hold Swing 6.8  

Harpurhey edit

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joanne Green* 1,901 68.7 8.8  
Conservative Gareth Brown 503 18.2 2.1  
Green Vicky Matthews 228 8.2 3.7  
Liberal Democrats Celia Craske 136 4.9 New
Majority 1,398 50.5
Rejected ballots 41 1.5
Turnout 2,809 22.1 2.0  
Registered electors 12,710
Labour hold Swing 5.5  

Higher Blackley edit

Higher Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shelley Lanchbury* 1,805 67.8 7.2  
Conservative Colin Jones 498 18.7 2.0  
Green Antje Timmermann 164 6.2 2.0  
Liberal Democrats Peter Matthews 119 4.5 0.4  
Independent Stephen Moran 75 2.8 New
Majority 1,307 49.1
Rejected ballots 30 1.1
Turnout 2,691 23.8 1.1  
Registered electors 11,308
Labour hold Swing 4.6  

Hulme edit

Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ekua Bayunu 2,313 69.0 4.3  
Green Lottie Donovan 596 17.8 4.8  
Liberal Democrats Gary McKenna 223 6.7 0.6  
Conservative William Watermeyer 219 6.5 0.0  
Majority 1,717 51.2
Rejected ballots 38 1.1
Turnout 3,389 26.5 4.2  
Registered electors 12,804
Labour hold Swing 4.6  

Levenshulme edit

Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zareen Hussain 3,136 66.3 11.6  
Green Dick Venes 599 12.7 5.8  
Independent Jeremy Hoad 540 11.4 New
Liberal Democrats Greg Sammons 248 5.2 4.7  
Conservative Alexandru Stancu 205 4.3 0.5  
Majority 2,537 53.6
Rejected ballots 46 1.0
Turnout 4,774 36.4 2.4  
Registered electors 13,125
Labour hold Swing 9.7  

Longsight edit

Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Luthfur Rahman* 2,782 71.3 15.2  
Conservative Usman Arshed 674 17.3 11.7  
Green Bernard Eckbery 192 4.9 2.7  
Liberal Democrats Kobe Bibbon 174 4.5 0.3  
Communist Aaron Andrew 80 2.1 New
Majority 2,108 54.0
Rejected ballots 44 1.1
Turnout 3,946 30.2 1.2  
Registered electors 13,086
Labour hold Swing 13.5  

Miles Platting and Newton Heath edit

Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Hitchin* 1,997 69.8 10.3  
Conservative Paul Wan 336 11.7 1.3  
Green Paul Hodges 269 9.4 5.6  
Reform UK Derek Brocklehurst 140 4.9 New
Liberal Democrats Samuel Olanrewaju 118 4.1 New
Majority 1,661 58.1
Rejected ballots 32 1.1
Turnout 2,892 22.2 0.2  
Registered electors 13,032
Labour hold Swing 5.8  

Moss Side edit

Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emily Rowles* 2,883 81.8 5.7  
Green Albie Mayo 294 8.3 4.0  
Conservative Shaden Jaradat 204 5.8 1.7  
Liberal Democrats Norman Lewis 142 4.0 0.1  
Majority 2,589 73.5
Rejected ballots 53 1.5
Turnout 3,576 26.0 1.9  
Registered electors 13,745
Labour hold Swing 4.9  

Moston edit

Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Connolly 2,249 65.0 7.2  
Conservative Stephen Alabi 719 20.8 2.3  
Green Diane Kosandiak 328 9.5 4.8  
Liberal Democrats Robbie Cowbury 122 3.5 New
Independent Hugo Wils 43 1.2 New
Majority 1,530 44.2
Rejected ballots 27 0.8
Turnout 3,488 26.5 0.5  
Registered electors 13,143
Labour hold Swing 2.5  

Northenden edit

Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sam Lynch* 1,859 60.5 7.5  
Conservative Stephen McHugh 610 19.9 1.2  
Monster Raving Loony Sir Oink A-Lot 364 11.9 10.7  
Liberal Democrats Ellin Saunders 143 4.7 1.9  
Green Sylvia Buchan 95 3.1 2.4  
Majority 1,249 40.6
Rejected ballots 22 0.7
Turnout 3,093 28.0 2.9  
Registered electors 11,032
Labour hold Swing 4.4  

Old Moat edit

Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin White* 2,568 72.4 3.6  
Green Stacey Wright 476 13.6 3.0  
Liberal Democrats Jon Martin 238 6.8 7.2  
Conservative Gary Wilkinson 218 6.2 0.3  
Majority 2,092 59.8
Rejected ballots 36 1.0
Turnout 3,536 30.0 2.2  
Registered electors 11,774
Labour hold Swing 3.3  

Piccadilly edit

Piccadilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon-Connor Lyons* 1,381 62.1 4.4  
Green Chris Perriam 438 19.7 4.6  
Liberal Democrats Chris Northwood 250 11.2 9.3  
Conservative Siqi Lin 156 7.0 1.3  
Majority 943 42.4
Rejected ballots 12 0.5 0.1  
Turnout 2,237 28.7 8.6  
Registered electors 7,783
Labour hold Swing 4.5  

Rusholme edit

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jill Lovecy* 2,491 75.5 6.7  
Green Natasha Turner 374 11.3 6.6  
Conservative Fahim Choudhury 306 9.2 4.7  
Liberal Democrats Melvin Sowah 127 3.9 4.7  
Majority 2,117 64.2
Rejected ballots 19 0.6
Turnout 3,317 26.7 0.5  
Registered electors 12,315
Labour hold Swing 6.7  

Sharston edit

Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Taylor 1,866 70.1 5.2  
Conservative Tony Welch 567 21.3 6.3  
Green Astrid Johnson 207 7.8 4.1  
Liberal Democrats Bryn Coombe 23 0.9 5.1  
Majority 1,299 48.8
Rejected ballots 25 0.9
Turnout 2,688 23.1 3.3  
Registered electors 11,659
Labour hold Swing 5.8  

Whalley Range edit

Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Muqaddasah Bano 2,733 68.3 4.1  
Green Beth McManus 955 23.9 5.2  
Conservative Andrew Tang 210 5.3 1.7  
Liberal Democrats Andrew McGuinness 102 2.6 0.5  
Majority 1,778 44.4
Rejected ballots 30 0.7
Turnout 4,030 34.6 2.3  
Registered electors 11,649
Labour hold Swing 4.7  

Withington edit

Withington
Party 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

Woodhouse Park edit

Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Rob Nunney 1,355 48.0 45.2  
Labour Brian O'Neil* 1,180 41.8 32.3  
Conservative Ken Wedderburn 244 8.6 9.2  
Liberal Democrats Anna Hablak 42 1.5 3.8  
Majority 175 6.2 N/A
Rejected ballots 25 0.9
Turnout 2,846 25.4 6.4  
Registered electors 11,185
Green gain from Labour Swing 38.8  

Changes since this election edit

Chorlton by-election edit

On 14 October 2021 councillor Matt Strong resigned from his seat in Chorlton, prompting a by-election that was held on 18 November 2021.[7]

Changes in the table below are relative to the 2019 election.

By-election: Chorlton - 18th November 2021[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mathew Benham 1,581 52.1 4.9 
Liberal Democrats Rosie Hughes 657 21.7 8.9 
Green Simon Milner-Edwards 608 20.0 1.0 
Conservative Kathleen Fitzgibbon 93 3.1 1.6 
Women's Equality Jo Heathcote 66 2.2 1.1 
Independent Paul Harnett 27 0.9 n/a
Majority 924 30.5 5.2 
Rejected ballots 2 0.07 0.6 
Turnout 3,032 28.1 22.9 
Registered electors 10,795
Labour hold Swing 6.9 

Ancoats & Beswick by-election edit

On 30 November 2021 councillor Marcia Hutchinson resigned from her seat in Ancoats & Beswick, citing allegations of bullying and racism within the Labour group.[9] A by-election was held on 3 February 2022, which was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Alan Good.[10]

By-election: Ancoats & Beswick - 3 February 2022[11][10][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Good 1,113 53.2 31.0 
Labour Gareth Worthington 793 37.9 20.6 
Green Chris Perriam 119 5.7 5.3 
Conservative Alexander Bramham 66 3.2 5.8 
Majority 320 15.3 10.6 
Turnout 2,091 17.84 12.5 
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing 25.6 

References edit

  1. ^ "Former Lib Dem Councillor Greg Stanton Joins Labour". manchestergazette.co.uk/. Manchester Gazette. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ Griffiths, Niall (18 May 2021). "Former deputy leader joins consultancy firm that is helping put forward controversial development - in his old ward". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ Williams, Jennifer (22 June 2020). "Manchester council's finance chief suspended by Labour group over social media allegations". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. ^ Williams, Jen (7 April 2020). "Heartbreak and shock as Manchester council's 'kind, compassionate' deputy leader dies". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. ^ Griffiths, Niall (13 October 2020). "Councillor who described Covid-19 as a hoax has 'stood down'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Your next election". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Chorlton By-election 2021 notices". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Chorlton By-Election results (18 November 2021)". Manchester City Council. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Manchester councillor quits after racist bullying claim". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  10. ^ a b @BritainElects (3 February 2022). "Ancoats & Beswick (Manchester) council by-election result" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "NOTICE OF PARTICULARS OF ELECTION AGENTS - LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION, THURSDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2022 - ANCOATS & BESWICK WARD". Manchester City Council. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  12. ^ @josephtiman (3 February 2022). "Ancoats & Beswick by-election results are in: Lib Dem GAIN" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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