2022 Manchester City Council election


The 2022 Manchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors on Manchester City Council were elected. This election was a part of the other local elections across the United Kingdom.

2022 Manchester City Council election
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32 of 96 seats on Manchester City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
Turnout95,111 (24.98%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bev Craig John Leech Rob Nunney
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 33 (65.43%) 0 (10.44%) 1 (11.47%)
Seats won 30 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 62,578 12,019 10,854
Percentage 65.79% 12.64% 11.41%
Swing Decrease 0.92%


council control before election

Bev Craig
Labour

Subsequent council control

Bev Craig
Labour

In the previous council election in 2021, the Labour Party maintained its longstanding control of the council, holding 94 of the council's 96 seats. The Green Party held one of the others, and the Liberal Democrats held the other.

Background

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History

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The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Manchester was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[2]

Since its formation, Manchester City Council has continuously been under Labour control. In the most recent council election in 2021, Labour won 31 of the 32 seats up for election with 65.4% of the vote, and the Green Party won the other seat with 11.5% of the vote across the borough. The Conservatives received 10.8% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats won 10.4% of the vote but neither party won any seats.[3]

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries for Manchester ahead of the 2018 election, meaning that the 2018 elections were all-out, with all councillors being elected before returning to electing by thirds. Candidates up for re-election in 2022 are those who came first in each ward in 2018.

Council term

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On 7 September 2021 Richard Leese announced his retirement after 38 years as a councillor and 25 years as the council leader.[4] He was succeeded as leader on 1 December 2021 by Bev Craig and resigned from the council on 4 January 2022.[5][6] Two by-elections have been called since the 2021 election: One in Chorlton, held on 14 October 2021, following the resignation of Matt Strong, which was won by Mathew Benham for Labour, and one in Ancoats & Beswick, held on 3 February 2022, following the resignation of Marcia Hutchinson, which was won by Alan Good for the Liberal Democrats.[7] [8] [9]

The following councillors are not standing for re-election:

Councillor Party Ward Held seat since
Rosa Battle Labour Ancoats and Beswick 2007[a]
Ben Clay Labour Burnage 2018
Richard Leese[b] Labour Crumpsall 1984
John Farrell Labour Higher Blackley 2015
Sameem Ali Labour Moss Side 2007
Mary Monaghan Labour Northenden 2016
Rebecca Moore Labour Withington 2014
  1. ^ Ancoats & Beswick was created in the 2018 boundary review; Battle had been the councillor for the abolished Bradford ward which forms part of Ancoats & Beswick.
  2. ^ Resigned 4 January 2022, seat subsequently vacant.

Electoral process

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The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[10][11] Councillors are elected via first-past-the-post voting, with each ward represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Manchester aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Council composition

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After the 2021 election, the composition of the council was:

94 1 1
Labour LD GP

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

92 2 1 1
Labour LD GP [a]

a Vacant seat previously held by Richard Leese

After the election, the composition of the council is:

92 2 2
Labour LD GP

Results

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Summary change in vote share compared to the 2021 election. Change in number of seats compared to the most recent sitting councillor for each ward prior to the election.

Manchester City Council
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 30/32 1   93.8 62 92 95.8 62,578 65.79 0.36  
  Liberal Democrats 1/32   3.1 1 2 2.1 12,019 12.64 2.20  
  Green 1/31 1   3.1 1 2 2.1 10,854 11.41 0.06  
  Conservative 0/32   0.0 0 0 0.0 8,340 8.77 2.06  
  Independent 0/2   0.0 0 0 0.0 522 0.55 0.16  
  Women's Equality 0/2   0.0 0 0 0.0 176 0.19 0.05  
  Reform UK 0/1   0.0 0 0 0.0 30 0.03 0.32  
  SDP 0/1   0.0 0 0 0.0 22 0.02 0.01  

For the per-ward results, asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Unless otherwise noted, the councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2018; changes in vote share are compared to 2018.

Ancoats and Beswick

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Ancoats and Beswick[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Irene Robinson 1,332 46.4 25.6  
Liberal Democrats Chris Northwood 1,234 43.0 31.6  
Green Chris Perriam 190 6.6 10.2  
Conservative Steven Kelly 99 3.4 8.9  
Majority 98 3.4
Rejected ballots 16 0.6
Turnout 2,871 24.1 3.1  
Registered electors 11,925
Labour hold Swing 28.6  

Ardwick

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Ardwick[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tarjuah Hewitson* 1,936 78.8 6.8  
Conservative Callum Wood 201 8.2 0.3  
Green George Morris 199 8.1 4.2  
Liberal Democrats Melvin Sowah 104 4.2 1.9  
Majority 1,735 71.1
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 2,440 19.0 1.3  
Registered electors 12,946
Labour hold Swing 3.6  

Baguley

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Baguley[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Paul Andrews* 1,489 65.6 2.4  
Conservative Keith Berry 438 19.2 1.4  
Green Jake Welsh 198 8.7 1.6  
Liberal Democrats Seb Bate 130 5.7 0.2  
Majority 1,051 46.4
Rejected ballots 16
Turnout 2,255 19.9 0.3  
Registered electors 11,400
Labour Co-op hold Swing 0.5  

Brooklands

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Brooklands[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Cooley* 1,652 60.0 0.3  
Conservative Norman Decent 631 22.9 5.1  
Green Grace Buczkowska 310 11.3 0.2  
Liberal Democrats Ellin Sunders 152 5.5 0.1  
Majority 1,021 37.1
Rejected ballots 11
Turnout 2,745 25.2 0.1  
Registered electors 10,951
Labour hold Swing 2.7  

Burnage

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Burnage[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Murtaza Iqbal 2,359 66.8 2.7  
Green Dick Venes 542 15.4 4.9  
Liberal Democrats Bryn Coombe 340 9.6 8.2  
Conservative Md Hossain 265 7.5 0.6  
Majority 1,817 51.8
Rejected ballots 25
Turnout 3,506 27.4 5.2  
Registered electors 12,908
Labour hold Swing 3.9  

Charlestown

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Charlestown[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Kirkpatrick* 1,749 69.9 5.1  
Conservative Mokammel Alam 371 14.8 1.0  
Green Paul Hodges 272 10.9 1.0  
Liberal Democrats Melanie Ncube 86 3.4 2.9  
Majority 1,378 55.1
Rejected ballots 23
Turnout 2,478 20.8 2.3  
Registered electors 12,023
Labour hold Swing 3.1  

Cheetham

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Cheetham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Naeem Hassan* 2,625 82.7 7.7  
Green Ben Dundas 207 6.5 0.4  
Conservative Paul Wan 206 6.5 1.0  
Liberal Democrats Roddy Morrison 113 3.6 1.5  
Majority 2,418 76.2
Rejected ballots 22
Turnout 3,151 24.0 7.7  
Registered electors 13,201
Labour hold Swing 4.1  

Chorlton

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Chorlton[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Hacking* 2,817 65.5 1.4  
Green Anne Power 726 16.9 3.7  
Liberal Democrats Rosie Hughes 462 10.7 1.7  
Conservative Matthew Roden 167 3.9 2.2  
Women's Equality Jo Heathcote 119 2.8 6.6  
Majority 2,091 48.6
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 4,291 41.2 5.1  
Registered electors 10,444
Labour hold Swing 1.2  

Chorlton Park

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Chorlton Park[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Joanna Midgley* 3,450 72.5 9.0  
Green Richard Walton 664 14.0 1.5  
Liberal Democrats Amaan Hashmi 349 7.3 18.1  
Conservative Andrew Tang 269 5.6 0.8  
Majority 2,786 58.5
Rejected ballots 29
Turnout 4,732 36.7 4.6  
Registered electors 12,962
Labour Co-op hold Swing 3.8  

Clayton and Openshaw

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Note: The incumbent councillor, Thomas Robinson, was elected in May 2021.

Clayton and Openshaw[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Robinson* 1,892 71.6 0.7  
Green Amanda Evans 293 11.1 3.7  
Conservative Ramzi Swaray-Kella 291 11.0 3.7  
Liberal Democrats Maria Turner 148 5.6 3.8  
Majority 1,599 60.5
Rejected ballots 17
Turnout 2,624 20.8 4.1  
Registered electors 12,680
Labour hold Swing 1.5  

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammad Jawad Amin 2,387 72.9 1.0  
Conservative Iftikhar Butt Ahmed 497 15.2 4.6  
Green Alison Hawdale 167 5.1 2.8  
Liberal Democrats Mike McKinstry 152 4.6 0.9  
Women's Equality Sam Days 57 1.7 n/a
Majority 1,890 57.7
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 3,260 28.5 5.5  
Registered electors 11,493
Labour hold Swing 2.8  

Deansgate

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Deansgate[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Davies* 1,033 59.9 5.9  
Liberal Democrats John Bridges 292 16.9 8.3  
Green Anastasia Wiest 231 13.4 2.3  
Conservative Jamie Hoyle 139 8.1 1.0  
Reform UK Nick Buckley 30 1.7 0.0  
Majority 741 43.0 14.3  
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 1,725 20.1 0.7  
Registered electors 8,643
Labour hold Swing 7.1  

Didsbury East

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Didsbury East[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Andrew Simcock* 2,714 54.6 2.7  
Liberal Democrats John Cameron 1,704 34.3 0.9  
Green Paula Watson 331 6.7 4.0  
Conservative Anjenarra Huque 196 4.0 3.5  
Majority 1,010 20.3
Rejected ballots 22
Turnout 4,945 44.6 1.0  
Registered electors 11,134
Labour Co-op hold Swing 1.8  

Didsbury West

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Didsbury West[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Leech* 2,760 53.8 1.4  
Labour Luke Savage 1,863 36.3 5.2  
Green Sally Hawkins 342 6.7 6.1  
Conservative Luke Bourke Costello 123 2.4 3.6  
SDP Wendy Andrew 22 0.4 n/a
Majority 897 17.5
Rejected ballots 25
Turnout 5,135 42.6 4.9  
Registered electors 12,058
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 1.9  

Fallowfield

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Note: The incumbent councillor, Ali Ilyas, was elected in May 2019

Fallowfield[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ali Ilyas* 1,157 71.0 3.1  
Green Hannah Charter 245 15.0 1.5  
Conservative Sabreena Hossain 116 7.1 0.4  
Liberal Democrats Paul Jones 98 6.0 3.7  
Majority 912 56.0
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 1,616 15.2 1.8  
Registered electors 10,706
Labour hold Swing 0.8  

Gorton and Abbey Hey

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Gorton and Abbey Hey[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Louis Hughes* 1,996 68.9 9.0  
Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey 393 13.6 10.1  
Conservative Ugo Nzeribe 279 9.6 1.5  
Green Natasha Turner 207 7.1 0.7  
Majority 1,603 55.3
Rejected ballots 24
Turnout 2,875 21.8 2.2  
Registered electors 13,310
Labour Co-op hold Swing 9.6  

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandra Collins* 1,667 74.0 2.5  
Conservative Gareth Brown 291 12.9 3.5  
Green Billie Nagle 181 8.0 3.5  
Liberal Democrats Celia Craske 95 4.2 n/a
Majority 1,376 61.1
Rejected ballots 20
Turnout 2,254 17.7 2.4  
Registered electors 12,707
Labour hold Swing 3.0  

Higher Blackley

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Higher Blackley[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Olusegun Ogunbambo 1,524 64.4 6.2  
Conservative Colin Jones 534 22.6 5.1  
Green Vicky Matthews 158 6.7 4.1  
Liberal Democrats Peter Matthews 133 5.6 5.1  
Majority 990 41.8
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 2,368 21.1 1.6  
Registered electors 11,218
Labour hold Swing 5.7  

Hulme

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Hulme[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee-Ann Igbon* 1,902 71.8 0.3  
Green Chris Ogden 401 15.1 4.5  
Liberal Democrats Gary McKenna 173 6.5 0.3  
Conservative William Watermeyer 151 5.7 1.2  
Majority 1,501 56.7
Rejected ballots 23
Turnout 2,650 20.1 2.2  
Registered electors 13,192
Labour hold Swing 2.1  

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dzidra Noor* 2,543 64.0 7.9  
Green Brian Candeland 525 13.2 5.3  
Independent Jeremy Hoad 492 12.4 n/a
Liberal Democrats Greg Sammons 217 5.5 7.7  
Conservative Jason McLeod 175 4.4  
Majority 2,018 50.8
Rejected ballots 23
Turnout 3,975 30.1 3.9  
Registered electors 13,206
Labour hold Swing 1.3  

Longsight

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Longsight[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abid Chohan* 2,527 83.2 4.2  
Conservative Shahana Choudhury 194 6.4 0.9  
Green Bernard Ekbery 162 5.3 0.3  
Liberal Democrats Kobe Bibbon 137 4.5 0.1  
Majority 2,333 76.8
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 3,039 23.2 5.8  
Registered electors 13,105
Labour hold Swing 1.7  

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

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Miles Platting and Newton Heath[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carmine Grimshaw* 1,820 72.8 2.3  
Conservative Derek Brocklehurst 302 12.1 2.2  
Green Tamara Huber 243 9.7 0.1  
Liberal Democrats Charles Turner 117 4.7 n/a
Majority 1,518 60.7
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 2,500 19.1
Registered electors 13,069
Labour hold Swing 0.1  

Moss Side

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Moss Side[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Erinma Bell 2,343 82.0 10.1  
Green Albie Mayo 224 7.8 2.7  
Conservative Samuel Stephhenson 192 6.7 2.1  
Liberal Democrats Phil White 79 2.8 2.5  
Majority 2,119 74.2
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 2,857 20.5 7.4  
Registered electors 13,942
Labour hold Swing 6.4  

Moston

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Moston[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Appleby* 2,049 68.9 3.2  
Conservative Popoola Alabi 540 18.2 3.3  
Green Dianne Kosandiak 228 7.7 4.4  
Liberal Democrats Martha O'Donoghue 113 3.8 n/a
Hugo Wils 30 1.0 n/a
Majority 1,509 50.7
Rejected ballots 16
Turnout 2,976 22.8 3.2  
Registered electors 13,049
Labour hold Swing 0.1  

Northenden

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Northenden[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Moran 1,749 65.7 0.5  
Conservative Daniel Bell 422 15.9 2.2  
Green Sylvia Buchan 340 12.8 2.1  
Liberal Democrats Mark Saunders 140 5.3 1.3  
Majority 1,327 49.8
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 2,663 24.3 0.8  
Registered electors 10,977
Labour hold Swing 0.9  

Old Moat

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Old Moat[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Suzannah Reeves* 2,020 71.8 0.3  
Green Stace Wright 343 12.2 4.4  
Liberal Democrats Jon Martin 272 9.7 4.3  
Conservative Cillian Neil 162 5.8 0.5  
Majority 1,677 59.6
Rejected ballots 15
Turnout 2,812 24.2 3.6  
Registered electors 11,623
Labour hold Swing 2.4  

Piccadilly

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Piccadilly[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adele Douglas* 1,057 59.1 1.9  
Green Scott Robinson 375 21.0 3.3  
Liberal Democrats Allison Harrison 208 11.6 11.4  
Conservative Alexander Bramham 139 7.8 1.4  
Majority 682 38.1
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 1,788 21.5 1.4  
Registered electors 8,329
Labour hold Swing 0.7  

Conservative candidate Alexander Bramham was suspended from the Conservative party on 25 April after sending tweets linking trans and black people with Nazis.[13][14] As he was validly nominated as a Conservative candidate at the close of the nomination period, he appeared as "The Conservative Party Candidate" on the ballot paper.

Rusholme

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Rusholme[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rabnawaz Akbar* 2,408 86.9 12.6  
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sabbagh 171 6.2 1.9  
Conservative Usman Arshed 169 6.1 1.3  
Majority 2,237
Rejected ballots 24
Turnout 2,772 22.3 4.9  
Registered electors 12,413
Labour hold Swing 7.3  

Sharston

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Sharston[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Judge* 1,525 68.5 0.4  
Conservative Bheem Pulla 363 16.3 0.9  
Green Catherine Longson 181 8.1 1.4  
Liberal Democrats Robin Grayson 148 6.7 0.5  
Majority 1,162 52.2
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 2,227 19.3 0.5  
Registered electors 11,533
Labour hold Swing 0.7  

Whalley Range

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Whalley Range[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aftab Razaq* 2,318 68.0 7.6  
Green Laura Potter 721 21.1 13.3  
Liberal Democrats Andrew McGuinness 174 5.1 1.9  
Conservative Muhammad Shahid 173 5.1 1.7  
Majority 1,597 46.9
Rejected ballots 24
Turnout 3,410 29.9 4.3  
Registered electors 11,424
Labour hold Swing 10.5  

Withington

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Withington[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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  

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Astrid Johnson 1,345 49.7 42.4  
Labour Sarah Judge* 1,150 42.5 24.8  
Conservative Stephen McHugh 160 5.9 11.7  
Liberal Democrats Anna Hablak 46 1.7 3.3  
Majority 195 7.2
Rejected ballots 7 0.26
Turnout 2,708 24.1 6.1  
Registered electors 11,233
Green gain from Labour Swing 33.6  

Changes since this election

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On 1 July 2022 Ekua Bayunu (Hulme, elected 2021) quit the Labour party and joined the Green party.[15]

References

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  1. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  2. ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. ^ Griffiths, Niall (6 May 2021). "The Manchester council local elections 2021 results". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. ^ Williams, Jennifer (7 September 2021). "Sir Richard Leese to stand down as Manchester council leader after 25 years". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  5. ^ Williams, Jennifer (1 December 2021). "'I don't want to be pigeonholed': Manchester's new town hall leader on who she is and what comes next". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Legal Notices | The next election | Manchester City Council". 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Chorlton By-election 2021 notices". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Manchester councillor quits after racist bullying claim". BBC News. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  9. ^ @BritainElects (3 February 2022). "Ancoats & Beswick (Manchester) council by-election result" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  11. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "5 May 2022 Local Election Candidates". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  13. ^ Archer, Nandini (25 April 2022). "Tory candidate kicked out after linking trans and Black people to Nazis". Open Democracy. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  14. ^ Maidment, Adam (26 April 2022). "Tory candidate suspended pending investigation after comparing trans rights movement to Nazis". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  15. ^ "We're delighted to announce that Hulme councillor @Ekua4Hulme has joined us from the Labour Party!". Manchester Green Party. Retrieved 1 July 2022.