2023 Manchester City Council election

The 2023 Manchester City Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of councillors (32) on Manchester City Council were elected, along with a mid-term vacancy in the Ardwick ward.

2023 Manchester City Council election

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33 of 96 seats on Manchester City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
Turnout96,219
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bev Craig Astrid Johnson John Leech
Party Labour Green Liberal Democrats
Last election 30 (65.8%) 1 (11.4%) 1 (12.6%)
Seats before 91 3 2
Seats won 30 1 2
Seats after 88 4 4
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 62,003 13,467 11,657
Percentage 64.6% 14.0% 12.2%
Swing Decrease 0.35

Map of the wards of Manchester City Council coloured by winning party

Leader before election

Bev Craig
Labour

Leader after election

Bev Craig
Labour

Labour retained its majority on the council.[1][2]

Background edit

History edit

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.[3] 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.[4]

Since its formation, Manchester City Council has continuously been under Labour control. In the most recent council election in 2022, Labour won 30 of the 32 seats up for election with 65.4% of the vote, with the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party each winning one seat with 12.7% and 11.4% of the vote across the borough respectively. The Conservatives received 8.8% of the vote but did not win any seats.

The seats up for re-election in 2023 were those who were elected in 2019.[citation needed]

Changes since the last election edit

Since the 2022 Manchester City Council election councillor Ekua Bayunu, who was elected as a Labour Party candidate in Hulme in 2021, quit the Labour party and joined the Green party.[5]

Council term edit

Bernard Priest (Lab, Ardwick) resigned as a councillor shortly before the election period began; this leads to a combined election where the candidate with the most votes is elected to a full four-year term, and the candidate with the second most votes fills the remainder of the vacated term 2021–24 term.

The following councillors did not stand for re-election:

Councillor Party Ward Held seat since
Bernard Priest[a] Labour Ardwick 1998
Luke Raikes Labour Baguley 2012
Williams Jeavons Labour Deansgate 2018
Greg Stanton[b] Labour Didsbury West 2019
Sarah Russell Labour Northenden 2014
Edward Newman Labour Woodhouse Park 2002
  1. ^ Standing down mid-term.
  2. ^ Elected as a Liberal Democrat. Joined the Labour party in 2020.

Electoral process edit

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.[6][7] 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Council composition edit

After the 2022 election, the composition of the council was:

92 2 2
Labour LD GP

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

90 3 2 1
Labour GP LD [a]
  1. ^ vacancy

Following the election result, the composition of the council became:

88 4 4
Labour Grn LD

Results edit

Summary change in vote share compared to the 2022 election. Change in number of seats compared to the most recent sitting councillor for each ward before the election. The result for the Ardwick ward has been normalised to account for the 2nd vacancy being filled in this election.

Manchester City Council
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 30/33 3   90.6 59 88 91.67 62,003 64.60 1.19  
  Liberal Democrats 2/33 2   6.3 2 4 4.17 11,656 12.15 0.49  
  Green 1/33 1   3.1 3 4 4.17 13,467 14.03 2.62  
  Conservative 0/33   0.0 0 0 0.0 7,001 7.29 1.48  
  Independent 0/5   0.0 0 0 0.0 830 0.86 0.31  
  Reform UK 0/2   0.0 0 0 0.0 213 0.22 0.19  
  Women's Equality 0/1   0.0 0 0 0.0 96 0.10 0.09  
  Monster Raving Loony 0/1   0.0 0 0 0.0 57 0.06
  Northern Heart 0/1   0.0 0 0 0.0 34 0.04
  SDP 0/1   0.0 0 0 0.0 26 0.03 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 2019; changes in vote share are therefore compared to 2019.

Ancoats and Beswick edit

Ancoats and Beswick[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Northwood 1,543 49.5  38.5
Labour Majid Dar* 1,208 38.7  16.9
Green Jacob Buffett 250 9.6   8.0
Conservative Sarah Ajiboye 94 3.0   5.7
Independent Peter Clifford 9 0.3  
Majority 335 10.8
Rejected ballots 15
Turnout 3,119 25.79   4.51
Registered electors 12,093
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing   27.7

Ardwick edit

Ardwick[9] (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amna Saad Omar Abdullatif* 2,033 72.4  1.2
Labour Abdigafar Muse 1,705 60.7  10.5
Green George Morris 342 12.2  2.0
Green Niall Wright 272 9.7  0.5
Conservative Princetta Nicol 247 8.8  1.6
Liberal Democrats Abigail Bowden 215 7.7  2.5
Liberal Democrats Norman Lewis 184 6.6  3.6
Conservative Haider Raja 133 4.7  2.5
Majority
Rejected ballots 15 (full)
3 (partial)
Turnout 2,824 23.0
Registered electors 12,279
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Baguley edit

Baguley[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Phil Brickell 1,509 67.9 15.2  
Conservative Luke Berry 377 17.0 1.8  
Green Jake Welsh 214 9.6 0.2  
Liberal Democrats Phil Manktelow 106 4.8 0.1  
Majority 1132 50.9 14.3  
Rejected ballots 15 0.7
Turnout 2,221
Registered electors 11,428
Labour Co-op hold Swing 6.7  

Brooklands edit

Brooklands[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glynn Evans*[a] 1,777 66.1 16.8  
Conservative Stephen McHugh 324 12.1 5.0  
Green Grace Buczkowska 274 10.2 0.9  
Reform UK Dylan Evans 168 6.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Saunders 133 4.9 2.6  
Majority 1,453 54.1 21.9  
Rejected ballots 11
Turnout 2,687
Registered electors 10,990
Labour hold Swing 10.9  
  1. ^ Incumbent councillor elected in the 2021 Manchester City Council election.

Burnage edit

Burnage[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Azra Ali* 2,376 66.1 2.1  
Green Dick Venes 506 14.1 4.2  
Liberal Democrats John Cameron 497 13.8 1.8  
Conservative Md Shahed Hossain 199 5.5 1.4  
Majority
Rejected ballots 16 0.4
Turnout
Registered electors 12,982
Labour hold Swing

Charlestown edit

Charlestown[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Basil Curley* 1,769 71.4 18.6  
Green Paul Hodges 332 13.4 7.4  
Conservative Arbab Khan 278 11.2 4.4  
Liberal Democrats Mohamed Sabbagh 71 2.9 -0.4  
Majority 1,437 58.0 21.0  
Rejected ballots 26 1.1 0.6  
Turnout 2,476 20.5 -1.8  
Registered electors 12,080
Labour hold Swing 5.6  

Cheetham edit

Cheetham[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shazia Butt* 2,605 80.1 -0.9  
Conservative Iftikhar Ahmed 291 9.0 6.1  
Green Ben Dundas 202 6.2 1.3  
Liberal Democrats Roderick Morrison 128 3.9 0.8  
Majority 2,314 71.1 -5.1  
Rejected ballots 25 0.8 -0.1  
Turnout 3,251 24.5 -5.9  
Registered electors 13,263
Labour hold Swing -6.0  

Chorlton edit

Chorlton[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mathew Benham*[a] 2,901 67.1 10.1  
Green Anne Power 850 19.6 -1.4  
Liberal Democrats Rhona Brown 308 7.1 -5.6  
Conservative Keith Berry 180 4.2 -0.5  
Independent Michael Elston 77 1.8 0.5  
Majority 2,051 47.5 11.8  
Rejected ballots 10 0.2 -0.4  
Turnout 4,326 42.0 4.9  
Registered electors 10,296
Labour hold Swing 5.8  
  1. ^ Incumbent councillor elected in an October 2021 by-election.

Chorlton Park edit

Chorlton Park[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Rawson* 3,065 67.1 12.8  
Green Richard Walton 810 17.7 -4.3  
Liberal Democrats Amaan Hashmi 434 9.5 -8.6  
Conservative Andrew Tang 228 5.0 -0.7  
Majority 2,255 49.4 17.3  
Rejected ballots 34 0.7 -0.2  
Turnout 4,571 35.6 -1.5  
Registered electors 12,845
Labour hold Swing 8.6  

Clayton and Openshaw edit

Clayton and Openshaw[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean McHale* 2,008 76.1 31.5  
Conservative Ramzi Swaray-Kella 204 7.7 4.2  
Liberal Democrats Maria Turner 202 7.7 4.4  
Green Billie Nagle 198 7.5 3.9  
Majority 1,804 68.4 68.0  
Rejected ballots 26 1.0 0.3  
Turnout 2,638 20.4 -4.7  
Registered electors 12,943
Labour hold Swing 13.7  

Crumpsall edit

Crumpsall[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiaz Riasat* 2,220 74.4 2.8  
Conservative Fatima Khan 316 10.6 1.8  
Green Alison Hawdale 170 5.7 -0.7  
Liberal Democrats Richard Clayton 163 5.5 1.2  
Women's Equality Samantha Days 96 3.2 0.8  
Majority 1,904 63.8 0.9  
Rejected ballots 18 0.6 -0.1  
Turnout 2,983 25.6 -4.4  
Registered electors 11,665
Labour hold Swing 0.5  

Deansgate edit

Deansgate[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Anthony McCaul 1,050 56.8 22.0  
Green Chris Perriam 370 20.0 2.4  
Liberal Democrats Joe Lynch 253 13.7 17.7  
Conservative Paul Wan 163 8.8  
Majority 680 36.8
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 1,850 21.16
Registered electors 8,744
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Didsbury East edit

Didsbury East[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op James Wilson* 2,450 52.1  10.2
Liberal Democrats Bryn Coombe 1,560 33.2  7.4
Green Anne Guy 484 10.3  0.3
Conservative Anjenarra Huque 160 3.4  2.8
Independent Paula Matsikidze 48 1  1
Majority 890 18.9  17.6
Rejected ballots 21
Turnout 4,702 42.36  0.65
Registered electors 11,149
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Didsbury West edit

Didsbury West[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Kilpatrick 2,260 44.3 5.9  
Labour Leslie Bell 2,047 40.1 6.3  
Green James Young 592 11.6 1.8  
Conservative Martin Cartwright 153 3.0 0.9  
SDP Wendy Andrew 26 0.5 N/A
Majority 213 4.2 12.2  
Rejected ballots 23
Turnout 5,101
Registered electors 11,888
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 6.1  

Previous councillor Greg Stanton was elected for the Liberal Democrats in 2019 but defected to Labour; for the purpose of comparison to the 2019 figures this ward is a Lib Dem hold.

Fallowfield edit

Fallowfield[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jade Doswell* 1,290 73.8  10.4
Green Charlie O'Brian 216 12.4  5.1
Conservative Sabneena Hossain 134 7.7  2.6
Liberal Democrats Lynne Williams 108 6.2  2.4
Majority 1,074 61.4  18.6
Rejected ballots
Turnout 1,748 18.35  1.8
Registered electors 9,596
Labour hold Swing

Gorton and Abbey Hey edit

Gorton and Abbey Hey[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Afia Kamal* 1,906 64.9  17.6
Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey 531 18.1  8.3
Green Natasha Turner 274 9.3  2.6
Conservative Mokammel Alam 228 7.8  2.3
Majority 1,375 46.8  25.9
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,939 22.08  2.1
Registered electors 13,481
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey edit

Harpurhey[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Karney* 1,715 72.1  9.0
Conservative Gareth Brown 307 12.9  3.7
Green Sam Cook 216 9.1  0.1
Liberal Democrats Celia Craske 140 5.9  1.6
Majority 1,408 59.2  9.4
Rejected ballots
Turnout 2,378 18.77  0.47
Registered electors 12,813
Labour hold Swing

Higher Blackley edit

Higher Blackley[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Sadler* 1,498 66.0 9.6  
Conservative Colin Jones 250 11.0 3.2 
Independent Martin Power 212 9.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Matthews 156 6.9 2.5 
Green Vicky Matthews 152 6.7 2.1 
Majority 1,248
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 2,268 20.37
Registered electors 11,210
Labour hold Swing

Hulme edit

Hulme[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Annette Wright* 1,866 70.6 8.5 
Green Chris Ogden 501 19.0 6.2 
Conservative Samuel Stephenson 158 6.0 0.6 
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Ryan 117 4.4 2.2 
Majority 1,365 51.7
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 2,660 21.96
Registered electors 12,115
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Levenshulme edit

Levenshulme[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Basat Sheikh* 2,425 59.5 4.7  
Green Amanda Gardner 762 18.7 0.2  
Independent Jeremy Hoad 484 11.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Bridges 265 6.5 6.8  
Conservative Patience Assam 108 2.6 1.8  
Northern Heart Alim Haider 34 0.8 N/A
Majority 1,663
Rejected ballots 24
Turnout 4,078 30.9
Registered electors 13,284
Labour hold Swing

Longsight edit

Longsight[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Suzanne Richards* 2,663 83.1 6.6 
Conservative Shahana Choudhury 259 8.1 2.4 
Liberal Democrats Kobe Bibbon 148 4.6 1.9 
Green Bernard Ekbery 135 4.2 1.6 
Majority 2,404
Rejected ballots 20
Turnout 24.22%
Registered electors 13,321
Labour hold Swing

Miles Platting and Newton Heath edit

Miles Platting and Newton Heath[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Flanagan* 1,872 74.1 13.8 
Conservative Derek Brocklehurst 247 9.8 5.0 
Green Jonathon Mbay Kazemb 238 9.4 1.4 
Liberal Democrats Charles Turner 168 6.7 2.9 
Majority 1,625
Rejected ballots 21
Turnout 19.39
Registered electors 13,138
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side edit

Moss Side[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mahadi Sharif Mahamed* 2,300 68.9 10.0  
Green Thirza Amina Asanga-Rae 707 21.2 10.4  
Conservative Michael Ciotkowski 179 5.4 1.9  
Liberal Democrats Robin Grayson 128 3.8 2.1  
Majority 1,593 41.7 26.4  
Rejected ballots 24 0.7
Turnout 3,338 23.97 1.0  
Registered electors 13,926
Labour hold Swing 10.2  

Moston edit

Moston[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yasmine Dar* 1,859 64.6 18.1 
Conservative Popoola Alabi 484 16.8 6.7 
Green Diane Kosandiak 305 10.6 4.7 
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Bain 228 7.9 4.1 
Majority 1,375
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 22.27
Registered electors 12,996
Labour hold Swing

Northenden edit

Northenden[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Fletcher 1,591 63.5 6.6 
Green Sylvia Buchan 389 15.5  
Conservative Jamie Hoyle 310 12.4 1.5 
Liberal Democrats Chris Rogers 158 6.3 2.9 
Monster Raving Loony Sir Oink A-Lot 57 2.3 2.3 
Majority 1,202
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 2,515 23.01
Registered electors 10,932
Labour hold Swing

Old Moat edit

Old Moat[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Garry Bridges* 2,096 74.0 11.1 
Green Laura Bannister 436 15.4 1.4 
Liberal Democrats Jon Martin 192 6.8 7.0 
Conservative Ugo Nzeribe 109 3.8 1.4 
Majority 1,660
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 25.82
Registered electors 11,017
Labour hold Swing

Piccadilly edit

Piccadilly[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Wheeler* 958 48.7 6.1  
Green Scott Robinson 725 36.9 12.9  
Liberal Democrats Luke Allan 127 6.5 19.0  
Conservative Malik Haris 100 5.1 1.9  
Reform UK Jeffrey Wong 45 2.3 N/A
Majority 233 11.8 5.3  
Rejected ballots 11 0.6
Turnout 1966
Registered electors 8,775
Labour hold Swing 3.4  

Rusholme edit

Rusholme[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ahmed Ali* 2,371 80.1 5.2 
Green Dennis Pirdzuns 249 8.4 4.3  
Conservative Jason McLeod 204 6.9 2.0 
Liberal Democrats Greg Sammons 135 4.6 2.0 
Majority 2,122
Rejected ballots 22
Turnout 2,981 25.42
Registered electors 11,729
Labour hold Swing

Sharston edit

Sharston[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tim Whiston* 1,581 69.3 12.6  
Conservative Daniel Johnson 349 15.4 7.0  
Green Brian Candeland 198 8.7 2.2  
Liberal Democrats Ellin Saunders 123 5.4 0.5  
Majority 1,232
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 2,264 19.67
Registered electors 11,510
Labour hold Swing

Whalley Range edit

Whalley Range[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angeliki Stogia* 2,379 69.0 0.1  
Green Laura Potter 765 22.2 0.9  
Conservative Praveen Tomar 173 5.0 1.6  
Liberal Democrats Seb Bate 132 3.8 1.8  
Majority 1,614
Rejected ballots 24
Turnout 30.4
Registered electors 11,444
Labour hold Swing

Withington edit

Withington[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Becky Chambers* 1,673 54.4 9.8  
Liberal Democrats April Preston 909 29.5 10.3  
Green Sam Easterby-Smith 388 12.6 3.2  
Conservative Benjamin Harvey Spencer 108 3.5 0.8  
Majority 764
Rejected ballots 15
Turnout 3,078 29.66
Registered electors 10,377
Labour hold Swing

Woodhouse Park edit

Woodhouse Park[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Anastasia Wiest 1,252 49.3 14.8  
Labour Dave Marsh 1,106 43.6 7.8  
Conservative Eric Houghton 137 5.4 3.3  
Liberal Democrats Anna Hablak 34 1.3 2.2  
Majority 146 5.8
Rejected ballots 8 0.3
Turnout 2,537 22.41
Registered electors 11,329
Green gain from Labour Swing 15.2  

Changes since this election edit

Brooklands by-election edit

On 26 July 2023 Julia Baker Smith resigned her seat in Brooklands following rumours that she was living in on the Isle of Wight, 200 miles (320 km) away from her ward.[40] A by-election was held on 7 September 2023.[41]


Brooklands by-election[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Marsh 923 61.5 10.8  
Conservative Norman Decent 189 12.6 9.1  
Green Grace Buczkowska 178 11.9 2.4  
Reform UK Dylan Evans 133 8.9 New
Liberal Democrats Euan Stewart 77 5.1 2.1  
Majority 734 48.9
Turnout 13.6
Labour hold Swing

Resignations and defections edit

In October 2023 Amna Abdullatif (Ardwick) resigned from the Labour party in the wake of the Labour leadership's stance on the Israeli invasion of Gaza, sitting as an independent councillor.[43]

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