2006 Manchester City Council election

2006 Manchester City Council election
32 of the 96 seats on Manchester City Council; 49 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2006 Manchester council election. Labour in red and the Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The council stayed under Labour Party control, strengthened by four gains from the Liberal Democrats.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Changes in vote share are compared to the 2004 election.

Manchester Council Election Result 2006^[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	23	4	71.9	38	61	63.5	41,039	44.8	4.9%
	Liberal Democrats	9	4	28.1	25	34	35.4	28,929	31.6	2.3%
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	9,649	10.5	2.2%
	Green	0		0.0	1	1	1.1	8,493	9.3	1.0%
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,128	1.2	1.0%
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	833	0.9	0.4%
	BNP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	641	0.7	0.3%
	Respect	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	615	0.7	0.3%
	Socialist Alternative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	214	0.2	n/a
	Independent Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	11	0.0	n/a

Ward results

Below is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. Incumbent councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2004 and are marked with an asterisk.

Ancoats and Clayton

Ancoats and Clayton^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Battle*	1,463	48.3	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel James Valentine	1,235	40.7	−0.2
	Conservative	Christine Joan Birchenough	136	4.5	−0.6
	Green	Richard Francis Keatley	126	4.2	−0.5
	Independent	John Hulse	71	2.3	−1.2
Majority			228	7.6	+2.0
Turnout			3,031	32.9	−5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Ardwick

Ardwick^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mavis Smitheman*	1,248	61.4	+15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Alam Panwar	405	19.9	−7.5
	Green	Christopher David Charlton	216	10.6	−2.4
	Conservative	Tadeusz Sochacki	163	8.0	+0.9
Majority			843	41.5	+23.2
Turnout			2,032	21.7	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.6

Baguley

Baguley^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Eddie McCulley*	1,205	49.0	−4.8
	Conservative	Joyce Kaye	498	20.2	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie James Ardron	323	13.1	−0.7
	Green	Lynne Richmond	220	8.9	−2.5
	Socialist Alternative	Lynn Worthington	214	8.7	+8.7
Majority			707	28.7	−4.1
Turnout			2,460	23.9	−5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.0

Bradford

Bradford^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Longsden*	1,525	69.8	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Brettle	316	14.5	+0.3
	Conservative	Karen Abbad	188	8.6	−6.5
	Green	Christopher Waldon	156	7.1	−1.6
Majority			1,209	55.3	+14.2
Turnout			2,185	25.3	−4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Brooklands

Brooklands^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sue Murphy*	1,378	42.1	−2.7
	Conservative	Ralph John Ellerton	953	29.2	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Paul Ankers	787	24.1	+10.7
	Green	Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh	149	4.6	−2.8
Majority			425	13.0	+2.4
Turnout			3,267	33.4	−1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Burnage

Burnage^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Alan Isherwood*	1,460	47.5	−10.4
	Labour	Frank Oliver Duffy	1,169	38.0	+12.7
	Conservative	Dorothy Helen Keller	252	8.2	−0.5
	Green	Elindsay James	149	4.8	−3.2
Majority			291	9.5	−23.1
Turnout			3,073	29.8	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-11.5

Charlestown

Charlestown^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Hobin*	1,435	54.3	−4.8
	Conservative	Vivienne Inez Clarke	388	14.7	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Rodgers	348	13.2	−11.5
	UKIP	Catherine Andrea Ritchie	312	11.8	+11.8
	Green	Helen Sarah Dolan	159	6.0	+6.0
Majority			1,047	39.6	+5.2
Turnout			2,642	29.2	−5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.6

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naeem Ul Hassam*	1,707	45.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Qassim Afzal	1,608	43.0	+5.9
	Green	Jacqueline Smith	235	6.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Kim Elvin Glasspole	191	5.1	+2.4
Majority			99	2.6	−5.1
Turnout			3,741	36.2	−11.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.5

Chorlton

Chorlton^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Val Stevens*	1,828	42.0	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Leslie Glover	1,713	39.4	+6.7
	Green	Brian Arthur Candeland	609	14.0	−1.4
	Conservative	Amar Rouf Ahmed	198	4.6	−4.0
Majority			115	2.6	+2.3
Turnout			4,348	43.0	−3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lewis*	1,724	54.7	+0.7
	Labour	Yogesh Virmani	797	25.3	+6.4
	Green	Kathryn Mary Brownbridge	399	12.7	−1.1
	Conservative	Rodney Keller	229	7.3	+0.0
Majority			927	29.4	+5.6
Turnout			3,149	32.1	−10.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.8

City Centre

City Centre^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Boyes*	531	38.0	+0.5
	Labour Co-op	Chris Paul	374	26.8	−0.8
	Conservative	James Jacob Gilchrist Berry	311	22.3	+7.1
	Green	Birgit Vollm	181	13.0	−2.0
Majority			157	11.2	+1.3
Turnout			1,397	16.4	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.6

Crumpsall

Crumpsall^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon-Leigh Pritchard*	1,667	49.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sham Raja	738	21.9	+2.2
	Conservative	Adrian Paul Glasspole	476	14.2	−4.3
	UKIP	Ernest Robert Willescroft	259	7.7	+7.7
	Green	Justine Michelle Hall	223	6.6	−10.1
Majority			929	27.6	+2.4
Turnout			3,363	33.8	−8.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Didsbury East

Didsbury East^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Thomas Parkinson*	1,809	45.3	−2.4
	Labour	Geoffrey Bridson	1,369	34.3	+2.9
	Green	Richard Edgar Gee	459	11.5	+3.4
	Conservative	Peter Malcolm Schofield	359	9.0	−3.7
Majority			440	11.0	−5.3
Turnout			3,996	39.1	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.6

Didsbury West

Didsbury West^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Mark Clayton	1,189	42.9	+0.1
	Labour	David Clive Ellison	692	25.0	+4.6
	Conservative	Peter Girvan Hilton	485	17.5	+2.3
	Green	George Stanislaw Czernuszka	329	11.9	−4.2
	UKIP	Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	76	2.7	−2.9
Majority			497	17.9	−4.5
Turnout			2,771	28.0	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.2

Fallowfield

Fallowfield^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Amesbury	1,357	46.4	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	John-Paul Wilkins*	1,086	37.2	+0.6
	Conservative	Cedric Beniston	171	5.9	−3.8
	Green	Susan Somerville	168	5.7	−5.7
	BNP	Joseph Gerard Marjella Finnon	140	4.8	+4.8
Majority			271	9.3	+3.5
Turnout			2,922	28.1	−2.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+1.7

Gorton North

Gorton North^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nilofar Siddiqi	1,244	39.7	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bernadette Newing*	1,132	36.1	−11.0
	Independent	Allan James Grafton	465	14.8	+14.8
	Conservative	Patricia Ann Ainscough	144	4.6	−3.5
	Green	Rachel Michelle Wilson	78	2.5	−2.8
	Independent	David Colin Jones	72	2.3	+2.3
Majority			112	3.6	−3.9
Turnout			3,135	31.4	−1.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+5.5

Gorton South

Gorton South^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Bridges*	1,375	47.8	−7.6
	Labour	Julie Reid	1,031	35.8	+8.3
	Green	David William Mottram	246	8.5	−1.0
	Conservative	Raymond Kenyon	226	7.9	+0.4
Majority			344	12.0	−15.9
Turnout			2,878	26.9	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-7.9

Harpurhey

Harpurhey^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Fairweather*	1,420	55.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth David Aubrey	320	12.5	−11.5
	UKIP	Roger Porter Bullock	312	12.1	+12.1
	Conservative	Ian Beswick	302	11.8	−2.4
	Green	Darren Jason Flynn	215	8.4	+8.4
Majority			1,100	42.8	+11.2
Turnout			2,569	22.1	−4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Margaret Trotman*	1,477	57.0	−3.4
	Conservative	Terence Shannon	506	19.5	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Argyropoulos	383	14.8	−4.9
	Green	Michael Robert Shaw	226	8.7	+8.7
Majority			971	37.5	−3.1
Turnout			2,592	26.5	−5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.5

Hulme

Hulme^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Joseph Murphy	816	37.9	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver West	576	26.7	+7.6
	Green	Steven Jonathan Durrant	539	25.0	−12.4
	Conservative	Paul Anthony Kierman	96	4.6	−2.7
	Independent	Christine Anne Boscott-Shermerdine	53	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Captain Cae Os	43	2.0	+2.0
	UKIP	Peter David Reeve	20	0.9	+0.9
	Independent Liberal	Charles Anthony Lyn-Lloyd	11	0.5	+0.5
Majority			240	11.1	+9.8
Turnout			2,154	24.1	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.9

Levenshulme

Levenshulme^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Cowan*	1,402	50.1	−3.1
	Labour	Dermot Sean Zafar	779	27.9	+3.8
	Green	Peter Norman Thompson	399	14.3	−2.1
	Conservative	William Moore	217	7.8	+1.5
Majority			623	22.3	−6.9
Turnout			2,797	28.4	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-3.4

Longsight

Longsight^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maryam Fazeela Khan	1,687	54.6	+24.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sajjad*	774	25.1	−19.2
	Green	Hassan Ukairo	444	14.4	−1.7
	Conservative	Zahir Ali	182	5.9	−3.5
Majority			913	30.0	+15.4
Turnout			3,087	32.3	−6.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+21.8

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Flanagan*	1,286	43.5	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Wilson	791	26.8	+9.5
	BNP	Derek George Adams	501	16.9	+3.4
	UKIP	Lisa Ann Duffy	149	5.0	+5.0
	Conservative	Brian George Birchenough	134	4.5	−3.0
	Green	Anthony James Quinn	96	3.2	−1.9
Majority			495	16.7	−1.1
Turnout			2,957	29.1	−2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.6

Moss Side

Moss Side^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Blake Walters*	1,734	63.7	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Hamza Butt	509	18.7	+1.1
	Green	Robin Goater	235	8.6	+0.2
	Independent	Reverend Juggla	129	4.7	−2.8
	Conservative	Raymond Talbot Wattenbach	116	4.3	−2.1
Majority			1,225	45.0	+2.4
Turnout			2,723	27.8	−0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Moston

Moston^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Risby*	1,774	53.1	−5.2
	Conservative	Anthony Gerard Pinder	755	22.6	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy John Hartley	506	15.2	+3.1
	Green	Rose Ann Cameron	303	9.0	+9.0
Majority			1,019	30.5	−2.6
Turnout			3,338	31.2	−6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

Northenden

Northenden^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard James Cowell*	1,431	46.9	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Clive Eakins	1,092	35.8	+15.7
	Conservative	Nathan James Cruddas	391	12.8	−5.2
	Green	Lance David Crookes	136	4.5	−12.6
Majority			339	11.1	−13.5
Turnout			3,050	29.3	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.7

Old Moat

Old Moat^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Harrison*	1,567	54.4	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Maache	773	26.9	−0.4
	Green	Robin-Ella Davies	317	11.0	−1.4
	Conservative	Daniel Rossall Valentine	221	7.7	−3.2
Majority			794	27.6	+5.4
Turnout			2,878	29.2	−3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

Rusholme

Rusholme^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Williams*	1,157	39.9	−16.0
	Labour	John Byrne	804	27.7	−0.8
	Respect	Nahella Ashraf	615	21.2	+21.2
	Green	Penelope Irene Collins	188	6.5	−2.9
	Conservative	Barbara Mary Goodall	135	4.7	−1.4
Majority			353	12.2	−15.1
Turnout			2,899	31.5	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-7.6

Sharston

Sharston^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Hugh Barrett*	1,248	55.0	+4.7
	Conservative	Agnes Anne Carroll	402	17.7	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	William David Fisher	355	15.6	−0.9
	Green	Karen Jane Duffy	264	11.5	−2.9
Majority			846	37.3	+5.8
Turnout			2,269	21.4	−5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

Whalley Range

Whalley Range^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Rose Watson	1,637	46.1	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Ruth Winder*	1,158	32.6	−6.6
	Green	Mary Rosalind Candeland	466	13.1	+0.6
	Conservative	Matthew Graham Cox	289	8.1	−11.5
Majority			479	13.5	+2.9
Turnout			3,550	34.5	−9.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+12.0

Withington

Withington^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing	-9.8

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Newman*	1,277	61.5	+1.1
	Conservative	Ruby Marie Raynor	328	15.8	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Francis Podbylski	290	14.0	−0.2
	Green	Peter Andrew Somerville	180	8.7	−0.1
Majority			949	45.7	+1.8
Turnout			2,075	21.8	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

By-elections between 2006 and 2007

Gorton South By-Election 19 October 2006^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Glover	1,588	49.3	+1.5
	Labour	Julie Reid	1,208	37.5	+1.7
	BNP	Derek Adams	185	5.7	+5.7
	Green	David Mottram	151	4.7	−3.8
	Conservative	Daniel Valentine	90	2.8	−5.1
Majority			380	11.8	−0.2
Turnout			3,222	29.9	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.1

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