2022 Manchester City Council election
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The 2022 Manchester City Council election is currently taking place as of 5 May 2022. One third—32 out of 96—of councillors on Manchester City Council will be elected. The election will take place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
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
History
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
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 | 2018[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 | |
Electoral process
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] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being 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
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:
| 92 | 2 | 1 | 1[a] |
| Labour | LD | GP |
a Includes vacant seat previously held by Richard Leese
After the election, the composition of the council is:
| 92 | 2 | 2 |
| Labour | LD | GP |
Results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Unless otherwise noted, the councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2018.
Ancoats and Beswick
| 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% | +3% | ||
| Registered electors | 11,925 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -27.1% | |||
Ardwick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tarjuah Hewitson* | 1,936 | 79.3% | +7.3% | |
| Conservative | Callum Wood | 201 | 8.2% | −0.3% | |
| Green | George Morris | 199 | 8.2% | −4.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Melvin Sowah | 104 | 4.3% | −1.8% | |
| Majority | 1,735 | 71.1% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,440 | 19.0% | −1.3% | ||
| Registered electors | 12,946 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.8% | |||
Baguley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Paul Andrews* | 1,489 | 66.0% | −2.0% | |
| Conservative | Keith Berry | 438 | 19.4% | −1.2% | |
| Green | Jake Welsh | 198 | 8.8% | −1.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Seb Bate | 130 | 5.8% | −0.1% | |
| Majority | 1,051 | 46.6% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 16 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,255 | 19.9% | +0.3% | ||
| Registered electors | 11,400 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -0.5% | |||
Brooklands
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Susan Cooley* | 1,652 | 60.2% | +0.5% | |
| Conservative | Norman Decent | 631 | 23.0% | −4.0% | |
| Green | Grace Buczkowska | 310 | 11.3% | +0.2% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ellin Sunders | 152 | 5.5% | +0.1% | |
| Majority | 1,021 | 37.2% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,745 | 25.2 | +0.1% | ||
| Registered electors | 10,951 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.3% | |||
Burnage
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Murtaza Iqbal | 2,359 | 67.3% | −2.2% | |
| Green | Dick Venes | 542 | 15.5% | +5.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bryn Coombe | 340 | 9.7% | −8.1% | |
| Conservative | Md Hossain | 265 | 7.6% | +0.7% | |
| Majority | 1,817 | 51.8% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 25 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,506 | 27.4% | −5.2% | ||
| Registered electors | 12,908 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.5% | |||
Charlestown
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Veronica Kirkpatrick* | 1,749 | 70.6% | +5.8% | |
| Conservative | Mokammel Alam | 371 | 15.0% | −0.8% | |
| Green | Paul Hodges | 272 | 11.0% | +1.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Melanie Ncube | 86 | 3.5% | −2.8% | |
| Majority | 1,378 | 55.6% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 23 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,478 | 20.8% | −2.3% | ||
| Registered electors | 12,023 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.3% | |||
Cheetham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Naeem Hassan* | 2,625 | 83.3% | +8.3% | |
| Green | Ben Dundas | 207 | 6.6% | −0.3% | |
| Conservative | Paul Wan | 206 | 6.5% | +1.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roddy Morrison | 113 | 3.6% | −1.5% | |
| Majority | 2,418 | 76.7% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 22 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,151 | 24.0% | −7.7% | ||
| Registered electors | 13,201 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.3% | |||
Chorlton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Hacking* | 2,817 | 65.6% | +1.5% | |
| Green | Anne Power | 726 | 16.9% | +2.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosie Hughes | 462 | 10.8% | −1.6% | |
| Conservative | Matthew Roden | 167 | 3.9% | −2.2% | |
| Women's Equality | Jo Heathcote | 119 | 2.8% | −6.6% | |
| Majority | 2,091 | 48.7% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,291 | 41.2% | −5.1% | ||
| Registered electors | 10,444 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.3% | |||
Chorlton Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Joanna Midgley* | 3,450 | 72.9% | +9.4% | |
| Green | Richard Walton | 664 | 14.0% | +1.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Amaan Hashmi | 349 | 7.4% | −18.0% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Tang | 269 | 5.7% | +0.9% | |
| Majority | 2,786 | 58.9% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 29 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,732 | 36.7 | −4.6% | ||
| Registered electors | 12,962 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.0% | |||
Clayton and Openshaw
Note: The incumbent councillor, Thomas Robinson, was elected in May 2021.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Robinson* | 1,892 | 72.1% | +1.2% | |
| Green | Amanda Evans | 293 | 11.2% | +3.8% | |
| Conservative | Ramzi Swaray-Kella | 291 | 11.1% | +3.8% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Turner | 148 | 5.6% | −3.8% | |
| Majority | 1,599 | 60.9% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 17 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,624 | 20.8% | −4.1% | ||
| Registered electors | 12,680 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.3% | |||
Crumpsall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammad Amin | 2,387 | 73.2% | −0.7% | |
| Conservative | Iftikhar Butt Ahmed | 497 | 15.2% | +4.6% | |
| Green | Alison Hawdale | 167 | 5.1% | −2.8% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike McKinstry | 152 | 4.7% | −0.8% | |
| Women's Equality | Sam Days | 57 | 1.7% | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,890 | 58.0% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,260 | 28.5% | −5.5% | ||
| Registered electors | 11,493 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.4% | |||
Deansgate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joan Davies* | 1,033 | 59.9% | +6.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Bridges | 292 | 17.0% | −7.7% | |
| Green | Anastasia Wiest | 231 | 13.4% | −7.6% | |
| Conservative | Jamie Hoyle | 139 | 8.1% | −5.3% | |
| Reform UK | Nick Buckley | 30 | 1.7% | N/A | |
| Majority | 741 | 42.9% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,725 | 20.0% | +0.6% | ||
| Registered electors | 8,643 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +7.2% | |||
Didsbury East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Andrew Simcock* | 2,714 | 54.9% | +3.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Cameron | 1,704 | 34.5% | −0.7% | |
| Green | Paula Watson | 331 | 6.7% | −4.0% | |
| Conservative | Anjenarra Huque | 196 | 4.0% | −3.5% | |
| Majority | 1,010 | 20.4% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 22 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,945 | 44.6% | +1.0% | ||
| Registered electors | 11,134 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +1.9% | |||
Didsbury West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Leech* | 2,760 | 54.0% | −1.2% | |
| Labour | Luke Savage | 1,863 | 36.5% | −5.0% | |
| 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 | 5,110 | 44.1% | −3.4% | ||
| Registered electors | 12,058 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.9% | |||
Fallowfield
Note: The incumbent councillor, Ali Ilyas, was elected in May 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ali Ilyas* | 1,157 | 71.6% | −2.5% | |
| Green | Hannah Charter | 245 | 15.2% | −1.3% | |
| Conservative | Sabreena Hossain | 116 | 7.2% | +0.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Jones | 98 | 6.1% | −3.6% | |
| Majority | 912 | 56.4% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,616 | 15.2% | −1.8% | ||
| Registered electors | 10,706 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.5% | |||
Gorton and Abbey Hey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Louis Hughes* | ||||
| Conservative | Ugo Nzeribe | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jackie Pearcey | ||||
| Green | Natasha Turner | ||||
Harpurhey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gareth Brown | ||||
| Labour | Sandra Collins* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Celia Craske | ||||
| Green | Billie Nagle | ||||
Higher Blackley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Jones | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Matthews | ||||
| Green | Vicky Matthews | ||||
| Labour | Olusegun Ogunnambo | ||||
Hulme
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lee-Ann Igbon* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Gary McKenna | ||||
| Green | Chris Ogden | ||||
| Conservative | William Watermeyer | ||||
Levenshulme
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Brian Candeland | ||||
| Independent | Jeremy Hoad | ||||
| Conservative | Jason McLeod | ||||
| Labour | Dzidra Noor* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Greg Sammons | ||||
Longsight
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kobe Bibbon | ||||
| Labour | Abid Chohan* | ||||
| Conservative | Shahana Choudhury | ||||
| Green | Bernard Ekbery | ||||
Miles Platting and Newton Heath
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Derek Brocklehurst | ||||
| Labour | Carmine Grimshaw* | ||||
| Green | Tamara Huber | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Turner | ||||
Moss Side
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Erinma Bell | ||||
| Green | Albie Mayo | ||||
| Conservative | Samuel Stephhenson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Phil White | ||||
Moston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Popoola Alabi | ||||
| Labour | Paula Appleby* | ||||
| Green | Dianne Kosandiak | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Martha O'Donoghue | ||||
| Hugo Wils | |||||
Northenden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Daniel Bell | ||||
| Green | Sylvia Buchan | ||||
| Labour | Angela Moran | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Saunders | ||||
Old Moat
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Martin | ||||
| Conservative | Cillian Neil | ||||
| Labour | Suzannah Reeves* | ||||
| Green | Stace Wright | ||||
Piccadilly
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alexander Bramham | ||||
| Labour | Adele Douglas* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Allison Harrison | ||||
| Green | Scott Robinson | ||||
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 will still be described as a "The Conservative Party Candidate" on the ballot paper.
Rusholme
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rabnawaz Akbar* | ||||
| Conservative | Usman Arshed | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sabbagh | ||||
Sharston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Grayson | ||||
| Labour | Tommy Judge* | ||||
| Green | Catherine Longson | ||||
| Conservative | Bheem Pulla | ||||
Whalley Range
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew McGuinness | ||||
| Green | Laura Potter | ||||
| Labour | Aftab Razaq* | ||||
| Conservative | Muhammad Shahid | ||||
Withington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Barnes | ||||
| Green | Sam Easterby-Smith | ||||
| Labour | Angela Gartside | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | April Preston | ||||
Woodhouse Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anna Hablak | ||||
| Green | Astrid Johnson | ||||
| Labour | Sarah Judge* | ||||
| Conservative | Stephen McHugh | ||||
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