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1 Background  



1.1  History  





1.2  Changes since the last election  





1.3  Council term  







2 Electoral process  





3 Council composition  





4 Results  



4.1  Ancoats and Beswick  





4.2  Ardwick  





4.3  Baguley  





4.4  Brooklands  





4.5  Burnage  





4.6  Charlestown  





4.7  Cheetham  





4.8  Chorlton  





4.9  Chorlton Park  





4.10  Clayton and Openshaw  





4.11  Crumpsall  





4.12  Deansgate  





4.13  Didsbury East  





4.14  Didsbury West  





4.15  Fallowfield  





4.16  Gorton and Abbey Hey  





4.17  Harpurhey  





4.18  Higher Blackley  





4.19  Hulme  





4.20  Levenshulme  





4.21  Longsight  





4.22  Miles Platting and Newton Heath  





4.23  Moss Side  





4.24  Moston  





4.25  Northenden  





4.26  Old Moat  





4.27  Piccadilly  





4.28  Rusholme  





4.29  Sharston  





4.30  Whalley Range  





4.31  Withington  





4.32  Woodhouse Park  







5 Changes since this election  



5.1  Brooklands by-election  





5.2  Resignations and defections  







6 References  














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2023 Manchester City Council election

← 2022 4 May 2023 2024 →

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 Decrease3 Increase1 Increase2
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

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.

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.
  • ^ 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 3Decrease 90.6 59 88 91.67 62,003 64.60 1.19 Decrease
      Liberal Democrats 2/33 2Increase 6.3 2 4 4.17 11,656 12.15 0.49 Decrease
      Green 1/33 1Increase 3.1 3 4 4.17 13,467 14.03 2.62 Increase
      Conservative 0/33 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 7,001 7.29 1.48 Decrease
      Independent 0/5 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 830 0.86 0.31 Increase
      Reform UK 0/2 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 213 0.22 0.19 Increase
      Women's Equality 0/1 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 96 0.10 0.09 Decrease
      Monster Raving Loony 0/1 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 57 0.06
      Northern Heart 0/1 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 34 0.04
      SDP 0/1 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 26 0.03 0.01 Increase

    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 Increase38.5
    Labour Majid Dar* 1,208 38.7 Decrease16.9
    Green Jacob Buffett 250 9.6 Decrease 8.0
    Conservative Sarah Ajiboye 94 3.0 Decrease 5.7
    Independent Peter Clifford 9 0.3 Steady
    Majority 335 10.8
    Rejected ballots 15
    Turnout 3,119 25.79 Increase 4.51
    Registered electors 12,093
    Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Increase 27.7

    Ardwick[edit]

    Ardwick[9] (2)
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Amna Saad Omar Abdullatif* 2,033 72.4 Increase1.2
    Labour Abdigafar Muse 1,705 60.7 Decrease10.5
    Green George Morris 342 12.2 Increase2.0
    Green Niall Wright 272 9.7 Decrease0.5
    Conservative Princetta Nicol 247 8.8 Increase1.6
    Liberal Democrats Abigail Bowden 215 7.7 Decrease2.5
    Liberal Democrats Norman Lewis 184 6.6 Decrease3.6
    Conservative Haider Raja 133 4.7 Decrease2.5
    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 Increase
    Conservative Luke Berry 377 17.0 1.8 Increase
    Green Jake Welsh 214 9.6 0.2 Decrease
    Liberal Democrats Phil Manktelow 106 4.8 0.1 Increase
    Majority 1132 50.9 14.3 Increase
    Rejected ballots 15 0.7
    Turnout 2,221
    Registered electors 11,428
    Labour Co-op hold Swing 6.7 Increase

    Brooklands[edit]

    Brooklands[11]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Glynn Evans*[a] 1,777 66.1 16.8 Increase
    Conservative Stephen McHugh 324 12.1 5.0 Decrease
    Green Grace Buczkowska 274 10.2 0.9 Decrease
    Reform UK Dylan Evans 168 6.3 N/A
    Liberal Democrats Mark Saunders 133 4.9 2.6 Decrease
    Majority 1,453 54.1 21.9 Increase
    Rejected ballots 11
    Turnout 2,687
    Registered electors 10,990
    Labour hold Swing 10.9 Increase
    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 Increase
    Green Dick Venes 506 14.1 4.2 Increase
    Liberal Democrats John Cameron 497 13.8 1.8 Decrease
    Conservative Md Shahed Hossain 199 5.5 1.4 Increase
    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 Increase
    Green Paul Hodges 332 13.4 7.4 Increase
    Conservative Arbab Khan 278 11.2 4.4 Increase
    Liberal Democrats Mohamed Sabbagh 71 2.9 -0.4 Decrease
    Majority 1,437 58.0 21.0 Increase
    Rejected ballots 26 1.1 0.6 Increase
    Turnout 2,476 20.5 -1.8 Decrease
    Registered electors 12,080
    Labour hold Swing 5.6 Increase

    Cheetham[edit]

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

    Chorlton[edit]

    Chorlton[15]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Mathew Benham*[a] 2,901 67.1 10.1 Increase
    Green Anne Power 850 19.6 -1.4 Decrease
    Liberal Democrats Rhona Brown 308 7.1 -5.6 Decrease
    Conservative Keith Berry 180 4.2 -0.5 Decrease
    Independent Michael Elston 77 1.8 0.5 Increase
    Majority 2,051 47.5 11.8 Increase
    Rejected ballots 10 0.2 -0.4 Decrease
    Turnout 4,326 42.0 4.9 Increase
    Registered electors 10,296
    Labour hold Swing 5.8 Increase
    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 Increase
    Green Richard Walton 810 17.7 -4.3 Decrease
    Liberal Democrats Amaan Hashmi 434 9.5 -8.6 Decrease
    Conservative Andrew Tang 228 5.0 -0.7 Decrease
    Majority 2,255 49.4 17.3 Increase
    Rejected ballots 34 0.7 -0.2 Decrease
    Turnout 4,571 35.6 -1.5 Decrease
    Registered electors 12,845
    Labour hold Swing 8.6 Increase

    Clayton and Openshaw[edit]

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

    Crumpsall[edit]

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

    Deansgate[edit]

    Deansgate[19]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Co-op Anthony McCaul 1,050 56.8 22.0 Increase
    Green Chris Perriam 370 20.0 2.4 Increase
    Liberal Democrats Joe Lynch 253 13.7 17.7 Decrease
    Conservative Paul Wan 163 8.8 Steady
    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 Increase10.2
    Liberal Democrats Bryn Coombe 1,560 33.2 Decrease7.4
    Green Anne Guy 484 10.3 Decrease0.3
    Conservative Anjenarra Huque 160 3.4 Decrease2.8
    Independent Paula Matsikidze 48 1 Increase1
    Majority 890 18.9 Increase17.6
    Rejected ballots 21
    Turnout 4,702 42.36 Increase0.65
    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 Decrease
    Labour Leslie Bell 2,047 40.1 6.3 Increase
    Green James Young 592 11.6 1.8 Increase
    Conservative Martin Cartwright 153 3.0 0.9 Decrease
    SDP Wendy Andrew 26 0.5 N/A
    Majority 213 4.2 12.2 Decrease
    Rejected ballots 23
    Turnout 5,101
    Registered electors 11,888
    Liberal Democrats hold Swing 6.1 Decrease

    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 Increase10.4
    Green Charlie O'Brian 216 12.4 Decrease5.1
    Conservative Sabneena Hossain 134 7.7 Increase2.6
    Liberal Democrats Lynne Williams 108 6.2 Decrease2.4
    Majority 1,074 61.4 Increase18.6
    Rejected ballots
    Turnout 1,748 18.35 Increase1.8
    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 Increase17.6
    Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey 531 18.1 Decrease8.3
    Green Natasha Turner 274 9.3 Increase2.6
    Conservative Mokammel Alam 228 7.8 Increase2.3
    Majority 1,375 46.8 Increase25.9
    Rejected ballots
    Turnout 2,939 22.08 Decrease2.1
    Registered electors 13,481
    Labour hold Swing

    Harpurhey[edit]

    Harpurhey[24]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Pat Karney* 1,715 72.1 Increase9.0
    Conservative Gareth Brown 307 12.9 Increase3.7
    Green Sam Cook 216 9.1 Increase0.1
    Liberal Democrats Celia Craske 140 5.9 Increase1.6
    Majority 1,408 59.2 Increase9.4
    Rejected ballots
    Turnout 2,378 18.77 Decrease0.47
    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 Increase
    Conservative Colin Jones 250 11.0 3.2Increase
    Independent Martin Power 212 9.3 N/A
    Liberal Democrats Peter Matthews 156 6.9 2.5Decrease
    Green Vicky Matthews 152 6.7 2.1Decrease
    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 8.5Increase
    Green Chris Ogden 501 19.0 6.2Decrease
    Conservative Samuel Stephenson 158 6.0 0.6Decrease
    Liberal Democrats Bernadette Ryan 117 4.4 2.2Decrease
    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 Decrease
    Green Amanda Gardner 762 18.7 0.2 Increase
    Independent Jeremy Hoad 484 11.9 N/A
    Liberal Democrats John Bridges 265 6.5 6.8 Decrease
    Conservative Patience Assam 108 2.6 1.8 Decrease
    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 6.6Increase
    Conservative Shahana Choudhury 259 8.1 2.4Decrease
    Liberal Democrats Kobe Bibbon 148 4.6 1.9Decrease
    Green Bernard Ekbery 135 4.2 1.6Decrease
    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 13.8Increase
    Conservative Derek Brocklehurst 247 9.8 5.0Increase
    Green Jonathon Mbay Kazemb 238 9.4 1.4Increase
    Liberal Democrats Charles Turner 168 6.7 2.9Increase
    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 Decrease
    Green Thirza Amina Asanga-Rae 707 21.2 10.4 Increase
    Conservative Michael Ciotkowski 179 5.4 1.9 Increase
    Liberal Democrats Robin Grayson 128 3.8 2.1 Decrease
    Majority 1,593 41.7 26.4 Decrease
    Rejected ballots 24 0.7
    Turnout 3,338 23.97 1.0 Decrease
    Registered electors 13,926
    Labour hold Swing 10.2 Decrease

    Moston[edit]

    Moston[31]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Yasmine Dar* 1,859 64.6 18.1Increase
    Conservative Popoola Alabi 484 16.8 6.7Increase
    Green Diane Kosandiak 305 10.6 4.7Increase
    Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Bain 228 7.9 4.1Increase
    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 6.6Increase
    Green Sylvia Buchan 389 15.5 Steady
    Conservative Jamie Hoyle 310 12.4 1.5Decrease
    Liberal Democrats Chris Rogers 158 6.3 2.9Decrease
    Monster Raving Loony Sir Oink A-Lot 57 2.3 2.3Decrease
    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 11.1Increase
    Green Laura Bannister 436 15.4 1.4Decrease
    Liberal Democrats Jon Martin 192 6.8 7.0Decrease
    Conservative Ugo Nzeribe 109 3.8 1.4Decrease
    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 Increase
    Green Scott Robinson 725 36.9 12.9 Increase
    Liberal Democrats Luke Allan 127 6.5 19.0 Decrease
    Conservative Malik Haris 100 5.1 1.9 Decrease
    Reform UK Jeffrey Wong 45 2.3 N/A
    Majority 233 11.8 5.3 Decrease
    Rejected ballots 11 0.6
    Turnout 1966
    Registered electors 8,775
    Labour hold Swing 3.4 Decrease

    Rusholme[edit]

    Rusholme[35]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Ahmed Ali* 2,371 80.1 5.2Increase
    Green Dennis Pirdzuns 249 8.4 4.3 Decrease
    Conservative Jason McLeod 204 6.9 2.0Increase
    Liberal Democrats Greg Sammons 135 4.6 2.0Decrease
    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 Increase
    Conservative Daniel Johnson 349 15.4 7.0 Increase
    Green Brian Candeland 198 8.7 2.2 Decrease
    Liberal Democrats Ellin Saunders 123 5.4 0.5 Decrease
    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 Decrease
    Green Laura Potter 765 22.2 0.9 Increase
    Conservative Praveen Tomar 173 5.0 1.6 Increase
    Liberal Democrats Seb Bate 132 3.8 1.8 Decrease
    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 Increase
    Liberal Democrats April Preston 909 29.5 10.3 Decrease
    Green Sam Easterby-Smith 388 12.6 3.2 Increase
    Conservative Benjamin Harvey Spencer 108 3.5 0.8 Increase
    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 Increase
    Labour Dave Marsh 1,106 43.6 7.8 Decrease
    Conservative Eric Houghton 137 5.4 3.3 Decrease
    Liberal Democrats Anna Hablak 34 1.3 2.2 Decrease
    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 Increase

    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 Increase
    Conservative Norman Decent 189 12.6 9.1 Decrease
    Green Grace Buczkowska 178 11.9 2.4 Increase
    Reform UK Dylan Evans 133 8.9 New
    Liberal Democrats Euan Stewart 77 5.1 2.1 Increase
    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]

    References[edit]

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