2011 Manchester City Council election
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Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to win every seat contested. Overall turnout was a comparatively high 31.6%, although much down on the previous year's general election turnout of 50.9%.[1]
Councillors elected in 2007 were defending their seats this year, and vote share changes are compared on this basis.
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 33 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 100.0 | 62.4 | 70,580 | +16.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 0.0 | 17.3 | 19,586 | -14.7% | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 10,216 | -3.1% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 8,638 | +2.8% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1,514 | -1.1% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,286 | +0.2% | |
Ind. Lib Dem | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 656 | +0.6% | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 327 | +0.2% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 153 | -0.1% | |
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 111 | -0.9% | |
Socialist Equality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 82 | +0.1% |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:[2]
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 75 | +13 |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | | Liberal Democrat | 20 | -11 |
style="background-color: Template:Independent Liberal Democrat/meta/color" | | Independent Liberal Democrat | 1 | -1 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 0 | -1 |
Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2007, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis.
Ancoats and Clayton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Loughman* | 2,202 | 71.7 | +7.1 | |
Green | Peter Birkinshaw | 369 | 12.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Abiodun Opesan | 278 | 9.1 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claude-Diele Nsumbu | 220 | 7.2 | −13.4 | |
Majority | 1,833 | 59.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,069 | 25.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.3 |
Ardwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Priest* | 2,054 | 76.2 | +18.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Manning | 232 | 8.6 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liaqat Ali | 229 | 8.5 | −16.3 | |
TUSC | James Naish | 100 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Socialist Equality | Robert Skelton | 82 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,822 | 67.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,697 | 21.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.6 |
Baguley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Paul Andrews* | 1,702 | 64.6 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Ralph Ellerton | 353 | 13.4 | −6.6 | |
UKIP | Christopher Cassidy | 229 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Donaghey | 115 | 4.4 | −5.3 | |
Green | Mike Dagley | 109 | 4.1 | −3.2 | |
TUSC | Lynn Worthington | 74 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Michael Thompson | 50 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,349 | 51.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,633 | 24.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bradford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rosa Battle* | 2,169 | 78.4 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Sarah Bennett | 248 | 9.0 | −0.1 | |
Green | Lorna Bowen | 175 | 6.3 | +0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Emma Bean | 173 | 6.3 | −12.5 | |
Majority | 1,921 | 69.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,765 | 25.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.0 |
Brooklands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Cooley* | 1,876 | 57.9 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Stephen Woods | 764 | 23.6 | −9.4 | |
UKIP | Nathan Gilbert | 254 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter James Maxson | 201 | 6.2 | −5.6 | |
Green | Eithne Quinn | 143 | 4.4 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 1,112 | 34.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,238 | 30.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.6 |
Burnage
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carl Austin | 2,668 | 63.0 | ||
Labour | Bev Craig | 2,283 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Grace Baynham | 1,103 | 26.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Iain Donaldson* | 1,005 | |||
Green | Dan Collinson | 260 | 6.1 | ||
Conservative | Jean Mee | 203 | 4.8 | ||
Conservative | Peter Schofield | 196 | |||
Majority | 1,180 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,234 | 39.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Charlestown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Basil Curley* | 2,196 | 71.0 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Ellen Daniels | 387 | 12.5 | −3.5 | |
BNP | Stephen Moran | 374 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Ruddick | 137 | 4.4 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 1,809 | 58.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,094 | 30.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cheetham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Afzal Khan* | 3,712 | 84.4 | +19.8 | |
Conservative | Samuel Jacobs | 366 | 8.3 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nawaz Ahmed | 320 | 7.3 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 3,346 | 76.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,398 | 30.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorlton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Strong | 2,964 | 53.6 | +13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Ankers* | 1,701 | 30.7 | −10.6 | |
Green | Brian Candeland | 647 | 11.7 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Afzal | 223 | 4.0 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 1,263 | 22.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,535 | 50.7 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Chorlton Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Hyde | 2,098 | 48.4 | +25.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Bethell* | 1,427 | 32.9 | −22.5 | |
Green | Rebecca Willmott | 493 | 11.4 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Hill | 313 | 7.2 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 671 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,331 | 38.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
City Centre
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Kevin Peel | 1,048 | 36.7 | +10.9 | |
Independent | Ken Dobson* | 656 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Bridges | 459 | 16.1 | −16.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Liffen | 427 | 14.9 | −7.7 | |
Green | Joanne Wilkes | 268 | 9.4 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 392 | 13.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,858 | 21.3 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Crumpsall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Con Keegan* | 2,754 | 77.1 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | Sham Akhtar | 500 | 14.0 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Fearn | 177 | 5.0 | −8.1 | |
Green | Pratichi Chatterjee | 142 | 4.0 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 2,254 | 63.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,573 | 33.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Didsbury East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Simcock | 2,465 | 51.5 | +19.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Fisher* | 1,598 | 33.4 | −12.5 | |
Conservative | Christopher Green | 423 | 8.8 | −4.2 | |
Green | Kathleen Matthews | 303 | 6.3 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 867 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,789 | 44.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Didsbury West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ellison | 1,686 | 44.2 | +19.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Whittall | 1,172 | 30.7 | −15.0 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Millard | 530 | 13.9 | −0.4 | |
Green | James Alden | 424 | 11.1 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 514 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,812 | 36.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Fallowfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Grace Fletcher-Hackwood | 2,167 | 69.1 | +13.2 | |
Green | Rebecca Simpson | 351 | 11.2 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Nick Kling | 340 | 10.8 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Saira Sadaf | 196 | 6.2 | −15.8 | |
TUSC | Katen Verma | 83 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,816 | 57.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,137 | 28.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gorton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hughes | 2,001 | 61.1 | +20.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Helsby* | 965 | 29.5 | −22.8 | |
Green | Karl Wardlaw | 157 | 4.8 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Yemi Komolafe | 150 | 4.6 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,036 | 31.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,273 | 29.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Gorton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Cookson | 2,162 | 52.3 | +14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Ashley* | 1,525 | 36.9 | −15.2 | |
Green | Sean Hughes | 217 | 5.2 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Taiwo Tmo | 121 | 2.9 | −1.3 | |
Respect | Marie-Angelique Bueler | 111 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 637 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,136 | 33.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Harpurhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joanne Green* | 2,151 | 73.2 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | William Clapham | 321 | 10.9 | −0.7 | |
BNP | Peter Brown | 320 | 10.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Hardwick | 147 | 5.0 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 1,830 | 62.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,939 | 24.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Higher Blackley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Lyons* | 1,953 | 63.3 | +14.9 | |
Conservative | Vivienne Clarke | 381 | 12.4 | +0.0 | |
BNP | Derek Adams | 321 | 10.4 | −13.5 | |
UKIP | Martin Power | 235 | 7.6 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Lau | 112 | 3.6 | −5.4 | |
Green | Nick Good | 81 | 2.6 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 1,572 | 51.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,083 | 29.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Murphy* | 1,689 | 57.4 | −5.4 | |
Green | Ruth Bergan | 742 | 25.2 | −7.4 | |
Conservative | Jamie Williams | 302 | 10.3 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Hardwick-Moss | 211 | 7.2 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 947 | 34.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,944 | 24.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Levenshulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aftab Ahmed | 2,210 | 52.2 | +24.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Commons* | 1,204 | 28.4 | −22.8 | |
Green | David Mottram | 627 | 14.8 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Ryan El-Idrissi | 194 | 4.6 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 1,006 | 23.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,235 | 37.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Longsight
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abid Chohan* | 2,855 | 72.4 | +34.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jawaid Chaudhry | 531 | 13.5 | −34.0 | |
Green | Ryan Bestford | 343 | 8.7 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | Charles Bailey | 212 | 5.4 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 2,324 | 59.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,941 | 35.5 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | June Hitchen* | 2,039 | 68.3 | +25.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Roberts | 544 | 18.2 | −22.4 | |
BNP | Joseph Cegla | 186 | 6.2 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Natalie Chapman | 108 | 3.6 | −0.4 | |
Green | Christopher Hyland | 108 | 3.6 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 1,495 | 50.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,985 | 27.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Moss Side
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sameem Ali* | 2,738 | 79.1 | +11.9 | |
Green | Mosab Musbahi | 295 | 8.5 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aidan Flood | 268 | 7.7 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Bolanle Ayadi | 162 | 4.7 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 2,443 | 70.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,463 | 29.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Moston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Cooper* | 2,234 | 62.1 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Steven Booth | 528 | 14.7 | −5.4 | |
BNP | John O'Shaughnessy | 313 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Hartley | 312 | 8.7 | −1.2 | |
Green | Mary Candeland | 208 | 5.8 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 1,706 | 47.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,595 | 32.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Northenden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Cowell | 2,111 | 58.7 | +14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Nuttall | 1,235 | 31.2 | −10.1 | |
Conservative | Phillip Page | 272 | 6.9 | −1.6 | |
UKIP | Danielle Brannon | 172 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Gibbins | 166 | 4.2 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 876 | 22.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,956 | 35.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Old Moat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeffrey Smith* | 2,311 | 65.7 | +12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Mackle | 413 | 11.7 | −17.4 | |
Green | Barney Wolfram | 373 | 10.6 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Luke Springthorpe | 315 | 9.0 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Yasmin Zalzala | 103 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,898 | 54.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,515 | 32.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rusholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Chappell | 2,238 | 61.3 | +35.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Abu Chowdhury* | 883 | 24.2 | −18.1 | |
Green | Richard Lane | 319 | 8.7 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Dola Miah | 212 | 5.8 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 1,355 | 37.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,652 | 34.1 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Sharston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Joyce Keller* | 1,845 | 63.3 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Jim McCullough | 505 | 17.3 | −8.2 | |
UKIP | Eugene Cassidy | 222 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Page | 138 | 4.7 | −7.6 | |
Green | Dane Lam | 133 | 4.6 | −5.1 | |
TUSC | Shari Holden | 70 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,340 | 46.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,913 | 25.1 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Whalley Range
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aftab Razaq | 3,050 | 66.8 | −31.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Chubb | 625 | 13.7 | −36.5 | |
Green | Ayo Ogolo | 574 | 12.6 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Nathan Cruddas | 318 | 7.0 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 2,425 | 53.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,567 | 40.4 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Incumbent councillor Faraz Bhatti was last elected in 2007 as a Liberal Democrat but defected to the Conservatives in January 2008.[3] He did not contest the ward.
Withington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Chris Paul | 1,476 | 43.8 | +21.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Firth* | 1,161 | 34.4 | −26.3 | |
Green | Laura Bannister | 513 | 15.2 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Shumaila Malik | 223 | 6.6 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 315 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,373 | 29.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Woodhouse Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara O'Neil* | 1,756 | 72.7 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen McHugh | 306 | 12.7 | −5.5 | |
UKIP | Pamela Shotton | 174 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Green | Kathleen Molteno | 96 | 4.0 | −3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Harding | 83 | 3.4 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 1,450 | 60.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,415 | 24.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ^ 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 ag "Local election results 2011". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "Vote 2011: Manchester". BBC. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "Defection puts Tory in town hall". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 28 June 2019.