Ancoats and Beswick
Ancoats and Beswick | |
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_2018.png) Ancoats and Beswick electoral ward within Manchester City Council | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): By wisdom and effort | |
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| Coordinates: 53°28′51″N 2°12′27″W / 53.4807°N 2.2074°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
| Created | December 2017 |
| Named for | Ancoats and Beswick |
| Government UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Central | |
| • Type | Unicameral |
| • Body | Manchester City Council |
| • Leader of the council | Richard Leese (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Majid Dar (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Emma Taylor (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Rosa Battle (Labour) |
Ancoats and Beswick is an electoral ward of Manchester, England created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) replacing the previous electoral wards of Ancoats & Clayton and Bradford for the local elections 2018.[1]
It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell MP for Manchester Central.[2] The first councillors for the ward were elected at the 2018 local elections.[1]
Councillors
The current councillors for the ward are Majid Dar (Labour),[3] Emma Taylor (Labour)[4] and Rosa Battle (Labour).[5] On 24 July 2019 it was reported that Majid Dar had been suspended by the Labour party.[6] He was readmitted to the party and to the Labour group on the council shortly after.
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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| 2018 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Majid Dar (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Emma Taylor (Lab) | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Rosa Battle (Lab) |
| 2019 | Majid Dar (Lab) | Emma Taylor (Lab) | Rosa Battle (Lab) | |||
indicates seat up for re-election.
Elections in 2010s
* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
May 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Majid Dar* | 1,192 | 55.6 |  0.6
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| Green | Robyn Schreibke | 378 | 17.6 |  0.8
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| Liberal Democrats | Jane McQueen | 236 | 11.0 | 2.0
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| Conservative | Daniel Bell | 187 | 8.7 | 2.1
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| UKIP | Trevor Wongsam | 143 | 6.7 | n/a | |
| Majority | 814 | 37.9 | 1.4
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| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.42 | |||
| Turnout | 2,145 | 21.28 | 
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| Registered electors | 10,079 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.75
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May 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Rosa Battle* | 1,475 | 72.0 | ||
| Labour | Emma Taylor* | 1,272 | 62.1 | ||
| Labour | Mohammed Majid Dar | 1,152 | 56.2 | ||
| Green | Eliza Tyrrell | 345 | 16.8 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Barnes | 253 | 12.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Wilkinson | 233 | 11.4 | ||
| Conservative | Barney Watson | 223 | 10.9 | ||
| Conservative | Adam Williams | 189 | 9.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lynne Williams | 169 | 8.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Lepori | 157 | 7.7 | ||
| Majority | 807 | 39.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,049 | 21 | |||
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References
- ^ a b LGBCE (April 2017). Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Lucy Powell MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ "Majid Dar". democracy.manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Emma Taylor". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Rosa Battle". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ Williams, Jennifer (24 July 2019). "Manchester councillor suspended amid anti-semitism investigation". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "3 May 2018 Local Government Election results". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
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