Piccadilly (ward)
Piccadilly | |
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_2018.png) Piccadilly electoral ward within Manchester City Council | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): By wisdom and effort | |
| Coordinates: 53°28′51″N 2°14′02″W / 53.4807°N 2.2340°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
| Created | December 2017 |
| Named for | Piccadilly Gardens and the surrounding area |
| Government UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Central | |
| • Type | Unicameral |
| • Body | Manchester City Council |
| • Leader of the council | Richard Leese (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Adele Douglas (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Jon-Connor Lyons (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Sam Wheeler (Labour) |
The Piccadilly electoral ward of Manchester City Council was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to replace parts of the City Centre and Ancoats & Clayton wards in 2018.[1]
It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell Labour Co-op MP for Manchester Central.[2]
Councillors
The ward is represented by three councillors on the city council. The first councillors for the new ward were elected in the local elections 2018; the candidate with the most votes receiving a 4-year term, second-most votes a 2-year term and third-most votes a 1-year term. From 2019 the council returns to electing one-third of councillors at each election.[1]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sam Wheeler (Lab) | Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab) | Adele Douglas (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | Sam Wheeler (Lab) | Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab) | Adele Douglas (Lab) | |||
indicates seat up for election.
Elections in 2010s
* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
May 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sam Wheeler* | 596 | 42.6 |  9.7
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Lynch | 357 | 25.5 |  3.5
| |
| Green | Brian Candeland | 336 | 24.0 | 0.3
| |
| Conservative | Paul Wan | 98 | 7.0 | 2.2
| |
| Majority | 239 | 17.1 | 11.9
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.93 | 0.43
| ||
| Turnout | 1,400 | 19.58 | 0.50
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| Registered electors | 7,149 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 6.6
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May 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Adele Douglas | 925 | 61.0 | ||
| Labour | Jon-Connor Lyons | 875 | 57.7 | ||
| Labour | Sam Wheeler | 793 | 52.3 | ||
| Green | Kara Ng | 368 | 24.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Browne | 348 | 23.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Lynch | 334 | 22.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Varnam | 250 | 16.5 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Wan | 140 | 9.2 | ||
| Conservative | Victoria Williams | 124 | 8.2 | ||
| Conservative | Levi Walker | 115 | 7.6 | ||
| Majority | 425 | 28.0 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.40 | |||
| Turnout | 1,516 | 20.08 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,550 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidates | Seats Won | Votes | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 3 | 3 | 2,593 | 60.70 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 932 | 21.82 | |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 379 | 8.87 | |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 368 | 8.61 | |
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.
- ^ "3 May 2018 Local Government Election results". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.