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For the area of Manchester, see Withington.
Withington (Manchester)
Electoral ward
Withington East electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Withington East electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Coat of arms of Withington (Manchester)
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
By wisdom and effort
Coordinates: 53°26′04″N 2°13′05″W / 53.4344°N 2.2180°W / 53.4344; -2.2180
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionManchester
CountyGreater Manchester
CreatedMay 1973
Named forWithington
Government
  UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Withington
 • TypeUnicameral
 • BodyManchester City Council
 • Leader of the councilRichard Leese (Labour)
 • CouncillorChris Paul (Labour Co-operative)
 • CouncillorChris Wills (Labour Co-operative)
 • CouncillorRebecca Moore (Labour)
Population
 • Total13,422
Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1]

Withington is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England.[2] It is represented in Westminster by Jeff Smith MP for Manchester Withington.[3] The 2011 Census recorded a population of 13,422.[1]

Councillors

Three councillors serve the ward:

  • Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)[4]
    Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)[4]
  • Chris Wills (Lab Co-op)[5]
    Chris Wills (Lab Co-op)[5]
  • Rebecca Moore (Lab)[6]
    Rebecca Moore (Lab)[6]
Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Audrey Jones (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Alison Firth (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Helen Jones (Lib Dem)
2006 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Alison Firth (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Helen Jones (Lib Dem)
2007 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Alison Firth (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Helen Jones (Lib Dem)
2008 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Alison Firth (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Brendon Jones (Lib Dem)
2010 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Alison Firth (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Brendon Jones (Lib Dem)
2011 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | Chris Paul (Lab Co-op) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Brendon Jones (Lib Dem)
2012 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | Chris Paul (Lab Co-op) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Daniel Gillard (Lab)
2014 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rebecca Moore (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | Chris Paul (Lab Co-op) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Daniel Gillard (Lab)
2015 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rebecca Moore (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | Chris Paul (Lab Co-op) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Daniel Gillard (Lab)
2016 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rebecca Moore (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | Chris Paul (Lab Co-op) style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | Chris Wills (Lab Co-op)
2018 style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | Chris Paul (Lab Co-op) style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | Chris Wills (Lab Co-op) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rebecca Moore (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in 2010s

May 2018

2018[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Moore* 1,987 58.93
Labour Co-op Chris Wills* 1,656 49.11
Labour Co-op Chris Paul* 1,577 46.77
Liberal Democrats April Preston 1,112 32.98
Liberal Democrats Alex Warren 1,026 30.43
Liberal Democrats Phil Manktelow 1,014 30.07
Green Adam King 519 15.39
Conservative Shaden Jaradat 154 4.57
Conservative Peter Harrop 149 4.42
Conservative Avigail Walker 116 3.44
Rejected ballots 12 (full)
2 (partial)
Turnout 3,372 30.5%
Registered electors 11,057
Labour hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Results by party 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Moore
Chris Wills (Lab Co-op)
Chris Paul (Lab Co-op) 		5,220 56.07
Liberal Democrats April Preston
Alex Warren
Phil Manktelow 		3152 33.86
Green Adam King 519 5.57
Conservative Shaden Jaradat
Peter Harrop
Avigail Walker 		419 4.50

May 2016

2016[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Chris Wills 1,683 55.25
Liberal Democrats Simon David Wheale 844 27.71
Green Lucy Jane Bannister 370 12.15
Conservative Shaden Jaradat 113 3.71
TUSC Zoe Brunswick 36 1.18
Majority 839 27.54
Turnout 3,046 31.47
Labour hold Swing


May 2015

2015[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Chris Paul* 3,032 47.3 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Simon David Wheale 1,382 21.6 −12.8
Green Harriet Emilia Pugh 1,272 19.9 +4.7
Conservative Shaden Jaradat 621 9.6 +3.0
TUSC Mercedes Caccia Mesorio 102 1.6 N/A
Majority 1,650 25.7
Turnout 6,409 65.1 +35.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing


May 2014

2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Moore 1,386 40.75
Liberal Democrats Simon David Wheale* 1,098 32.28
Green Laura Bannister 657 19.32
Conservative Peter Jacques Werner 194 5.70
TUSC Liam David Curless 66 1.94
Majority 288 8.5
Turnout 3,401 30.34
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing


May 2012

2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Gillard 1,107 46.6 +23.5
Liberal Democrats Brendon Jones* 862 36.3 −21.4
Green Laura Bannister 251 10.6 −0.4
Conservative Lorna McHugh 88 3.7 −5.4
UKIP James Howson 68 2.9 N/A
Majority 245 10
Turnout 2,376 21
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

May 2011

2011[12]
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


May 2010

2010[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon David Wheale* 2,849 51.4 −6.3
Labour Co-op Chris Paul 1,558 28.1 +5.0
Conservative Shumaila Malik 600 10.8 +1.7
Green Laura Alice Bannister 534 9.6 −0.6
Majority 1,291 23.3 −11.2
Turnout 5,541 50.6 +30.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -5.6


Elections in 2000s

2008[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brendon Jones 1,267 57.7 −3.0
Labour Leif Jerram 508 23.1 +0.6
Green Felicity Paris 223 10.2 +0.5
Conservative Zoe Slater 199 9.1 +2.0
Majority 759 34.5 −3.7
Turnout 2,197 20.6 −0.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.8


2007[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Firth* 1,346 60.7 +12.9
Labour Andrew Simcock 499 22.5 −5.1
Green Felicity Paris 216 9.7 −5.6
Conservative Adele Douglas 157 7.1 −2.2
Majority 847 38.2 +17.9
Turnout 2,218 21.5 −0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +9.0


2006[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon David Wheale 1,064 47.8 −10.6
Labour Delores Elizabeth Long 613 27.6 +9.0
Green Sarah Stuart 340 15.3 +0.9
Conservative Andrew Christopher Perfect 207 9.3 +0.7
Majority 451 20.3 −19.5
Turnout 2,224 22.3 −8.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -9.8


2004[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Audrey Jones* 1,811 58.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alison Firth* 1,747
Liberal Democrats Helen Jones 1,537
Labour Gerard Collier 578 18.6 N/A
Labour Mark Bowcock 509
Green Gregory Griffin 446 14.4 N/A
Labour Steve Nuttall 439
Green Bushra Hussain 409
Conservative Andrew Perfect 267 8.6 N/A
Majority 959 12.4
Turnout 3,102 30.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)


2003[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brendon Jones* 1,621 61.6 +0.1
Labour Gerard Collier 593 22.5 −1.7
Socialist Alliance Rachel Green 149 5.7 +2.5
Conservative Stuart Penketh 145 5.5 +0.4
Green Bushra Hussain 125 4.7 −1.3
Majority 1,028 39.0 +1.7
Turnout 2,633 21.6 −2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.9


2002[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Audrey Jones* 1,822 61.5 +0.2
Labour Kate Torkington 717 24.2 +1.2
Green June Buchan 178 6.0 −1.7
Conservative Jonathan Smith 152 5.1 −3.0
Socialist Alliance Toby Gibbons 96 3.2 +3.2
Majority 1,105 37.3 −1.0
Turnout 2,965 23.7 +1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.5


2000[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Firth* 1,586 61.3 +3.9
Labour Pamela Smyth 595 23.0 −8.7
Conservative Jonathan Smith 209 8.1 +2.3
Green Susan Thorpe 198 7.7 +2.5
Majority 991 38.3 +12.6
Turnout 2,588 21.9 −4.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.3


References

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  3. ^ "Jeff Smith MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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  5. ^ "Chris Wills". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Rebecca Moore". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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