- Manchester Council election, 2008
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Elections to Manchester City Council took place on May 1, 2008. One third of the council was up for election[1] - every ward of the city returned one councillor at this election out of the three councillors a ward in the city has.
Four national political parties - the Conservative Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Green Party - each stood a candidate in every ward in this election. There were candidates from other political parties standing in some of the wards, but there were no independent candidates standing for election this year in the city.
The Labour party retained overall control of the council. The Green party lost their only remaining seat (in Hulme) to Labour and the Conservatives failed to gain their first elected councillor, though became the third party on the council due to having one councillor through an earlier defection. The Liberal Democrats gained 2 councillors (in Miles Platting & Newton Heath and Northenden) but lost one (in Longsight) to Labour.
Overview of Parties and the Election Result
Voting took place between 7am and 10pm on Thursday May 1, 2008, and counting took place that night at the Town Hall.
Below is a full list of parties which candidates stood for in the 2008 election in Manchester - parties are arranged by the total number of votes cast for them.
Manchester City Council
Result of the May 1 2008 electionParty Total Seats Seats won 2008 Gains 2008 Losses 2008 Net Gain/Loss 2008 Votes Change in Vote (from 2007) 2008 Votes % 2008 Seats % Labour 61 19 2 2 0 39,294 -4.7% 43.0% 59.4% Liberal Democrat 34 13 2 1 1 27,773 -3.9% 30.4% 40.6% Conservative 1 0 0 0 0 12,999 +3.3% 14.2% 0% Green 0 0 0 1 -1 7,615 +3.3% 8.3% 0% BNP 0 0 0 0 0 1,765 +81.6% 1.9% 0% Respect 0 0 0 0 0 655 +22.4% 0.7% 0% Left List 0 0 0 0 0 612 n/a 0.7% 0% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 371 -64.4% 0.4% 0% Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0 0 295 n/a 0.3% 0% Candidates and Ward Results
Below is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. The winning candidate per ward is in bold.
Ancoats and Clayton Ward
Ancoats & Clayton Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Mike Carmody* 1,428 59.7 -4.9 Liberal Democrat Carol Connell 403 16.9 -3.2 Conservative David Morgan 334 14.0 +8.3 Green Sophy Hansford 226 9.5 +3.2 Majority 1,025 42.9 -1.6 Turnout 2,391 23.4 -1.0 Labour hold Swing Ardwick Ward
Ardwick Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Tom O'Callaghan* 1,180 62.1 +4.7 Liberal Democrat Mohammed Sajjad 346 18.2 -6.6 Conservative Claire Babington 221 11.6 +4.3 Green Andrew Speke 152 8.0 -2.6 Majority 836 44.0 +11.4 Turnout 1,899 17.9 -3.6 Labour hold Swing Baguley Ward
Baguley Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Co-op Tony Burns* 1,123 46.7 -5.9 Conservative Nathan Cruddas 565 23.5 +3.5 Socialist Alternative Lynn Worthington 295 12.3 +1.9 Liberal Democrat Ann Rodgers 243 10.1 +0.4 Green Lynne Richmond 179 7.4 +0.1 Majority 558 23.2 -9.5 Turnout 2,405 22.9 -0.1 Labour hold Swing Bradford Ward
Bradford Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Neil Swannick* 1,467 67.1 -3.7 Liberal Democrat Chris Jenkinson 286 13.1 -0.7 Conservative Rod Keller 224 10.2 +1.1 Green Andrew Bullen 209 9.6 +3.3 Majority 1,181 54.0 -3.0 Turnout 2,186 22.0 -0.3 Labour hold Swing Brooklands Ward
Brooklands Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Glynn Evans* 1,274 44.2 -6.1 Conservative Marie Raynor 1,106 38.4 +5.4 Liberal Democrat Gary Bridges 362 12.6 +0.8 Green Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh 146 5.1 +0.3 Majority 168 5.8 -11.5 Turnout 2,882 28.6 -0.5 Labour hold Swing Burnage Ward
Burnage Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat John Cameron* 2,096 64.8 +10.5 Labour Tom Murphy 768 23.7 -12.3 Conservative Peter Schofield 228 7.1 +1.3 Green Angela Tibke 142 4.4 +0.5 Majority 1,328 41.1 +22.8 Turnout 3,234 31.0 -1.0 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Charlestown Ward
Charlestown Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Mark Hackett* 1,328 46.0 -13.0 BNP Stephen Moran 687 23.8 +23.8 Conservative Gareth Brown 425 14.7 -1.3 Green Michael Prior 186 6.4 +0.7 Liberal Democrat Alexandra Reynolds-Cocroft 178 6.2 -4.1 UKIP Catherine Ritchie 84 2.9 -6.2 Majority 641 22.2 -20.7 Turnout 2,888 29.8 +2.0 Labour hold Swing Cheetham Ward
Cheetham Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Martin Pagel* 1,735 49.9 -14.7 Conservative Wajid Ali 673 19.3 +8.8 Respect Kay Phillips 502 14.4 +14.4 Liberal Democrat Sham Raja 429 12.3 -3.5 Green Luke Smith 141 4.1 -5.1 Majority 1,062 30.5 -18.3 Turnout 3,480 29.2 -2.3 Labour hold Swing Chorlton Ward
Chorlton Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Sheila Newman* 2,126 45.2 +4.8 Liberal Democrat Lianne Williams 1,867 39.7 -1.6 Green Brian Candeland 448 9.5 -2.8 Conservative David Hopps 260 5.5 -0.5 Majority 259 5.5 +4.5 Turnout 4,701 46.0 +2.7 Labour hold Swing Chorlton Park Ward
Chorlton Park Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Bernie Ryan 1,693 53.4 -2.0 Labour Co-op John Hacking 763 24.0 +0.6 Green Kathryn Brownbridge 359 11.3 -1.2 Conservative Christopher Green 358 11.3 +2.5 Majority 930 29.3 -2.7 Turnout 3,173 30.5 -0.5 Liberal Democrat hold Swing City Centre Ward
City Centre Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Marc Ramsbottom* 568 36.1 +3.3 Labour Anthony McCaul 479 30.5 +4.7 Conservative Rob Adlard 386 24.6 +2.0 Green Peter Birkinshaw 139 8.8 -2.5 Majority 89 5.7 -1.4 Turnout 1,572 15.0 -1.0 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Crumpsall Ward
Crumpsall Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Richard Leese* 1,773 56.5 -3.6 Conservative Kim Glasspole 597 19.0 +0.5 Liberal Democrat Rashid Shahbaz 354 11.3 -1.8 Green Eithne Quinn 208 6.6 -1.7 UKIP Bob Willescroft 206 6.6 +6.6 Majority 1,176 37.5 -4.1 Turnout 3,138 30.0 +0.1 Labour hold Swing Didsbury East Ward
Didsbury East Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat David Sandiford* 2,050 52.5 +6.6 Labour Andrew Simcock 1,053 27.0 -5.2 Conservative Louise Quigley 492 12.6 -0.4 Green Gerry Gee 310 7.9 -1.0 Majority 997 25.5 +11.8 Turnout 3,905 38.0 -1.1 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Didsbury West Ward
Didsbury West Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Graham Shaw* 1,283 47.2 +1.5 Labour Jenny Lennox 620 22.8 -1.7 Conservative David Bean 451 16.6 +2.3 Green James Alden 281 10.3 -3.1 UKIP Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley 81 3.0 +0.9 Majority 663 24.4 +3.2 Turnout 2716 27.8 -1.4 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Fallowfield Ward
Fallowfield Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour David Royle* 1,178 51.4 -4.5 Liberal Democrat Kas Afzal 643 28.1 +6.1 Conservative Colin Power 263 11.5 +0.9 Green Daniel Lee 207 9.0 -2.6 Majority 535 23.4 -10.5 Turnout 2,291 22.8 +2.8 Labour hold Swing Gorton North Ward
Gorton North Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Jackie Pearcey* 1,468 48.7 -3.6 Labour John Hughes 1,156 38.3 -2.4 Conservative Jane Percival 242 8.0 +4.2 Green Karl Wardlaw 150 5.0 +1.8 Majority 312 10.3 -1.3 Turnout 3,016 27.5 -4.1 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Gorton South Ward
Gorton South Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Charles Glover* 1,262 42.8 -9.3 Labour Julie Reid 1,017 34.5 -3.0 Left List Sue McPherson 292 9.9 +9.9 Conservative William Clapham 217 7.4 +3.2 Green Deborah Clarke 164 5.6 +1.2 Majority 245 8.3 +3.9 Turnout 2,952 25.2 -1.7 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Harpurhey Ward
Harpurhey Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Patrick Karney* 1,475 57.3 -1.6 Conservative Will Palmer 500 19.4 +7.8 Liberal Democrat Dave Page 317 12.3 -1.7 Green Katherine Smith 283 11.0 +5.8 Majority 975 37.9 -7.0 Turnout 2,575 21.1 +0.3 Labour hold Swing Higher Blackley Ward
Higher Blackley Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ken Barnes* 1,328 43.8 -4.6 BNP Derek Adams 828 27.3 +3.4 Conservative Vivienne Clarke 467 15.4 +3.0 Liberal Democrat Lee Walker 248 8.2 -0.8 Green Michael Daw 164 5.4 +1.8 Majority 500 16.5 -8.0 Turnout 3,035 30.3 +0.6 Labour hold Swing Hulme Ward
Hulme Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Emily Lomax 961 42.2 -7.9 Green Steven Durrant 911 40.0 +7.4 Conservative Jamie Hutchinson 215 9.4 +3.1 Liberal Democrat Glenn Hinks 190 8.3 -2.7 Majority 50 2.2 -15.3 Turnout 2,277 21.7 +0.8 Labour gain from Green Swing Levenshulme Ward
Levenshulme Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Keith Whitmore* 1,530 55.7 +4.5 Labour Quammer Ahmad 715 26.0 -1.4 Green Justine Hall 327 11.9 -0.4 Conservative Abbas Khurshid 175 6.4 -2.7 Majority 815 29.7 +5.9 Turnout 2,747 26.7 -0.3 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Longsight Ward
Longsight Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Luthfur Rahman 2,005 61.6 +14.1 Liberal Democrat Liaqat Ali* 858 26.4 -21.1 Green Spencer Fitz-Gibbon 237 7.3 -2.8 Conservative Daniel Valentine 153 4.7 -0.3 Majority 1,147 35.3 +25.3 Turnout 3,253 31.4 0 Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Miles Platting and Newton Heath Ward
Miles Platting & Newton Heath Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Damien O'Connor 1,441 45.6 +5.0 Labour Christine Carroll* 1,256 39.5 -3.1 BNP Joseph Cegla 250 7.9 -0.3 Conservative Vaseem Valentine 147 4.6 +0.6 Green Jonathan Mercer 83 2.6 +0.2 Majority 185 5.8 +3.8 Turnout 3,177 31.0 +0.4 Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing Moss Side Ward
Moss Side Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Alistair Cox* 1,776 68.0 +0.8 Liberal Democrat Zeke Ukairo 271 10.5 -5.1 Green Nigel Woodcock 225 8.6 -0.4 Conservative Kashif Ali 185 7.1 -1.2 Respect Ali Shelmani 153 5.9 +5.9 Majority 1,505 57.7 +6.0 Turnout 2,610 24.6 +0.2 Labour hold Swing Moston Ward
Moston Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Paul Murphy* 1,551 49.5 -6.0 Conservative Gareth Morris 936 29.9 +9.8 Liberal Democrat Timothy Hartley 398 12.7 +2.8 Green Tom Redford 246 7.9 +3.7 Majority 615 19.6 -15.8 Turnout 3,131 28.6 -0.6 Labour hold Swing Northenden Ward
Northenden Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Martin Eakins 1,562 43.8 +2.5 Labour Michael Kane* 1,554 43.6 -1.0 Conservative Sarah Lovell 293 8.2 -0.3 Green Lance Crookes 159 4.5 -1.1 Majority 8 0.2 -3.0 Turnout 3,568 33.7 +2.4 Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing Old Moat Ward
Old Moat Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Andrew Fender* 1,391 50.5 -3.2 Liberal Democrat Sufiyan Rana 947 34.4 +5.3 Green Lia Sims 213 7.7 -1.2 Conservative Paul Lally 205 7.4 -1.0 Majority 444 16.1 -8.5 Turnout 2,756 26.8 +1.3 Labour hold Swing Rusholme Ward
Rusholme Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Paul Shannon* 1,090 42.7 +0.4 Labour Atiha Chaudry 693 27.2 +1.8 Left List Nahella Ashraf 320 12.5 -5.7 Conservative Dola Miah 291 11.4 +4.9 Green Penny Collins 158 6.2 -1.4 Majority 397 15.6 -1.3 Turnout 2,552 25.7 -5.0 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Sharston Ward
Sharston Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Co-op Tommy Judge* 1,115 47.2 -5.3 Conservative Jimmy McCullough 773 32.7 +7.2 Liberal Democrat Bill Fisher 274 11.6 -0.7 Green Karen Duffy 199 8.4 -1.3 Majority 324 13.7 -13.3 Turnout 2,361 21.1 -0.7 Labour hold Swing Whalley Range Ward
Whalley Range Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat John Grant* 1,683 39.3 -10.9 Labour Amina Lone 1,271 29.7 -5.3 Conservative Fawad Hussain 945 22.1 +17.0 Green Mary Candeland 381 8.9 -0.8 Majority 412 9.6 -5.5 Turnout 4,280 40.5 +1.5 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Withington Ward
Withington Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing Woodhouse Park Ward
Woodhouse Park Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Brian O'Neil* 1,227 60.6 -4.7 Conservative Stephen Heath 473 23.4 +5.2 Liberal Democrat Joe Podbylski 166 8.2 -0.6 Green Jody Bradford 159 7.9 +0.1 Majority 754 37.4 -9.6 Turnout 2,018 20.8 -0.4 Labour hold Swing See also
References
- ^ "Election results/Manchester". BBC. 2008-05-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/bn.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
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