Burnage is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England.[2] Different parts of this ward are represented by different MPs following boundary changes in 2018; the majority of the ward is part of the Manchester Withington constituency but a portion is part of the Manchester Gorton constituency. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 15,227.[1]
Burnage (Manchester) | |
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Motto(s): By wisdom and effort | |
Coordinates: 53°25′38″N 2°12′24″W / 53.4271°N 2.2067°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | North West England |
County | Greater Manchester |
Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
Created | May 1973 |
Named for | Burnage |
Government | |
• Type | Unicameral |
• Body | Manchester City Council |
• Leader of the council | Bev Craig (Labour) |
• Councillor | Azra Ali (Labour) |
• Councillor | Bev Craig (Labour) |
• Councillor | Ben Clay (Labour) |
Population | |
• Total | 15,227 |
UK Parliamentary Constituency | Manchester Withington |
Member of Parliament | Jeff Smith |
UK Parliamentary Constituency | Manchester Gorton |
Member of Parliament | Afzal Khan |
Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1] |
Councillors
editAs of 2021[update] three councillors serve the ward: Azra Ali (Lab),[3] Ben Clay (Lab),[4] and Bev Craig (Lab).[5]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | Rodney Isherwood (Lib Dem) | Iain Donaldson (Lib Dem) | John Cameron (Lib Dem) | |||
2006 | Rodney Isherwood (Lib Dem) | Iain Donaldson (Lib Dem) | John Cameron (Lib Dem) | |||
2007 | Rodney Isherwood (Lib Dem) | Iain Donaldson (Lib Dem) | John Cameron (Lib Dem) | |||
2008 | Rodney Isherwood (Lib Dem) | Iain Donaldson (Lib Dem) | John Cameron (Lib Dem) | |||
2010 | William Fisher (Lib Dem) | Iain Donaldson (Lib Dem) | John Cameron (Lib Dem) | |||
2011 | William Fisher (Lib Dem) | Carl Austin (Lab) | Bev Craig (Lab) | |||
2012 | William Fisher (Lib Dem) | Carl Austin (Lab) | Bev Craig (Lab) | |||
2014 | Azra Ali (Lab) | Carl Austin (Lab) | Bev Craig (Lab) | |||
2015 | Azra Ali (Lab) | Carl Austin (Lab) | Bev Craig (Lab) | |||
2016 | Azra Ali (Lab) | Carl Austin-Behan[6] (Lab) | Bev Craig (Lab) | |||
2018 | Azra Ali (Lab) | Bev Craig (Lab) | Ben Clay (Lab) | |||
2019 | Azra Ali (Lab) | Bev Craig (Lab) | Ben Clay (Lab) | |||
2021 | Azra Ali (Lab) | Bev Craig (Lab) | Ben Clay (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election.
Elections in 2020s
edit* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
May 2021
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bev Craig* | 3,036 | 72.2 | 1.8 | |
Conservative | Shahed Hossain | 421 | 10.0 | 3.3 | |
Green | Brian Candeland | 341 | 8.1 | 4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Dwan | 270 | 6.4 | 9.0 | |
Independent | Andrea Timoney | 137 | 3.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,615 | 62.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 43 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,248 | 30.7 | |||
Registered electors | 13,045 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.6 |
Elections in 2010s
editMay 2019
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Azra Ali* | 2,337 | 64.0 | 0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrea Timoney | 570 | 15.6 | 2.2 | |
Green | Benjamin Dundas | 362 | 9.9 | 0.6 | |
UKIP | Ian Rae | 233 | 6.4 | n/a | |
Conservative | Shahed Hossain | 149 | 4.1 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 1,767 | 48.2 | 2.7 | ||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.49 | |||
Turnout | 3,668 | 28.66 | 3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,800 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.45 |
May 2018
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Clay | 2,913 | 69.5 | ||
Labour | Bev Craig* | 2,853 | 68.1 | ||
Labour | Azra Ali* | 2,652 | 63.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrea Timoney | 747 | 17.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Maria Turner | 541 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mohamed Sabbagh | 457 | 10.9 | ||
Green | Lance Crookes | 442 | 10.5 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Baxter | 291 | 6.9 | ||
Conservative | Lexi Webster | 241 | 5.8 | ||
Conservative | Shahed Hossain | 234 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,191 | 32.6 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
May 2016
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bev Craig* | 2,291 | 63.20 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Maria Theresa Turner | 489 | 13.49 | ||
UKIP | Liam Thomas Evans | 460 | 12.69 | ||
Green | Sam Darby | 339 | 9.35 | ||
Conservative | Sahed Hossain | 46 | 1.27 | ||
Majority | 1,802 | 49.71 | |||
Turnout | 3,625 | 33.82 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2015
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carl Jason Austin* | 4,010 | 60.9 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maria Theresa Turner | 1,235 | 18.8 | −7.2 | |
Green | Sam Darby | 815 | 12.4 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Shahed Hossain | 524 | 8.0 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 2,775 | 42.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,584 | 60.2 | +20.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2014
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Azra Ali | 2,055 | 55.65 | +13.25 | |
Green | Sam Darby | 685 | 18.55 | +14.55 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronan Stafford | 684 | 18.52 | −26.88 | |
Conservative | Josh Lelliot | 269 | 7.28 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 1,370 | 37.10 | |||
Turnout | 3,693 | 33.76 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
May 2012
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bev Craig* | 2,416 | 72.0 | +48.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Grace Baynham | 513 | 15.3 | −49.5 | |
Green | Sam Darby | 262 | 7.8 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Schofield | 163 | 4.9 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 1,903 | 56.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,354 | 31.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2011
editParty | 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 |
May 2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | William David Fisher | 2,735 | 45.4 | −19.4 | |
Labour | Carl Jason Austin | 2,552 | 42.4 | +18.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Malcolm Schofield | 489 | 8.1 | +1.0 | |
Green | Dan Collinson | 243 | 4.0 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 183 | 3.0 | −38.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,019 | 57.6 | +26.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -19.0 |
Elections in 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | +11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Iain Donaldson* | 1,825 | 54.3 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Frank Duffy | 1,209 | 36.0 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Peter Schofield | 194 | 5.8 | −2.4 | |
Green | Joseph Gair | 132 | 3.9 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 616 | 18.3 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,360 | 32.0 | +2.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Alan Isherwood* | 1,460 | 47.5 | −10.4 | |
Labour | Frank Oliver Duffy | 1,169 | 38.0 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Helen Keller | 252 | 8.2 | −0.5 | |
Green | Elindsay James | 149 | 4.8 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 291 | 9.5 | −23.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,073 | 29.8 | −10.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Cameron* | 2,484 | 57.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Iain Donaldson* | 1,925 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Isherwood | 1,846 | |||
Labour | Frank Duffy | 1,085 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Bernard Selby* | 964 | |||
Labour | William Parbury | 542 | |||
Conservative | Gregory Stevens | 373 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Green | Matthew Payne | 344 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Green | Michael Shaw | 263 | |||
Green | Barry McAtarsney | 230 | |||
Majority | 761 | 32.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,286 | 40.1 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Cameron | 1,758 | 60.8 | +18.7 | |
Labour | Michael Green* | 914 | 31.6 | −14.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Schofield | 142 | 4.9 | −3.6 | |
Green | Michael Shaw | 79 | 2.7 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 844 | 29.2 | +25.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,893 | 29.1 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +16.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marilyn Taylor* | 1,330 | 46.3 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Cameron | 1,211 | 42.1 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Schofield | 243 | 8.5 | −9.2 | |
Green | Michael Shaw | 91 | 3.2 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 119 | 4.1 | −14.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,875 | 28.5 | +6.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathleen Robinson* | 956 | 45.4 | −15.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Cameron | 567 | 26.9 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Peter Schofield | 372 | 17.7 | −1.7 | |
Green | Adrian Crawford | 210 | 10.0 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 389 | 18.5 | −22.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,105 | 21.9 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.4 |
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