2008 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 1 May 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.
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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 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, who had suffered two defections since the last election - firstly the aforementioned Tory defection, and another to Labour - gained two councillors (in Miles Platting & Newton Heath and Northenden) but lost one (in Longsight) to Labour.
Voting took place between 7am and 10pm on Thursday 1 May 2008 and counting took place that night at the Town Hall. Overall turnout fell slightly to 27%.[2][3]
Election result
editChanges compared to the 2007 election.
Manchester Council Election Result[3] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 19 | 59.4 | 42 | 61 | 62.5 | 39,300 | 43.0 | 2.4% | ||
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 1 | 40.6 | 21 | 34 | 35.4 | 27,773 | 30.4 | 1.4% | |
Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 12,999 | 14.2 | 3.2% | ||
Green | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,602 | 8.3 | 0.1% | |
BNP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,765 | 1.9 | 0.8% | ||
Respect | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 655 | 0.6 | 0.1% | ||
Left List | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 612 | 0.6 | n/a | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 371 | 0.4 | 0.7% | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 295 | 0.3 |
Ward results
editBelow 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Carmody* | 1,428 | 59.7 | −4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -0.8 |
Ardwick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom O'Callaghan* | 1,180 | 62.1 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | +5.6 |
Baguley
editParty | 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 Democrats | 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 | -4.7 |
Bradford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Swannick* | 1,467 | 67.1 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -1.5 |
Brooklands
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glynn Evans* | 1,274 | 44.2 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Marie Raynor | 1,106 | 38.4 | +5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -5.7 |
Burnage
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 |
Charlestown
editParty | 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 Democrats | 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 | -18.4 |
Cheetham
editParty | 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 Democrats | 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 | -11.7 |
Chorlton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Newman* | 2,126 | 45.2 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | +3.2 |
Chorlton Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | -1.3 |
City Centre
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Crumpsall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Leese* | 1,773 | 56.5 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Kim Glasspole | 597 | 19.0 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -2.0 |
Didsbury East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Didsbury West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 | 2,716 | 27.8 | −1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Fallowfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Royle* | 1,178 | 51.4 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -5.3 |
Gorton North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Gorton South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Harpurhey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Karney* | 1,475 | 57.3 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Will Palmer | 500 | 19.4 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -4.7 |
Higher Blackley
editParty | 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 Democrats | 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 | -4.0 |
Hulme
editParty | 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 Democrats | 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 | -7.6 |
Levenshulme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Longsight
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Luthfur Rahman | 2,005 | 61.6 | +14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | +0.0 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +17.6 |
Miles Platting and Newton Heath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +4.0 |
Moss Side
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Alistair Cox* | 1,776 | 68.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -2.9 |
Moston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Murphy* | 1,551 | 49.5 | −6.0 | |
Conservative | Gareth Morris | 936 | 29.9 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -7.9 |
Northenden
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +1.7 |
Old Moat
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Fender* | 1,391 | 50.5 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -4.2 |
Rusholme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Sharston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Tommy Judge* | 1,115 | 47.2 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | Jimmy McCullough | 773 | 32.7 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -6.2 |
Whalley Range
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | -8.1 |
Withington
editParty | 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 |
Woodhouse Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian O'Neil* | 1,227 | 60.6 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Heath | 473 | 23.4 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -4.9 |
By-elections between 2008 and 2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lianne Caroline Williams | 1,439 | 55.6 | +8.4 | |
Labour | David Clive Ellison | 638 | 24.7 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | David Michael Bean | 336 | 13.0 | −3.6 | |
Green | Geoff Evans | 173 | 6.7 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 801 | 31.0 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,586 | 26.1 | −1.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rita Anne Tavernor | 1,353 | 38.7 | −10.8 | |
BNP | Derek George Adams | 815 | 23.3 | +23.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy John Hartley | 696 | 19.9 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Phil Donohue | 558 | 16.0 | −13.9 | |
Green | Karl Wardlaw | 74 | 2.1 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 538 | 15.4 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,586 | 26.1 | −1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -17.0 |
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Local Election Results 2008". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Local Election Archive: 2008 - Manchester". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ a b "By-election results: 2006–2011". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2012.