2010 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the 2010 UK General Election. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2014. Since the election there had been a further defection from the Liberal Democrats to Labour. Labour held overall control of the council, on a high turnout - owing to the general election on the same day - of 50.9%.^[1]

2010 Manchester City Council election

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32 of 96 seats on Manchester City Council 49 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 62 33 Seats won 23 9 Seats after 62 33 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 83,258 57,309 Percentage 46.4% 32.0%
Map of the results of the 2010 Manchester City council election, with Labour in red and the Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Leader before election Richard Leese Labour Leader following election Richard Leese Labour

Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 2010

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	23	2	2	0	71.9	46.4	83,258	+3.4%
	Liberal Democrats	9	2	2	0	28.1	32.0	57,309	+1.6%
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	12.1	21,712	-2.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.8	8,589	-3.5%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	4,274	+0.5%
	Respect	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	1,830	+0.3%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	1,658	+0.5%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	399	+0.2%
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	223	+0.1%
	Libertarian	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	55	0.0%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:^[2]

Party		Seats	+/-
	Labour	62	0
	Liberal Democrat	33	0
	Conservative	1	0

Ward results

Ancoats and Clayton

Ancoats and Clayton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jim Battle*	2,845	54.8	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Claude Diele Nsumbu	1,265	24.4	+7.5
	Conservative	Michael Noel Liffen	678	13.1	+0.9
	Green	Peter Dexter Birkinshaw	404	7.8	−1.7
Majority			1580	30.4	−12.5
Turnout			5192	46.1	+22.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.2

Ardwick

Ardwick^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mavis Smitheman*	2,581	58.3	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Asad Osman	1,112	25.1	+6.9
	Conservative	Andrew Paul Hartley	463	10.5	−1.1
	Green	Patrick Thomas Sudlow	271	6.1	−1.9
Majority			1,469	33.2	−10.8
Turnout			4,427	39.0	+21.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.3

Baguley

Baguley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Eddie McCulley*	2,263	47.1	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Patricia Bennett	1,178	24.5	+14.4
	Conservative	Ralph Ellerton	777	16.2	−7.3
	UKIP	Eugene Cassidy	329	6.8	+6.8
	Green	Ethne Quinn	134	2.8	−4.6
	Socialist Alternative	Lynn Worthington	128	2.7	−9.6
Majority			1,085	22.6	−0.6
Turnout			4,809	44.9	+22.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.0

Bradford

Bradford^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Longsden*	2,890	63.9	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah McCulloch	906	20.0	+6.9
	Conservative	Adam Shaw	513	11.3	+1.1
	Green	Andrew James Bullen	214	4.7	−4.9
Majority			1,984	43.9	−10.1
Turnout			4,523	42.1	+20.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.0

Brooklands

Brooklands^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Murphy*	2,633	46.2	+2.0
	Conservative	Marie Raynor	1,534	26.9	−11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter James Maxson	1,061	18.6	+6.0
	UKIP	Pam Shotton	298	5.2	+5.2
	Green	Elaine Brown	167	2.9	−2.2
Majority			1,099	19.3	+13.5
Turnout			5,693	55.4	+26.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.7

Burnage

Burnage^[1]

Party		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

Charlestown

Charlestown^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Kirkpatrick*	2,828	54.6	+8.6
	BNP	Stephen Moran	802	15.5	−8.3
	Conservative	Philip Steven Donohue	749	14.5	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hardwick-Moss	673	13.0	+6.8
	Green	Michael Prior	127	2.5	−3.9
Majority			2,026	39.1	+16.9
Turnout			5179	51.2	+21.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.4

Cheetham

Cheetham^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naeem-Ul Hassan*	3,451	53.8	+3.9
	Conservative	Imran Raza Rizvi	1,433	22.3	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Liaqat Ali	929	14.5	+2.2
	Respect	Kay Phillips	607	9.5	−4.9
Majority			2,018	31.4	+0.9
Turnout			6,420	47.9	+18.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

Chorlton

Chorlton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Max Mark Chamberlain	3,349	43.6	+3.9
	Labour	Amina Lone	2,981	38.8	−6.4
	Green	Brian Arthur Candeland	825	10.7	+1.2
	Conservative	Saira Hanif	522	6.8	+1.3
Majority			368	4.8	−0.7
Turnout			7,677	72.5	+26.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+5.1

Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lewis*	3,605	53.3	−0.1
	Labour	Ian Hyde	2,193	32.4	+8.4
	Conservative	Mohammed Afzal	524	7.8	−3.5
	Green	James Alden	439	6.5	−4.8
Majority			1,412	20.9	−8.4
Turnout			6,761	63.9	+33.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.2

City Centre

City Centre^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Boyes*	2,080	40.6	+4.5
	Labour	Anthony McCaul	1,610	31.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Yan Zhang	1,106	21.6	−3.0
	Green	Iain Hepworth	323	6.3	−2.5
Majority			470	9.2	+3.5
Turnout			5,119	43.0	+28.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.7

Crumpsall

Crumpsall^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon-Leigh Pritchard*	3,179	57.9	+1.4
	Conservative	Shamin Raja Akhtar	924	16.8	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mo Saqib	669	12.2	+0.9
	UKIP	Rob Willescroft	394	7.2	+0.6
	Respect	Madaser Anwar	321	7.2	+7.2
Majority			2,255	41.1	+3.6
Turnout			5,487	52.3	+22.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Didsbury East

Didsbury East^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Taylor	3,364	46.7	−5.8
	Labour	Andrew Simcock	2,622	36.4	+9.4
	Conservative	Asad Khan	806	11.2	−1.4
	Green	Gerry Gee	419	5.8	−2.1
Majority			742	10.3	−15.2
Turnout			7,211	68.8	+30.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-7.6

Didsbury West

Didsbury West^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Clayton*	3,088	50.2	+3.0
	Labour	David Clive Ellison	1,978	32.2	+9.4
	Conservative	David Michael Bean	1,086	17.7	+1.1
Majority			1,110	18.0	−6.4
Turnout			6,152	61.4	+33.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-3.2

Fallowfield

Fallowfield^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mike Amesbury*	2,534	48.0	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Page	1,716	32.5	+4.4
	Conservative	Nick Kling	746	14.1	+2.6
	Green	Daniel Benjamin Lee	286	5.4	−3.6
Majority			818	15.5	−7.9
Turnout			5,282	50.3	+27.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.9

Gorton North

Gorton North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nilofar Siddiqi*	2,356	46.3	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Copeland	2,046	40.2	−8.5
	Conservative	Jean Mee	475	9.3	+1.3
	Green	Karl Wardlaw	213	4.2	−0.8
Majority			310	6.1	−4.2
Turnout			5,090	46.4	+18.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.2

Gorton South

Gorton South^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Reid	2,737	45.9	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Bridges*	2,529	42.4	−0.4
	Conservative	William Lawrence Clapham	426	7.1	−0.3
	Respect	Marie-Angelique Bueler	270	4.5	+4.5
Majority			208	3.5	−4.8
Turnout			5,962	49.8	+24.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+5.9

Harpurhey

Harpurhey^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Fairweather*	3,054	60.0	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andi Sidwell	684	13.4	+1.1
	BNP	Peter Brown	627	12.3	+12.3
	Conservative	Martin James Rosen	587	11.5	−7.9
	Green	Arteth Jean Gray	141	2.8	−8.2
Majority			2,370	46.5	+8.6
Turnout			5,093	42.1	+21.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.8

Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Trotman*	3,037	56.6	+12.8
	Conservative	Vivienne Inez Clarke	820	15.3	−0.1
	BNP	Derek George Adams	813	15.2	−12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Renaud-Komiya	581	10.8	+2.6
	Respect	Paul Kelly	111	2.1	+2.1
Majority			2,217	41.3	+24.8
Turnout			5,362	52.0	+21.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.4

Hulme

Hulme^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Joseph Murphy*	2,445	45.8	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian James Kimpton	1,229	23.0	+14.7
	Green	Gayle Simms O'Donnovan	1,172	22.0	−18.0
	Conservative	Amjad Nasir	490	9.2	−0.2
Majority			1,216	22.8	+20.6
Turnout			5,336	46.3	+24.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.5

Levenshulme

Levenshulme^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Hennigan	2,546	41.7	−14.0
	Labour	Aftab Ahmed	2,340	38.3	+12.3
	Green	David William Mottram	664	10.9	−1.0
	Conservative	Rob Manning	556	9.1	+2.7
Majority			206	3.4	−26.3
Turnout			6,106	56.7	+30.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-13.1

Longsight

Longsight^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Suzanne Richards	2,639	49.1	−12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jawaid Iqbal Chaudhry	2,101	39.1	+12.7
	Conservative	Tahir Mahmood Khan	351	6.5	+1.8
	Respect	Martin Lambert	282	5.2	+5.2
Majority			538	10.0	−25.3
Turnout			5,373	52.9	+17.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.6

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Flanagan*	2,402	50.1	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Diamond	1,596	33.3	−12.3
	BNP	John O'Shaughnessy	400	8.3	+0.4
	Conservative	Sheraz Sherazi	265	5.5	+0.9
	Green	Christopher Hyland	80	1.7	−0.9
	Libertarian	Stuart Charles Heal	55	1.1	+1.1
Majority			806	16.8	+11.0
Turnout			4,798	45.8	+14.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.4

Moss Side

Moss Side^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Blake Walters*	3,681	65.5	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ahmed Samatar	1,160	20.6	+10.1
	Conservative	William Stobart	362	6.4	−0.7
	Green	Nigel James Woodcock	306	5.4	−3.2
	Independent	Colette Williams	109	1.9	+1.9
Majority			2,521	44.9	−12.8
Turnout			5,618	48.9	+24.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.3

Moston

Moston^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rita Tavernor*	2,701	44.0	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Hartley	1,768	28.8	+16.1
	Conservative	Steven Booth	836	13.6	−16.3
	BNP	Tony Trebilcock	765	12.5	+12.5
	Green	Mosab Musbahi	74	1.2	−6.7
Majority			933	15.2	−4.4
Turnout			6,144	56.0	+27.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.8

Northenden

Northenden^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Di Mauro	2,503	42.2	−1.6
	Labour	Richard James Cowell*	2,478	41.8	−1.8
	Conservative	Steve Whittaker	546	9.2	+1.0
	BNP	Sarah Anne Barnes	233	3.9	+3.9
	UKIP	Michael Kevin Conlan	166	2.8	+2.8
Majority			25	0.4	+0.2
Turnout			5,926	54.4	+20.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+0.1

Old Moat

Old Moat^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Suzannah Mary Reeves	2,531	43.8	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Mackle	2,216	38.3	+3.9
	Conservative	Shaden Jaradat	489	8.5	+1.1
	Green	Rowan William Smith	410	7.1	−0.6
	Independent	Yasmin Zalzala	133	2.3	+2.3
Majority			315	5.5	−10.6
Turnout			5,779	54.6	+27.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.3

Rusholme

Rusholme^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rabnawaz Akbar	2,259	44.1	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tanvir Akhtar	1,885	36.8	−5.9
	Conservative	Dola Miah	466	9.1	−2.3
	Green	Justine Hall	342	6.7	+0.5
	TUSC	Nahella Ashraf	95	1.9	+1.9
	Respect	Ali Shelmani	73	1.4	+1.4
Majority			374	7.3	−8.3
Turnout			5,120	51.3	+25.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+11.4

Sharston

Sharston^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Hugh Barrett*	2,335	45.6	−1.6
	Conservative	Gregory Barrie Davis	933	18.2	−14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Francesca Bliss	930	18.2	+6.6
	BNP	Bernard Todd	371	7.2	+7.2
	UKIP	Robert Edward Burke	283	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	Jimmy McCullough	157	3.1	+3.1
	Green	Luke Smith	114	2.2	−6.2
Majority			1,402	27.4	+13.7
Turnout			5,123	44.4	+23.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.4

Whalley Range

Whalley Range^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Rose Watson*	3,137	46.5	+16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sajjad	2,330	34.6	−4.7
	Green	Mary Rosalind Candeland	556	8.2	−0.7
	Conservative	Sophia Fox-Miles	552	8.2	−13.9
	Respect	Mohammed Zulfikar	166	2.5	+2.5
Majority			807	12.0	+2.4
Turnout			6,741	61.4	+20.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.7

Withington

Withington^[1]

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

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Newman*	2,428	57.9	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Roberts	626	14.9	+6.7
	Conservative	Stephen John Heath	608	14.5	−8.9
	BNP	Robin Wayne Sharman	263	6.3	+6.3
	UKIP	Christopher James Cassidy	188	4.5	+4.5
	Green	May Molteno	77	1.8	−6.1
Majority			1,802	43.0	+5.6
Turnout			4,190	42.2	+21.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7

By-elections between 2010 and 2011

Hulme By-Election 4 November 2010^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amina Lone	1,031	60.6	+14.8
	Green	Deyika Nzeribe	451	26.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Baynham	151	8.9	−14.1
	Conservative	Will Stobart	67	3.9	−5.3
Majority			580	34.1	+11.3
Turnout			1,700	10.9	−35.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.1

Baguley By-Election 20 January 2011^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracey Rawlins	996	70.8	+23.7
	Conservative	Ralph Ellerton	160	11.4	−4.8
	UKIP	Christopher Cassidy	76	5.4	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Donaghey	52	3.7	−20.8
	BNP	Bernard Todd	52	3.7	+3.7
	Green	Mike Dagley	51	3.6	−0.8
	Independent	Honor Donnelly	19	1.4	+1.4
Majority			836	59.5	+36.9
Turnout			1,406	12.9	−32.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.2