Burnage (ward)

For the area of Manchester, see Burnage.

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)
Electoral ward
Burnage electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Coat of arms
Motto:  By wisdom and effort
Interactive map of Burnage (Manchester)
Coordinates: 53.4271°N 2.2067°W / 53.4271; -2.2067
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	May 1973
Named after	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

As 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

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

May 2021

2021

Party		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

May 2019

2019

Party		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

2018^[7]

Party		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

2016^[8]

Party		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

2015^[9]

Party		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

2014^[10]

Party		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

2012^[11]

Party		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

2011^[12]

Party		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

2010^[13]

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

Elections in 2000s

2008^[14]

Party		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

2007^[15]

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

2006^[16]

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

2004^[17]

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)

2003^[18]

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

2002^[19]

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

2000^[20]

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