Manchester City Council election, 2012
Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 3 May 2012, on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012. One third of the council was up for election, with those councillors elected in the Manchester Council election, 2008 having defended their seats on this occasion with vote share changes compared on that basis.
The current composition of the Council is as follows:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 86 | +25 | |
Liberal Democrat | 9 | -25 | |
Independent | 1 | +1 |
Election result
Manchester Council Election Result 2012 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 32 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 100 | 65.73 | 59632 | +22.73 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | -12 | -12 | 0 | 14.70 | 13341 | -15.7 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.60 | 7801 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 6084 | -7.49 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.24 | 2034 | +1.84 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.99 | 898 | +0.99 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.52 | 472 | -1.38 | ||
Pirate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.29 | 259 | +0.29 | ||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 153 | -0.53 | ||
Communist League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 52 | +0.06 | ||
Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election.
Ancoats and Clayton
Ancoats and Clayton[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mike Carmody* | 1,862 | 74.3 | +14.6 | |
Green | Peter Birkinshaw | 215 | 8.6 | -0.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Ford | 173 | 6.9 | -7.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Claude-Diele Nsumbu | 100 | 4.0 | -12.9 | |
TUSC | Alex Davidson | 82 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Pirate | Tim Dobson | 75 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,674 | 66.8 | +23.9 | ||
Turnout | 2507 | 23.47 | +0.07 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ardwick
Ardwick[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Thomas O'Callaghan* | 1,729 | 80.4 | +18.3 | |
Green | Patrick Sudlow | 146 | 6.8 | -.2 | |
Conservative | Rob Manning | 111 | 5.2 | -6.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Susan Alman | 101 | 4.7 | -13.5 | |
TUSC | Shari Holden | 64 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,683 | 78.2 | +34.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,151 | 18.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Baguley
Baguley[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Luke Raikes | 1,485 | 63.4 | +16.7 | |
UKIP | Christopher Cassidy | 281 | 12.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ralph Ellerton | 259 | 11.1 | -12.4 | |
TUSC | Lynn Worthington | 115 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Yvonne Donaghey | 102 | 4.4 | -5.7 | |
Green | Jostine Loubster | 101 | 4.3 | -3.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,343 | 21.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Bradford
Bradford[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Neil Swannick* | 1,903 | 77.7 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Sarah Bennett | 159 | 6.5 | -3.7 | |
Green | Lorna Bowen | 141 | 5.8 | -3.8 | |
Pirate | Loz Kaye | 127 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Charles Turner | 106 | 4.3 | -8.8 | |
Communist League | Peter Clifford | 14 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,450 | 21.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Brooklands
Brooklands[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Glynn Evans* | 1,629 | 53.7 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Stephen Woods | 532 | 17.6 | -20.8 | |
UKIP | Nathan Gilbert | 279 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Green | Eithne Quinn | 140 | 4.6 | -0.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Maxson | 111 | 3.7 | -8.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,031 | 28.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Burnage
Burnage[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bev Craig* | 2,416 | 72.0 | +48.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Grace Baynham | 513 | 15.3 | -49.5 | |
Green | Sam Darby | 262 | 7.8 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Schofield | 163 | 4.9 | -2.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,354 | 31.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Charlestown
Charlestown[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mark Hackett* | 1,955 | 75.3 | +29.3 | |
Conservative | Tom Archer | 292 | 11.2 | -3.5 | |
Green | Chris Hyland | 252 | 9.7 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Joanne Taylor | 98 | 3.8 | -2.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,597 | 25.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Cheetham
Cheetham[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Shaukat Ali | 2,854 | 62.3 | +12.4 | |
Independent | Shazia Butt | 1,121 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Green | Luke Smith | 261 | 5.7 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Sham Akhtar | 213 | 4.7 | -14.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rodney Isherwood | 130 | 2.8 | -9.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,579 | 30.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Chorlton
Chorlton[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Sheila Newman* | 2,433 | 56.8 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Matt Gallagher | 797 | 18.6 | -21.1 | |
Green | Brian Candeland | 503 | 11.8 | +2.3 | |
TUSC | Mark Krantz | 368 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jonathan Beardmore | 180 | 4.2 | -1.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,281 | 39.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Chorlton Park
Chorlton Park[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joanna Midgley | 2,083 | 56.2 | +32.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bernie Ryan* | 1,115 | 30.1 | -23.3 | |
Green | Leon Patsalides | 354 | 9.6 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | Leo Schindler | 156 | 4.2 | -7.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,708 | 32.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
City Centre
City Centre[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joan Davies | 704 | 38.4 | +7.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Marc Ramsbottom* | 465 | 25.4 | -10.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Liffen | 234 | 12.8 | -11.8 | |
Green | Nick Wilkinson | 190 | 10.4 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Ken Dobson | 159 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Pirate | Maria Aretoulaki | 57 | 3.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Adrienne Bennett | 25 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,864 | 13.7 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Crumpsall
Crumpsall[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Richard Leese* | 2,499 | 78.6 | +22.1 | |
Conservative | Samuel Jacob | 225 | 7.1 | -11.9 | |
UKIP | Robert Willescroft | 221 | 7.0 | +0.4 | |
Green | Kim Alwyn | 157 | 4.9 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Adam Hewitt | 77 | 2.4 | -8.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,179 | 29.2% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Didsbury East
Didsbury East[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bridie Adams | 2,039 | 50.5 | +23.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Sandiford* | 1,398 | 34.6 | -17.9 | |
Green | Amy Webber | 318 | 7.9 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | Jamie Williams | 280 | 6.9 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 641 | ||||
Turnout | 4,035 | 37.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Didsbury West
Didsbury West[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Carl Ollerhead | 1,393 | 47.5 | +24.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Graham Shaw* | 909 | 31.0 | -16.2 | |
Green | Gareth Price-Thomas | 317 | 10.8 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Dola Miah | 246 | 8.4 | -8.2 | |
Democracy First | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 69 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2934 | 27.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Fallowfield
Fallowfield[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Royle* | 1,733 | 77.9 | +26.5 | |
Green | Rosie Dammers | 198 | 8.9 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Bailey | 144 | 6.5 | -5.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ronan Stafford | 80 | 3.6 | -24.5 | |
TUSC | Katen Verma | 70 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,225 | 19.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Gorton North
Gorton North[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Afia Kamal | 1,478 | 53.0 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jackie Pearcey* | 987 | 35.4 | -13.3 | |
Green | Karl Wardlaw | 187 | 6.7 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Abiodun Opesan | 101 | 3.6 | -4.4 | |
Communist League | Andres Mendoza | 38 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,791 | 24.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Gorton South
Gorton South[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bernard Stone | 2,091 | 53.8 | +19.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Charles Glover* | 1,198 | 30.8 | -12.0 | |
UKIP | Robert Catterall | 202 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Green | Ryan Bestford | 161 | 4.2 | -1.4 | |
Respect | Marie-Angelique Bueler | 153 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tmo Opesan | 79 | 2.0 | -5.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,884 | 30.7 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Harpurhey
Harpurhey[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Pat Karney* | 1,890 | 76.2 | +18.9 | |
Conservative | William Clapham | 250 | 10.1 | -9.3 | |
Green | Simon Gibbins | 227 | 9.2 | -1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mellissa Houlding | 112 | 4.5 | -7.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,479 | 20.24 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Higher Blackley
Higher Blackley[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Shelley Lanchbury | '1,753 | 67.5 | +23.7 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Evans | 226 | 8.7 | -6.7 | |
BNP | Derek Adams | 221 | 8.5 | -18.8 | |
UKIP | Allison Newsham | 198 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Maria Turner | 100 | 3.8 | -4.4 | |
Green | Nick Good | 98 | 3.8 | -1.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2596 | 24.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Hulme
Hulme[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Amina Lone* | 1,301 | 60.9 | +18.7 | |
Green | Deyika Nzeribe | 595 | 27.8 | -12.2 | |
Conservative | Jack Kelly | 117 | 5.5 | -34.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dom Hardwick | 94 | 4.4 | -3.9 | |
Independent | James Guise | 30 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | ,2137 | 17.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Levenshulme
Levenshulme[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Nasrin Ali | 1,722 | 50.3 | +24.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Commons | 955 | 27.9 | -27.8 | |
Green | David Mottram | 674 | 19.7 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Ryan El-Idrissi | 73 | 2.1 | -9.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,424 | 30.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Longsight
Longsight[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Luthfur Rahman* | 2,754 | 76.0 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Afzal | 436 | 12.0 | +7.3 | |
Green | Wendy Lynas | 301 | 8.3 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammad Panwar | 134 | 3.7 | -22.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,625 | 32.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Miles Platting and Newton Heath[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Carmine Grimshaw | 1,807 | 65.0 | +25.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Damien O'Connor* | 830 | 29.8 | -15.8 | |
Green | Jacob Lay | 145 | 5.2 | +2.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,782 | 25.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Moston
Moston[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Murphy* | 1,801 | 53.8 | +4.3 | |
Independent | Bob Hill | 930 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | H.C.H. Hill | 257 | 7.7 | -22.2 | |
BNP | Gareth Black | 251 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Green | Barnaby Wolfram | 111 | 3.3 | -4.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,350 | 30.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Moss Side
Moss Side[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alistair Cox* | 2,545 | 84.3 | +16.3 | |
Green | Richard Lane | 153 | 5.1 | -3.5 | |
TUSC | Colette Williams | 121 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Will Stobart | 120 | 4.0 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Gadsden | 79 | 2.6 | -7.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3018 | 24.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Northenden
Northenden[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Fran Shone | 1,983 | 64.3 | +20.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Hardwick | 405 | 13.1 | -30.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Heath | 242 | 8.0 | -0.2 | |
UKIP | Eugene Cassidy | 237 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Gibbins | 215 | 7.0 | +2.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,082 | 27.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Old Moat
Old Moat[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Andrew Fender* | 1,822 | 74.1 | +23.6 | |
Green | Amy Howard | 278 | 11.3 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nicholas Prescott | 221 | 9.0 | -25.4 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Savage | 139 | 5.7 | -1.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 22 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Rusholme
Rusholme[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Ahmed Ali | 2,100 | 74.8 | +47.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Shannon* | 352 | 12.5 | -30.2 | |
Green | Dane Lam | 220 | 7.8 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | James Johnson | 96 | 3.4 | -8.0 | |
Independent | Pip Moss | 41 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2809 | 26 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Sharston
Sharston[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Tommy Judge* | 1,666 | 69.5 | +22.3 | |
UKIP | Dean Roberts | 244 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jim McCullough | 218 | 9.1 | -23.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dave Page | 100 | 4.2 | -7.4 | |
Green | Alison Hunt | 91 | 3.8 | -4.6 | |
TUSC | Trevor Prior | 78 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2397 | 20.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Whalley Range
Whalley Range[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Angeliki Stogia | 2,517 | 65.7 | +36.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Grant* | 759 | 19.8 | -19.5 | |
Green | Mary Candeland | 426 | 11.1 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Amjad Nasir | 127 | 3.3 | -18.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,829 | 33.4 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Withington
Withington[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Daniel Gillard | 1,107 | 46.6 | +23.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Brendon Jones* | 862 | 36.3 | -21.4 | |
Green | Laura Bannister | 251 | 10.6 | -0.4 | |
Conservative | Lorna McHugh | 88 | 3.7 | -5.4 | |
UKIP | James Howson | 68 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2376 | 21 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Woodhouse Park
Woodhouse Park[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Brian O'Neil* | 1,449 | 71.1 | +10.5 | |
UKIP | Pamela Shotton | 279 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen McHugh | 148 | 7.3 | -16.1 | |
Green | Kathleen Molteno | 113 | 5.6 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Kierman | 51 | 2.5 | -5.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,037 | 20.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
By-elections between 2012 and 2013
Ardwick
Ardwick | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Tina Hewitson | 1,904 | 80.47 | +0.09 | |
Green | Karl Wardlaw | 120 | 5.07 | -1.72 | |
Liberal Democrat | Liaquat Ali | 94 | 3.97 | -0.72 | |
Conservative | Jamie Williams | 92 | 3.89 | -1.27 | |
UKIP | Allison Newsham | 61 | 2.58 | N/A | |
TUSC | Shari Holden | 52 | 2.20 | -0.78 | |
BNP | Steven Carden | 43 | 1.82 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,784 | 75.40 | |||
Turnout | 2,395 | 20 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ancoats and Clayton
Ancoats and Clayton | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Donna Ludford | 1,239 | 70.5 | -3.8 | |
UKIP | Adrienne Shaw | 166 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Green | Pete Birkinshaw | 89 | 5.1 | -3.5 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Savage | 82 | 4.7 | -2.2 | |
Pirate | Loz Kaye | 79 | 4.5 | +1.5 | |
BNP | Gareth Black | 58 | 3.3 | "N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | John Bridges | 44 | 2.5 | -1.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,771 | 13.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ancoats and Clayton
Ancoats and Clayton | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Ollie Manco | 965 | 57.5 | -16.8 | |
Liberal | Ken Dobson | 219 | 13.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Martin Power | 138 | 8.2 | "N/A | |
Green | Pete Birkinshaw | 106 | 6.3 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | David Semple | 75 | 4.5 | -2.4 | |
Pirate | Loz Kaye | 72 | 4.3 | +1.3 | |
BNP | Gareth Black | 46 | 2.7 | "N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Claude Nsumbu | 31 | 1.8 | -2.2 | |
TUSC | Alex Davidson | 17 | 1.0 | -2.3 | |
Communist League | Caroline Bellamy | 9 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,686 | 10.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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