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Visit Shots! nowLabour has maintained its tight grip on Manchester council despite losing seats to the Liberal Democrats and the Greens at the local elections. Left with 88 councillors, the ruling party remains the largest Labour group in the country.
But the party has been wiped out in Woodhouse Park where a third Green councillor won the Wythenshawe ward. The Lib Dems gained two more members, beating Labour in Ancoats and Beswick and Didsbury West. Newly elected Lib Dem councillor Chris Northwood beat incumbent Majid Dar by 335 votes to become the city’s first openly transgender councillor.
Manchester now has a council ward which has no Labour representatives for the first time in years. Three Greens now hold all the seats in Wythenshawe after Anastasia Wiest’s victory in the Woodhouse Park ward, which saw her take the seat from Labour.
Across the city, turnout increased slightly with 25.49 % of registered voters voting. It comes after new rules requiring voters to present photo identification came into force for the first time in all local elections across England. The number of people turned away from polling stations in Manchester is understood to be in the hundreds, but the majority were said to have come back and voted later.
Here are the Manchester council election results for May 2023:
Ancoats & Beswick
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| AJIBOYE | Sarah | The Conservative Party Candidate | 94 | |
| BUFFETT | Jacob Sebastian | The Green Party | 250 | |
| CLIFFORD | Peter | | 9 | |
| DAR | Mohammed Majid | Labour Party | 1,208 | |
| NORTHWOOD | Chris Joanne | Liberal Democrats | 1,543 | Elected |
Ardwick
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| ABDULLATIF | Amna Saad Omar | Labour Party | | |
| BOWDEN | Abigail | Liberal Democrats | | |
| LEWIS | Norman | Liberal Democrats | | |
| MORRIS | George Joshua | The Green Party | | |
| MUSE | Abdigafar Mohamed | Labour Party | | |
| NICOL | Princetta Monica | The Conservative Party Candidate | | |
| RAJA | Haider Ali | The Conservative Party Candidate | | |
| WRIGHT | Niall | The Green Party | | |
Baguley
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| BERRY | Luke | The Conservative Party Candidate | 377 | |
| BRICKELL | Phil | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,509 | Elected |
| MANKTELOW | Phil | Liberal Democrats | 106 | |
| WELSH | Jake | The Green Party | 214 |
Brooklands
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| BUCZKOWSKA | Grace | The Green Party | 274 | |
| EVANS | Dylan Anthony | Reform UK | 168 | |
| EVANS | Glynn | Labour Party | 1,777 | Elected |
| MCHUGH | Stephen James | The Conservative Party Candidate | 324 | |
| SAUNDERS | Mark | Liberal Democrats | 133 | |
Burnage
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| ALI | Azra Gulshan | Labour Party | 2,376 | Elected |
| CAMERON | John | Liberal Democrats | 497 | |
| HOSSAIN | Md Shahed | The Conservative Party Candidate | 199 | |
| VENES | Dick | The Green Party | 506 | |
Charlestown
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| CURLEY | Basil | Labour Party | 1,769 | Elected |
| HODGES | Paul Dominick | The Green Party | 332 | |
| KHAN | Arbab Muhammad | The Conservative Party Candidate | 278 | |
| SABBAGH | Mohamed Belal | Liberal Democrats | 71 |
Cheetham
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| AHMED | Iftikhar Butt | The Conservative Party Candidate | 291 | |
| BUTT | Shazia | Labour Party | 2,605 | Elected |
| DUNDAS | Ben | The Green Party | 202 | |
| MORRISON | Roderick George Donald | Liberal Democrats | 128 |
Chorlton
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| BENHAM | Mathew Henry | Labour Party | 2,901 | Elected |
| BERRY | Keith | The Conservative Party Candidate | 180 | |
| BROWN | Rhona | Liberal Democrats | 308 | |
| ELSTON | Michael Theo | Independent | 77 | |
| POWER | Anne Vivienne | The Green Party | 850 | |
Chorlton Park
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| HASHMI | Amaan | Liberal Democrats | 434 | |
| RAWSON | Dave | Labour Party | 3,065 | Elected |
| TANG | Andrew | The Conservative Party Candidate | 228 | |
| WALTON | Richard Miles Stubbs | The Green Party | 810 |
Clayton & Openshaw
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| MCHALE | Sean Michael | Labour Party | 2,008 | Elected |
| NAGLE | Billie | The Green Party | 198 | |
| SWARAY-KELLA | Ramzi | The Conservative Party Candidate | 204 | |
| TURNER | Maria Theresa | Liberal Democrats | 202 |
Crumpsall
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| CLAYTON | Richard Mark | Liberal Democrats | 163 | |
| DAYS | Samantha | Women’s Equality Party | 96 | |
| HAWDALE | Alison Jane | The Green Party | 170 | |
| KHAN | Fatima Arabab | The Conservative Party Candidate | 316 | |
| RIASAT | Fiaz | Labour Party | 2,220 | Elected |
Deansgate
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| LYNCH | Joe | Liberal Democrats | 253 | |
| MCCAUL | Anthony John | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,050 | Elected |
| PERRIAM | Chris | The Green Party | 370 | |
| WAN | Paul | The Conservative Party Candidate | 163 |
Didsbury East
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| COOMBE | Bryn | Liberal Democrats | 1,560 | |
| GUY | Anne Elizabeth | The Green Party | 484 | |
| HUQUE | Anjenarra | The Conservative Party Candidate | 160 | |
| MATSIKIDZE | Paula Jane | Independent | 48 | |
| WILSON | James Martin | Labour and Co-operative Party | 2,450 | Elected |
Didsbury West
| Candidate’s Surname | Other Name(s) | Description (if any) | Number of votes recorded | Elected |
|---|
| ANDREW | Wendy Madeleine | Social Democratic Party | 26 | |
| BELL | Leslie | Labour Party | 2,047 | |
| CARTWRIGHT | Martin | The Conservative Party Candidate | 153 | |
| KILPATRICK | Richard | Liberal Democrats | 2,260 | Elected |
| YOUNG | James | The Green Party | 592 | |
Fallowfield
Gorton & Abbey Hey
Harpurhey
Higher Blackley
Hulme
Levenshulme
Longsight
Miles Platting & Newton Heath
Moss Side
Moston
Northenden
Old Moat
Piccadilly
Rusholme
Sharston
Whalley Range
Withington
Woodhouse Park