2007 Manchester City Council election
Appearance
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Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The council stayed under Labour Party control, on a reduced turnout of 28.3%.[1][2]
Election result
Changes compared to the 2006 election.
Manchester Council Election Result[2] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 19 | ![]() |
59.4 | 41 | 60 | 62.5 | 41,213 | 45.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 13 | ![]() |
40.6 | 22 | 35 | 36.4 | 28,898 | 31.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,975 | 11.0 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 7,623 | 8.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,041 | 1.1 | ![]() | |
BNP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 972 | 1.1 | ![]() | |
Respect | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 535 | 0.6 | ![]() | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 251 | 0.3 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 | 0.2 | ![]() | |
United Socialist | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 0.1 | n/a |
Ward results
Below 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Loughman* | 1,518 | 64.6 | +16.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Valentine | 473 | 20.1 | −20.6 | |
Green | Victoria Album | 148 | 6.3 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | David Hopps | 135 | 5.7 | +1.2 | |
Independent | John Hulse | 76 | 3.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,045 | 44.5 | +37.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,350 | 24.4 | −8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +18.4 |
Ardwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Priest* | 1,219 | 57.4 | −4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jawaid Chaudhry | 526 | 24.8 | +4.9 | |
Green | Justine Hall | 224 | 10.6 | 0 | |
Conservative | Kashif Ali | 155 | 7.3 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 693 | 32.6 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,124 | 21.5 | −0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 |
Baguley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Paul Andrews* | 1,268 | 52.6 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | John Leaning | 481 | 20.0 | −0.2 | |
Socialist Alternative | Lynn Worthington | 251 | 10.4 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Fisher | 233 | 9.7 | −3.4 | |
Green | Karen Duffy | 176 | 7.3 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 787 | 32.7 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,409 | 23.0 | −0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Bradford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rosa Battle | 1,476 | 70.8 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Guise | 288 | 13.8 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Rodney Keller | 190 | 9.1 | +0.5 | |
Green | Christopher Waldon | 131 | 6.3 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 1,188 | 57.0 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,085 | 22.3 | −3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Brooklands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Cooley* | 1,460 | 50.3 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Marie Raynor | 958 | 33.0 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Kierman | 342 | 11.8 | −12.3 | |
Green | Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh | 140 | 4.8 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 502 | 17.3 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,900 | 29.1 | −4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Burnage
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 |
Charlestown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Basil Curley* | 1,542 | 59.0 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Kim Glasspole | 419 | 16.0 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Rodgers | 268 | 10.3 | −2.9 | |
UKIP | Andrea Ritchie | 238 | 9.1 | −2.7 | |
Green | Helen Dolan | 148 | 5.7 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 1,123 | 42.9 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,615 | 27.8 | −1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Cheetham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Khan* | 2,340 | 64.6 | +19.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sham Raja | 571 | 15.8 | −27.2 | |
Conservative | Wajid Ali | 380 | 10.5 | +5.4 | |
Green | Jackie Smith | 332 | 9.2 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,769 | 48.8 | +46.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,623 | 31.5 | −4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +23.1 |
Chorlton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Ankers | 1,823 | 41.3 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Angela Gallagher* | 1,781 | 40.4 | −1.6 | |
Green | Brian Candeland | 544 | 12.3 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Claire McLauchlin | 264 | 6.0 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 42 | 1.0 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,412 | 43.3 | +0.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +1.7 |
Chorlton Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tony Bethell* | 1,751 | 55.4 | +0.7 | |
Labour Co-op | John Hacking | 739 | 23.4 | −1.9 | |
Green | Kathryn Brownbridge | 394 | 12.5 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Chilton | 279 | 8.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 1,012 | 32.0 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,163 | 31.0 | −1.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.3 |
City Centre
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Dobson* | 498 | 32.8 | −5.2 | |
Labour | Kathy Crotty | 391 | 25.8 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Rob Adlard | 343 | 22.6 | +0.3 | |
Green | Birgit Vollm | 171 | 11.3 | −1.7 | |
Independent | Kin Cheng | 114 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 107 | 7.1 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,517 | 16.0 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Crumpsall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Con Keegan* | 1,832 | 60.1 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Adrian Glasspole | 564 | 18.5 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Muhammad Shahbaz | 398 | 13.1 | −8.8 | |
Green | John Cummings | 254 | 8.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,268 | 41.6 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,048 | 29.9 | −3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Didsbury East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Helen Fisher* | 1,856 | 45.9 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Geoff Bridson | 1,301 | 32.2 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | David Fairclough | 526 | 13.0 | +4.0 | |
Green | Gerry Gee | 359 | 8.9 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 555 | 13.7 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,042 | 39.1 | 0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Didsbury West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Neil Trafford* | 1,328 | 45.7 | +2.8 | |
Labour | David Ellison | 712 | 24.5 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Caddick | 414 | 14.3 | −3.2 | |
Green | James Alden | 389 | 13.4 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 61 | 2.1 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 616 | 21.2 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,904 | 29.2 | +1.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Fallowfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Morrison* | 1,215 | 55.9 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John-Paul Wilkins | 478 | 22.0 | −15.2 | |
Green | Rachel Sills | 251 | 11.6 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Ashton Cull | 230 | 10.6 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 737 | 33.9 | +24.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,174 | 20.0 | −8.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.3 |
Gorton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Helsby* | 1,753 | 52.3 | +16.2 | |
Labour | John Hughes | 1,365 | 40.7 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Joyce Kaye | 126 | 3.8 | −0.8 | |
Green | Rachel Wilson | 107 | 3.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 388 | 11.6 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,351 | 31.6 | +0.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Gorton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon Ashley* | 1,600 | 52.1 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Julie Reid | 1,150 | 37.5 | +1.7 | |
Green | Barnaby Wolfram | 134 | 4.4 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Lawrie Clapham | 130 | 4.2 | −3.7 | |
United Socialist | Sabrina Jones | 56 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 450 | 14.7 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,070 | 26.9 | 0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Harpurhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joanne Green* | 1,497 | 58.9 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Brettle | 355 | 14.0 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Harriet Holder | 294 | 11.6 | −0.2 | |
UKIP | Roger P Bullock | 264 | 10.4 | −1.7 | |
Green | Katherine Smith | 133 | 5.2 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 1,142 | 44.9 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,543 | 20.8 | −1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Higher Blackley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Lyons* | 1,449 | 48.4 | −8.6 | |
BNP | Joseph Finnon | 716 | 23.9 | +23.9 | |
Conservative | Vivienne Clarke | 372 | 12.4 | −7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Newton | 268 | 9.0 | −5.8 | |
Green | Michael Shaw | 108 | 3.6 | −5.1 | |
UKIP | Shirley Reeve | 82 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 733 | 24.5 | −13.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,995 | 29.7 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.2 |
Hulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Murphy* | 969 | 50.1 | +12.2 | |
Green | Steven Durrant | 630 | 32.6 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Oliver West | 213 | 11.0 | −15.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Binns | 122 | 6.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 339 | 17.5 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,934 | 20.9 | −3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Levenshulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Commons* | 1,388 | 51.2 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Dermot Zafar | 742 | 27.4 | −0.5 | |
Green | Peter Thompson | 334 | 12.3 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Anne Carroll | 248 | 9.1 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 646 | 23.8 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,712 | 27.0 | −1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Longsight
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Abid Latif Chohan* | 1,506 | 47.5 | +22.4 | |
Labour | Sajjid Hussain | 1,188 | 37.5 | −17.1 | |
Green | Spencer Fitzgibbon | 320 | 10.1 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Jane L'Anson | 157 | 5.0 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 318 | 10.0 | −20.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,171 | 31.4 | −0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +19.7 |
Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | June Hitchin* | 1,331 | 42.6 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Damien O'Connor | 1,270 | 40.6 | +13.8 | |
BNP | Derek Adams | 256 | 8.2 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | Heather Grant | 124 | 4.0 | −0.5 | |
Green | Anthony Quinn | 75 | 2.4 | −0.8 | |
UKIP | Lisa Duffy | 69 | 2.2 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 61 | 2.0 | −14.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,125 | 30.6 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.3 |
Moss Side
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sameem Ali | 1,660 | 67.2 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zeke Ukairo | 384 | 15.6 | −3.1 | |
Green | George Czernuszka | 222 | 9.0 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Young | 204 | 8.3 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 1,276 | 51.7 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,470 | 24.4 | −3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Moston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Cooper* | 1,760 | 55.5 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Tony Pinder | 637 | 20.1 | −2.5 | |
UKIP | Peter Reeve | 327 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Hartley | 314 | 9.9 | −5.3 | |
Green | Robin Goater | 132 | 4.2 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 1,123 | 35.4 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,170 | 29.2 | −2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Northenden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Bracegirdle | 1,458 | 44.6 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Eakins | 1,352 | 41.3 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Nathan Cruddas | 279 | 8.5 | −4.3 | |
Green | Lance Crookes | 182 | 5.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 106 | 3.2 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,271 | 31.3 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 |
Old Moat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeffrey Smith* | 1,382 | 53.7 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Wilson | 748 | 29.1 | +2.2 | |
Green | Alice Coren | 230 | 8.9 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew Perfect | 215 | 8.4 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 634 | 24.6 | 3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,575 | 25.5 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 |
Rusholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Abu Chowdhury* | 1,241 | 42.3 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Atiha Chaudry | 746 | 25.4 | −2.3 | |
Respect | Nahella Ashraf | 535 | 18.2 | −3.0 | |
Green | Penny Collins | 224 | 7.6 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Daniel Valentine | 190 | 6.5 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 495 | 16.9 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,936 | 30.7 | −0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Sharston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Joyce Keller* | 1,242 | 52.5 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | Jimmy McCullough | 604 | 25.5 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tina Dunican | 290 | 12.3 | −3.3 | |
Green | Amanda Collins | 229 | 9.7 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 638 | 27.0 | −10.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,365 | 21.8 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Whalley Range
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Faraz Bhatti* | 2,030 | 50.2 | +17.6 | |
Labour | Kath Fry | 1,418 | 35.0 | −11.1 | |
Green | Mary Candeland | 393 | 9.7 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Tim Langley | 206 | 5.1 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 612 | 15.1 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,047 | 39.0 | +4.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +14.3 |
Withington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alison Firth* | 1,346 | 60.7 | +12.9 | |
Labour | Andrew Simcock | 499 | 22.5 | −5.1 | |
Green | Felicity Paris | 216 | 9.7 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | Adele Douglas | 157 | 7.1 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 847 | 38.2 | +17.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,218 | 21.5 | −0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +9.0 |
Woodhouse Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara O'Neil* | 1,354 | 65.3 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Stephen Heath | 378 | 18.2 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Podbylski | 182 | 8.8 | −5.2 | |
Green | Jody Bradford | 161 | 7.8 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 976 | 47.0 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,075 | 21.2 | −0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Changes between 2007 and 2008
Charlestown By-Election 14 June 2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Veronica Kirkpatrick | 1,373 | 54.7 | −4.3 | |
BNP | Joseph G M Finnon | 628 | 25.0 | +25.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carol Connell | 239 | 9.5 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Kim E Glasspole | 188 | 7.5 | −8.5 | |
Green | Jackie Smith | 81 | 3.2 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 745 | 29.6 | −13.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,509 | 26.5 | −1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -14.6 |
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 ah "Local Election Archive: 2007 - Manchester". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
- ^ "By-election results: 2006–2011". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2012.