Manchester_local_elections

Manchester City Council elections

Manchester City Council elections

Local elections

Manchester City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Manchester City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 96 councillors have been elected from 32 wards.[1]

Seats held by party after each election to Manchester City Council, 1973–2023

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2004 election which reduced the number of seats by 3, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.

Popular vote share, 1973–2012
Popular vote figures, 1973–2012


County Borough

Year Labour Conservative Liberals Independent
1919 36 60 42 2
1920 31 67 40 2
1921 30 72 33 5
1922 26 76 33 5
1923 28 78 32 2
1924 31 65 35 13
1925 33 67 28 12
1926 41 61 27 11
1927 45 66 25 3
1928 47 61 28 4
1929 51 54 30 5
1930 51 59 27 3
1931 43 70 28 2
1932 38 74 28 3
1933 40 74 27 3
1934 47 63 30 4
1935 52 62 27 3
1936 52 62 25 3
1937 52 64 22 6
1938 52 67 19 6
1945 69 58 15 1
1946 79 55 10 0
1947 71 54 9 0
1949 64 72 8 0
1950 62 76 6 0
1951 61 77 6 0
1952 70 68 6 0
1953 74 66 4 0
1954 86 60 4 0
1955 85 63 4 0
1956 87 62 3 0
1957 89 60 3 0
1958 95 54 3 0
1959 92 57 3 0
1960 84 65 3 0
1961 79 69 4 0
1962 80 64 8 0
1963 89 54 9 0
1964 96 48 8 0
1965 90 58 4 0
1966 87 61 3 0
1967 73 78 1 0
1968 61 91 0 0
1969 53 99 0 0
1970 66 86 0 0
1971 107 25 0 0
1972 101 31 0 0

Metropolitan Borough

Year Labour Conservative Liberals/Liberal Democrats Greens Independent
1973 59 40 0 0 0
1975 54 45 0 0 0
1976 54 45 0 0 0
1978 53 46 0 0 0
1979 63 33 3 0 0
1980 72 23 4 0 0
1982 69 26 4 0 0
1983 72 22 5 0 0
1984 79 14 6 0 0
1986 86 7 6 0 0
1987 77 13 9 0 0
1988 78 12 9 0 0
1990 78 12 9 0 0
1991 85 5 9 0 0
1992 80 5 12 0 2
1994 79 4 15 0 1
1995 83 2 14 0 0
1996 84 0 15 0 0
1998 84 0 15 0 0
1999 80 0 19 0 0
2000 78 0 21 0 0
2002 76 0 22 0 1
2003 71 0 27 1 0
2004 57 0 38 1 0
2006 61 0 34 1 0
2007 60 0 35 1 0
2008 61 1 34 0 0
2010 62 1 33 0 0
2011 75 0 20 0 1
2012 86 0 9 0 1
2014 95 0 0 0 1
2015 96 0 0 0 0
2016 95 0 1 0 0
2018 94 0 2 0 0
2019 93 0 3 0 0
2021 94 0 1 1 0
2022 92 0 2 2 0
2023 88 0 4 4 0

Borough result maps

  • 2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
  • 2015 results map
  • 2016 results map
  • 2018 results map
  • 2019 results map
  • 2021 results map
  • 2022 results map
  • 2023 results map
  • 2024 results map

By-election results

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The Manchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/1068, retrieved 2 September 2022
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