2007_Manchester_Council_election
2007 Manchester City Council election
2007 UK local government election
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]
Changes compared to the 2006 election.
More information Manchester Council Election Result, Party ...
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 | 1 | 59.4 | 41 | 60 | 62.5 | 41,213 | 45.4 | 0.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 1 | 40.6 | 22 | 35 | 36.4 | 28,898 | 31.8 | 0.2% | |
Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,975 | 11.0 | 0.5% | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 7,623 | 8.4 | 0.9% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,041 | 1.1 | 0.1% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 972 | 1.1 | 0.4% | ||
Respect | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 535 | 0.6 | 0.1% | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 251 | 0.3 | 0.1% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 | 0.2 | 0.7% | ||
United Socialist | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 0.1 | n/a | ||
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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
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Ardwick
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Baguley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Bradford
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Brooklands
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Burnage
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Charlestown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Cheetham
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Chorlton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Chorlton Park
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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City Centre
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Crumpsall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Didsbury East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Didsbury West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Fallowfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Gorton North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Gorton South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Harpurhey
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Higher Blackley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Hulme
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Levenshulme
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Longsight
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Miles Platting and Newton Heath
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Moss Side
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Moston
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Northenden
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Old Moat
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Rusholme
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Sharston
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Whalley Range
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Withington
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Woodhouse Park
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Charlestown By-Election 14 June 2007
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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- "Local Election Results 2007". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
- "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.