Chorlton_(ward)

Chorlton (Manchester)
Chorlton (Manchester)
Electoral ward
	Chorlton electoral ward within Manchester City Council
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): By wisdom and effort
	Coordinates: 53.4405°N 2.2835°W
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	May 1973
Named for	Chorlton
Government
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
• Leader of the council	Bev Craig (Labour)
• Councillor	Eve Holt (Labour)
• Councillor	John Hacking (Labour Co-operative)
• Councillor	Mathew Benham (Labour)
Population
• Total	14,138
UK Parliamentary Constituency	Manchester Withington
Member of Parliament	Jeff Smith
UK Parliamentary Constituency	Manchester Gorton
Member of Parliament	Afzal Khan
	Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census

Chorlton (ward)

Electoral ward in England

Chorlton is an electoral ward of Manchester, England.^[2] Different parts of this ward are represented by different MPs following boundary changes in 2018; the majority of the ward is part of the Manchester Withington constituency but a portion is part of the Manchester Gorton constituency. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 14,138.^[1]

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Election
2004	Val Stevens (Lab Co-op)	Angela Gallagher (Lib Dem)	Sheila Newman (Lab)
2006	Val Stevens (Lab Co-op)	Angela Gallagher (Lab)^[5]	Sheila Newman (Lab)
2007	Val Stevens (Lab Co-op)	Paul Ankers (Lib Dem)	Sheila Newman (Lab)
2008	Val Stevens (Lab Co-op)	Paul Ankers (Lib Dem)	Sheila Newman (Lab)
2010	Victor Chamberlain (Lib Dem)	Paul Ankers (Lib Dem)	Sheila Newman (Lab)
2011	Victor Chamberlain (Lib Dem)	Matthew Strong (Lab)	Sheila Newman (Lab)
2012	Victor Chamberlain (Lib Dem)	Matthew Strong (Lab)	Sheila Newman (Lab)
2014	John Hacking (Lab Co-op)	Matthew Strong (Lab)	Sheila Newman (Lab)
2015	John Hacking (Lab Co-op)	Matthew Strong (Lab)	Sheila Newman (Lab)
2016	John Hacking (Lab Co-op)	Matthew Strong (Lab)	Sheila Newman (Lab)
2018	John Hacking (Lab Co-op)	Matthew Strong (Lab)	Eve Holt (Lab)^[6]
2019	John Hacking (Labour Co-op)	Matthew Strong (Lab)	Eve Holt (Lab)
May 2021	John Hacking (Labour Co-op)	Matthew Strong (Lab)	Eve Holt (Lab)
Nov 2021	John Hacking (Labour Co-op)	Mathew Benham (Lab)	Eve Holt (Lab)
2022	John Hacking (Labour Co-op)	Mathew Benham (Lab)	Eve Holt (Lab)
2023	John Hacking (Labour Co-op)	Mathew Benham (Lab)	Eve Holt (Lab)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mathew Benham	1,581	52.1	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rosie Hughes	657	21.7	8.9
	Green	Simon Milner-Edwards	608	20.0	1.0
	Conservative	Kathleen Fitzgibbon	93	3.1	1.6
	Women's Equality	Jo Heathcote	66	2.2	1.1
	Independent	Paul Harnett	27	0.9	n/a
Majority			924	30.5	5.2
Rejected ballots			2	0.07	0.6
Turnout			3,032	28.1	22.9
Registered electors			10,795
	Labour hold		Swing	6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Eve Holt*	3,656	68.0	3.2
	Green	Mary Crumpton	917	17.1	2.4
	Conservative	Kath Fitzgibbon	368	6.8	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Grayson	291	5.4	5.6
	Women's Equality	Jo Heathcote	141	2.6	0.6
Majority			2739	50.9
Rejected ballots			40	0.7
Turnout			5,413	51.03	4.7
Registered electors			10,608
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Strong*	2,574	57.0	3.0
	Green	Mary Crumpton	950	21.0	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lizzy Bain	575	12.7	0.3
	Conservative	Keith Berry	212	4.7	0.4
	Women's Equality	Jo Heathcote	146	3.2	6.2
	Independent	Michael Elston	59	1.3	1.6
Majority			1,624	35.7	9.5
Rejected ballots			29	0.64
Turnout			4,545	43.50	2.8
Registered electors			10,452
	Labour hold		Swing	4.65

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Hacking*	3,175	64.1
	Labour	Eve Holt	3,165	63.9
	Labour	Matt Strong*	2,974	60.0
	Green	Nigel Woodcock	731	14.8
	Green	Mary Crumpton	728	14.7
	Green	Anne Power	653	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lizzy Bain	614	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Milligan	507	10.2
	Women's Equality	Jo Heathcote	465	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rhona Brown	463	9.3
	Conservative	Luke Berry	301	6.1
	Conservative	Luke Costello	242	4.9
	Conservative	John Edwards	221	4.5
	Independent	Michael Elston	145	2.9
Majority
Turnout			4,955	46.3
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sheila Newman*	3,296	65.68
	Green	Nigel James Woodcock	778	15.50
	Liberal Democrats	Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver	719	14.33
	Conservative	Colm George Lock	225	4.48
Majority			2,518	50.18
Turnout			5,018	47.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Strong*	3,991	48.5	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Gallagher	1,618	19.7	-11.0
	Green	Jake Welsh	1,610	19.5	+7.8
	Conservative	Colm George Lock	600	7.3	+3.3
	Independent	Mary Rosalind Crumpton	233	2.8	N/A
	TUSC	Liam Curless	180	2.2	N/A
Majority			2,373	28.8
Turnout			8,232	73.8	+23.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Hacking	2,675	54.98	+16.18
	Green	Jake Welsh	1,002	20.60	+9.90
	Liberal Democrats	Peter James Maxon	739	15.19	-28.41
	Conservative	Zachery Husseini	286	5.88	-0.92
	TUSC	Mark Bradley Krantz	163	3.35	N/A
Majority			1,673	34.4
Turnout			4,865	44.34
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Newman*	2,433	56.8	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	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			1,636	38
Turnout			4,281	39.19
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Strong	2,964	53.6	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Ankers*	1,701	30.7	-10.6
	Green	Brian Candeland	647	11.7	-0.6
	Conservative	Mohammed Afzal	223	4.0	-2.0
Majority			1,263	22.8
Turnout			5,535	50.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Max Mark Chamberlain	3,349	43.6	+3.9
	Labour	Amina Lone	2,981	38.8	-6.4
	Green	Brian Arthur Candeland	825	10.7	+1.2
	Conservative	Saira Hanif	522	6.8	+1.3
Majority			368	4.8	-0.7
Turnout			7,677	72.5	+26.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Newman*	2,126	45.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lianne Williams	1,867	39.7	-1.6
	Green	Brian Candeland	448	9.5	-2.8
	Conservative	David Hopps	260	5.5	-0.5
Majority			259	5.5	+4.5
Turnout			4,701	46.0	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Val Stevens*	1,828	42.0	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Leslie Glover	1,713	39.4	+6.7
	Green	Brian Arthur Candeland	609	14.0	-1.4
	Conservative	Amar Rouf Ahmed	198	4.6	-4.0
Majority			115	2.6	+2.3
Turnout			4,348	43.0	-3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Newman*	1,635	32.9	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Gallagher	1,620	32.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Val Stevens*	1,602
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Glover	1,448
	Labour	John Hacking	1,413
	Liberal Democrats	Rajah Bhatti	1,385
	Green	Juliet Lawson	765	15.4	N/A
	Green	Michael Daw	752
	Green	Jessica Symons	726
	Conservative	Malcolm Cleall-Hill	429	8.6	N/A
	Conservative	Nicholas Antoniou	401
	Respect	Ameen Hadi	351	7.1	N/A
	Conservative	Amar Ahmed	334
	Socialist Alliance	Daniel Murphy	162	3.2	N/A
Majority			154	0.3	N/A
Turnout			4,962	46.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

2003^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Newman*	1,288	39.3	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Totty	770	23.5	+4.5
	Conservative	Giles Campbell	487	14.9	-0.6
	Green	Michael Daw	470	14.3	+1.2
	Socialist Alliance	Heather Rose	263	8.0	+0.2
Majority			518	15.8	-9.9
Turnout			3,278	28.0	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.9

2002^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Selby*	1,716	44.7	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Bethell	728	19.0	+4.1
	Conservative	Daniel Valentine	593	15.5	-5.2
	Green	Michelle Valentine	503	13.1	-3.8
	Socialist Alliance	Heather Rose	298	7.8	+7.8
Majority			988	25.7	-1.1
Turnout			3,838	32.0	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Valerie Stevens*	1,505	47.5	-1.1
	Conservative	Ian Paley	656	20.7	+0.9
	Green	Anne Power	536	16.9	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Bethell	474	14.9	+2.3
Majority			849	26.8	-2.0
Turnout			3,171	27.0	-1.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-1.0