Didsbury_East_(ward)

Didsbury East (Manchester)
Didsbury East (Manchester)
Electoral ward
	Didsbury East electoral ward within Manchester City Council
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): By wisdom and effort
	Coordinates: 53.4127°N 2.2267°W
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	2004
Named for	Didsbury
Government UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Withington
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
• Leader of the council	Bev Craig (Labour)
• Councillor	vacant
• Councillor	Linda Foley (Labour)
• Councillor	Andrew Simcock (Labour)
Population
• Total	14,333
	Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census

Didsbury East (ward)

Electoral ward in England

Didsbury East is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England.^[2] It is represented in Westminster by Jeff Smith MP for Manchester Withington.^[3] The 2011 Census recorded a population of 14,333.^[1]

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Election	Councillor
2004		Anthony Parkinson (Lib Dem)	Helen Fisher (Lib Dem)	David Sandiford (Lib Dem)
2006		Anthony Parkinson (Lib Dem)	Helen Fisher (Lib Dem)	David Sandiford (Lib Dem)
2007		Anthony Parkinson (Lib Dem)	Helen Fisher (Lib Dem)	David Sandiford (Lib Dem)
2008		Anthony Parkinson (Lib Dem)	Helen Fisher (Lib Dem)	David Sandiford (Lib Dem)
2010		Andrew Taylor (Lib Dem)	Helen Fisher (Lib Dem)	David Sandiford (Lib Dem)
2011		Andrew Taylor (Lib Dem)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)	David Sandiford (Lib Dem)
2012		Andrew Taylor (Lib Dem)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)	Bridie Adams (Lab)
2014		James Wilson (Lab Co-op)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)	Bridie Adams (Lab)
2015		James Wilson (Lab Co-op)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)	Bridie Adams (Lab)
2016		James Wilson (Lab Co-op)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)	Kelly Simcock (Lab)
2018		James Wilson (Lab Co-op)	Kelly Simcock (Lab)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)
2019		James Wilson (Labour Co-op)	Kelly Simcock (Lab)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)
2021		James Wilson (Labour Co-op)	Linda Foley (Lab)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)
2022		James Wilson (Labour Co-op)	Linda Foley (Lab)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)
2023		James Wilson (Labour Co-op)	Linda Foley (Lab)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)
Mar 2024	vacant		Linda Foley (Lab)	Andrew Simcock (Lab)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	James Wilson*	2,450	52.1	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Coombe	1,560	33.2	7.4
	Green	Anne Guy	484	10.3	0.3
	Conservative	Anjenarra Huque	160	3.4	2.8
	Independent	Paula Matsikidze	48	1	1
Majority			890	18.9	17.6
Rejected ballots			21
Turnout			4,702	42.36	0.65
Registered electors			11,149
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andrew Simcock*	2,714	54.6	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Cameron	1,704	34.3	0.9
	Green	Paula Watson	331	6.7	4.0
	Conservative	Anjenarra Huque	196	4.0	3.5
Majority			1,010	20.3
Rejected ballots			22
Turnout			4,945	44.6	1.0
Registered electors			11,134
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Foley	2,972	51.0	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Cameron	2,082	35.7	1.5
	Green	Liberty Franley	503	8.6	4.8
	Conservative	Anjenarra Huque	276	4.7	2.1
Majority			890	15.3
Rejected ballots			32	0.5
Turnout			5,865	52.0	8.4
Registered electors			11,283
	Labour hold		Swing	0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wilson*	1,948	41.9	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Cameron	1,889	40.6	5.8
	Green	Wendy Lynas	491	10.6	0.1
	Conservative	James Flanagan	286	6.2	1.3
Majority			59	1.27	9.7
Rejected ballots			34	0.73
Turnout			4,648	41.71	2.9
Registered electors			11,144
	Labour hold		Swing	5.05

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Simcock*	2,549	51.9
	Labour	Kelly Simcock*	2,440	49.7
	Labour	James Wilson*	2,268	46.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Coombe	1,729	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hardwick	1,728	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Cameron	1,710	34.8
	Green	Wendy Lynas	524	10.7
	Conservative	James Flanagan	368	7.5
	Conservative	Ian Mason	300	6.1
	Conservative	Phelim Rowe	274	5.6
Majority
Turnout			4,909	43.6
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	Vote %
Labour	3	3	7,257	52.25
Liberal Democrats	3	0	5,167	37.20
Conservative	3	0	942	6.78
Green	1	0	524	3.77

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kelly Suzanne Simcock	2,484	53.74
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hardwick	1,281	27.72
	Green	Wendy Ann Lynas	316	6.84
	Conservative	Robert George Manning	305	6.60
	UKIP	Mark Davies	236	5.11
Majority			1,203	26.03
Turnout			4,622	44.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew George Simcock	3,572	45.4	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hardwick	2,205	28.0	-5.4
	Conservative	Robert George Manning	1,008	12.8	+4.0
	Green	Rosie Dammers	731	9.3	+3.0
	UKIP	Mark Davies	356	4.5	N/A
Majority			1,367	17.4
Turnout			7,872	70.7	+25.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	James Wilson	1,968	43.18	+6.78
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hardwick	1,375	30.17	-16.53
	Green	Lucy Jane Bannister	405	8.89	+3.09
	Conservative	Rob Manning	403	8.84	-2.36
	UKIP	Mark Falcon Davies	369	8.10	N/A
	TUSC	Sam Gleadon	38	0.83	N/A
Majority			593	13.0
Turnout			4,558	41.6
	Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bridie Adams	2,039	50.5	+23.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Sandiford*	1,398	34.6	-17.9
	Green	Amy Webber	318	7.9	+0.0
	Conservative	Jamie Williams	280	6.9	-5.7
Majority			641	16
Turnout			4,035	37.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Simcock	2,465	51.5	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Fisher*	1,598	33.4	-12.5
	Conservative	Christopher Green	423	8.8	-4.2
	Green	Kathleen Matthews	303	6.3	-2.6
Majority			867	18.1
Turnout			4,789	44.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Taylor	3,364	46.7	-5.8
	Labour	Andrew Simcock	2,622	36.4	+9.4
	Conservative	Asad Khan	806	11.2	-1.4
	Green	Gerry Gee	419	5.8	-2.1
Majority			742	10.3	-15.2
Turnout			7,211	68.8	+30.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-7.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Sandiford*	2,050	52.5	+6.6
	Labour	Andrew Simcock	1,053	27.0	-5.2
	Conservative	Louise Quigley	492	12.6	-0.4
	Green	Gerry Gee	310	7.9	-1.0
Majority			997	25.5	+11.8
Turnout			3,905	38.0	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.9

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

2006^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Thomas Parkinson*	1,809	45.3	-2.4
	Labour	Geoffrey Bridson	1,369	34.3	+2.9
	Green	Richard Edgar Gee	459	11.5	+3.4
	Conservative	Peter Malcolm Schofield	359	9.0	-3.7
Majority			440	11.0	-5.3
Turnout			3,996	39.1	-9.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Sandiford*	2,491	47.7	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Fisher*	2,228
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Parkinson*	2,196
	Labour	Geoffrey Bridson	1,639	31.4	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Simcock	1,325
	Labour	Michael Emmerich	1,308
	Conservative	Peter Schofield	666	12.7	N/A
	Conservative	Daniel Valentine	547
	Conservative	Nicholas Garside	522
	Green	Jennifer Bailey	423	8.1	N/A
	Green	Frances Simpson	335
	Green	Darren Milton	313
Majority			557	16.3	N/A
Turnout			5,219	48.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)