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

Political control

From 1889 to 1974 Manchester was a county borough, independent of any county council.[2] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory slightly enlarged, gaining the parish of Ringway from Cheshire, whilst having its functions and responsibilities reformed, becoming a metropolitan borough, with Greater Manchester County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Manchester became a unitary authority. The Labour Party has held a majority of the seats on the city council since the reforms of 1974:[3]

County Borough

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Metropolitan Borough

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Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1945 have been:[4]

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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


Year Labour Conservative 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

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
  2. [2]
    "Manchester Municipal Borough / County Borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Council minutes". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Now Britain awaits budget". Liverpool Echo. 15 May 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 2 September 2022. ...Norman Morris, who has just begun his sixth year as leader of the Labour controlled Manchester city council...
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