Piccadilly_(ward)
Piccadilly (ward)
Electoral ward in England
The Piccadilly electoral ward of Manchester City Council was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to replace parts of the City Centre and Ancoats & Clayton wards in 2018.[1]
Piccadilly | |
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Piccadilly electoral ward within Manchester City Council | |
| Motto(s): By wisdom and effort | |
| Coordinates: 53.4807°N 2.2340°W / 53.4807; -2.2340 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
| Created | December 2017 |
| Named for | Piccadilly Gardens and the surrounding area |
| Government UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Central | |
| • Type | Unicameral |
| • Body | Manchester City Council |
| • Leader of the council | Bev Craig (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Adele Douglas (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Jon-Connor Lyons (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Sam Wheeler (Labour) |
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It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell Labour Co-op MP for Manchester Central.[2]
The ward is represented by three councillors on the city council. The first councillors for the new ward were elected in the local elections 2018; the candidate with the most votes receiving a 4-year term, second-most votes a 2-year term and third-most votes a 1-year term. From 2019 the council returns to electing one-third of councillors at each election.[1]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sam Wheeler (Lab) | Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab) | Adele Douglas (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | Sam Wheeler (Lab) | Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab) | Adele Douglas (Lab) | |||
| 2021 | Sam Wheeler (Lab) | Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab) | Adele Douglas (Lab) | |||
indicates seat up for election.
* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
May 2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jon-Connor Lyons* | 1,381 | 62.1 | 4.4  | |
| Green | Chris Perriam | 438 | 19.7 | 4.6  | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Northwood | 250 | 11.2 | 9.3 | |
| Conservative | Siqi Lin | 156 | 7.0 | 1.3 | |
| Majority | 943 | 42.4 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,237 | 28.7 | 8.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,783 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.5 |
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May 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sam Wheeler* | 596 | 42.6 | 9.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Lynch | 357 | 25.5 | 3.5 | |
| Green | Brian Candeland | 336 | 24.0 | 0.3 | |
| Conservative | Paul Wan | 98 | 7.0 | 2.2 | |
| Majority | 239 | 17.1 | 11.9 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.93 | 0.43 | ||
| Turnout | 1,400 | 19.58 | 0.50 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,149 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 6.6 |
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May 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Adele Douglas | 925 | 61.0 | ||
| Labour | Jon-Connor Lyons | 875 | 57.7 | ||
| Labour | Sam Wheeler | 793 | 52.3 | ||
| Green | Kara Ng | 368 | 24.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Browne | 348 | 23.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Lynch | 334 | 22.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Varnam | 250 | 16.5 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Wan | 140 | 9.2 | ||
| Conservative | Victoria Williams | 124 | 8.2 | ||
| Conservative | Levi Walker | 115 | 7.6 | ||
| Majority | 425 | 28.0 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.40 | |||
| Turnout | 1,516 | 20.08 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,550 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidates | Seats Won | Votes | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 3 | 3 | 2,593 | 60.70 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 932 | 21.82 | |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 379 | 8.87 | |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 368 | 8.61 | |
- LGBCE (April 2017). Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2018.
- "Lucy Powell MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- "3 May 2018 Local Government Election results". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.