Manchester City Council election, 2006
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The council stayed under Labour Party control, strengthened by four gains from the Liberal Democrats.[1][2]
Election result
Manchester Council Election Result 2006[2] | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 23 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 71.9 | 44.8 | 41,039 | +4.9% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 9 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 28.1 | 31.6 | 28,929 | -2.3% | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 9,649 | -2.2% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 8,493 | -1.0% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1,128 | +1.0% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 833 | +0.4% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 641 | +0.3% | ||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 615 | -0.3% | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 214 | +0.2% | ||
Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | +0.0% | ||
After the election, the composition of the council was:[3]
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 61 | +4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 34 | -4 | |
Green Party | 1 | 0 | |
Labour hold |
Ward results
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Battle* | 1,463 | 48.3 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Daniel James Valentine | 1,235 | 40.7 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Christine Joan Birchenough | 136 | 4.5 | -0.6 | |
Green | Richard Francis Keatley | 126 | 4.2 | -0.5 | |
Independent | John Hulse | 71 | 2.3 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 228 | 7.6 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,031 | 32.9 | -5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Ardwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mavis Smitheman* | 1,248 | 61.4 | +15.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammad Alam Panwar | 405 | 19.9 | -7.5 | |
Green | Christopher David Charlton | 216 | 10.6 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Tadeusz Sochacki | 163 | 8.0 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 843 | 41.5 | +23.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,032 | 21.7 | -2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.6 | |||
Baguley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Eddie McCulley* | 1,205 | 49.0 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Joyce Kaye | 498 | 20.2 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Leslie James Ardron | 323 | 13.1 | -0.7 | |
Green | Lynne Richmond | 220 | 8.9 | -2.5 | |
Socialist Alternative | Lynn Worthington | 214 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 707 | 28.7 | -4.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,460 | 23.9 | -5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
Bradford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Longsden* | 1,525 | 69.8 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rob Brettle | 316 | 14.5 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Karen Abbad | 188 | 8.6 | -6.5 | |
Green | Christopher Waldon | 156 | 7.1 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 1,209 | 55.3 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,185 | 25.3 | -4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Brooklands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Sue Murphy* | 1,378 | 42.1 | -2.7 | |
Conservative | Ralph John Ellerton | 953 | 29.2 | -5.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Paul Ankers | 787 | 24.1 | +10.7 | |
Green | Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh | 149 | 4.6 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 425 | 13.0 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,267 | 33.4 | -1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Burnage
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Rodney Alan Isherwood* | 1,460 | 47.5 | -10.4 | |
Labour | Frank Oliver Duffy | 1,169 | 38.0 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Helen Keller | 252 | 8.2 | -0.5 | |
Green | Elindsay James | 149 | 4.8 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 291 | 9.5 | -23.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,073 | 29.8 | -10.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -11.5 | |||
Charlestown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Hobin* | 1,435 | 54.3 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Vivienne Inez Clarke | 388 | 14.7 | -1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Rodgers | 348 | 13.2 | -11.5 | |
UKIP | Catherine Andrea Ritchie | 312 | 11.8 | +11.8 | |
Green | Helen Sarah Dolan | 159 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 1,047 | 39.6 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,642 | 29.2 | -5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
Cheetham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Naeem Ul Hassam | 1,707 | 45.6 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Qassim Afzal | 1,608 | 43.0 | +5.9 | |
Green | Jacqueline Smith | 235 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Kim Elvin Glasspole | 191 | 5.1 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 99 | 2.6 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,741 | 36.2 | -11.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.5 | |||
Chorlton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Val Stevens* | 1,828 | 42.0 | +9.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||
Chorlton Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Norman Lewis* | 1,724 | 54.7 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Yogesh Virmani | 797 | 25.3 | +6.4 | |
Green | Kathryn Mary Brownbridge | 399 | 12.7 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Rodney Keller | 229 | 7.3 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 927 | 29.4 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,149 | 32.1 | -10.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
City Centre
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Elaine Boyes | 531 | 38.0 | +0.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Chris Paul | 374 | 26.8 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | James Jacob Gilchrist Berry | 311 | 22.3 | +7.1 | |
Green | Birgit Vollm | 181 | 13.0 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 157 | 11.2 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,397 | 16.4 | -2.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Crumpsall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon-Leigh Pritchard* | 1,667 | 49.6 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sham Raja | 738 | 21.9 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Adrian Paul Glasspole | 476 | 14.2 | -4.3 | |
UKIP | Ernest Robert Willescroft | 259 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Green | Justine Michelle Hall | 223 | 6.6 | -10.1 | |
Majority | 929 | 27.6 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,363 | 33.8 | -8.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Didsbury East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
Didsbury West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Richard Mark Clayton | 1,189 | 42.9 | +0.1 | |
Labour | David Clive Ellison | 692 | 25.0 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Peter Girvan Hilton | 485 | 17.5 | +2.3 | |
Green | George Stanislaw Czernuszka | 329 | 11.9 | -4.2 | |
UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 76 | 2.7 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 497 | 17.9 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,771 | 28.0 | -8.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -2.2 | |||
Fallowfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Amesbury | 1,357 | 46.4 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John-Paul Wilkins* | 1,086 | 37.2 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Cedric Beniston | 171 | 5.9 | -3.8 | |
Green | Susan Somerville | 168 | 5.7 | -5.7 | |
BNP | Joseph Gerard Marjella Finnon | 140 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 271 | 9.3 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,922 | 28.1 | -2.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Gorton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nilofar Siddiqi | 1,244 | 39.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bernadette Newing* | 1,132 | 36.1 | -11.0 | |
Independent | Allan James Grafton | 465 | 14.8 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Patricia Ann Ainscough | 144 | 4.6 | -3.5 | |
Green | Rachel Michelle Wilson | 78 | 2.5 | -2.8 | |
Independent | David Colin Jones | 72 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 112 | 3.6 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,135 | 31.4 | -1.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Gorton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Richard Bridges* | 1,375 | 47.8 | -7.6 | |
Labour | Julie Reid | 1,031 | 35.8 | +8.3 | |
Green | David William Mottram | 246 | 8.5 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Raymond Kenyon | 226 | 7.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 344 | 12.0 | -15.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,878 | 26.9 | -4.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -7.9 | |||
Harpurhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Fairweather* | 1,420 | 55.3 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gareth David Aubrey | 320 | 12.5 | -11.5 | |
UKIP | Roger Porter Bullock | 312 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Ian Beswick | 302 | 11.8 | -2.4 | |
Green | Darren Jason Flynn | 215 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 1,100 | 42.8 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,569 | 22.1 | -4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Higher Blackley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anna Margaret Trotman* | 1,477 | 57.0 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | Terence Shannon | 506 | 19.5 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Argyropoulos | 383 | 14.8 | -4.9 | |
Green | Michael Robert Shaw | 226 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 971 | 37.5 | -3.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,592 | 26.5 | -5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
Hulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Joseph Murphy | 816 | 37.9 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Oliver West | 576 | 26.7 | +7.6 | |
Green | Steven Jonathan Durrant | 539 | 25.0 | -12.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Anthony Kierman | 96 | 4.6 | -2.7 | |
Independent | Christine Anne Boscott-Shermerdine | 53 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Captain Cae Os | 43 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | Peter David Reeve | 20 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Independent Liberal | Charles Anthony Lyn-Lloyd | 11 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 240 | 11.1 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,154 | 24.1 | -1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
Levenshulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Alexander Cowan* | 1,402 | 50.1 | -3.1 | |
Labour | Dermot Sean Zafar | 779 | 27.9 | +3.8 | |
Green | Peter Norman Thompson | 399 | 14.3 | -2.1 | |
Conservative | William Moore | 217 | 7.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 623 | 22.3 | -6.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,797 | 28.4 | -4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Longsight
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maryam Fazeela Khan | 1,687 | 54.6 | +24.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Sajjad* | 774 | 25.1 | -19.2 | |
Green | Hassan Ukairo | 444 | 14.4 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | Zahir Ali | 182 | 5.9 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 913 | 30.0 | +15.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,087 | 32.3 | -6.0 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +21.8 | |||
Miles Platting and Newtown Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Flanagan* | 1,286 | 43.5 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard John Wilson | 791 | 26.8 | +9.5 | |
BNP | Derek George Adams | 501 | 16.9 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Lisa Ann Duffy | 149 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Brian George Birchenough | 134 | 4.5 | -3.0 | |
Green | Anthony James Quinn | 96 | 3.2 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 495 | 16.7 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,957 | 29.1 | -2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
Moss Side
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Blake Walters* | 1,734 | 63.7 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammad Hamza Butt | 509 | 18.7 | +1.1 | |
Green | Robin Goater | 235 | 8.6 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Reverend Juggla | 129 | 4.7 | -2.8 | |
Conservative | Raymond Talbot Wattenbach | 116 | 4.3 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 1,225 | 45.0 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,723 | 27.8 | -0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Moston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Risby* | 1,774 | 53.1 | -5.2 | |
Conservative | Anthony Gerard Pinder | 755 | 22.6 | -2.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Timothy John Hartley | 506 | 15.2 | +3.1 | |
Green | Rose Ann Cameron | 303 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 1,019 | 30.5 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,338 | 31.2 | -6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
Northenden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard James Cowell* | 1,431 | 46.9 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Martin Clive Eakins | 1,092 | 35.8 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Nathan James Cruddas | 391 | 12.8 | -5.2 | |
Green | Lance David Crookes | 136 | 4.5 | -12.6 | |
Majority | 339 | 11.1 | -13.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,050 | 29.3 | -3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.7 | |||
Old Moat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Harrison* | 1,567 | 54.4 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tina Maache | 773 | 26.9 | -0.4 | |
Green | Robin-Ella Davies | 317 | 11.0 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | Daniel Rossall Valentine | 221 | 7.7 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 794 | 27.6 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,878 | 29.2 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
Rusholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Lynne Williams* | 1,157 | 39.9 | -16.0 | |
Labour | John Byrne | 804 | 27.7 | -0.8 | |
Respect | Nahella Ashraf | 615 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
Green | Penelope Irene Collins | 188 | 6.5 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | Barbara Mary Goodall | 135 | 4.7 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 353 | 12.2 | -15.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,899 | 31.5 | -6.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -7.6 | |||
Sharston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Hugh Barrett* | 1,248 | 55.0 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Agnes Anne Carroll | 402 | 17.7 | -1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | William David Fisher | 355 | 15.6 | -0.9 | |
Green | Karen Jane Duffy | 264 | 11.5 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 846 | 37.3 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,269 | 21.4 | -5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Whalley Range
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Rose Watson | 1,637 | 46.1 | +17.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Joy Ruth Winder* | 1,158 | 32.6 | -6.6 | |
Green | Mary Rosalind Candeland | 466 | 13.1 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Matthew Graham Cox | 289 | 8.1 | -11.5 | |
Majority | 479 | 13.5 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,550 | 34.5 | -9.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +12.0 | |||
Withington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Simon David Wheale | 1,064 | 47.8 | -10.6 | |
Labour | Delores Elizabeth Long | 613 | 27.6 | +9.0 | |
Green | Sarah Stuart | 340 | 15.3 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Andrew Christopher Perfect | 207 | 9.3 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 451 | 20.3 | -19.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,224 | 22.3 | -8.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -9.8 | |||
Woodhouse Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Newman* | 1,277 | 61.5 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Ruby Marie Raynor | 328 | 15.8 | -0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Joseph Francis Podbylski | 290 | 14.0 | -0.2 | |
Green | Peter Andrew Somerville | 180 | 8.7 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 949 | 45.7 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,075 | 21.8 | -5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
By-elections between 2006 and 2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Charles Glover | 1,588 | 49.3 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Julie Reid | 1,208 | 37.5 | +1.7 | |
BNP | Derek Adams | 185 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Green | David Mottram | 151 | 4.7 | -3.8 | |
Conservative | Daniel Valentine | 90 | 2.8 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 380 | 11.8 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,222 | 29.9 | +3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "Local Election Results 2006". manchester.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 "Local Elections Archive: 2006 - Manchester". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ↑ "Vote 2006 - Local elections: Manchester". BBC. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ↑ "By-election results: 2006-2011". manchester.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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