Manchester City Council election, 2007
Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The council stayed under Labour Party control, on a reduced turnout of 28.3%.[1][2]
Election result
Manchester Council Election Result 2007 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 19 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 59.4 | 45.4 | 41,213 | +0.6% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 13 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 40.6 | 31.8 | 28,898 | +0.2% | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 9,975 | +0.5% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 7,623 | -0.9% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,041 | -0.1% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 972 | +0.4% | ||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 535 | -0.1% | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 251 | +0.1% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 190 | -0.7% | ||
United Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 56 | +0.1% | ||
After the election, the composition of the council was:[3]
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 60 | -1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 35 | +1 | |
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 | Mick Loughman* | 1,518 | 64.6 | +16.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Daniel Valentine | 473 | 20.1 | -20.6 | |
Green | Victoria Album | 148 | 6.3 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | David Hopps | 135 | 5.7 | +1.2 | |
Independent | John Hulse | 76 | 3.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,045 | 44.5 | +37.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,350 | 24.4 | -8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +18.4 | |||
Ardwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Priest* | 1,219 | 57.4 | -4.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jawaid Chaudhry | 526 | 24.8 | +4.9 | |
Green | Justine Hall | 224 | 10.6 | 0 | |
Conservative | Kashif Ali | 155 | 7.3 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 693 | 32.6 | -8.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,124 | 21.5 | -0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
Baguley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Paul Andrews* | 1,268 | 52.6 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | John Leaning | 481 | 20.0 | -0.2 | |
Socialist Alternative | Lynn Worthington | 251 | 10.4 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | William Fisher | 233 | 9.7 | -3.4 | |
Green | Karen Duffy | 176 | 7.3 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 787 | 32.7 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,409 | 23.0 | -0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Bradford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rosa Battle | 1,476 | 70.8 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Guise | 288 | 13.8 | -0.7 | |
Conservative | Rodney Keller | 190 | 9.1 | +0.5 | |
Green | Christopher Waldon | 131 | 6.3 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 1,188 | 57.0 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,085 | 22.3 | -3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Brooklands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Cooley* | 1,460 | 50.3 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Marie Raynor | 958 | 33.0 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Kierman | 342 | 11.8 | -12.3 | |
Green | Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh | 140 | 4.8 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 502 | 17.3 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,900 | 29.1 | -4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Burnage
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Iain Donaldson* | 1,825 | 54.3 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Frank Duffy | 1,209 | 36.0 | -2.0 | |
Conservative | Peter Schofield | 194 | 5.8 | -2.4 | |
Green | Joseph Gair | 132 | 3.9 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 616 | 18.3 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,360 | 32.0 | +2.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Charlestown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Basil Curley* | 1,542 | 59.0 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Kim Glasspole | 419 | 16.0 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Rodgers | 268 | 10.3 | -2.9 | |
UKIP | Andrea Ritchie | 238 | 9.1 | -2.7 | |
Green | Helen Dolan | 148 | 5.7 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 1,123 | 42.9 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,615 | 27.8 | -1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Cheetham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Khan* | 2,340 | 64.6 | +19.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sham Raja | 571 | 15.8 | -27.2 | |
Conservative | Wajid Ali | 380 | 10.5 | +5.4 | |
Green | Jackie Smith | 332 | 9.2 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,769 | 48.8 | +46.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,623 | 31.5 | -4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +23.1 | |||
Chorlton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Chorlton Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Tony Bethell* | 1,751 | 55.4 | +0.7 | |
Labour Co-op | John Hacking | 739 | 23.4 | -1.9 | |
Green | Kathryn Brownbridge | 394 | 12.5 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Chilton | 279 | 8.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 1,012 | 32.0 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,163 | 31.0 | -1.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
City Centre
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Kenneth Dobson* | 498 | 32.8 | -5.2 | |
Labour | Kathy Crotty | 391 | 25.8 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Rob Adlard | 343 | 22.6 | +0.3 | |
Green | Birgit Vollm | 171 | 11.3 | -1.7 | |
Independent | Kin Cheng | 114 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 107 | 7.1 | -4.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,517 | 16.0 | -0.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
Crumpsall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Con Keegan* | 1,832 | 60.1 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Adrian Glasspole | 564 | 18.5 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Muhammad Shahbaz | 398 | 13.1 | -8.8 | |
Green | John Cummings | 254 | 8.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,268 | 41.6 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,048 | 29.9 | -3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Didsbury East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Didsbury West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Neil Trafford* | 1,328 | 45.7 | +2.8 | |
Labour | David Ellison | 712 | 24.5 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Caddick | 414 | 14.3 | -3.2 | |
Green | James Alden | 389 | 13.4 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 61 | 2.1 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 616 | 21.2 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,904 | 29.2 | +1.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Fallowfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Morrison* | 1,215 | 55.9 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | John-Paul Wilkins | 478 | 22.0 | -15.2 | |
Green | Rachel Sills | 251 | 11.6 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Ashton Cull | 230 | 10.6 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 737 | 33.9 | +24.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,174 | 20.0 | -8.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.3 | |||
Gorton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Wendy Helsby* | 1,753 | 52.3 | +16.2 | |
Labour | John Hughes | 1,365 | 40.7 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Joyce Kaye | 126 | 3.8 | -0.8 | |
Green | Rachel Wilson | 107 | 3.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 388 | 11.6 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,351 | 31.6 | +0.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +7.6 | |||
Gorton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Simon Ashley* | 1,600 | 52.1 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Julie Reid | 1,150 | 37.5 | +1.7 | |
Green | Barnaby Wolfram | 134 | 4.4 | -4.1 | |
Conservative | Lawrie Clapham | 130 | 4.2 | -3.7 | |
United Socialist | Sabrina Jones | 56 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 450 | 14.7 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,070 | 26.9 | 0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Harpurhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joanne Green* | 1,497 | 58.9 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Brettle | 355 | 14.0 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Harriet Holder | 294 | 11.6 | -0.2 | |
UKIP | Roger P Bullock | 264 | 10.4 | -1.7 | |
Green | Katherine Smith | 133 | 5.2 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 1,142 | 44.9 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,543 | 20.8 | -1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Higher Blackley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Lyons* | 1,449 | 48.4 | -8.6 | |
BNP | Joseph Finnon | 716 | 23.9 | +23.9 | |
Conservative | Vivienne Clarke | 372 | 12.4 | -7.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Brian Newton | 268 | 9.0 | -5.8 | |
Green | Michael Shaw | 108 | 3.6 | -5.1 | |
UKIP | Shirley Reeve | 82 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 733 | 24.5 | -13.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,995 | 29.7 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.2 | |||
Hulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Murphy* | 969 | 50.1 | +12.2 | |
Green | Steven Durrant | 630 | 32.6 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Oliver West | 213 | 11.0 | -15.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Binns | 122 | 6.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 339 | 17.5 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,934 | 20.9 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Levenshulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Commons* | 1,388 | 51.2 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Dermot Zafar | 742 | 27.4 | -0.5 | |
Green | Peter Thompson | 334 | 12.3 | -2.0 | |
Conservative | Anne Carroll | 248 | 9.1 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 646 | 23.8 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,712 | 27.0 | -1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Longsight
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Abid Latif Chohan* | 1,506 | 47.5 | +22.4 | |
Labour | Sajjid Hussain | 1,188 | 37.5 | -17.1 | |
Green | Spencer Fitzgibbon | 320 | 10.1 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | Jane L'Anson | 157 | 5.0 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 318 | 10.0 | -20.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,171 | 31.4 | -0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +19.7 | |||
Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | June Hitchin* | 1,331 | 42.6 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Damien O'Connor | 1,270 | 40.6 | +13.8 | |
BNP | Derek Adams | 256 | 8.2 | -8.7 | |
Conservative | Heather Grant | 124 | 4.0 | -0.5 | |
Green | Anthony Quinn | 75 | 2.4 | -0.8 | |
UKIP | Lisa Duffy | 69 | 2.2 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 61 | 2.0 | -14.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,125 | 30.6 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.3 | |||
Moss Side
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sameen Ali | 1,660 | 67.2 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Zeke Ukairo | 384 | 15.6 | -3.1 | |
Green | George Czernuszka | 222 | 9.0 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Young | 204 | 8.3 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 1,276 | 51.7 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,470 | 24.4 | -3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Moston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Cooper* | 1,760 | 55.5 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Tony Pinder | 637 | 20.1 | -2.5 | |
UKIP | Peter Reeve | 327 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Timothy Hartley | 314 | 9.9 | -5.3 | |
Green | Robin Goater | 132 | 4.2 | -4.8 | |
Majority | 1,123 | 35.4 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,170 | 29.2 | -2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Northenden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Bracegirdle | 1,458 | 44.6 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Martin Eakins | 1,352 | 41.3 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Nathan Cruddas | 279 | 8.5 | -4.3 | |
Green | Lance Crookes | 182 | 5.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 106 | 3.2 | -7.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,271 | 31.3 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 | |||
Old Moat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeffrey Smith* | 1,382 | 53.7 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Wilson | 748 | 29.1 | +2.2 | |
Green | Alice Coren | 230 | 8.9 | -2.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew Perfect | 215 | 8.4 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 634 | 24.6 | 3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,575 | 25.5 | -3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
Rusholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Abu Chowdhury* | 1,241 | 42.3 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Atiha Chaudry | 746 | 25.4 | -2.3 | |
Respect | Nahella Ashraf | 535 | 18.2 | -3.0 | |
Green | Penny Collins | 224 | 7.6 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Daniel Valentine | 190 | 6.5 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 495 | 16.9 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,936 | 30.7 | -0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Sharston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Joyce Keller* | 1,242 | 52.5 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | Jimmy McCullough | 604 | 25.5 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tina Dunican | 290 | 12.3 | -3.3 | |
Green | Amanda Collins | 229 | 9.7 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 638 | 27.0 | -10.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,365 | 21.8 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.1 | |||
Whalley Range
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Faraz Bhatti* | 2,030 | 50.2 | +17.6 | |
Labour | Kath Fry | 1,418 | 35.0 | -11.1 | |
Green | Mary Candeland | 393 | 9.7 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | Tim Langley | 206 | 5.1 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 612 | 15.1 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,047 | 39.0 | +4.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +14.3 | |||
Withington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Alison Firth* | 1,346 | 60.7 | +12.9 | |
Labour | Andrew Simcock | 499 | 22.5 | -5.1 | |
Green | Felicity Paris | 216 | 9.7 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | Adele Douglas | 157 | 7.1 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 847 | 38.2 | +17.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,218 | 21.5 | -0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +9.0 | |||
Woodhouse Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara O'Neil* | 1,354 | 65.3 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Stephen Heath | 378 | 18.2 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Joseph Podbylski | 182 | 8.8 | -5.2 | |
Green | Jody Bradford | 161 | 7.8 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 976 | 47.0 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,075 | 21.2 | -0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
By-elections between 2007 and 2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Veronica Kirkpatrick | 1373 | 54.7 | -4.3 | |
BNP | Joseph G M Finnon | 628 | 25.0 | +25.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Carol Connell | 239 | 9.5 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Kim E Glasspole | 188 | 7.5 | -8.5 | |
Green | Jackie Smith | 81 | 3.2 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 745 | 29.6 | -13.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,509 | 26.5 | -1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -14.6 | |||
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 33 "Local Election Results 2007". manchester.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
- 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 Election Archive: 2007 - Manchester". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
- ↑ "Vote 2007: Manchester". BBC. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
- ↑ "By-election results: 2006-2011". manchester.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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