Manchester Council election, 2008

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Elections to Manchester City Council took place on May 1, 2008. One third of the council was up for election^[1] - every ward of the city returned one councillor at this election out of the three councillors a ward in the city has.

Four national political parties - the Conservative Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Green Party - each stood a candidate in every ward in this election. There were candidates from other political parties standing in some of the wards, but there were no independent candidates standing for election this year in the city.

The Labour party retained overall control of the council. The Green party lost their only remaining seat (in Hulme) to Labour and the Conservatives failed to gain their first elected councillor, though became the third party on the council due to having one councillor through an earlier defection. The Liberal Democrats gained 2 councillors (in Miles Platting & Newton Heath and Northenden) but lost one (in Longsight) to Labour.

Contents 1 Overview of Parties and the Election Result 2 Candidates and Ward Results 2.1 Ancoats and Clayton Ward 2.2 Ardwick Ward 2.3 Baguley Ward 2.4 Bradford Ward 2.5 Brooklands Ward 2.6 Burnage Ward 2.7 Charlestown Ward 2.8 Cheetham Ward 2.9 Chorlton Ward 2.10 Chorlton Park Ward 2.11 City Centre Ward 2.12 Crumpsall Ward 2.13 Didsbury East Ward 2.14 Didsbury West Ward 2.15 Fallowfield Ward 2.16 Gorton North Ward 2.17 Gorton South Ward 2.18 Harpurhey Ward 2.19 Higher Blackley Ward 2.20 Hulme Ward 2.21 Levenshulme Ward 2.22 Longsight Ward 2.23 Miles Platting and Newton Heath Ward 2.24 Moss Side Ward 2.25 Moston Ward 2.26 Northenden Ward 2.27 Old Moat Ward 2.28 Rusholme Ward 2.29 Sharston Ward 2.30 Whalley Range Ward 2.31 Withington Ward 2.32 Woodhouse Park Ward 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Overview of Parties and the Election Result

Voting took place between 7am and 10pm on Thursday May 1, 2008, and counting took place that night at the Town Hall.

Below is a full list of parties which candidates stood for in the 2008 election in Manchester - parties are arranged by the total number of votes cast for them.

Manchester City Council Result of the May 1 2008 election
Party		Total Seats	Seats won 2008	Gains 2008	Losses 2008	Net Gain/Loss	2008 Votes	Change in Vote (from 2007)	2008 Votes %	2008 Seats %
	Labour	61	19	2	2	0	39,294	-4.7%	43.0%	59.4%
	Liberal Democrat	34	13	2	1	1	27,773	-3.9%	30.4%	40.6%
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	0	12,999	+30.3%	14.2%	0%
	Green	0	0	0	1	-1	7,615	+3.3%	8.3%	0%
	British National Party	0	0	0	0	0	1,765	+81.6%	1.9%	0%
	Respect	0	0	0	0	0	655	+22.4%	0.7%	0%
	Left List	0	0	0	0	0	612	n/a	0.7%	0%
	UK Independence	0	0	0	0	0	371	-64.4%	0.4%	0%
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	295	n/a	0.3%	0%

[edit] Candidates and 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.

[edit] Ancoats and Clayton Ward

Ancoats & Clayton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Carmody	1428
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Connell	403
	Conservative	David Morgan	334
	Green	Sophy Hansford	226
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Ardwick Ward

Ardwick Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom O'Callaghan	1180
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Sajjad	346
	Conservative	Claire Babington	221
	Green	Andrew Speke	152
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Baguley Ward

Baguley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tony Burns	1123
	Conservative	Nathan Cruddas	565
	Socialist Alternative	Lynn Worthington	295
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Rodgers	243
	Green	Lynne Richmond	179
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Bradford Ward

Bradford Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Swannick	1467
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Jenkinson	286
	Conservative	Rod Keller	224
	Green	Andrew Bullen	209
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Brooklands Ward

Brooklands Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynn Evans	1274
	Conservative	Marie Raynor	1106
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Bridges	362
	Green	Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh	146
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Burnage Ward

Burnage Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Cameron	2096
	Labour	Tom Murphy	768
	Conservative	Peter Schofield	228
	Green	Angela Tibke	142
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Charlestown Ward

Charlestown Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hackett	1328
	British National Party	Stephen Moran	687
	Conservative	Gareth Brown	425
	Green	Michael Prior	186
	Liberal Democrat	Alexandra Reynolds-Cocroft	178
	UK Independence	Catherine Ritchie	84
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Cheetham Ward

Cheetham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Pagel	1735
	Conservative	Wajid Ali	673
	Respect	Kay Phillips	502
	Liberal Democrat	Sham Raja	429
	Green	Luke Smith	141
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Chorlton Ward

Chorlton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Newman	2126
	Liberal Democrat	Lianne Williams	1867
	Green	Brian Candeland	448
	Conservative	David Hopps	260
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Chorlton Park Ward

Chorlton Park Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Bernie Ryan	1693
	Labour Co-op	John Hacking	763
	Green	Kathryn Brownbridge	359
	Conservative	Christopher Green	358
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] City Centre Ward

City Centre Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marc Ramsbottom	568
	Labour	Anthony McCaul	479
	Conservative	Rob Adlard	386
	Green	Peter Birkinshaw	139
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Crumpsall Ward

Crumpsall Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Leese	1773
	Conservative	Kim Glasspole	597
	Liberal Democrat	Rashid Shahbaz	354
	Green	Eithne Quinn	208
	UK Independence	Bob Willescroft	206
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Didsbury East Ward

Didsbury East Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Sandiford	2050
	Labour	Andrew Simcock	1053
	Conservative	Louise Quigley	492
	Green	Gerry Gee	310
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Didsbury West Ward

Didsbury West Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Shaw	1283
	Labour	Jenny Lennox	620
	Conservative	David Bean	451
	Green	James Alden	281
	UK Independence	Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	81
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Fallowfield Ward

Fallowfield Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Royle	1178
	Liberal Democrat	Kas Afzal	643
	Conservative	Colin Power	263
	Green	Daniel Lee	207
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Gorton North Ward

Gorton North Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jackie Pearcey	1468
	Labour	John Hughes	1156
	Conservative	Jane Percival	242
	Green	Karl Wardlaw	150
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Gorton South Ward

Gorton South Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Glover	1262
	Labour	Julie Reid	1017
	Left List	Sue McPherson	292
	Conservative	William Clapham	217
	Green	Deborah Clarke	164
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Harpurhey Ward

Harpurhey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Karney	1475
	Conservative	Will Palmer	500
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Page	317
	Green	Katherine Smith	283
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Higher Blackley Ward

Higher Blackley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Barnes	1328
	British National Party	Derek Adams	828
	Conservative	Vivienne Clarke	467
	Liberal Democrat	Lee Walker	248
	Green	Michael Daw	164
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Hulme Ward

Hulme Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emily Lomax	961
	Green	Steven Durrant	911
	Conservative	Jamie Hutchinson	215
	Liberal Democrat	Glenn Hinks	190
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

[edit] Levenshulme Ward

Levenshulme Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Whitmore	1530
	Labour	Quammer Ahmad	715
	Green	Justine Hall	327
	Conservative	Abbas Khurshid	175
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Longsight Ward

Longsight Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luthfur Rahman	2005
	Liberal Democrat	Liaqat Ali	858
	Green	Spencer Fitz-Gibbon	237
	Conservative	Daniel Valentine	153
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

[edit] Miles Platting and Newton Heath Ward

Miles Platting & Newton Heath Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Damien O'Connor	1441
	Labour	Christine Carroll	1256
	British National Party	Joseph Cegla	250
	Conservative	Vaseem Valentine	147
	Green	Jonathan Mercer	83
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Moss Side Ward

Moss Side Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alistair Cox	1776
	Liberal Democrat	Zeke Ukairo	271
	Green	Nigel Woodcock	225
	Conservative	Kashif Ali	185
	Respect	Ali Shelmani	153
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Moston Ward

Moston Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Murphy	1551	49.5%
	Conservative	Gareth Morris	936	29.9%
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Hartley	398	12.7%
	Green	Tom Redford	246	7.9%
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Northenden Ward

Northenden Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Eakins	1562
	Labour	Michael Kane	1554
	Conservative	Sarah Lovell	293
	Green	Lance Crookes	159
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Old Moat Ward

Old Moat Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Fender	1391
	Liberal Democrat	Sufiyan Rana	947
	Green	Lia Sims	213
	Conservative	Paul Lally	205
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Rusholme Ward

Rusholme Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Shannon	1090
	Labour	Atiha Chaudry	693
	Left List	Nahella Ashraf	320
	Conservative	Dola Miah	291
	Green	Penny Collins	158
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Sharston Ward

Sharston Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tommy Judge	1115
	Conservative	Jimmy McCullough	773
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Fisher	274
	Green	Karen Duffy	199
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Whalley Range Ward

Whalley Range Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Grant	1683
	Labour	Amina Lone	1271
	Conservative	Fawad Hussain	945
	Green	Mary Candeland	381
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Withington Ward

Withington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brendon Jones	1267
	Labour	Leif Jerram	508
	Green	Felicity Paris	223
	Conservative	Zoe Slater	199
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Woodhouse Park Ward

Woodhouse Park Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Neil	1227
	Conservative	Stephen Heath	473
	Liberal Democrat	Joe Podbylski	166
	Green	Jody Bradford	159
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• United Kingdom local elections, 2008

[edit] References

1. ^ Election results/Manchester. BBC (2008-05-02). Retrieved on 2008-05-02.

• Official candidate list
• Official election results

Preceded by Manchester Council election, 2007

Manchester local elections

Succeeded by Manchester Council election, 2010