Didsbury West (ward)

Didsbury West (Manchester)

Electoral ward

Didsbury West electoral ward within Manchester City Council

Coat of arms

Motto: By wisdom and effort

Coordinates: 53°25′07″N 2°14′35″W / 53.4186°N 2.2431°WCoordinates: 53°25′07″N 2°14′35″W / 53.4186°N 2.2431°W

Created

2004

Named for

Didsbury

Government UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Withington

• Type

Unicameral

• Body

Manchester City Council

• Leader of the council

Richard Leese (Labour)

• Councillor

Josie Teubler (Labour)

• Councillor

David Ellison (Labour)

• Councillor

John Leech (Liberal Democrats)

Population

• Total

12,455

Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census^[1]

Didsbury West is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England.^[2] It is represented in Westminster by Jeff Smith MP for Manchester Withington.^[3] The 2011 Census recorded a population of 12,455.^[1]

Councillors

Three councillors serve the ward:^[4]

Josie Teubler (Lab)
David Ellison (Lab)
John Leech (Lib Dem)

Election
2004	Simon Wheale (Lib Dem)	Neil Trafford (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2006	Richard Clayton (Lib Dem)	Neil Trafford (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2007	Richard Clayton (Lib Dem)	Neil Trafford (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2008	Richard Clayton (Lib Dem)	Neil Trafford (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
By-election 29 January 2009^[5]^[6]	Richard Clayton (Lib Dem)	Lianne Williams (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2010	Mark Clayton (Lib Dem)	Lianne Williams (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2011	Mark Clayton (Lib Dem)	David Ellison (Lab)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2012	Mark Clayton (Lib Dem)	David Ellison (Lab)	Carl Ollerhead (Lab)
2014	Josie Teubler (Lab)	David Ellison (Lab)	Carl Ollerhead (Lab)
2015	Josie Teubler (Lab)	David Ellison (Lab)	Carl Ollerhead (Lab)
2016	Josie Teubler (Lab)	David Ellison (Lab)	John Leech (Lib Dem)

indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election.

Elections in 2010s

May 2016

2016^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	John Leech	2,295	52.61	+24.5%
	Labour	Barnaby Edward Lane	1,593	36.52	-7.5%
	Green	Arnold James Spencer	244	5.59	-6%
	Conservative	Max Dowling	161	3.69	-12%
	UKIP	Robert Gutenfreund-Walmsley	69	1.58	-2%
Majority			702	16.09
Turnout			4,362	44.40
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	16.2%

Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years and provided Manchester with its first opposition for two years.

May 2015

2015^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dave Ellison*	2,813	40.0	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Ashley	2,003	28.5	-2.2
	Conservative	David Semple	1,053	15.0	+1.1
	Green	Arnold James Spencer	886	12.6	+1.5
	UKIP	Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	228	3.2	N/A
	TUSC	Alex Longworth-Dunbar	52	0.7	N/A
Majority			810	11.5
Turnout			7,035	67.0	+30.1
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2014

2014^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Josie Teubler	1,457	46.27	+14.12
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Clayton	1,295	41.12	-9.07
	Green	Glen Marsden	592	15.82	N/A
	Conservative	David Robert Semple	397	12.61	-5.05
Majority			162	4.33
Turnout			3,741	36
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

May 2012

2012^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Carl Ollerhead	1,393	47.5	+24.7
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Shaw*	909	31.0	-16.2
	Green	Gareth Price-Thomas	317	10.8	+0.5
	Conservative	Dola Miah	246	8.4	-8.2
	Democracy First	Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	69	2.4	N/A
Majority			484	16
Turnout			2934	27.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

May 2011

2011^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Ellison	1,686	44.2	+19.7
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Whittall	1,172	30.7	-15.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Millard	530	13.9	-0.4
	Green	James Alden	424	11.1	-2.3
Majority			514	13.5
Turnout			3,812	36.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

May 2010

2010^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Clayton*	3,088	50.2	+3.0
	Labour	David Clive Ellison	1,978	32.2	+9.4
	Conservative	David Michael Bean	1,086	17.7	+1.1
Majority			1,110	18.0	-6.4
Turnout			6,152	61.4	+33.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-3.2

Elections in 2000s

2008^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Shaw*	1,283	47.2	+1.5
	Labour	Jenny Lennox	620	22.8	-1.7
	Conservative	David Bean	451	16.6	+2.3
	Green	James Alden	281	10.3	-3.1
	UKIP	Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	81	3.0	+0.9
Majority			663	24.4	+3.2
Turnout			2,716	27.8	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+1.6

2007^[14]
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

2006^[15]
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

2004^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Shaw	1,565	42.8	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Trafford*	1,515
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Wheale*	1,476
	Labour	Brendan Turner	745	20.4	N/A
	Labour	Emily Lomax	706
	Labour	Peter Copping	627
	Green	Richard Gee	589	16.1	N/A
	Green	Robina-Ella Davies	578
	Conservative	Peter Hilton	554	15.1	N/A
	Conservative	Sean Ell	503
	Conservative	Jonathan Smith	466
	Green	Clifford Saffer	443
	UKIP	Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	205	5.6	N/A
Majority			731	22.4	N/A
Turnout			3,658	36.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

References

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