2012 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 3 May 2012, on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with those councillors elected in the 2008 Manchester Council election having defended their seats on this occasion with vote share changes compared on that basis.
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Map of the results of the 2012 Manchester council election, with Labour
The composition of the Council after the election was as follows:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 86 | +25 | |
Liberal Democrat | 9 | -25 | |
Independent | 1 | +1 |
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 32 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 100 | 65.73 | 59632 | +22.73 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | -12 | -12 | 0 | 14.70 | 13341 | -15.7 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.60 | 7801 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 6084 | -7.49 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.24 | 2034 | +1.84 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.99 | 898 | +0.99 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.52 | 472 | -1.38 | |
Pirate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.29 | 259 | +0.29 | |
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 153 | -0.53 | |
Communist League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 52 | +0.06 |
Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election.
Ancoats and Clayton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Carmody* | 1,862 | 74.3 | +14.6 | |
Green | Peter Birkinshaw | 215 | 8.6 | -0.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Ford | 173 | 6.9 | -7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claude-Diele Nsumbu | 100 | 4.0 | -12.9 | |
TUSC | Alex Davidson | 82 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Pirate | Tim Dobson | 75 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,674 | 66.8 | +23.9 | ||
Turnout | 2507 | 23.47 | +0.07 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ardwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas O'Callaghan* | 1,729 | 80.4 | +18.3 | |
Green | Patrick Sudlow | 146 | 6.8 | -.2 | |
Conservative | Rob Manning | 111 | 5.2 | -6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Alman | 101 | 4.7 | -13.5 | |
TUSC | Shari Holden | 64 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,683 | 78.2 | +34.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,151 | 18.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Baguley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Luke Raikes | 1,485 | 63.4 | +16.7 | |
UKIP | Christopher Cassidy | 281 | 12.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ralph Ellerton | 259 | 11.1 | -12.4 | |
TUSC | Lynn Worthington | 115 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Donaghey | 102 | 4.4 | -5.7 | |
Green | Jostine Loubster | 101 | 4.3 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 1,204 | 51.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,343 | 21.64 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bradford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Swannick* | 1,903 | 77.7 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Sarah Bennett | 159 | 6.5 | -3.7 | |
Green | Lorna Bowen | 141 | 5.8 | -3.8 | |
Pirate | Loz Kaye | 127 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Turner | 106 | 4.3 | -8.8 | |
Communist League | Peter Clifford | 14 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,744 | 71.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,450 | 21.21 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Brooklands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glynn Evans* | 1,629 | 53.7 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Stephen Woods | 532 | 17.6 | -20.8 | |
UKIP | Nathan Gilbert | 279 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Green | Eithne Quinn | 140 | 4.6 | -0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Maxson | 111 | 3.7 | -8.9 | |
Majority | 1,097 | 40.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,691 | 28.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Burnage
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bev Craig* | 2,416 | 72.0 | +48.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Grace Baynham | 513 | 15.3 | -49.5 | |
Green | Sam Darby | 262 | 7.8 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Schofield | 163 | 4.9 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 1,903 | 56.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,354 | 31.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Charlestown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Hackett* | 1,955 | 75.3 | +29.3 | |
Conservative | Tom Archer | 292 | 11.2 | -3.5 | |
Green | Chris Hyland | 252 | 9.7 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joanne Taylor | 98 | 3.8 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 1,663 | 64 | |||
Turnout | 2,597 | 25.36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cheetham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaukat Ali | 2,854 | 62.3 | +12.4 | |
Independent | Shazia Butt | 1,121 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Green | Luke Smith | 261 | 5.7 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Sham Akhtar | 213 | 4.7 | -14.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Isherwood | 130 | 2.8 | -9.5 | |
Majority | 1,733 | 38 | |||
Turnout | 4,579 | 30.64 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorlton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Newman* | 2,433 | 56.8 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matt Gallagher | 797 | 18.6 | -21.1 | |
Green | Brian Candeland | 503 | 11.8 | +2.3 | |
TUSC | Mark Krantz | 368 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jonathan Beardmore | 180 | 4.2 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 1,636 | 38 | |||
Turnout | 4,281 | 39.19 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorlton Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joanna Midgley | 2,083 | 56.2 | +32.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernie Ryan* | 1,115 | 30.1 | -23.3 | |
Green | Leon Patsalides | 354 | 9.6 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | Leo Schindler | 156 | 4.2 | -7.1 | |
Majority | 968 | 26 | |||
Turnout | 3,708 | 32.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
City Centre
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Davies | 704 | 38.4 | +7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marc Ramsbottom* | 465 | 25.4 | -10.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Liffen | 234 | 12.8 | -11.8 | |
Green | Nick Wilkinson | 190 | 10.4 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Ken Dobson | 159 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Pirate | Maria Aretoulaki | 57 | 3.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Adrienne Bennett | 25 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 239 | 13 | |||
Turnout | 1,833 | 13.65 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Crumpsall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Leese* | 2,499 | 78.6 | +22.1 | |
Conservative | Samuel Jacob | 225 | 7.1 | -11.9 | |
UKIP | Robert Willescroft | 221 | 7.0 | +0.4 | |
Green | Kim Alwyn | 157 | 4.9 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Hewitt | 77 | 2.4 | -8.9 | |
Majority | 2,274 | 72 | |||
Turnout | 3,179 | 29.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Didsbury East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bridie Adams | 2,039 | 50.5 | +23.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Sandiford* | 1,398 | 34.6 | -17.9 | |
Green | Amy Webber | 318 | 7.9 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | Jamie Williams | 280 | 6.9 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 641 | 16 | |||
Turnout | 4,035 | 37.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Didsbury West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carl Ollerhead | 1,393 | 47.5 | +24.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | 2,934 | 27.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Fallowfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Royle* | 1,733 | 77.9 | +26.5 | |
Green | Rosie Dammers | 198 | 8.9 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Bailey | 144 | 6.5 | -5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronan Stafford | 80 | 3.6 | -24.5 | |
TUSC | Katen Verma | 70 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,535 | 69 | |||
Turnout | 2,225 | 19.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gorton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Afia Kamal | 1,478 | 53.0 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Pearcey* | 987 | 35.4 | -13.3 | |
Green | Karl Wardlaw | 187 | 6.7 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Abiodun Opesan | 101 | 3.6 | -4.4 | |
Communist League | Andres Mendoza | 38 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 491 | 18 | |||
Turnout | 2,791 | 24.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Gorton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Stone | 2,091 | 53.8 | +19.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Glover* | 1,198 | 30.8 | -12.0 | |
UKIP | Robert Catterall | 202 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Green | Ryan Bestford | 161 | 4.2 | -1.4 | |
Respect | Marie-Angelique Bueler | 153 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tmo Opesan | 79 | 2.0 | -5.4 | |
Majority | 893 | 23 | |||
Turnout | 3,884 | 30.7 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Harpurhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Karney* | 1,890 | 76.2 | +18.9 | |
Conservative | William Clapham | 250 | 10.1 | -9.3 | |
Green | Simon Gibbins | 227 | 9.2 | -1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mellissa Houlding | 112 | 4.5 | -7.8 | |
Majority | 1,640 | 66 | |||
Turnout | 2,479 | 20.24 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Higher Blackley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shelley Lanchbury | 1,753 | 67.5 | +23.7 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Evans | 226 | 8.7 | -6.7 | |
BNP | Derek Adams | 221 | 8.5 | -18.8 | |
UKIP | Allison Newsham | 198 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Maria Turner | 100 | 3.8 | -4.4 | |
Green | Nick Good | 98 | 3.8 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 1,527 | 59 | |||
Turnout | 2,596 | 24.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amina Lone* | 1,301 | 60.9 | +18.7 | |
Green | Deyika Nzeribe | 595 | 27.8 | -12.2 | |
Conservative | Jack Kelly | 117 | 5.5 | -34.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dom Hardwick | 94 | 4.4 | -3.9 | |
Independent | James Guise | 30 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 706 | 33 | |||
Turnout | 2,137 | 16.98 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Levenshulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nasrin Ali | 1,722 | 50.3 | +24.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Commons | 955 | 27.9 | -27.8 | |
Green | David Mottram | 674 | 19.7 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Ryan El-Idrissi | 73 | 2.1 | -9.8 | |
Majority | 767 | 22 | |||
Turnout | 3,424 | 30.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Longsight
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Luthfur Rahman* | 2,754 | 76.0 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Afzal | 436 | 12.0 | +7.3 | |
Green | Wendy Lynas | 301 | 8.3 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Panwar | 134 | 3.7 | -22.7 | |
Majority | 2,318 | 64 | |||
Turnout | 3,625 | 31.95 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carmine Grimshaw | 1,807 | 65.0 | +25.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Damien O'Connor* | 830 | 29.8 | -15.8 | |
Green | Jacob Lay | 145 | 5.2 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 977 | 35 | |||
Turnout | 2,782 | 25.76 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Moss Side
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Alistair Cox* | 2,545 | 84.3 | +16.3 | |
Green | Richard Lane | 153 | 5.1 | -3.5 | |
TUSC | Colette Williams | 121 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Will Stobart | 120 | 4.0 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Gadsden | 79 | 2.6 | -7.9 | |
Majority | 2,392 | 79 | |||
Turnout | 3,018 | 24.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Moston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Murphy* | 1,801 | 53.8 | +4.3 | |
Independent | Bob Hill | 930 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | H.C.H. Hill | 257 | 7.7 | -22.2 | |
BNP | Gareth Black | 251 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Green | Barnaby Wolfram | 111 | 3.3 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 871 | 26 | |||
Turnout | 3,350 | 30.06 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Northenden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fran Shone | 1,983 | 64.3 | +20.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hardwick | 405 | 13.1 | -30.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Heath | 242 | 8.0 | -0.2 | |
UKIP | Eugene Cassidy | 237 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Gibbins | 215 | 7.0 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 1,578 | 51 | |||
Turnout | 3,082 | 27.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Old Moat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Fender* | 1,822 | 74.1 | +23.6 | |
Green | Amy Howard | 278 | 11.3 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Prescott | 221 | 9.0 | -25.4 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Savage | 139 | 5.7 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 1,544 | 63 | |||
Turnout | 2,460 | 22 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rusholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ahmed Ali | 2,100 | 74.8 | +47.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Shannon* | 352 | 12.5 | -30.2 | |
Green | Dane Lam | 220 | 7.8 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | James Johnson | 96 | 3.4 | -8.0 | |
Independent | Pip Moss | 41 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,748 | 62 | |||
Turnout | 2,809 | 26 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Sharston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tommy Judge* | 1,666 | 69.5 | +22.3 | |
UKIP | Dean Roberts | 244 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jim McCullough | 218 | 9.1 | -23.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Page | 100 | 4.2 | -7.4 | |
Green | Alison Hunt | 91 | 3.8 | -4.6 | |
TUSC | Trevor Prior | 78 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,422 | 59 | |||
Turnout | 2397 | 20.44 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Whalley Range
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angeliki Stogia | 2,517 | 65.7 | +36.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Grant* | 759 | 19.8 | -19.5 | |
Green | Mary Candeland | 426 | 11.1 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Amjad Nasir | 127 | 3.3 | -18.8 | |
Majority | 1,758 | 46 | |||
Turnout | 3,829 | 33.4 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Withington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Gillard | 1,107 | 46.6 | +23.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brendon Jones* | 862 | 36.3 | -21.4 | |
Green | Laura Bannister | 251 | 10.6 | -0.4 | |
Conservative | Lorna McHugh | 88 | 3.7 | -5.4 | |
UKIP | James Howson | 68 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 245 | 10 | |||
Turnout | 2,376 | 21 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Woodhouse Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian O'Neil* | 1,449 | 71.1 | +10.5 | |
UKIP | Pamela Shotton | 279 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen McHugh | 148 | 7.3 | -16.1 | |
Green | Kathleen Molteno | 113 | 5.6 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Kierman | 51 | 2.5 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 1,170 | 57 | |||
Turnout | 2,040 | 19.98 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections between 2012 and 2013
Ardwick: 15 November 2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tina Hewitson | 1,904 | 80.47 | +0.09 | |
Green | Karl Wardlaw | 120 | 5.07 | -1.72 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liaquat Ali | 94 | 3.97 | -0.72 | |
Conservative | Jamie Williams | 92 | 3.89 | -1.27 | |
UKIP | Allison Newsham | 61 | 2.58 | N/A | |
TUSC | Shari Holden | 52 | 2.20 | -0.78 | |
BNP | Steven Carden | 43 | 1.82 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,784 | 75.40 | |||
Turnout | 2,395 | 20 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ancoats and Clayton: 10 October 2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donna Ludford | 1,239 | 70.5 | -3.8 | |
UKIP | Adrienne Shaw | 166 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Green | Pete Birkinshaw | 89 | 5.1 | -3.5 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Savage | 82 | 4.7 | -2.2 | |
Pirate | Loz Kaye | 79 | 4.5 | +1.5 | |
BNP | Gareth Black | 58 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Bridges | 44 | 2.5 | -1.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,771 | 13.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ancoats and Clayton: 5 December 2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ollie Manco | 965 | 57.5 | -16.8 | |
Liberal | Ken Dobson | 219 | 13.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Martin Power | 138 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Green | Pete Birkinshaw | 106 | 6.3 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | David Semple | 75 | 4.5 | -2.4 | |
Pirate | Loz Kaye | 72 | 4.3 | +1.3 | |
BNP | Gareth Black | 46 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Claude Nsumbu | 31 | 1.8 | -2.2 | |
TUSC | Alex Davidson | 17 | 1.0 | -2.3 | |
Communist League | Caroline Bellamy | 9 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,686 | 10.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
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References
- Manchester City Council (3 May 2012). "Results of the anchester City Council election, 2012". Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
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