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.

Map of the results of the 2012 Manchester council election, with Labour

The composition of the Council after the election was as follows:

PartySeats  ±  
Labour86+25
Liberal Democrat9-25
Independent1+1

Election result
Manchester Council Election Result 2012
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
Ancoats and Clayton[1]
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
Ardwick[1]
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
Baguley[1]
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
Bradford[1]
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
Brooklands[1]
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
Burnage[1]
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
Charlestown[1]
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
Cheetham[1]
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
Chorlton[1]
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
Chorlton Park[1]
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
City Centre[1]
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
Crumpsall[1]
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
Didsbury East[1]
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
Didsbury West[1]
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
Fallowfield[1]
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
Gorton North[1]
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
Gorton South[1]
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
Harpurhey[1]
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
Higher Blackley[1]
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
Hulme[1]
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
Levenshulme[1]
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
Longsight[1]
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
Miles Platting and Newton Heath[1]
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
Moss Side[1]
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
Moston[1]
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
Northenden[1]
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
Old Moat[1]
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
Rusholme[1]
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
Sharston[1]
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
Whalley Range[1]
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
Withington[1]
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
Woodhouse Park[1]
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
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
Ancoats and Clayton: 10 October 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donna Ludford 1,239 70.5 -3.8
UKIP Adrienne Shaw 166 9.4 New
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 New
Liberal Democrats John Bridges 44 2.5 -1.5
Majority 1,073 61.1
Turnout 1,771 13.6
Labour hold Swing

Ancoats and Clayton: 5 December 2013
Ancoats and Clayton: 5 December 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ollie Manco 965 57.5 -16.8
Liberal Ken Dobson 219 13.1 New
UKIP Martin Power 138 8.2 New
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 New
Liberal Democrats Claude Nsumbu 31 1.8 -2.2
TUSC Alex Davidson 17 1.0 -2.3
Communist League Caroline Bellamy 9 0.5 New
Majority 746 44.4
Turnout 1,686 10.7
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. 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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