Chorlton Park (ward)

Chorlton Park (Manchester)
Chorlton Park (Manchester)
Electoral ward
	Chorlton Park electoral ward within Manchester City Council
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): By wisdom and effort
	Coordinates: 53.4304°N 2.2631°W
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	2004
Named for	Chorlton Park
Government
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
• Leader of the council	Bev Craig (Labour)
• Councillor	Dave Rawson (Labour)
• Councillor	Mandie Shilton Godwin (Labour Co-operative)
• Councillor	Joanna Midgley (Labour)
Population
• Total	15,147
UK Parliamentary Constituency	Manchester Withington
Member of Parliament	Jeff Smith
UK Parliamentary Constituency	Manchester Gorton
Member of Parliament	Afzal Khan
	Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1]

Chorlton Park is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England.[2] Different parts of this ward are represented by different MPs following boundary changes in 2018; the majority of the ward is part of the Manchester Withington constituency but a portion is part of the Manchester Gorton constituency. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 15,147.[1]

Councillors

Three councillors serve the ward: Dave Rawson (Lab),[3] Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op),[4] and Joanna Midgley (Lab).[5]

Election
2004	Norman Lewis (Lib Dem)	Tony Bethell (Lib Dem)	John Leech (Lib Dem)
2006	Norman Lewis (Lib Dem)	Tony Bethell (Lib Dem)	John Leech (Lib Dem)
2007	Norman Lewis (Lib Dem)	Tony Bethell (Lib Dem)	John Leech (Lib Dem)
2008	Norman Lewis (Lib Dem)	Tony Bethell (Lib Dem)	Bernie Ryan (Lib Dem)
2010	Norman Lewis (Lib Dem)	Tony Bethell (Lib Dem)	Bernie Ryan (Lib Dem)
2011	Norman Lewis (Lib Dem)	Ian Hyde (Lab)	Bernie Ryan (Lib Dem)
2012	Norman Lewis (Lib Dem)	Ian Hyde (Lab)	Joanna Midgley (Lab)
2014	Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op)	Ian Hyde (Lab)	Joanna Midgley (Lab)
2015	Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op)	Dave Rawson (Lab)	Joanna Midgley (Lab)
2016	Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op)	Dave Rawson (Lab)	Joanna Midgley (Lab)
2018	Dave Rawson (Lab)	Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op)	Joanna Midgley (Lab)
2019	Dave Rawson (Lab)	Mandie Shilton Godwin (Labour Co-op)	Joanna Midgley (Lab)
2021	Dave Rawson (Lab)	Mandie Shilton Godwin (Labour Co-op)	Joanna Midgley (Lab)

indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

May 2021

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mandie Shilton Godwin*	3,819	69.2	6.7
	Green	Richard Walton	773	14.0	6.0
	Conservative	Connor Cooper	472	8.5	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Amaan Hashmi	457	8.3	17.2
Majority			3046	55.2
Rejected ballots			65	1.2
Turnout			5,586	42.3	1.0
Registered electors			13,218
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.4

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Rawson*	2,577	54.3	1.0
	Green	Mary Candeland	1,042	22.0	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Amaan Hashmi	857	18.1	5.0
	Conservative	Christopher Halliday	269	5.7	1.7
Majority			1,535	32.1	2.2
Rejected ballots			42	0.88
Turnout			4,787	37.10	4.2
Registered electors			12,904
	Labour hold		Swing	5.25

May 2018

2018[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joanna Midgley*	3,404	63.5
	Labour	Mandie Shilton-Godwin*	3,027	56.5
	Labour	Dave Rawson*	2,967	55.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rosie Hughes	1,363	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Amaan Hashmi	1,238	23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Bate	1,234	23.0
	Green	Mary Candeland	669	12.5
	Green	Brian Candeland	530	9.9
	Conservative	Keith Berry	255	4.8
	Conservative	Kelly Geddes	197	3.7
	Conservative	Andrew Tang	155	2.9
Majority
Turnout			5,362	41.3
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	Vote %
Labour	3	3	9,398	62.49
Liberal Democrats	3	0	3,835	25.50
Green	2	0	1,199	7.97
Conservative	3	0	607	4.04

May 2016

2016[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joanna Rachel Midgley*	2,564	50.29
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lewis	1,950	38.25
	Green	Hannah Lisa Richmond	412	8.08
	Conservative	Luke Oisin Bourke Costello	172	3.37
Majority			614	12.04
Turnout			5,098	45.17
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Rawson	3,378	42.5	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lewis	2,505	31.6	-1.3
	Green	Hannah Lisa Richmond	1,282	16.1	+4.7
	Conservative	William Stobart	780	9.8	+2.6
Majority			873	10.9
Turnout			7,945	67.5	+28.6
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2014

2014[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mandie Shilton Godwin	1,991	43.41	+11.01
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lewis	1,691	36.87	-16.43
	Green	Brian Candeland	648	14.13	+7.63
	Conservative	Stuart Richardson	256	5.58	2.22
Majority			300	6.5
Turnout			4,586	39.14
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2012

2012[10]
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

May 2011

2011[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Hyde	2,098	48.4	+25.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Bethell*	1,427	32.9	-22.5
	Green	Rebecca Willmott	493	11.4	-1.1
	Conservative	Henry Hill	313	7.2	-1.6
Majority			671	15.5
Turnout			4,331	38.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2010

2010[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lewis*	3,605	53.3	-0.1
	Labour	Ian Hyde	2,193	32.4	+8.4
	Conservative	Mohammed Afzal	524	7.8	-3.5
	Green	James Alden	493	7.2	-4.0
Majority			1,412	20.9	-8.4
Turnout			6,815	63.9	+33.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.2

Elections in 2000s

2008[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bernie Ryan	1,693	53.4	-2.0
	Labour Co-op	John Hacking	763	24.0	+0.6
	Green	Kathryn Brownbridge	359	11.3	-1.2
	Conservative	Christopher Green	358	11.3	+2.5
Majority			930	29.3	-2.7
Turnout			3,173	30.5	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-1.3

2007[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing	+1.3

2006[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lewis*	1,724	54.7	+0.7
	Labour	Yogesh Virmani	797	25.3	+6.4
	Green	Kathryn Mary Brownbridge	399	12.7	-1.1
	Conservative	Rodney Keller	229	7.3	+0.0
Majority			927	29.4	+5.6
Turnout			3,149	32.1	-10.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.8

2004[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Leech*	2,113	48.3	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Bethell	1,970
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lewis	1,936
	Labour	Elizabeth Morgan	1,073	24.5	N/A
	Labour	David Ellison	871
	Labour	Bernice Reid*	848
	Green	Kathryn Brownbridge	605	13.8	N/A
	Green	George Czernuszka	461
	Green	John Cummings	379
	Conservative	Richard Mason	319	7.3	N/A
	Respect	Ismail Farhat	262	6.0	N/A
Majority			863	23.8	N/A
Turnout			4,372	43.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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[2] "Council wards in Manchester". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

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