Manchester council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 32 wards · 33 seats contested

Most seats
18
Green Party
Seats contested
33
across 32 wards
Turnout
32.6%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Green Party 18 +17 48,218 36.8% +19.1
Labour Party 7 -23 41,353 31.6% -23.1
Reform UK 7 +7 21,725 16.6% —
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 10,627 8.1% -2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 3,657 2.8% -3.4
Workers Party of Britain 0 -1 3,207 2.4% -2.9
Independent 0 +0 1,993 1.5% -2.9
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 86 0.1% -0.0
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 57 0.0% —
Communist Party of Britain 0 +0 30 0.0% —
Communist League Election Campaign 0 +0 12 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 33
Labour Party 33
Reform UK 33
Green Party 32
Liberal Democrats 32
Conservative and Unionist Party 25
Workers Party of Britain 11
Independent 5
Social Democratic Party 3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2
Communist League Election Campaign 1
Communist Party of Britain 1

A party standing a full slate could field 33 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Ancoats & Beswick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Hussayn Salem Elected 1,776 42.0% +32.3
Liberal Democrats Luke Allan 1,095 25.9% -24.2
Labour Party Irene Cecilia Robinson 785 18.5% -18.9
Reform UK Elizabeth Grace Drinkwater 498 11.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Saadmun Abdullah 78 1.8% -0.2
Majority681
Turnout32.3%
Registered electors13,138
Ballots cast4,232

Green Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Ardwick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Alex-Salik Imran Elected 1,607 45.8% +28.4
Labour Party Tina Hewitson 1,128 32.1% -32.0
Reform UK Charlie Stott 295 8.4% —
Workers Party of Britain Saqib Athar 170 4.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Princetta Monica Nicol 161 4.6% -6.2
Liberal Democrats Joe Lynch 119 3.4% -4.3
Communist Party of Britain Alex Francis-Palmer 30 0.9% —
Majority479
Turnout26.9%
Registered electors13,171
Ballots cast3,510

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Baguley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Sian Niamh Astley Elected 1,329 40.9% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul Gerrard Andrews 906 27.9% -19.0
Green Party Grace Buczkowska 597 18.4% -2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke Berry 245 7.5% -10.8
Liberal Democrats Bernie Ryan 122 3.8% -4.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Lynn Worthington 53 1.6% —
Majority423
Turnout28.1%
Registered electors11,623
Ballots cast3,252

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Brooklands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Steven John Hodgkiss Elected 1,198 32.3% —
Labour Party Sue Cooley 1,190 32.0% -31.7
Green Party Amy Bower 767 20.7% +5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Paul Carlton-Woods 377 10.2% -4.8
Liberal Democrats Martha O'Donoghue 182 4.9% -1.6
Majority8
Turnout33.5%
Registered electors11,133
Ballots cast3,714

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Burnage

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Asma Alam Elected 2,257 45.8% +26.3
Labour Party Murtaza Ranjha Iqbal 1,446 29.3% -24.6
Reform UK Heather McDonagh 837 17.0% —
Liberal Democrats Michael Paul Nash-Whitmore 152 3.1% -1.9
Workers Party of Britain Muhammad Nadeem Tahir 110 2.2% -14.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Bhupinder Kumar 107 2.2% -2.5
Independent Tenisha Nantume 24 0.5% —
Majority811
Turnout36.3%
Registered electors13,625
Ballots cast4,933

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Charlestown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Dylan Anthony Evans Elected 1,566 43.6% —
Labour Party Veronica Kirkpatrick 1,202 33.5% -26.6
Green Party Ali Wood 652 18.2% -4.0
Liberal Democrats Charles William Turner 172 4.8% -1.8
Majority364
Turnout29.6%
Registered electors12,220
Ballots cast3,592

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Cheetham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Naeem Hassan Elected 1,398 33.7% -16.3
Green Party Brian Arthur Candeland 1,090 26.3% +18.0
Independent Mohammed Dawud Ali 943 22.8% -9.2
Workers Party of Britain Sabeena Khan 323 7.8% —
Reform UK Samuel Augusten Jacob 270 6.5% —
Reform UK Samuel Augusten Jacob 270 6.5% —
Liberal Democrats Roderick George Donald Morrison 121 2.9% -2.1
Majority308
Turnout29.7%
Registered electors14,004
Ballots cast4,145

Labour Party hold

Chorlton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Chantal Lyn Kerr-Sheppard Elected 2,549 45.4% +16.3
Labour Party John Hacking 2,374 42.3% -17.8
Reform UK Ian Carter 295 5.3% —
Liberal Democrats Rhona Brown 247 4.4% -2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Jorge Garcia de Bustos 147 2.6% -0.8
Majority175
Turnout52.5%
Registered electors10,725
Ballots cast5,612

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Chorlton Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Grace Worrall Elected 2,474 40.5% +16.4
Labour and Co-operative Party Joanna Rachel Midgley 2,358 38.6% -25.4
Reform UK Lee Adam Dawson 495 8.1% —
Liberal Democrats Jack Holliss 342 5.6% -1.6
Workers Party of Britain Fassah Bibi 259 4.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Joseph Gough 150 2.5% -2.1
Social Democratic Party Hamed Aden 24 0.4% —
Majority116
Turnout45.8%
Registered electors13,354
Ballots cast6,102

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Clayton & Openshaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Thomas Frederick Robinson Elected 1,308 35.9% -37.7
Green Party Sean Charles Duggan 1,013 27.8% +15.7
Reform UK Jacob Wilfred Barlow 996 27.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ramzi Swaray-Kella 180 4.9% -2.3
Liberal Democrats Zinette Bates 151 4.1% -2.9
Majority295
Turnout26.6%
Registered electors13,768
Ballots cast3,648

Labour Party hold

Crumpsall 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jawad Amin Elected 1,425 41.3% -1.9
Labour Party Mohammad Jawad Amin Elected 1,425 41.3% —
Green Party Robert Nicolson Pollitt 1,073 31.1% +22.3
Reform UK Iftikhar Butt Ahmed 587 17.0% —
Workers Party of Britain Mini Majid 246 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Amaan Hashmi 123 3.6% -2.1
Majority352
Turnout28.4%
Registered electors12,221
Ballots cast3,454

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Deansgate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sarah Wakefield Elected 1,380 47.4% +26.1
Labour Party Joan Elizabeth Davies 801 27.5% -34.6
Liberal Democrats John Richard Bridges 380 13.0% +5.0
Reform UK David Anthony Bryan 226 7.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel James Bell 120 4.1% -4.4
Social Democratic Party Connor Sanders 5 0.2% —
Majority579
Turnout26.6%
Registered electors10,966
Ballots cast2,912

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Didsbury East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Andrew Simcock Elected 2,104 37.2% -16.6
Liberal Democrats Bryn Coombe 1,474 26.1% +2.1
Green Party Laurence Blackwell-Jones 1,443 25.5% +9.5
Reform UK Nigel Hedley Greenhalgh 476 8.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Parveen Khan 156 2.8% -2.9
Majority630
Turnout49.6%
Registered electors11,446
Ballots cast5,653

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Didsbury West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats John Leech Elected 2,504 44.2% +3.4
Green Party Adam Snape 1,547 27.3% +14.9
Labour Party Ben Williams 1,220 21.5% -22.1
Reform UK Martin William Sykes 342 6.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Barakat Elkhalifa 54 1.0% -2.2
Majority957
Turnout46.5%
Registered electors12,203
Ballots cast5,667

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

Fallowfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sufyaan Jasat Elected 1,328 52.0% +36.0
Labour Party Ali Raza Ilyas 710 27.8% -25.9
Reform UK Racheal Burns 293 11.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke David Barker 105 4.1% -1.2
Liberal Democrats John Patrick Bryans Commons 79 3.1% -6.2
Workers Party of Britain Raluca Khajeh 37 1.4% -14.2
Majority618
Turnout25.8%
Registered electors9,919
Ballots cast2,552

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Gorton & Abbey Hey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Chris Ogden Elected 1,489 36.7% +25.3
Labour and Co-operative Party John Hughes 1,196 29.5% -38.9
Reform UK Paul Lajszczak 1,117 27.5% —
Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey 169 4.2% -8.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Shahab Raz 87 2.1% -5.5
Majority293
Turnout27.8%
Registered electors14,667
Ballots cast4,058

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Harpurhey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Godfrey Elected 1,135 37.8% -32.6
Reform UK John Okelly David 788 26.3% —
Green Party Finn White 735 24.5% +13.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Gareth Joseph Brown 210 7.0% -4.2
Liberal Democrats Maria Theresa Turner 132 4.4% +0.1
Majority347
Turnout22.4%
Registered electors13,476
Ballots cast3,000

Labour Party hold

Higher Blackley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Martin Power Elected 1,084 30.9% —
Labour Party Olusegun Adelaja Ogunbambo 942 26.9% -29.1
Independent Dean Luke Booth 710 20.3% —
Green Party Brad Bowes 621 17.7% +9.1
Liberal Democrats Peter George Matthews 146 4.2% -1.8
Majority142
Turnout30.9%
Registered electors11,393
Ballots cast3,503

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Hulme

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Bernard Joseph Ekbery Elected 2,059 54.8% +22.6
Labour Party Lee-Ann Mary Igbon 1,257 33.5% -24.9
Reform UK Nigel Arthur Slack 285 7.6% —
Liberal Democrats Robin Francis Grayson 156 4.2% +0.2
Majority802
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors12,993
Ballots cast3,757

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Levenshulme

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Fesl Reza-Khan Elected 3,073 55.5% +38.6
Labour Party Dzidra Noor 1,052 19.0% -19.2
Workers Party of Britain Muhammad Iqbal 649 11.7% -11.7
Reform UK Christian Sky 378 6.8% —
Independent Jeremy Edward Hoad 286 5.2% -9.7
Liberal Democrats Liaqat Ali 68 1.2% -3.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Emma Woods 33 0.6% —
Majority2,021
Turnout38.1%
Registered electors14,599
Ballots cast5,539

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Longsight

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Asif Iqbal Ranjha Elected 2,307 47.4% +42.6
Labour Party Abid Chohan 1,524 31.3% -11.5
Workers Party of Britain Tanvir Marth 460 9.5% -36.8
Reform UK Michael Madade Chahwanda 384 7.9% —
Liberal Democrats Kobe Ryan Bibbon 93 1.9% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Faran Sikandar 83 1.7% -1.4
Communist League Election Campaign Hugo Wils 12 0.2% —
Majority783
Turnout32.5%
Registered electors15,014
Ballots cast4,863

Green Party gain from Workers Party of Britain

Miles Platting & Newton Heath

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Tom Alexander Grendon Lane Elected 1,243 34.3% —
Labour Party Carmine Geatano Grimshaw 1,166 32.2% -34.5
Green Party Pascal Dylan Checkley 884 24.4% +13.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Adeyemi Joseph Ajayi 196 5.4% -1.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Stephen Weston 137 3.8% -1.0
Majority77
Turnout26.7%
Registered electors13,660
Ballots cast3,626

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Moss Side

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Thirza Amina Asanga-Rae Elected 2,371 56.5% +35.5
Labour Party Erinma Bell 1,356 32.3% -12.8
Reform UK Martin McKinnon 189 4.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jake Christopher David Fountain 110 2.6% -2.0
Workers Party of Britain Nadia Dara 108 2.6% —
Liberal Democrats Lynne Williams 65 1.5% -2.5
Majority1,015
Turnout27.8%
Registered electors15,185
Ballots cast4,199

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Moston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Blake Steven Fisher Elected 1,683 40.8% —
Labour Party Paula Elizabeth Appleby 1,498 36.3% -25.9
Green Party Diane Lilian Kosandiak 753 18.3% +3.7
Liberal Democrats Norman Lewis 188 4.6% -4.4
Majority185
Turnout31.2%
Registered electors13,296
Ballots cast4,122

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Northenden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Angela Jane Moran Elected 1,465 38.1% -25.3
Reform UK Chris Soobhug 1,094 28.5% —
Green Party Tolú Ajayi 851 22.2% +3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen James McHugh 253 6.6% -5.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Clayton 178 4.6% -1.3
Majority371
Turnout34.3%
Registered electors11,214
Ballots cast3,841

Labour Party hold

Old Moat

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sam Easterby-Smith Elected 1,829 48.6% +24.5
Labour Party Suzannah Mary Reeves 1,189 31.6% -32.9
Reform UK Kierin McCorkell 394 10.5% —
Liberal Democrats Tracey Pook 209 5.6% -2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Haynes 115 3.1% -0.5
Social Democratic Party Sebastian Moore 28 0.7% —
Majority640
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors11,132
Ballots cast3,764

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Piccadilly

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Ross Steven Elected 1,684 50.9% +19.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Fiona Moinuddin 1,030 31.1% -25.5
Liberal Democrats Kaleem Antony Aksar 325 9.8% +4.4
Reform UK Peter Thomas Beckett 172 5.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paraic Thomas Delahunt 96 2.9% -2.1
Majority654
Turnout30.8%
Registered electors10,773
Ballots cast3,307

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Rusholme

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Shams Syed Elected 1,919 48.4% +37.3
Labour Party Rabnawaz Akbar 1,066 26.9% -16.5
Workers Party of Britain Mohhamed Bilal 579 14.6% -7.6
Reform UK Norman Hesketh-Hart 155 3.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jason Peter McLeod 122 3.1% -0.8
Liberal Democrats Greg Sammons 120 3.0% -0.3
Majority853
Turnout32.5%
Registered electors12,211
Ballots cast3,961

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Sharston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK David Maurice McCullough Elected 1,203 38.2% —
Labour Party Richard Caulfield 1,009 32.1% -37.5
Green Party Peter Searby 577 18.3% +7.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Curran 226 7.2% -6.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Jones 132 4.2% -1.4
Majority194
Turnout26.8%
Registered electors11,786
Ballots cast3,147

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Whalley Range

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Ati Zafar Elected 2,498 53.9% +29.8
Labour Party Aftab Razaq 1,407 30.3% -20.8
Workers Party of Britain Sameera Ashraf 266 5.7% -10.7
Reform UK Lee Montague-Trenchard 206 4.4% —
Liberal Democrats Seb Bate 135 2.9% -1.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Runnacles Chadwick 124 2.7% -1.3
Majority1,091
Turnout38.2%
Registered electors12,188
Ballots cast4,637

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Withington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Beth Hartness Elected 1,604 40.8% +17.8
Liberal Democrats April Preston 1,056 26.9% -2.9
Labour Party Angela Gartside 843 21.5% -23.0
Reform UK Charlie Southwood 362 9.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Garcia de Bustos 64 1.6% -1.1
Majority548
Turnout36.6%
Registered electors10,758
Ballots cast3,929

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Woodhouse Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Astrid Johnson Elected 1,411 46.4% +2.6
Reform UK Brian Darral O'Neil 1,015 33.4% +3.9
Labour Party Roger Beattie 438 14.4% -6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Eric Houghton 91 3.0% -0.8
Liberal Democrats Anna Coombe 55 1.8% -0.7
Independent Emily Elzbieta Chomicz 30 1.0% —
Majority396
Turnout26.3%
Registered electors11,580
Ballots cast3,040

Green Party hold

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