Burnage ward
Vote share over time
Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.
10/09/2026 By-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Carl Jason Austin-Behan Elected | 1,365 | 42.1% | +12.8 |
| Green Party | Douad Nawaz | 1,037 | 32.0% | -13.8 |
| Workers Party of Britain | Gaz Ranjha | 466 | 14.4% | +12.1 |
| Reform UK | Heather McDonagh | 315 | 9.7% | -7.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Abdullah Vavdiwala | 31 | 1.0% | -2.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bhupinder Kumar | 27 | 0.8% | -1.3 |
| Majority | 328 | |||
| Turnout | 23.6% | |||
| Registered electors | 13,815 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,241 | |||
Labour Party gain from Green Party
07/05/2026
| 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% | — |
| Majority | 811 | |||
| Turnout | 36.3% | |||
| Registered electors | 13,625 | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,933 | |||
Green Party gain from Labour Party
02/05/2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Bev Craig Elected | 2,257 | 53.9% | -12.5 |
| Green Party | Asma Alam | 815 | 19.5% | +5.3 |
| Workers Party of Britain | Syed Ataur Rahman | 707 | 16.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Kobe Ryan Bibbon | 210 | 5.0% | -8.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Muhammad Nadeem Tahir | 197 | 4.7% | -0.9 |
| Majority | 1,442 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 13,222 | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,186 | |||
Labour Party hold
04/05/2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Azra Gulshan Ali Elected | 2,376 | 66.4% | -0.9 |
| Green Party | Dick Venes | 506 | 14.1% | -1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Cameron | 497 | 13.9% | +4.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Shahed Hossain | 199 | 5.6% | -2.0 |
| Majority | 1,870 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 12,982 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,578 | |||
Labour Party hold
05/05/2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Murtaza Ranjha Iqbal Elected | 2,359 | 67.3% | -4.9 |
| Green Party | Dick Venes | 542 | 15.5% | +7.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bryn Coombe | 340 | 9.7% | +3.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Shahed Hossain | 265 | 7.6% | -2.5 |
| Majority | 1,817 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | 12,908 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,506 | |||
Labour Party hold
06/05/2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Bev Craig Elected | 3,036 | 72.2% | +8.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Shahed Hossain | 421 | 10.0% | +5.9 |
| Green Party | Brian Arthur Candeland | 341 | 8.1% | -1.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Dwan | 270 | 6.4% | -9.2 |
| Independent | Andrea Dawn Timoney | 137 | 3.3% | — |
| Majority | 2,615 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 13,045 | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,205 | |||
Labour Party hold
02/05/2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Azra Gulshan Ali Elected | 2,337 | 64.0% | -12.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrea Dawn Timoney | 570 | 15.6% | -4.1 |
| Green Party | Ben Dundas | 362 | 9.9% | -1.7 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Ian Sidney Rae | 233 | 6.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Shahed Hossain | 149 | 4.1% | -3.6 |
| Majority | 1,767 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,651 | |||
Labour Party hold
03/05/2018 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Ben Clay Elected | 2,913 | 76.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Bev Craig Elected | 2,853 | 75.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Azra Gulshan Ali Elected | 2,652 | 70.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrea Dawn Timoney | 747 | 19.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Theresa Turner | 541 | 14.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Belal Sabbagh | 457 | 12.1% | — |
| Green Party | Lance David Crookes | 442 | 11.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Samuel James Baxter | 291 | 7.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lexi Webster | 241 | 6.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Shahed Hossain | 234 | 6.2% | — |
| Majority | 1,905 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,790 | |||
05/05/2016 Estimated
This ward's boundary changed, so nobody stood in it at this election. 100% of the ward is accounted for.
| Party | Estimated share |
|---|---|
| Labour Party | 61% |
| Green Party | 12% |
| Liberal Democrats | 12% |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 9% |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 2% |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0% |
Reconstructed from Burnage (72%), Levenshulme (28%). No hold or gain is shown: there is no comparable earlier result.