Local Election Results 2008

Manchester

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By-elections for Manchester (may be incomplete): 13th June 2002 (Benchill) — 19th October 2006 (Gorton S.) — 14th June 2007 (Charlestown) — 29th January 2009 (Didsbury W.) — 4th November 2010 (Hulme) — 20th January 2011 (Baguley) — 15th November 2012 (Ardwick) — 10th October 2013 (Ancoats & Clayton) — 5th December 2013 (Ancoats & Clayton) — 18th February 2016 (Higher Blackley) — 4th May 2017 (Rusholme) — 27th July 2017 (Fallowfield) — 27th February 2020 (Clayton & Openshaw) — 18th November 2021 (Chorlton) — 3rd February 2022 (Ancoats & Beswick) — 7th September 2023 (Brooklands) — 5th September 2024 (Baguley) — 25th September 2025 (Woodhouse Park)

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Consolidated results — Manchester 2008

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Labour	39300	43.0%	19
Liberal Democrat	27773	30.4%	13
Conservative	12999	14.2%	0
Green Party	7602	8.3%	0
British National Party	1765	1.9%	0
Respect - The Unity Coalition	655	0.7%	0
Left List	612	0.7%	0
UK Independence Party	371	0.4%	0
Socialist Alternative	295	0.3%	0

Ancoats and Clayton

Mike Carmody	Lab	1428	59.7%
Carol Connell	LD	403	16.9%
David Morgan	C	334	14.0%
Sophy Hansford	Grn	226	9.5%

Ardwick

Tom O'Callaghan	Lab	1180	62.1%
Mohammed Sajjad	LD	346	18.2%
Claire Babington	C	221	11.6%
Andrew Speke	Grn	152	8.0%

Baguley

Tony Burns	Lab	1123	46.7%
Nathan Cruddas	C	565	23.5%
Lynn Worthington	SocAlt	295	12.3%
Ann Rodgers	LD	243	10.1%
Lynne Richmond	Grn	179	7.4%

Bradford

Neil Swannick	Lab	1467	67.1%
Chris Jenkinson	LD	286	13.1%
Rod Keller	C	224	10.2%
Andrew Bullen	Grn	209	9.6%

Brooklands

Glynn Evans	Lab	1274	44.2%
Marie Raynor	C	1106	38.4%
Gary Bridges	LD	362	12.6%
Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh	Grn	140	4.9%

Burnage

John Cameron	LD	2096	64.8%
Tom Murphy	Lab	768	23.7%
Peter Schofield	C	228	7.1%
Angela Tibke	Grn	142	4.4%

Charlestown

Mark Hackett	Lab	1328	46.0%
Stephen Moran	BNP	687	23.8%
Gareth Brown	C	425	14.7%
Michael Prior	Grn	186	6.4%
Alexandra Reynolds-Cocroft	LD	178	6.2%
Catherine Ritchie	UKIP	84	2.9%

Cheetham

Martin Pagel	Lab	1735	49.9%
Wajid Ali	C	673	19.3%
Kay Phillips	Respect	502	14.4%
Sham Raja	LD	429	12.3%
Luke Smith	Grn	141	4.1%

Chorlton

Sheila Newman	Lab	2126	45.2%
Lianne Williams	LD	1867	39.7%
Brian Candeland	Grn	448	9.5%
David Hopps	C	260	5.5%

Chorlton Park

Bernie Ryan	LD	1693	53.4%
John Hacking	Lab	763	24.0%
Kathryn Brownbridge	Grn	359	11.3%
Christopher Green	C	358	11.3%

City Centre

Marc Ramsbottom	LD	568	36.1%
Anthony McCaul	Lab	479	30.5%
Rob Adlard	C	386	24.6%
Peter Birkinshaw	Grn	139	8.8%

Crumpsall

Richard Leese	Lab	1779	56.6%
Kim Glasspole	C	597	19.0%
Rashid Shahbaz	LD	354	11.3%
Eithne Quinn	Grn	208	6.6%
Bob Willescroft	UKIP	206	6.6%

Didsbury East

David Sandiford	LD	2050	52.5%
Andrew Simcock	Lab	1053	27.0%
Louise Quigley	C	492	12.6%
Gerry Gee	Grn	310	7.9%

Didsbury West

Graham Shaw	LD	1283	47.2%
Jenny Lennox	Lab	620	22.8%
David Bean	C	451	16.6%
James Alden	Grn	281	10.3%
Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	UKIP	81	3.0%

Fallowfield

David Royle	Lab	1178	51.4%
Kas Afzal	LD	643	28.1%
Colin Power	C	263	11.5%
Daniel Lee	Grn	207	9.0%

Gorton North

Jackie Pearcey	LD	1468	48.7%
John Hughes	Lab	1156	38.3%
Jane Percival	C	242	8.0%
Karl Wardlaw	Grn	150	5.0%

Gorton South

Charles Glover	LD	1262	42.8%
Julie Reid	Lab	1017	34.5%
Sue McPherson	Left	292	9.9%
William Clapham	C	217	7.4%
Deborah Clarke	Grn	164	5.6%

Harpurhey

Patrick Karney	Lab	1475	57.3%
Will Palmer	C	500	19.4%
Dave Page	LD	317	12.3%
Katherine Smith	Grn	283	11.0%

Higher Blackley

Ken Barnes	Lab	1328	43.8%
Derek Adams	BNP	828	27.3%
Vivienne Clarke	C	467	15.4%
Lee Walker	LD	248	8.2%
Michael Daw	Grn	164	5.4%

Hulme [Lab gain from Grn]

Emily Lomax	Lab	961	42.2%
Steven Durrant	Grn	911	40.0%
Jamie Hutchinson	C	215	9.4%
Glenn Hinks	LD	190	8.3%

Levenshulme

Keith Whitmore	LD	1530	55.7%
Quammer Ahmad	Lab	715	26.0%
Justine Hall	Grn	327	11.9%
Abbas Khurshid	C	175	6.4%

Longsight [Lab gain from LD]

Luthfur Rahman	Lab	2005	61.6%
Liaqat Ali	LD	858	26.4%
Spencer Fitz-Gibbon	Grn	237	7.3%
Daniel Valentine	C	153	4.7%

Miles Platting and Newton Heath [LD gain from Lab]

Damien O'Connor	LD	1441	45.4%
Christine Carroll	Lab	1256	39.5%
Joseph Cegla	BNP	250	7.9%
Vaseem Valentine	C	147	4.6%
Jonathan Mercer	Grn	83	2.6%

Moss Side

Alistair Cox	Lab	1776	68.0%
Zeke Ukairo	LD	271	10.4%
Nigel Woodcock	Grn	225	8.6%
Kashif Ali	C	185	7.1%
Ali Shelmani	Respect	153	5.9%

Moston

Paul Murphy	Lab	1551	49.5%
Gareth Morris	C	936	29.9%
Timothy Hartley	LD	398	12.7%
Tom Redford	Grn	246	7.9%

Northenden [LD gain from Lab]

Martin Eakins	LD	1562	43.8%
Michael Kane	Lab	1554	43.6%
Sarah Lovell	C	293	8.2%
Lance Crookes	Grn	159	4.5%

Old Moat

Andrew Fender	Lab	1391	50.5%
Sufiyan Rana	LD	947	34.4%
Lia Sims	Grn	213	7.7%
Paul Lally	C	205	7.4%

Rusholme

Paul Shannon	LD	1090	42.7%
Atiha Chaudry	Lab	693	27.2%
Nahella Ashraf	Left	320	12.5%
Dola Miah	C	291	11.4%
Penny Collins	Grn	158	6.2%

Sharston

Tommy Judge	Lab	1115	47.2%
Jimmy McCullough	C	773	32.7%
Bill Fisher	LD	274	11.6%
Karen Duffy	Grn	199	8.4%

Whalley Range

John Grant	LD	1683	39.3%
Amina Lone	Lab	1271	29.7%
Fawad Hussain	C	945	22.1%
Mary Candeland	Grn	381	8.9%

Withington

Brendon Jones	LD	1267	57.7%
Leif Jerram	Lab	508	23.1%
Felicity Paris	Grn	223	10.2%
Zoe Slater	C	199	9.1%

Woodhouse Park

Brian O'Neil	Lab	1227	60.8%
Stephen Heath	C	473	23.4%
Joe Podbylski	LD	166	8.2%
Jody Bradford	Grn	152	7.5%

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