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2011 Manchester City Council election

2011 UK local government election

2011 UK local government election

FieldValue
countryUnited Kingdom
flag_imageArms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg
typeparliamentary
vote_typePopular
ongoingno
previous_election2010 Manchester City Council election
previous_year2010
election_date
next_election2012 Manchester City Council election
next_year2012
seats_for_election33 of 96 seats on Manchester City Council
majority_seats49
party1Labour Party (UK)
seats_before162
seats133
percentage162.4%
popular_vote170,580
seats_after175
seat_change113
map_image
map_size300px
map_captionMap of the results of the 2011 Manchester City council election
titleLeader
before_electionRichard Leese
before_partyLabour Party (UK)
posttitleLeader following election
after_electionRichard Leese
after_partyLabour Party (UK)

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to win every seat contested. Overall turnout was a comparatively high 31.6%, although much down on the previous year's general election turnout of 50.9%.

Councillors elected in 2007 were defending their seats this year, and vote share changes are compared on this basis.

Election result

|seats % = 100.0 |votes % = 62.4 |plus/minus = +16.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 17.3 |plus/minus = -14.7 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 9.0 |plus/minus = -3.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 7.6 |plus/minus = +2.8 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.3 |plus/minus = -1.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.1 |plus/minus = +0.2 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.6 |plus/minus = +0.6 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = +0.2 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = -0.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = -0.9 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = +0.1

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats±
Labour Party (UK)}}"Labour75
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Liberal Democrat20
Independent Liberal Democrat}}"Independent Liberal Democrat1
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative0

Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2007, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis.

Ancoats and Clayton

Ardwick

Baguley

Bradford

Brooklands

Burnage

Charlestown

Cheetham

Chorlton

Chorlton Park

City Centre

Crumpsall

Didsbury East

Didsbury West

Fallowfield

Gorton North

Gorton South

Harpurhey

Higher Blackley

Hulme

Levenshulme

Longsight

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Moss Side

Moston

Northenden

Old Moat

Rusholme

Sharston

Whalley Range

Incumbent councillor Faraz Bhatti was last elected in 2007 as a Liberal Democrat but defected to the Conservatives in January 2008. He did not contest the ward.

Withington

Woodhouse Park

References

References

  1. "Local election results 2011". manchester.gov.uk.
  2. "Vote 2011: Manchester". BBC.
  3. "Defection puts Tory in town hall".
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