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2019 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 2 May 2019, as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. In 2018 Labour retained its majority of the council with 94 seats to the Liberal Democrats making up the opposition of 2, led by former MP John Leech.

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 2 May 2019, as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. In 2018 Labour retained its majority of the council with 94 seats to the Liberal Democrats making up the opposition of 2, led by former MP John Leech.

Labour won every seat on Manchester City Council between 2011 and 2015. In 2016, former Liberal Democrat MP John Leech, who lost his seat in Manchester Withington in the 2015 General Election won a seat in Didsbury West and was joined by another Liberal Democrat Councillor in 2018.

Following the resignation of Fallowfield councillor Grace Fletcher-Hackwood on 19 March, two vacancies were filled in the Fallowfield ward; the candidate who received the most votes won the full four-year term and the second placed candidate took over the three years remaining of the vacant seat.

On 25 March, Manchester Lib Dem leader John Leech launched his party's manifesto for the 2019 elections. This was followed by the Green Party launching their manifesto for the local elections on 9 April.

On 15 April, The Times uncovered a number of offensive tweets from Fallowfield Labour candidate Jade Doswell. In 2014, Doswell had tweeted that she was a "little bit sick in my mouth" at the sight of an Israeli flag and claimed the flag was 'offensive' and provocative’. She apologised on a private Facebook post.

On 17 April, Manchester Evening News reported that the Liberal Democrat candidate for Hulme, Daniel Tóth-Nagy, had been suspended from the party after tweeting "There is no such thing as Islamophobia" and making other comments deemed Islamophobic. Tóth-Nagy denied that he had ever "express[ed] hatred or violent against any person", but the party issued a statement condemning the comments and immediately withdrew their support for him.

On 30 April, the Manchester Evening News reported that the Conservative candidate for Charlestown, Charalampos Kagouras, had been dropped by the party as a candidate due to years of racist and Islamophobic posts on social media.

Map of the results of the 2019 Manchester council election, with Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in amber.

Changes are compared with the 2018 results. Socialist Alternative changes in vote share are compared to the results for Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. Where 2 seats were contested simultaneously due to a vacancy the results for that ward have been normalised.

2019 Manchester City Council election
Labour	32/33	1	97.0	61	93	96.9	55,134	58.60	11.40
Liberal Democrats	1/33	1	3.0	2	3	3.1	13,188	14.02	1.23
Green	0/33	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	12,164	13.04	6.50
Conservative	0/33	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	6,212	6.58	2.70
UKIP	0/14	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	4,155	4.42	4.15
Independent	0/7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	2,735	2.91	2.27
Women's Equality	0/4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	418	0.44	0.22
For Britain	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	38	0.04	N/A
Socialist	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	25	0.03	0.09
Communist League (UK, 1988)	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	12	0.01

Before the election, the composition of the council was:

Column 1	Column 2
94	2
Labour	LD

After the election, the composition of the council is:

Column 1	Column 2
93	3
Labour	LD

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2018, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labour	1,192	55.6	0.6
	Green	378	17.6	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	236	11.0	2.0
	Conservative	187	8.7	2.1
	UKIP	143	6.7	n/a
814	37.9	1.4
9	0.42
2,145	21.28
10,079
	Labour hold	0.75

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,692	71.2	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	243	10.2	4.1
	Green	242	10.2	2.1
	Conservative	171	7.2	0.2
1,449	61.0
28	1.18
2,376	19.04	1.2
12,480
	Labour hold	0.85

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,192	52.7	2.5
	UKIP	364	16.1	n/a
	Conservative	343	15.2	0.7
	Green	222	9.8	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	107	4.7	0.2
	Communist League (UK, 1988)	12	0.5	n/a
828	36.6	7.0
22	0.97
2,264	20.26
11,176
	Labour hold	6.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,336	49.3	1.3
	Conservative	463	17.1	9.9
	UKIP	389	14.4	n/a
	Green	301	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	203	7.5	2.7
873	32.2	7.6
18	0.66
2,710	24.29	0.8
11,157
	Labour hold	4.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,337	64.0	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	570	15.6	2.2
	Green	362	9.9	0.6
	UKIP	233	6.4	n/a
	Conservative	149	4.1	1.5
1,767	48.2	2.7
18	0.49
3,668	28.66	3.9
12,800
	Labour hold	1.45

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,387	52.8	3.2
	Independent	415	15.8	2.1
	UKIP	387	14.7	n/a
	Conservative	180	6.8	6.8
	Green	159	6.0	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	88	3.3	3.0
972	37.0	0.9
13	0.49
2,629	22.25	0.8
11,817
	Labour hold	0.55

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,047	81.0	10.4
	Green	183	4.9	2.0
	Independent	150	4.0	n/a
	UKIP	121	3.2	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	117	3.1	2.0
	Conservative	109	2.9	1.6
2,864	76.2	16.9
33	0.88
3,760	30.35	1.3
12,390
	Labour hold	6.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,574	57.0	3.0
	Green	950	21.0	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	575	12.7	0.3
	Conservative	212	4.7	0.4
	Women's Equality	146	3.2	6.2
	Independent	59	1.3	1.6
1,624	35.7	9.5
29	0.64
4,545	43.50	2.8
10,452
	Labour hold	4.65

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,577	54.3	1.0
	Green	1,042	22.0	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	857	18.1	5.0
	Conservative	269	5.7	1.7
1,535	32.1	2.2
42	0.88
4,787	37.10	4.2
12,904
	Labour hold	5.25

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,346	44.6	9.0
	Independent	1,334	44.2	23.9
	Green	109	3.6	3.7
	Conservative	106	3.5	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	99	3.3	2.2
12	0.40	33.0
21	0.70
3,015	25.05	1.5
12,036
	Labour hold	16.45

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,402	71.6	4.8
	Conservative	294	8.8	1.8
	Green	214	6.4	1.5
	UKIP	159	4.7	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	143	4.3	1.2
	Women's Equality	82	2.4	n/a
	For Britain	38	1.1	n/a
2,108	62.9	6.7
22	0.66
3,354	29.96	4.0
11,203
	Labour hold	3.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	497	34.8	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	449	31.4	6.7
	Green	252	17.6	3.4
	Conservative	126	8.8	3.9
	Women's Equality	105	7.3	3.9
48	3.36	10.7
9	0.63
1429	19.81	0.43
7,258
	Labour hold	5.35

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,948	41.9	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	1,889	40.6	5.8
	Green	491	10.6	0.1
	Conservative	286	6.2	1.3
59	1.27	9.7
34	0.73
4,648	41.71	2.9
11,144
	Labour hold	5.05

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,214	50.2	9.1
	Labour	1,490	33.8	7.7
	Green	430	9.8	3.0
	Conservative	170	3.9	1.9
	Women's Equality	85	1.9	N/A
724	16.4
18	0.73
4,407	37.60	0.9
11,717
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	8.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,279	65.1	4.7
	Labour	1,213	61.7	0.5
	Green	371	18.9	2.4
	Green	315	16.0	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	191	9.7	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	148	7.5	0.6
	Conservative	111	5.6	0.4
	Conservative	92	4.7	1.2
842	42.8	2.9
25	1.27
1,965	16.55	0.4
11,879
	Labour hold	3.75
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,464	47.3	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	818	26.4	2.7
	UKIP	418	13.5	N/A
	Green	208	6.7	1.1
	Conservative	170	5.5	6.1
646	20.86	4.83
19	0.61
3,097	24.18
12,810
	Labour hold	2.35

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,510	63.1	4.1
	UKIP	319	13.3	n/a
	Conservative	232	9.7	6.7
	Green	215	9.0	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	102	4.3	n/a
1,191	49.8	7.2
15	0.63
2,393	19.24	0.8
12,445
	Labour hold	4.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,378	56.4	4.8
	UKIP	431	17.6	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	230	9.4	1.3
	Green	214	8.8	2.0
	Conservative	190	7.8	3.0
947	38.8	4.9
14	0.57
2,443	21.78	0.9
11,283
	Labour hold	11.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,530	62.1	0.4
	Green	620	25.2	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	163	6.6
	Conservative	125	6.6	0.7
910	36.9	5.2
26	1.06
2464	21.60	0.7
11,408
	Labour hold	3.6

On 17 April, Dániel Tóth-Nagy was suspended by the Liberal Democrats over allegedly Islamophobic comments made on social media.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,524	65.9	0.8
	Green	604	15.8	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	370	9.7	0.9
	UKIP	218	5.7	1.9
	Conservative	88	2.3	1.0
1,920	50.2	3.6
24	0.63
3,828	31.02	2.9
12,344
	Labour hold	1.75

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,501	76.5	4.0
	Conservative	344	10.5	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	214	6.5	2.9
	Green	189	5.8	0.2
2,157	65.9	1.0
23	0.70
3,271	26.44	2.5
12,370
	Labour hold	0.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,601	60.3	3.0
	UKIP	459	17.3	6.7
	Green	213	8.0	1.6
	Independent	133	5.0	n/a
	Conservative	128	4.8	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	101	3.8	n/a
1,142	43.0	9.7
21	0.79
2,656	21.25	1.1
12,499
	Labour hold	4.95

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,485	78.9	10.2
	Green	339	10.8	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	186	5.9	0.9
	Conservative	109	3.5	0.2
2,146	68.1	9.9
30	0.95
3,149	24.98	3.0
12,600
	Labour hold	4.95

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,430	46.5	10.1
	Independent	527	17.1	n/a
	UKIP	467	15.1	n/a
	Conservative	309	10.1	9.8
	Green	181	5.9	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	118	3.8	n/a
	Socialist	25	0.8	n/a
901	29.3	5.8
17	0.55
3,074	24.02	2.0
12,797
	Labour hold	13.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,431	56.9	0.5
	Green	389	15.5	0.6
	Conservative	349	13.9	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	231	9.2	3.2
	Independent	117	4.6	3.3
1,042	41.4	3.1
20	0.79
2,517	23.42	2.7
10,832
	Labour hold	0.05

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,754	62.9	5.4
	Green	468	16.8	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	386	13.8	0.2
	Conservative	144	5.2	0.9
1,286	46.1	5.6
37	1.33
2,789	26.27	1.5
10,628
	Labour hold	2.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	596	42.6	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	357	25.5	3.5
	Green	336	24.0	0.3
	Conservative	98	7.0	2.2
239	17.1	11.9
13	0.93	0.43
1,400	19.58	0.50
7,149
	Labour hold	6.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,266	74.9	2.6
	Green	384	12.7	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	201	6.6	2.5
	Conservative	148	4.9	0.9
1,882	62.2	2.4
27	0.89
3,026	26.19	1.0
11,555
	Labour hold	1.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	1,286	56.7	8.1
	UKIP	403	17.8	n/a
	Green	247	10.9	1.4
	Conservative	191	8.4	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	135	5.9	0.8
883	38.9	5.2
7	0.31
2,269	19.73	0.1
11,501
	Labour Co-op hold	12.95

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	2,524	69.1	12.5
	Green	777	21.3	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	199	5.4	2.6
	Conservative	123	3.4	0.1
1,747	47.8	22.2
32	0.88
3,655	33.19	3.7
11,013
	Labour Co-op hold	8.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,442	44.6	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	1,339	41.4	8.4
	Green	331	10.2	5.2
	Conservative	101	3.1	1.5
103	3.2	10.6
21	0.65
3,234	31.27	0.77
10,341
	Labour hold	9.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,149	51.4	11.3
	Green	771	34.5	28.2
	Conservative	195	8.7	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	79	3.5	1.5
378	16.9	28.1
42	2.06
2,236	20.36	2.36
10,989
	Labour hold	19.75

On 24 July 2019 it was reported that Majid Dar (Ancoats and Beswick) had been suspended by the Labour Party. He was readmitted to the party and to the Labour group on the council without formal announcement.

On 18 March 2020 Greg Stanton (Didsbury West) resigned from the Liberal Democrats to sit as an independent. Later, in April, he joined the Labour Party.

On 7 April 2020 (2020-04-07), Sue Murphy (Brooklands) died after a long illness.

Clayton and Openshaw councillor Andy Harland died in December 2019. A by-election took place on Thursday 27 February 2020 to fill the vacancy. Changes are compared with the 2019 result.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,191	47.9	3.4
	Labour	1,083	43.6	1.4
	Conservative	102	4.1	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	57	2.3	1.0
	Green	51	2.1	1.6
112	3.3	N/A
5	0.2
2,489	19.7
12,623
	Independent gain from Labour	2.4

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