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Didsbury West (ward)

Didsbury West (Manchester)
Electoral ward
Didsbury West electoral ward within Manchester City Council
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Coat of arms | | Motto: By wisdom and effort | | Interactive map of Didsbury West (Manchester) | | Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}53°25′07″N 2°14′35″W / 53.4186°N 2.2431°W / 53.4186; -2.2431 | | United Kingdom | | England | | North West England | | Greater Manchester | | Manchester | | 2004 | | Didsbury | | Unicameral | | Manchester City Council | | Bev Craig (Labour) | | Richard Kilpatrick (Liberal Democrats) | | John Leech (Liberal Democrats) | | Debbie Hilal (Labour) | | 12,455 | | Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census |

Didsbury West is an electoral ward of the metropolitan borough of Manchester, England. It returns three councillors to Manchester City Council who are currently Richard Kilpatrick, John Leech and Debbie Hilal. It is within the parliamentary constituency of Manchester Withington and represented in Westminster by Jeff Smith. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 12,455.

Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem)
John Leech (Lib Dem)
Debbie Hilal (Labour)

Election	Councillor
2004	Simon Wheale (Lib Dem)	Neil Trafford (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2006	Richard Clayton (Lib Dem)	Neil Trafford (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2007	Richard Clayton (Lib Dem)	Neil Trafford (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2008	Richard Clayton (Lib Dem)	Neil Trafford (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
By-election29 January 2009	Richard Clayton (Lib Dem)	Lianne Williams (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2010	Mark Clayton (Lib Dem)	Lianne Williams (Lib Dem)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2011	Mark Clayton (Lib Dem)	David Ellison (Lab)	Graham Shaw (Lib Dem)
2012	Mark Clayton (Lib Dem)	David Ellison (Lab)	Carl Ollerhead (Lab)
2014	Josie Teubler (Lab)	David Ellison (Lab)	Carl Ollerhead (Lab)
2015	Josie Teubler (Lab)	David Ellison (Lab)	Carl Ollerhead (Lab)
2016	Josie Teubler (Lab)	David Ellison (Lab)	John Leech (Lib Dem)
2018	David Ellison (Lab)	Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem)	John Leech (Lib Dem)
2019	Greg Stanton (Lib Dem)	Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem)	John Leech (Lib Dem)
2020	Greg Stanton (Lab)	Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem)	John Leech (Lib Dem)
2021	Greg Stanton (Lab)	Debbie Hilal (Lab)	John Leech (Lib Dem)
2022	Greg Stanton (Lab)	Debbie Hilal (Lab)	John Leech (Lib Dem)
2023	Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem)	Debbie Hilal (Lab)	John Leech (Lib Dem)

indicates seat won in by-election. indicates councillor changed party.

denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,504	44.2	9.6
	Green	1,547	27.3	20.6
	Labour	1,220	21.5	14.8
	Reform	342	6.0	New
	Conservative	54	1.0	1.4
957	16.9	0.6
5,667	46.5	3.9
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,379	43.3	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	2,220	40.4	0.2
	Green	677	12.3	5.0
	Conservative	173	3.1	2.2
159	2.9
45	0.8
5,494	44.81
12.262
	Labour hold	0.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,260	44.3	5.9
	Labour	2,047	40.1	6.3
	Green	592	11.6	1.8
	Conservative	153	3.0	0.9
	SDP	26	0.5	N/A
213	4.2	12.2
23
5,101
11,888
	Liberal Democrats hold	6.1

Previous councillor Greg Stanton was elected for the Liberal Democrats in 2019 but defected to Labour; for the purpose of comparison to the 2019 figures this ward is a Lib Dem hold.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,760	53.8	1.4
	Labour	1,863	36.3	5.2
	Green	342	6.7	6.1
	Conservative	123	2.4	3.6
	SDP	22	0.4	n/a
897	17.5
25
5,135	42.6	4.9
12,058
	Liberal Democrats hold	1.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,523	44.9	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	2,282	40.6	3.0
	Green	408	7.3	2.8
	Conservative	309	5.5	0.3
	Women's Equality	72	1.3	New
	SDP	29	0.5	New
241	4.3
31	0.6
5,654	45.8	1.7
12,335
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats	3.8

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	%
	Liberal Democrats	2,524	55.2
	Liberal Democrats	1,994	43.6
	Labour	1,899	41.5
	Liberal Democrats	1,878	41.1
	Labour	1,781	39.0
	Labour	1,567	34.3
	Green	587	12.8
	Conservative	275	6.0
	Conservative	271	5.9
	Conservative	206	4.5
21
4,571	47.5

Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	Vote %
Liberal Democrats	3	2	6,396	49.27
Labour	3	1	5,247	40.42
Conservative	3	0	752	5.79
Green	1	0	587	4.52

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	2,295	52.61	+24.5%
	Labour	1,593	36.52	−7.5%
	Green	244	5.59	−6%
	Conservative	161	3.69	−12%
	UKIP	69	1.58	−2%
702	16.09
4,362	44.40
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	16.2%

Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years and provided Manchester with its first opposition for two years.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,813	40.0	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	2,003	28.5	−2.2
	Conservative	1,053	15.0	+1.1
	Green	886	12.6	+1.5
	UKIP	228	3.2	N/A
	TUSC	52	0.7	N/A
810	11.5
7,035	67.0	+30.1
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,457	46.27	+14.12
	Liberal Democrats	1,295	41.12	−9.07
	Green	592	15.82	N/A
	Conservative	397	12.61	−5.05
162	4.33
3,741	36
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,393	47.5	+24.7
	Liberal Democrats	909	31.0	−16.2
	Green	317	10.8	+0.5
	Conservative	246	8.4	−8.2
	Democracy First	69	2.4	N/A
484	16
2934	27.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,686	44.2	+19.7
	Liberal Democrats	1,172	30.7	−15.0
	Conservative	530	13.9	−0.4
	Green	424	11.1	−2.3
514	13.5
3,812	36.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	3,088	50.2	+3.0
	Labour	1,978	32.2	+9.4
	Conservative	1,086	17.7	+1.1
1,110	18.0	−6.4
6,152	61.4	+33.6
	Liberal Democrats hold	-3.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,283	47.2	+1.5
	Labour	620	22.8	−1.7
	Conservative	451	16.6	+2.3
	Green	281	10.3	−3.1
	UKIP	81	3.0	+0.9
663	24.4	+3.2
2,716	27.8	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold	+1.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,328	45.7	+2.8
	Labour	712	24.5	−0.5
	Conservative	414	14.3	−3.2
	Green	389	13.4	+1.5
	UKIP	61	2.1	−0.6
616	21.2	+3.3
2,904	29.2	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold	+1.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,189	42.9	+0.1
	Labour	692	25.0	+4.6
	Conservative	485	17.5	+2.3
	Green	329	11.9	−4.2
	UKIP	76	2.7	−2.9
497	17.9	−4.5
2,771	28.0	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats hold	-2.2

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,565	42.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	1,515
	Liberal Democrats	1,476
	Labour	745	20.4	N/A
	Labour	706
	Labour	627
	Green	589	16.1	N/A
	Green	578
	Conservative	554	15.1	N/A
	Conservative	503
	Conservative	466
	Green	443
	UKIP	205	5.6	N/A
731	22.4	N/A
3,658	36.4	N/A

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