# Chorlton (ward)

Chorlton is an electoral ward of Manchester, England. Different parts of this ward are represented by different MPs following boundary changes in 2018; the majority of the ward is part of the Manchester Withington constituency but a portion is part of the Manchester Rusholme constituency. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 14,138.

## Councillors

The ward has three seats. As of November 2021, the sitting councillors are Eve Holt (Lab), Mathew Benham (Lab), and John Hacking (Lab Co-op).
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 2004 | Val Stevens (Lab Co-op) | Angela Gallagher (Lib Dem) | Sheila Newman (Lab) |
| 2006 | Val Stevens (Lab Co-op) | Angela Gallagher (Lab) | Sheila Newman (Lab) |
| 2007 | Val Stevens (Lab Co-op) | Paul Ankers (Lib Dem) | Sheila Newman (Lab) |
| 2008 | Val Stevens (Lab Co-op) | Paul Ankers (Lib Dem) | Sheila Newman (Lab) |
| 2010 | Victor Chamberlain (Lib Dem) | Paul Ankers (Lib Dem) | Sheila Newman (Lab) |
| 2011 | Victor Chamberlain (Lib Dem) | Matthew Strong (Lab) | Sheila Newman (Lab) |
| 2012 | Victor Chamberlain (Lib Dem) | Matthew Strong (Lab) | Sheila Newman (Lab) |
| 2014 | John Hacking (Lab Co-op) | Matthew Strong (Lab) | Sheila Newman (Lab) |
| 2015 | John Hacking (Lab Co-op) | Matthew Strong (Lab) | Sheila Newman (Lab) |
| 2016 | John Hacking (Lab Co-op) | Matthew Strong (Lab) | Sheila Newman (Lab) |
| 2018 | John Hacking (Lab Co-op) | Matthew Strong (Lab) | Eve Holt (Lab) |
| 2019 | John Hacking (Labour Co-op) | Matthew Strong (Lab) | Eve Holt (Lab) |
| May 2021 | John Hacking (Labour Co-op) | Matthew Strong (Lab) | Eve Holt (Lab) |
| Nov 2021 | John Hacking (Labour Co-op) | Mathew Benham (Lab) | Eve Holt (Lab) |
| 2022 | John Hacking (Labour Co-op) | Mathew Benham (Lab) | Eve Holt (Lab) |
| 2023 | John Hacking (Labour Co-op) | Mathew Benham (Lab) | Eve Holt (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election.  indicates councillor defected.  indicates seat won in by-election.

## Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

### Nov 2021

On 14 October 2021 councillor Matt Strong resigned from his seat in Chorlton, prompting a by-election that was held on 18 November 2021.
Changes in the table below are relative to the 2019 election.
2021 by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mathew Benham | 1,581 | 52.1 | 4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosie Hughes | 657 | 21.7 | 8.9 |
| | Green | Simon Milner-Edwards | 608 | 20.0 | 1.0 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Fitzgibbon | 93 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
| | Women's Equality | Jo Heathcote | 66 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| | Independent | Paul Harnett | 27 | 0.9 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 924 | 30.5 | 5.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.07 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,032 | 28.1 | 22.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,795 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.9 | |

### May 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Eve Holt* | 3,656 | 68.0 | 3.2 |
| | Green | Mary Crumpton | 917 | 17.1 | 2.4 |
| | Conservative | Kath Fitzgibbon | 368 | 6.8 | 1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Grayson | 291 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| | Women's Equality | Jo Heathcote | 141 | 2.6 | 0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2739 | 50.9 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 40 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,413 | 51.03 | 4.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,608 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 0.4 | |

## Elections in 2010s
### May 2019

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Matt Strong* | 2,574 | 57.0 | 3.0 |
| | Green | Mary Crumpton | 950 | 21.0 | 6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lizzy Bain | 575 | 12.7 | 0.3 |
| | Conservative | Keith Berry | 212 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| | Women's Equality | Jo Heathcote | 146 | 3.2 | 6.2 |
| | Independent | Michael Elston | 59 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,624 | 35.7 | 9.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 29 | 0.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,545 | 43.50 | 2.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,452 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.65 | |

### May 2018

2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Hacking* | 3,175 | 64.1 | |
| | Labour | Eve Holt | 3,165 | 63.9 | |
| | Labour | Matt Strong* | 2,974 | 60.0 | |
| | Green | Nigel Woodcock | 731 | 14.8 | |
| | Green | Mary Crumpton | 728 | 14.7 | |
| | Green | Anne Power | 653 | 13.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lizzy Bain | 614 | 12.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanne Milligan | 507 | 10.2 | |
| | Women's Equality | Jo Heathcote | 465 | 9.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhona Brown | 463 | 9.3 | |
| | Conservative | Luke Berry | 301 | 6.1 | |
| | Conservative | Luke Costello | 242 | 4.9 | |
| | Conservative | John Edwards | 221 | 4.5 | |
| | Independent | Michael Elston | 145 | 2.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,955 | 46.3 | |
| | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) |
| | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) |
| | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) |

### May 2016

2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sheila Newman* | 3,296 | 65.68 |
| | Green | Nigel James Woodcock | 778 | 15.50 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver | 719 | 14.33 |
| | Conservative | Colm George Lock | 225 | 4.48 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,518 | 50.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,018 | 47.00 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### May 2015

2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Matt Strong* | 3,991 | 48.5 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matt Gallagher | 1,618 | 19.7 | −11.0 |
| | Green | Jake Welsh | 1,610 | 19.5 | +7.8 |
| | Conservative | Colm George Lock | 600 | 7.3 | +3.3 |
| | Independent | Mary Rosalind Crumpton | 233 | 2.8 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Liam Curless | 180 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,373 | 28.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,232 | 73.8 | +23.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | John Hacking | 2,675 | 54.98 | +16.18 |
| | Green | Jake Welsh | 1,002 | 20.60 | +9.90 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter James Maxon | 739 | 15.19 | −28.41 |
| | Conservative | Zachery Husseini | 286 | 5.88 | −0.92 |
| | TUSC | Mark Bradley Krantz | 163 | 3.35 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,673 | 34.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,865 | 44.34 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### May 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sheila Newman* | 2,433 | 56.8 | +11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matt Gallagher | 797 | 18.6 | −21.1 |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 503 | 11.8 | +2.3 |
| | TUSC | Mark Krantz | 368 | 8.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Beardmore | 180 | 4.2 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,636 | 38 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,281 | 39.19 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2011

2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Matthew Strong | 2,964 | 53.6 | +13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Ankers* | 1,701 | 30.7 | −10.6 |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 647 | 11.7 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Afzal | 223 | 4.0 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,263 | 22.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,535 | 50.7 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### May 2010

2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor Max Mark Chamberlain | 3,349 | 43.6 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Amina Lone | 2,981 | 38.8 | −6.4 |
| | Green | Brian Arthur Candeland | 825 | 10.7 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Saira Hanif | 522 | 6.8 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 368 | 4.8 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,677 | 72.5 | +26.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +5.1 | |

## Elections in 2000s

2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sheila Newman* | 2,126 | 45.2 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lianne Williams | 1,867 | 39.7 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 448 | 9.5 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | David Hopps | 260 | 5.5 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 259 | 5.5 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,701 | 46.0 | +2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |
2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Ankers | 1,823 | 41.3 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Angela Gallagher* | 1,781 | 40.4 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 544 | 12.3 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Claire McLauchlin | 264 | 6.0 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 1.0 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,412 | 43.3 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +1.7 | |
2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Val Stevens* | 1,828 | 42.0 | +9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Leslie Glover | 1,713 | 39.4 | +6.7 |
| | Green | Brian Arthur Candeland | 609 | 14.0 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Amar Rouf Ahmed | 198 | 4.6 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 2.6 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,348 | 43.0 | −3.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sheila Newman* | 1,635 | 32.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Gallagher | 1,620 | 32.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Val Stevens* | 1,602 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Glover | 1,448 | | |
| | Labour | John Hacking | 1,413 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rajah Bhatti | 1,385 | | |
| | Green | Juliet Lawson | 765 | 15.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Michael Daw | 752 | | |
| | Green | Jessica Symons | 726 | | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Cleall-Hill | 429 | 8.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Antoniou | 401 | | |
| | Respect | Ameen Hadi | 351 | 7.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Amar Ahmed | 334 | | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Daniel Murphy | 162 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | 0.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,962 | 46.9 | N/A |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sheila Newman* | 1,288 | 39.3 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Totty | 770 | 23.5 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Giles Campbell | 487 | 14.9 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Michael Daw | 470 | 14.3 | +1.2 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Heather Rose | 263 | 8.0 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 518 | 15.8 | −9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,278 | 28.0 | −4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.9 | |
2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernard Selby* | 1,716 | 44.7 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Bethell | 728 | 19.0 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Valentine | 593 | 15.5 | −5.2 |
| | Green | Michelle Valentine | 503 | 13.1 | −3.8 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Heather Rose | 298 | 7.8 | +7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 988 | 25.7 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,838 | 32.0 | +5.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |
2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Valerie Stevens* | 1,505 | 47.5 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Ian Paley | 656 | 20.7 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Anne Power | 536 | 16.9 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Bethell | 474 | 14.9 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 849 | 26.8 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,171 | 27.0 | −1.4 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -1.0 | |