# 2015 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 7 May 2015, along with the 2015 United Kingdom general election. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a three-year term of office, expiring in 2018, due to planned boundary changes. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to hold every seat contested.

## Result

Changes in vote share are compared to the 2014 election.
Manchester Council Election Result 2015 :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 32/32 | 1 | 100.0 | 64 | 96 | 100.0 | 116,634 | 58.70 | 0.77 |
| | Green | 0/32 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22,875 | 11.51 | 1.01 |
| | Conservative | 0/32 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21,558 | 10.85 | 2.95 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 0/31 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19,142 | 9.63 | 1.79 |
| | UKIP | 0/16 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14,572 | 7.33 | 0.23 |
| | TUSC | 0/26 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,669 | 1.34 | 0.57 |
| | Independent | 0/3 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 889 | 0.45 | 0.21 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | 0/2 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 163 | 0.08 | n/a |
| | Christian Democrat Party for a Consensus | 0/1 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| | BNP | 0/1 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 0.03 | 0.45 |
| | Communist League | 0/2 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 0.02 | n/a |
| | Independent Labour | n/a | 1 | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |

## Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2011, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. All results are listed below:

### Ancoats and Clayton

Ancoats and Clayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mick Loughman* | 3,534 | 52.1 | −19.6 |
| | Green | Matthew Clark | 866 | 12.8 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Harry George Williams | 741 | 10.9 | +1.8 |
| | UKIP | Josie Loftus | 659 | 9.7 | N/A |
| | Independent | Ken Dobson | 546 | 8.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Lovell | 342 | 5.0 | −2.2 |
| | TUSC | Katie McFarlane | 99 | 1.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,668 | 39.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,787 | 48.9 | +23.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernard Priest* | 3,857 | 76.6 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Steffeny McGiffen | 546 | 10.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Will Coleshill | 320 | 6.4 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lucinda Chamberlain | 200 | 4.0 | −4.5 |
| | TUSC | John Neill | 110 | 2.2 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,311 | 65.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,033 | 50.3 | +28.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Paul Gerrard Andrews* | 3,099 | 57.8 | −6.8 |
| | UKIP | Paul O'Donoughue | 1,120 | 20.9 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative | Bev Nickson | 667 | 12.4 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Frank John Clements | 232 | 4.4 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Kane | 159 | 3.0 | −1.4 |
| | TUSC | Lynn Worthington | 81 | 1.5 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,979 | 36.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,358 | 48.6 | +24.4 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rosa May Battle* | 4,163 | 69.1 | −9.3 |
| | Conservative | Barney Bradley Clarke Watson | 804 | 13.3 | +4.3 |
| | Green | Rachel Harper | 625 | 10.4 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eve Friday | 230 | 3.8 | −2.5 |
| | TUSC | Alex Powell | 97 | 1.6 | N/A |
| | Christian Democrat Party for a Consensus | Jonathan Cox | 84 | 1.4 | N/A |
| | Communist League | Catharina Eva Gunela Tirsen | 21 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 659 | 55.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,024 | 48.5 | +23.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sue Cooley* | 3,136 | 52.2 | −5.7 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Paul Woods | 1,363 | 22.8 | −0.8 |
| | UKIP | Pat Bebby | 1,044 | 17.4 | +9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Andrew Stubbs | 243 | 4.0 | −2.2 |
| | Green | Calum Thomson Wiggle | 217 | 3.6 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,773 | 29.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,003 | 55.7 | +25.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carl Jason Austin* | 4,010 | 60.9 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maria Theresa Turner | 1,235 | 18.8 | −7.2 |
| | Green | Sam Darby | 815 | 12.4 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Shahed Hossain | 524 | 8.0 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,775 | 42.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,584 | 60.2 | +20.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Charlestown

Charlestown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Basil Curley* | 3,053 | 56.4 | −14.6 |
| | UKIP | Neil Caradoc Griffiths | 1,464 | 27.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Joshua John Lelliott | 549 | 10.1 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Astrid Johnson | 178 | 3.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | William David Fisher | 112 | 2.1 | −2.3 |
| | TUSC | Alex Wogan | 54 | 1.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,589 | 29.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,410 | 52.4 | +22.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julie Connolly | 5,894 | 78.5 | −5.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Malcolm Schofield | 783 | 10.4 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Anne Vivienne Power | 534 | 7.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Craig Whittall | 197 | 2.6 | −4.7 |
| | TUSC | Sam Gleaden | 102 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,111 | 68.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,510 | 48.6 | +18.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chorlton

Chorlton :
| 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 | | |

### Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dave Rawson | 3,378 | 42.5 | −5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis | 2,505 | 31.6 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Hannah Lisa Richmond | 1,282 | 16.1 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | William Stobart | 780 | 9.8 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 873 | 10.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,945 | 67.5 | +28.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### City Centre

City Centre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Kevin Peel* | 2,236 | 42.5 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas David StJohn Savage | 1,380 | 26.2 | +11.3 |
| | Green | Hayley Lesley Flynn | 987 | 18.7 | +9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Lee Adams | 524 | 10.0 | −6.1 |
| | UKIP | Myles Power | 136 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 856 | 16.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,263 | 51.6 | +30.3 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Beth Marshall | 3,899 | 65.2 | −11.9 |
| | UKIP | Bob Willescroft | 789 | 13.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sham Raja Akhtar | 694 | 11.6 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Thomas John Stokes | 316 | 5.3 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joel Moorcroft | 151 | 2.5 | −2.5 |
| | TUSC | Martin Conway | 128 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,110 | 52.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,977 | 52.7 | +18.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Didsbury East

Didsbury East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew George Simcock | 3,572 | 45.4 | −5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dominic Hardwick | 2,205 | 28.0 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Robert George Manning | 1,008 | 12.8 | +4.0 |
| | Green | Rosie Dammers | 731 | 9.3 | +3.0 |
| | UKIP | Mark Davies | 356 | 4.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,367 | 17.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,872 | 70.7 | +25.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Didsbury West

Didsbury West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dave Ellison* | 2,813 | 40.0 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Ashley | 2,003 | 28.5 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative | David Semple | 1,053 | 15.0 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Arnold James Spencer | 886 | 12.6 | +1.5 |
| | UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 228 | 3.2 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Alex Longworth-Dunbar | 52 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 810 | 11.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,035 | 67.0 | +30.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Fallowfield

Fallowfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Grace Fletcher-Hackwood* | 3,617 | 60.3 | −8.8 |
| | Green | Laura Alice Bannister | 1,367 | 22.8 | +11.6 |
| | Conservative | Jack Murray | 661 | 11.0 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Louise Brown | 269 | 4.5 | −1.7 |
| | TUSC | Zoe Brunswick | 86 | 1.4 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,250 | 37.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,000 | 56.9 | +28.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Hughes* | 3,851 | 71.1 | +10.0 |
| | Conservative | Luke Aidan Dyks | 591 | 10.9 | +6.3 |
| | Green | Karl Wardlaw | 469 | 8.7 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Page | 397 | 7.3 | −22.2 |
| | TUSC | Tony Harper | 110 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,260 | 60.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,418 | 48.6 | +19.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter David Cookson* | 4,564 | 66.2 | +13.9 |
| | UKIP | Bob Catterall | 996 | 14.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Melvyn Newton | 527 | 7.6 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Tmo Opensan | 397 | 5.8 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Peter Hickey | 328 | 4.8 | −32.1 |
| | TUSC | Dick Brown | 110 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,598 | 58.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,892 | 52.6 | +19.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joanne Mary Green* | 3,431 | 61.8 | +11.4 |
| | UKIP | Angela Robinson | 1,284 | 23.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Calum Turud James Davies | 455 | 8.2 | −2.7 |
| | Green | Christina Amy Alexandra Knox | 229 | 4.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles William Turner | 92 | 1.6 | −3.4 |
| | TUSC | Fiona Jane Stephens | 65 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,147 | 38.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,556 | 45.3 | +21.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Patrick Farrell | 3,155 | 57.5 | −5.8 |
| | UKIP | Amelda Agnes Beatrice Bowen | 1,414 | 25.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Alexandru Stelian Stancu | 540 | 9.8 | −2.6 |
| | Green | Catriona Joy Brown Watson | 231 | 4.2 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Gadsden | 151 | 2.7 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,741 | 31.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,491 | 51.2 | +21.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hulme

Hulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lee-Ann Mary Igbon | 3,246 | 56.3 | −1.1 |
| | Green | Dayika Nzeribe | 1,490 | 25.9 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Cynthia Kallmunzer | 732 | 12.7 | −2.4 |
| | UKIP | Phil Eckersley | 218 | 3.8 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Conor Price | 75 | 1.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,756 | 30.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,761 | 53.3 | +29.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Basat Mahmood Sheikh | 3,194 | 49.1 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Patrick Bryans Commons | 1,298 | 20.0 | −8.4 |
| | Green | Dick Venes | 1,290 | 19.9 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Khawar Iqbal | 515 | 7.9 | +3.3 |
| | TUSC | Fiona Penelope Higgins | 202 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,896 | 29.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,499 | 60.7 | +22.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Abid Latif Chohan* | 4,516 | 75.9 | +3.5 |
| | Green | Robyn Forsyth | 636 | 10.7 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Afzal | 459 | 7.7 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sajid | 175 | 3.0 | −10.5 |
| | Independent | Raees Khan | 110 | 1.8 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Nahella Ashraf | 52 | 0.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,880 | 65.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,948 | 56.6 | +21.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | June Hitchen* | 3,635 | 73.1 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | Harry Kagouras | 530 | 10.7 | +7.1 |
| | Green | Nathan Rae | 350 | 7.0 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Richard Bridges | 257 | 5.2 | −13.0 |
| | TUSC | Tom Simpson | 202 | 4.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,105 | 62.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,974 | 47.4 | +19.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Moss Side

Moss Side :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sameem Ali* | 5,286 | 78.2 | −0.9 |
| | Green | Muhammed Anwar Osman | 563 | 8.3 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | Denis Kostyan | 459 | 6.8 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Asad Abdi Osman | 254 | 3.7 | −4.0 |
| | TUSC | Emma Clark | 201 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,723 | 69.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,763 | 54.3 | +25.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paula Elizabeth Appleby | 3,153 | 49.4 | −12.7 |
| | UKIP | Mike Pattillo | 2,001 | 31.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Daniel Kallmunzer | 729 | 11.4 | −3.3 |
| | Green | James Kenneth Thorp | 201 | 3.2 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernadette Ryan | 185 | 2.9 | −5.8 |
| | BNP | Gareth Black | 66 | 1.0 | −7.7 |
| | TUSC | Molly Tillett | 29 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Communist League | Andres Alberto Mendoza | 13 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,152 | 18.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,377 | 56.1 | +23.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Webb | 3,288 | 53.4 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Fiona Mary Green | 1,068 | 17.4 | +10.5 |
| | UKIP | Ian George Fleming | 895 | 14.5 | +10.2 |
| | Green | Simon Edge | 422 | 6.9 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pablo O'Hana | 316 | 5.1 | −26.1 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Lord Cameron of Roundwood | 110 | 1.8 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Jack Metcalf | 55 | 0.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,220 | 36.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,154 | 54.0 | +18.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Garry Paul Bridges | 3,854 | 57.2 | −8.5 |
| | Green | Glen Marsden | 1,103 | 16.3 | +5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | April Preston | 949 | 14.1 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Jacques Werner | 699 | 10.4 | +1.4 |
| | TUSC | Jane E Lee | 132 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,751 | 40.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,737 | 62.4 | +30.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kate Chappell* | 3,796 | 68.7 | +7.4 |
| | Green | Vicky Matthews | 848 | 15.4 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Sajid Hussain | 463 | 8.4 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abu Mohiuddin Chowdhury | 326 | 5.9 | −18.3 |
| | TUSC | John McFarlane | 90 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,948 | 53.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,523 | 56.9 | +22.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sharston

Sharston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Barrett | 3,146 | 55.9 | −7.4 |
| | UKIP | Bob Burke | 1,128 | 20.1 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Stephen John Hale | 834 | 14.8 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Sylvia June Buchan | 228 | 4.1 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Yorke-Davenport | 175 | 3.1 | −1.6 |
| | TUSC | Kate Armitage | 63 | 1.1 | −1.3 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Silly Sir Oink-a-lot | 53 | 0.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,018 | 35.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,627 | 47.8 | +22.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Whalley Range

Whalley Range :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Aftab Razaq* | 4,421 | 60.7 | −6.1 |
| | Green | Mary Rosalind Candeland | 1,607 | 22.1 | +9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhona Brown | 590 | 8.1 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Amjad Nasir | 509 | 7.0 | 0 |
| | TUSC | Karen Reissmann | 160 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,814 | 38.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,287 | 63.5 | +23.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Chris Paul* | 3,032 | 47.3 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon David Wheale | 1,382 | 21.6 | −12.8 |
| | Green | Harriet Emilia Pugh | 1,272 | 19.9 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Shaden Jaradat | 621 | 9.6 | +3.0 |
| | TUSC | Mercedes Caccia Mesorio | 102 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,650 | 25.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,409 | 65.1 | +35.3 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sarah Jayne Judge | 2,814 | 61.4 | −11.3 |
| | UKIP | Tony Welch | 840 | 18.3 | +11.1 |
| | Conservative | Stephen McHugh | 554 | 12.1 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Catherine Victoria Higginson | 217 | 4.7 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martina A Dunican | 123 | 2.7 | −0.7 |
| | TUSC | Rob Mulgan | 32 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,974 | 43.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,580 | 44.0 | +19.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2015 and 2016
### Higher Blackley: 18 February 2016

Higher Blackley: 18 February 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paula Sadler | 1,062 | 65.3 | +7.8 |
| | UKIP | Martin Power | 308 | 18.9 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | David Semple | 130 | 8.0 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Matthews | 78 | 4.8 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Anne Power | 40 | 2.5 | −1.7 |
| | Pirate | George Walkden | 9 | 0.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 754 | 46.4 | +14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,627 | 15.8 | −35.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |