# Chorlton Park (ward)

Chorlton Park is an area and 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 Gorton constituency. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 15,147.

## Councillors

Three councillors serve the ward: Dave Rawson (Lab), Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op), and Joanna Midgley (Lab).
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 2004 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Tony Bethell (Lib Dem) | John Leech (Lib Dem) |
| 2006 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Tony Bethell (Lib Dem) | John Leech (Lib Dem) |
| 2007 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Tony Bethell (Lib Dem) | John Leech (Lib Dem) |
| 2008 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Tony Bethell (Lib Dem) | Bernie Ryan (Lib Dem) |
| 2010 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Tony Bethell (Lib Dem) | Bernie Ryan (Lib Dem) |
| 2011 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Ian Hyde (Lab) | Bernie Ryan (Lib Dem) |
| 2012 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Ian Hyde (Lab) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) |
| 2014 | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op) | Ian Hyde (Lab) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) |
| 2015 | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op) | Dave Rawson (Lab) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) |
| 2016 | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op) | Dave Rawson (Lab) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) |
| 2018 | Dave Rawson (Lab) | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) |
| 2019 | Dave Rawson (Lab) | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Labour Co-op) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) |
| 2021 | Dave Rawson (Lab) | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Labour Co-op) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election.

## Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

### May 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Mandie Shilton Godwin* | 3,819 | 69.2 | 6.7 |
| | Green | Richard Walton | 773 | 14.0 | 6.0 |
| | Conservative | Connor Cooper | 472 | 8.5 | 4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amaan Hashmi | 457 | 8.3 | 17.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3046 | 55.2 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 65 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,586 | 42.3 | 1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,218 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 0.4 | |

## Elections in 2010s
### May 2019

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dave Rawson* | 2,577 | 54.3 | 1.0 |
| | Green | Mary Candeland | 1,042 | 22.0 | 9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amaan Hashmi | 857 | 18.1 | 5.0 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Halliday | 269 | 5.7 | 1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,535 | 32.1 | 2.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 42 | 0.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,787 | 37.10 | 4.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,904 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.25 | |

### May 2018

2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joanna Midgley* | 3,404 | 63.5 | |
| | Labour | Mandie Shilton-Godwin* | 3,027 | 56.5 | |
| | Labour | Dave Rawson* | 2,967 | 55.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosie Hughes | 1,363 | 25.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amaan Hashmi | 1,238 | 23.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Bate | 1,234 | 23.0 | |
| | Green | Mary Candeland | 669 | 12.5 | |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 530 | 9.9 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Berry | 255 | 4.8 | |
| | Conservative | Kelly Geddes | 197 | 3.7 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Tang | 155 | 2.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,362 | 41.3 | |
| | 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) |
| Party | Candidates | Seats Won | Votes | Vote % |
| Labour | 3 | 3 | 9,398 | 62.49 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 3,835 | 25.50 |
| Green | 2 | 0 | 1,199 | 7.97 |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 607 | 4.04 |

### May 2016

2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joanna Rachel Midgley* | 2,564 | 50.29 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis | 1,950 | 38.25 |
| | Green | Hannah Lisa Richmond | 412 | 8.08 |
| | Conservative | Luke Oisin Bourke Costello | 172 | 3.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 614 | 12.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,098 | 45.17 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### May 2015

2015 :
| 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 | | |

### May 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Mandie Shilton Godwin | 1,991 | 43.41 | +11.01 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis | 1,691 | 36.87 | −16.43 |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 648 | 14.13 | +7.63 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Richardson | 256 | 5.58 | 2.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 300 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,586 | 39.14 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### May 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joanna Midgley | 2,083 | 56.2 | +32.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernie Ryan* | 1,115 | 30.1 | −23.3 |
| | Green | Leon Patsalides | 354 | 9.6 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Leo Schindler | 156 | 4.2 | −7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 968 | 26 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,708 | 32.8 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### May 2011

2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Hyde | 2,098 | 48.4 | +25.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Bethell* | 1,427 | 32.9 | −22.5 |
| | Green | Rebecca Willmott | 493 | 11.4 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Henry Hill | 313 | 7.2 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 671 | 15.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,331 | 38.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### May 2010

2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis* | 3,605 | 53.3 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | Ian Hyde | 2,193 | 32.4 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Afzal | 524 | 7.8 | −3.5 |
| | Green | James Alden | 493 | 7.2 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,412 | 20.9 | −8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,815 | 63.9 | +33.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.2 | |

## Elections in 2000s

2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernie Ryan | 1,693 | 53.4 | −2.0 |
| | Labour Co-op | John Hacking | 763 | 24.0 | +0.6 |
| | Green | Kathryn Brownbridge | 359 | 11.3 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Green | 358 | 11.3 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 930 | 29.3 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,173 | 30.5 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.3 | |
2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Bethell* | 1,751 | 55.4 | +0.7 |
| | Labour Co-op | John Hacking | 739 | 23.4 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Kathryn Brownbridge | 394 | 12.5 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert Chilton | 279 | 8.8 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,012 | 32.0 | +2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,163 | 31.0 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis* | 1,724 | 54.7 | +0.7 |
| | Labour | Yogesh Virmani | 797 | 25.3 | +6.4 |
| | Green | Kathryn Mary Brownbridge | 399 | 12.7 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Rodney Keller | 229 | 7.3 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 927 | 29.4 | +5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,149 | 32.1 | −10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.8 | |
2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Leech* | 2,113 | 48.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Bethell | 1,970 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis | 1,936 | | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Morgan | 1,073 | 24.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | David Ellison | 871 | | |
| | Labour | Bernice Reid* | 848 | | |
| | Green | Kathryn Brownbridge | 605 | 13.8 | N/A |
| | Green | George Czernuszka | 461 | | |
| | Green | John Cummings | 379 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Mason | 319 | 7.3 | N/A |
| | Respect | Ismail Farhat | 262 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 863 | 23.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,372 | 43.0 | N/A |
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