# Didsbury West (ward)

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 MP. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 12,455.

## Councillors

* Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem)
* John Leech (Lib Dem)
* Debbie Hilal (Labour)
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | 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-election 29 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 up for re-election.  indicates seat won in by-election.  indicates councillor changed party.

## Elections in the 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

### May 2023

2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Kilpatrick | 2,260 | 44.3 | 5.9 |
| | Labour | Leslie Bell | 2,047 | 40.1 | 6.3 |
| | Green | James Young | 592 | 11.6 | 1.8 |
| | Conservative | Martin Cartwright | 153 | 3.0 | 0.9 |
| | SDP | Wendy Andrew | 26 | 0.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 213 | 4.2 | 12.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 23 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,101 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,888 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 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.

### May 2022

2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Leech* | 2,760 | 53.8 | 1.4 |
| | Labour | Luke Savage | 1,863 | 36.3 | 5.2 |
| | Green | Sally Hawkins | 342 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
| | Conservative | Luke Bourke Costello | 123 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| | SDP | Wendy Andrew | 22 | 0.4 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 897 | 17.5 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 25 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,135 | 42.6 | 4.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,058 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.9 | |

### May 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Debbie Hilal | 2,523 | 44.9 | 4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Kilpatrick* | 2,282 | 40.6 | 3.0 |
| | Green | Jake Welsh | 408 | 7.3 | 2.8 |
| | Conservative | Luke Bourke Costello | 309 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| | Women's Equality | Sarika Paul | 72 | 1.3 | New |
| | SDP | Wendy Andrew | 29 | 0.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 241 | 4.3 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 31 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,654 | 45.8 | 1.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,335 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 3.8 | |

## Elections in the 2010s
### May 2019

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Greg Stanton | 2,214 | 50.2% | 9.1% |
| | Labour | David Ellison* | 1,490 | 33.8% | 7.7% |
| | Green | Arnold Spencer | 430 | 9.8% | 3.0% |
| | Conservative | Anjenarra Haque | 170 | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| | Women's Equality | Sarika Paul | 85 | 1.9% | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 724 | 16.4% | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.73% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,407 | 37.60% | 0.9% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,717 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 8.4% | |

### May 2018

2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Leech* | 2,524 | 55.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Kilpatrick | 1,994 | 43.6 | |
| | Labour | David Ellison* | 1,899 | 41.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Greg Stanton | 1,878 | 41.1 | |
| | Labour | Laura Wright | 1,781 | 39.0 | |
| | Labour | Peter Cookson | 1,567 | 34.3 | |
| | Green | Arnold Spencer | 587 | 12.8 | |
| | Conservative | Connor Walsh | 275 | 6.0 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Beach | 271 | 5.9 | |
| | Conservative | Xin Shi | 206 | 4.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,571 | 47.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats 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 % |
| 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 |

### May 2016

2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Leech | 2,295 | 52.61 | +24.5% |
| | Labour | Barnaby Edward Lane | 1,593 | 36.52 | −7.5% |
| | Green | Arnold James Spencer | 244 | 5.59 | −6% |
| | Conservative | Max Dowling | 161 | 3.69 | −12% |
| | UKIP | Robert Gutenfreund-Walmsley | 69 | 1.58 | −2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 702 | 16.09 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,362 | 44.40 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 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.

### May 2015

2015 :
| 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 | | |

### May 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Josie Teubler | 1,457 | 46.27 | +14.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Clayton | 1,295 | 41.12 | −9.07 |
| | Green | Glen Marsden | 592 | 15.82 | N/A |
| | Conservative | David Robert Semple | 397 | 12.61 | −5.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | 4.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,741 | 36 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### May 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carl Ollerhead | 1,393 | 47.5 | +24.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Shaw* | 909 | 31.0 | −16.2 |
| | Green | Gareth Price-Thomas | 317 | 10.8 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Dola Miah | 246 | 8.4 | −8.2 |
| | Democracy First | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 69 | 2.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 484 | 16 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2934 | 27.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### May 2011

2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Ellison | 1,686 | 44.2 | +19.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Craig Whittall | 1,172 | 30.7 | −15.0 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Millard | 530 | 13.9 | −0.4 |
| | Green | James Alden | 424 | 11.1 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 514 | 13.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,812 | 36.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### May 2010

2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Clayton* | 3,088 | 50.2 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | David Clive Ellison | 1,978 | 32.2 | +9.4 |
| | Conservative | David Michael Bean | 1,086 | 17.7 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,110 | 18.0 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,152 | 61.4 | +33.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.2 | |

## Elections in 2000s

2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Shaw* | 1,283 | 47.2 | +1.5 |
| | Labour | Jenny Lennox | 620 | 22.8 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | David Bean | 451 | 16.6 | +2.3 |
| | Green | James Alden | 281 | 10.3 | −3.1 |
| | UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 81 | 3.0 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 663 | 24.4 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,716 | 27.8 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.6 | |
2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Trafford* | 1,328 | 45.7 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | David Ellison | 712 | 24.5 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Caddick | 414 | 14.3 | −3.2 |
| | Green | James Alden | 389 | 13.4 | +1.5 |
| | UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 61 | 2.1 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 616 | 21.2 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,904 | 29.2 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.6 | |
2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Mark Clayton | 1,189 | 42.9 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | David Clive Ellison | 692 | 25.0 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Peter Girvan Hilton | 485 | 17.5 | +2.3 |
| | Green | George Stanislaw Czernuszka | 329 | 11.9 | −4.2 |
| | UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 76 | 2.7 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 497 | 17.9 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,771 | 28.0 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.2 | |
2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Shaw | 1,565 | 42.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Trafford* | 1,515 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Wheale* | 1,476 | | |
| | Labour | Brendan Turner | 745 | 20.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Emily Lomax | 706 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Copping | 627 | | |
| | Green | Richard Gee | 589 | 16.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Robina-Ella Davies | 578 | | |
| | Conservative | Peter Hilton | 554 | 15.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sean Ell | 503 | | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Smith | 466 | | |
| | Green | Clifford Saffer | 443 | | |
| | UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 205 | 5.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 731 | 22.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,658 | 36.4 | N/A |
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