# 2006 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The council stayed under Labour Party control, strengthened by four gains from the Liberal Democrats.

## Election result

Changes in vote share are compared to the 2004 election.
Manchester Council Election Result 2006 :
| 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 | 23 | 4 | 71.9 | 38 | 61 | 63.5 | 41,039 | 44.8 | 4.9% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 9 | 4 | 28.1 | 25 | 34 | 35.4 | 28,929 | 31.6 | 2.3% |
| | Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,649 | 10.5 | 2.2% |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 8,493 | 9.3 | 1.0% |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,128 | 1.2 | 1.0% |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 833 | 0.9 | 0.4% |
| | BNP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 641 | 0.7 | 0.3% |
| | Respect | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 615 | 0.7 | 0.3% |
| | Socialist Alternative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 214 | 0.2 | n/a |
| | Independent Liberal | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | n/a |

## Ward results

Below is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. Incumbent councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2004 and are marked with an asterisk.

### Ancoats and Clayton

Ancoats and Clayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim Battle* | 1,463 | 48.3 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel James Valentine | 1,235 | 40.7 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | Christine Joan Birchenough | 136 | 4.5 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Richard Francis Keatley | 126 | 4.2 | −0.5 |
| | Independent | John Hulse | 71 | 2.3 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 | 7.6 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,031 | 32.9 | −5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mavis Smitheman* | 1,248 | 61.4 | +15.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Alam Panwar | 405 | 19.9 | −7.5 |
| | Green | Christopher David Charlton | 216 | 10.6 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Tadeusz Sochacki | 163 | 8.0 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 843 | 41.5 | +23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,032 | 21.7 | −2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +11.6 | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Eddie McCulley* | 1,205 | 49.0 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Kaye | 498 | 20.2 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie James Ardron | 323 | 13.1 | −0.7 |
| | Green | Lynne Richmond | 220 | 8.9 | −2.5 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Lynn Worthington | 214 | 8.7 | +8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 707 | 28.7 | −4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,460 | 23.9 | −5.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Longsden* | 1,525 | 69.8 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rob Brettle | 316 | 14.5 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Karen Abbad | 188 | 8.6 | −6.5 |
| | Green | Christopher Waldon | 156 | 7.1 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,209 | 55.3 | +14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,185 | 25.3 | −4.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Sue Murphy* | 1,378 | 42.1 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Ralph John Ellerton | 953 | 29.2 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Paul Ankers | 787 | 24.1 | +10.7 |
| | Green | Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh | 149 | 4.6 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 425 | 13.0 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,267 | 33.4 | −1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Alan Isherwood* | 1,460 | 47.5 | −10.4 |
| | Labour | Frank Oliver Duffy | 1,169 | 38.0 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Helen Keller | 252 | 8.2 | −0.5 |
| | Green | Elindsay James | 149 | 4.8 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 291 | 9.5 | −23.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,073 | 29.8 | −10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -11.5 | |

### Charlestown

Charlestown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Hobin* | 1,435 | 54.3 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | Vivienne Inez Clarke | 388 | 14.7 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Rodgers | 348 | 13.2 | −11.5 |
| | UKIP | Catherine Andrea Ritchie | 312 | 11.8 | +11.8 |
| | Green | Helen Sarah Dolan | 159 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,047 | 39.6 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,642 | 29.2 | −5.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.6 | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Naeem Ul Hassam* | 1,707 | 45.6 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Qassim Afzal | 1,608 | 43.0 | +5.9 |
| | Green | Jacqueline Smith | 235 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Kim Elvin Glasspole | 191 | 5.1 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 99 | 2.6 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,741 | 36.2 | −11.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.5 | |

### Chorlton

Chorlton :
| 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 | |

### Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park :
| 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 | |

### City Centre

City Centre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elaine Boyes* | 531 | 38.0 | +0.5 |
| | Labour Co-op | Chris Paul | 374 | 26.8 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | James Jacob Gilchrist Berry | 311 | 22.3 | +7.1 |
| | Green | Birgit Vollm | 181 | 13.0 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 157 | 11.2 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,397 | 16.4 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.6 | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jon-Leigh Pritchard* | 1,667 | 49.6 | +4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sham Raja | 738 | 21.9 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Paul Glasspole | 476 | 14.2 | −4.3 |
| | UKIP | Ernest Robert Willescroft | 259 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| | Green | Justine Michelle Hall | 223 | 6.6 | −10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 929 | 27.6 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,363 | 33.8 | −8.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |

### Didsbury East

Didsbury East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Thomas Parkinson* | 1,809 | 45.3 | −2.4 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Bridson | 1,369 | 34.3 | +2.9 |
| | Green | Richard Edgar Gee | 459 | 11.5 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Malcolm Schofield | 359 | 9.0 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 440 | 11.0 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,996 | 39.1 | −9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.6 | |

### Didsbury West

Didsbury West :
| 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 | |

### Fallowfield

Fallowfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mike Amesbury | 1,357 | 46.4 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John-Paul Wilkins* | 1,086 | 37.2 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Cedric Beniston | 171 | 5.9 | −3.8 |
| | Green | Susan Somerville | 168 | 5.7 | −5.7 |
| | BNP | Joseph Gerard Marjella Finnon | 140 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 271 | 9.3 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,922 | 28.1 | −2.4 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +1.7 | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nilofar Siddiqi | 1,244 | 39.7 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernadette Newing* | 1,132 | 36.1 | −11.0 |
| | Independent | Allan James Grafton | 465 | 14.8 | +14.8 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Ann Ainscough | 144 | 4.6 | −3.5 |
| | Green | Rachel Michelle Wilson | 78 | 2.5 | −2.8 |
| | Independent | David Colin Jones | 72 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 112 | 3.6 | −3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,135 | 31.4 | −1.9 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.5 | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Richard Bridges* | 1,375 | 47.8 | −7.6 |
| | Labour | Julie Reid | 1,031 | 35.8 | +8.3 |
| | Green | David William Mottram | 246 | 8.5 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Kenyon | 226 | 7.9 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 344 | 12.0 | −15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,878 | 26.9 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -7.9 | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Fairweather* | 1,420 | 55.3 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth David Aubrey | 320 | 12.5 | −11.5 |
| | UKIP | Roger Porter Bullock | 312 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| | Conservative | Ian Beswick | 302 | 11.8 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Darren Jason Flynn | 215 | 8.4 | +8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,100 | 42.8 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,569 | 22.1 | −4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 | |

### Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anna Margaret Trotman* | 1,477 | 57.0 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative | Terence Shannon | 506 | 19.5 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Argyropoulos | 383 | 14.8 | −4.9 |
| | Green | Michael Robert Shaw | 226 | 8.7 | +8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 971 | 37.5 | −3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,592 | 26.5 | −5.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |

### Hulme

Hulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nigel Joseph Murphy | 816 | 37.9 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver West | 576 | 26.7 | +7.6 |
| | Green | Steven Jonathan Durrant | 539 | 25.0 | −12.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Anthony Kierman | 96 | 4.6 | −2.7 |
| | Independent | Christine Anne Boscott-Shermerdine | 53 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| | Independent | Captain Cae Os | 43 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| | UKIP | Peter David Reeve | 20 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | Independent Liberal | Charles Anthony Lyn-Lloyd | 11 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 240 | 11.1 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,154 | 24.1 | −1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Cowan* | 1,402 | 50.1 | −3.1 |
| | Labour | Dermot Sean Zafar | 779 | 27.9 | +3.8 |
| | Green | Peter Norman Thompson | 399 | 14.3 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative | William Moore | 217 | 7.8 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 623 | 22.3 | −6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,797 | 28.4 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.4 | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Maryam Fazeela Khan | 1,687 | 54.6 | +24.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sajjad* | 774 | 25.1 | −19.2 |
| | Green | Hassan Ukairo | 444 | 14.4 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Zahir Ali | 182 | 5.9 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 913 | 30.0 | +15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,087 | 32.3 | −6.0 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +21.8 | |

### Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Flanagan* | 1,286 | 43.5 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard John Wilson | 791 | 26.8 | +9.5 |
| | BNP | Derek George Adams | 501 | 16.9 | +3.4 |
| | UKIP | Lisa Ann Duffy | 149 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | Brian George Birchenough | 134 | 4.5 | −3.0 |
| | Green | Anthony James Quinn | 96 | 3.2 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 495 | 16.7 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,957 | 29.1 | −2.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.6 | |

### Moss Side

Moss Side :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Blake Walters* | 1,734 | 63.7 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Hamza Butt | 509 | 18.7 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Robin Goater | 235 | 8.6 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | Reverend Juggla | 129 | 4.7 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Talbot Wattenbach | 116 | 4.3 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,225 | 45.0 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,723 | 27.8 | −0.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bill Risby* | 1,774 | 53.1 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Gerard Pinder | 755 | 22.6 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy John Hartley | 506 | 15.2 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Rose Ann Cameron | 303 | 9.0 | +9.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,019 | 30.5 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,338 | 31.2 | −6.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard James Cowell* | 1,431 | 46.9 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Clive Eakins | 1,092 | 35.8 | +15.7 |
| | Conservative | Nathan James Cruddas | 391 | 12.8 | −5.2 |
| | Green | Lance David Crookes | 136 | 4.5 | −12.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 339 | 11.1 | −13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,050 | 29.3 | −3.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.7 | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Harrison* | 1,567 | 54.4 | +5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tina Maache | 773 | 26.9 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Robin-Ella Davies | 317 | 11.0 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Rossall Valentine | 221 | 7.7 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 794 | 27.6 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,878 | 29.2 | −3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynne Williams* | 1,157 | 39.9 | −16.0 |
| | Labour | John Byrne | 804 | 27.7 | −0.8 |
| | Respect | Nahella Ashraf | 615 | 21.2 | +21.2 |
| | Green | Penelope Irene Collins | 188 | 6.5 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Mary Goodall | 135 | 4.7 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 353 | 12.2 | −15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,899 | 31.5 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -7.6 | |

### Sharston

Sharston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Hugh Barrett* | 1,248 | 55.0 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Agnes Anne Carroll | 402 | 17.7 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William David Fisher | 355 | 15.6 | −0.9 |
| | Green | Karen Jane Duffy | 264 | 11.5 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 846 | 37.3 | +5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,269 | 21.4 | −5.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |

### Whalley Range

Whalley Range :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Rose Watson | 1,637 | 46.1 | +17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joy Ruth Winder* | 1,158 | 32.6 | −6.6 |
| | Green | Mary Rosalind Candeland | 466 | 13.1 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Graham Cox | 289 | 8.1 | −11.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 | 13.5 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,550 | 34.5 | −9.3 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +12.0 | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon David Wheale | 1,064 | 47.8 | −10.6 |
| | Labour | Delores Elizabeth Long | 613 | 27.6 | +9.0 |
| | Green | Sarah Stuart | 340 | 15.3 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Christopher Perfect | 207 | 9.3 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 451 | 20.3 | −19.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,224 | 22.3 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -9.8 | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edward Newman* | 1,277 | 61.5 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Ruby Marie Raynor | 328 | 15.8 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Francis Podbylski | 290 | 14.0 | −0.2 |
| | Green | Peter Andrew Somerville | 180 | 8.7 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 949 | 45.7 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,075 | 21.8 | −5.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 | |

## By-elections between 2006 and 2007

Gorton South By-Election 19 October 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Glover | 1,588 | 49.3 | +1.5 |
| | Labour | Julie Reid | 1,208 | 37.5 | +1.7 |
| | BNP | Derek Adams | 185 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| | Green | David Mottram | 151 | 4.7 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Valentine | 90 | 2.8 | −5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 380 | 11.8 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,222 | 29.9 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.1 | |