# Old Moat (ward)

Old Moat is an area and electoral ward in Manchester, England. It is represented in Westminster by Jeff Smith MP for Manchester Withington. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 14,490.

## Councillors

As of 2021, three councillors serve the ward: Garry Bridges (Lab), Gavin White (Lab), and Suzannah Reeves (Lab).
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 2004 | Brian Harrison (Lab) | Jeffrey Smith (Lab) | Andrew Fender (Lab) |
| 2006 | Brian Harrison (Lab) | Jeffrey Smith (Lab) | Andrew Fender (Lab) |
| 2007 | Brian Harrison (Lab) | Jeffrey Smith (Lab) | Andrew Fender (Lab) |
| 2008 | Brian Harrison (Lab) | Jeffrey Smith (Lab) | Andrew Fender (Lab) |
| 2010 | Suzannah Reeves (Lab) | Jeffrey Smith (Lab) | Andrew Fender (Lab) |
| 2011 | Suzannah Reeves (Lab) | Jeffrey Smith (Lab) | Andrew Fender (Lab) |
| 2012 | Suzannah Reeves (Lab) | Jeffrey Smith (Lab) | Andrew Fender (Lab) |
| 2014 | Suzannah Reeves (Lab) | Jeffrey Smith (Lab) | Andrew Fender (Lab) |
| 2015 | Suzannah Reeves (Lab) | Garry Bridges (Lab) | Andrew Fender (Lab) |
| 2016 | Suzannah Reeves (Lab) | Garry Bridges (Lab) | Andrew Fender (Lab) |
| 2018 | Suzannah Reeves (Lab) | Garry Bridges (Lab) | Gavin White (Lab) |
| 2019 | Suzannah Reeves (Lab) | Garry Bridges (Lab) | Gavin White (Lab) |
| 2021 | Suzannah Reeves (Lab) | Garry Bridges (Lab) | Gavin White (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election.

## Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

### May 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gavin White* | 2,568 | 72.4 | 3.6 |
| | Green | Stacey Wright | 476 | 13.6 | 3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Martin | 238 | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| | Conservative | Gary Wilkinson | 218 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,092 | 59.8 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 36 | 1.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,536 | 30.0 | 2.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,774 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.3 | |

## Elections in 2010s
### May 2019

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Garry Bridges* | 1,754 | 62.9 | 5.4 |
| | Green | Bonnie Boulton | 468 | 16.8 | 0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Martin | 386 | 13.8 | 0.2 |
| | Conservative | Tom Benbow | 144 | 5.2 | 0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,286 | 46.1 | 5.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,789 | 26.27 | 1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,628 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.8 | |

### May 2018

2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Suzannah Reeves* | 2,165 | 71.5 | |
| | Labour | Gavin White | 2,086 | 68.8 | |
| | Labour | Garry Bridges* | 2,071 | 68.3 | |
| | Green | Bonnie Boulton | 502 | 16.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Martin | 425 | 14.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brigitte Sapriel | 363 | 12.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew McGuinness | 359 | 11.8 | |
| | Conservative | Luke Dyks | 191 | 6.3 | |
| | Conservative | Nicola Dixon | 181 | 6.0 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Lister-Geddes | 179 | 5.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,030 | 27.8 | |
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| | 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 | Andrew Henryk Fender* | 2,244 | 67.29 |
| | Liberal Democrats | April Preston | 561 | 16.82 |
| | Green | Nathan Rae | 329 | 9.87 |
| | Conservative | Phillip Gallagher | 138 | 4.14 |
| | TUSC | Jane Elizabeth Lee | 63 | 1.89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,683 | 50.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,335 | 31.85 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### May 2015

2015 :
| 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 | | |

### May 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Suzannah Mary Reeves | 1,924 | 56.91 |
| | Green | Joel Smith | 699 | 20.67 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Kane | 365 | 10.80 |
| | Conservative | Peter Schofield | 253 | 7.48 |
| | TUSC | Jane Lee | 107 | 3.16 |
| | Motorcycle Alliance | James Gordon Torrance | 33 | 0.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,225 | 36.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,381 | 29.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### May 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Fender* | 1,822 | 74.1 | +23.6 |
| | Green | Amy Howard | 278 | 11.3 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Prescott | 221 | 9.0 | −25.4 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Savage | 139 | 5.7 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,544 | 63 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,460 | 22 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2011

2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Smith* | 2,311 | 65.7 | +12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Mackle | 413 | 11.7 | −17.4 |
| | Green | Barney Wolfram | 373 | 10.6 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | Luke Springthorpe | 315 | 9.0 | +0.6 |
| | Independent | Yasmin Zalzala | 103 | 2.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,898 | 54.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,515 | 32.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2010

2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Suzannah Mary Reeves | 2,531 | 43.8 | −6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rob Mackle | 2,216 | 38.3 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | Shaden Jaradat | 489 | 8.5 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Rowan William Smith | 410 | 7.1 | −0.6 |
| | Independent | Yasmin Zalzala | 133 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 315 | 5.5 | −10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,779 | 54.6 | +27.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.3 | |

## Elections in 2000s

2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Fender* | 1,391 | 50.5 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sufiyan Rana | 947 | 34.4 | +5.3 |
| | Green | Lia Sims | 213 | 7.7 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Paul Lally | 205 | 7.4 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 444 | 16.1 | −8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,756 | 26.8 | +1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.2 | |
2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Smith*' | 1,382 | 53.7 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Wilson | 748 | 29.1 | +2.2 |
| | Green | Alice Coren | 230 | 8.9 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Perfect | 215 | 8.4 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 634 | 24.6 | 3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,575 | 25.5 | −3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 | |
2006 :
| 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 | |
2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Fender* | 1,599 | 49.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Smith* | 1,572 | | |
| | Labour | Brian Harrison* | 1,541 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Enid Saunders | 884 | 27.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shakeel Ahmad | 881 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Reyes | 865 | | |
| | Green | Paul Dundon | 403 | 12.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Susan Fairweather | 392 | | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Wilson | 352 | 10.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Steven Flower | 335 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 657 | 22.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,238 | 32.4 | N/A |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour 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 | Jeffrey Smith* | 1,322 | 46.5 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yasmin Zalzala | 1,141 | 40.2 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 209 | 7.4 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Gary Kaye | 169 | 5.9 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 181 | 6.4 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,841 | 22.5 | −4.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.5 | |
2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Fender* | 1,746 | 50.2 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yasmin Zalzala | 1,352 | 38.9 | −4.8 |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 196 | 5.6 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Elliot Gold | 185 | 5.3 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 394 | 11.3 | +7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,479 | 26.6 | +0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 | |
2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Harrison* | 1,523 | 47.1 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yasmin Zalzala | 1,413 | 43.7 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Graham Betton | 139 | 4.3 | −1.1 |
| | Green | Ernest Roberts | 104 | 3.2 | −0.9 |
| | Action for Better Local Education | Thomas Franklin | 45 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| | Independent Labour | Kevin Robinson | 10 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 110 | 3.4 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,234 | 26.0 | +0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |