# 2007 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The council stayed under Labour Party control, on a reduced turnout of 28.3%.

## Election result

Changes compared to the 2006 election.
Manchester Council Election Result :
| 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 | 19 | 1 | 59.4 | 41 | 60 | 62.5 | 41,213 | 45.4 | 0.6% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 13 | 1 | 40.6 | 22 | 35 | 36.4 | 28,898 | 31.8 | 0.2% |
| | Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,975 | 11.0 | 0.5% |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 7,623 | 8.4 | 0.9% |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,041 | 1.1 | 0.1% |
| | BNP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 972 | 1.1 | 0.4% |
| | Respect | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 535 | 0.6 | 0.1% |
| | Socialist Alternative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 251 | 0.3 | 0.1% |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 | 0.2 | 0.7% |
| | United Socialist | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 0.1 | 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. The winning candidate per ward is in bold.

### Ancoats and Clayton

Ancoats and Clayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mick Loughman* | 1,518 | 64.6 | +16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Valentine | 473 | 20.1 | −20.6 |
| | Green | Victoria Album | 148 | 6.3 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | David Hopps | 135 | 5.7 | +1.2 |
| | Independent | John Hulse | 76 | 3.2 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,045 | 44.5 | +37.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,350 | 24.4 | −8.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +18.4 | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernard Priest* | 1,219 | 57.4 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jawaid Chaudhry | 526 | 24.8 | +4.9 |
| | Green | Justine Hall | 224 | 10.6 | 0 |
| | Conservative | Kashif Ali | 155 | 7.3 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 693 | 32.6 | −8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,124 | 21.5 | −0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Paul Andrews* | 1,268 | 52.6 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | John Leaning | 481 | 20.0 | −0.2 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Lynn Worthington | 251 | 10.4 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Fisher | 233 | 9.7 | −3.4 |
| | Green | Karen Duffy | 176 | 7.3 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 787 | 32.7 | +4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,409 | 23.0 | −0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rosa Battle | 1,476 | 70.8 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Guise | 288 | 13.8 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Rodney Keller | 190 | 9.1 | +0.5 |
| | Green | Christopher Waldon | 131 | 6.3 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,188 | 57.0 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,085 | 22.3 | −3.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sue Cooley* | 1,460 | 50.3 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | Marie Raynor | 958 | 33.0 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Kierman | 342 | 11.8 | −12.3 |
| | Green | Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh | 140 | 4.8 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 502 | 17.3 | +4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,900 | 29.1 | −4.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Donaldson* | 1,825 | 54.3 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | Frank Duffy | 1,209 | 36.0 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | Peter Schofield | 194 | 5.8 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Joseph Gair | 132 | 3.9 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 616 | 18.3 | +8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,360 | 32.0 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.4 | |

### Charlestown

Charlestown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Basil Curley* | 1,542 | 59.0 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Kim Glasspole | 419 | 16.0 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Rodgers | 268 | 10.3 | −2.9 |
| | UKIP | Andrea Ritchie | 238 | 9.1 | −2.7 |
| | Green | Helen Dolan | 148 | 5.7 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,123 | 42.9 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,615 | 27.8 | −1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Khan* | 2,340 | 64.6 | +19.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sham Raja | 571 | 15.8 | −27.2 |
| | Conservative | Wajid Ali | 380 | 10.5 | +5.4 |
| | Green | Jackie Smith | 332 | 9.2 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,769 | 48.8 | +46.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,623 | 31.5 | −4.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +23.1 | |

### Chorlton

Chorlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Ankers | 1,823 | 41.3 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Angela Gallagher* | 1,781 | 40.4 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 544 | 12.3 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Claire McLauchlin | 264 | 6.0 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 1.0 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,412 | 43.3 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +1.7 | |

### Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park :
| 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 | |

### City Centre

City Centre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Dobson* | 498 | 32.8 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | Kathy Crotty | 391 | 25.8 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Rob Adlard | 343 | 22.6 | +0.3 |
| | Green | Birgit Vollm | 171 | 11.3 | −1.7 |
| | Independent | Kin Cheng | 114 | 7.5 | +7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 7.1 | −4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,517 | 16.0 | −0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.1 | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Con Keegan* | 1,832 | 60.1 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Glasspole | 564 | 18.5 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Muhammad Shahbaz | 398 | 13.1 | −8.8 |
| | Green | John Cummings | 254 | 8.3 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,268 | 41.6 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,048 | 29.9 | −3.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |

### Didsbury East

Didsbury East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Fisher* | 1,856 | 45.9 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | Geoff Bridson | 1,301 | 32.2 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative | David Fairclough | 526 | 13.0 | +4.0 |
| | Green | Gerry Gee | 359 | 8.9 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 555 | 13.7 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,042 | 39.1 | 0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.3 | |

### Didsbury West

Didsbury West :
| 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 | |

### Fallowfield

Fallowfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Morrison* | 1,215 | 55.9 | +9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John-Paul Wilkins | 478 | 22.0 | −15.2 |
| | Green | Rachel Sills | 251 | 11.6 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Ashton Cull | 230 | 10.6 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 737 | 33.9 | +24.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,174 | 20.0 | −8.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +12.3 | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Helsby* | 1,753 | 52.3 | +16.2 |
| | Labour | John Hughes | 1,365 | 40.7 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Kaye | 126 | 3.8 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Rachel Wilson | 107 | 3.2 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 388 | 11.6 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,351 | 31.6 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +7.6 | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Ashley* | 1,600 | 52.1 | +4.3 |
| | Labour | Julie Reid | 1,150 | 37.5 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Barnaby Wolfram | 134 | 4.4 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative | Lawrie Clapham | 130 | 4.2 | −3.7 |
| | United Socialist | Sabrina Jones | 56 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | 14.7 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,070 | 26.9 | 0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.3 | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joanne Green* | 1,497 | 58.9 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Brettle | 355 | 14.0 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Harriet Holder | 294 | 11.6 | −0.2 |
| | UKIP | Roger P Bullock | 264 | 10.4 | −1.7 |
| | Green | Katherine Smith | 133 | 5.2 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,142 | 44.9 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,543 | 20.8 | −1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 | |

### Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harold Lyons* | 1,449 | 48.4 | −8.6 |
| | BNP | Joseph Finnon | 716 | 23.9 | +23.9 |
| | Conservative | Vivienne Clarke | 372 | 12.4 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Newton | 268 | 9.0 | −5.8 |
| | Green | Michael Shaw | 108 | 3.6 | −5.1 |
| | UKIP | Shirley Reeve | 82 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 733 | 24.5 | −13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,995 | 29.7 | +3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -16.2 | |

### Hulme

Hulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Murphy* | 969 | 50.1 | +12.2 |
| | Green | Steven Durrant | 630 | 32.6 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver West | 213 | 11.0 | −15.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Binns | 122 | 6.3 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 339 | 17.5 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,934 | 20.9 | −3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Commons* | 1,388 | 51.2 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Dermot Zafar | 742 | 27.4 | −0.5 |
| | Green | Peter Thompson | 334 | 12.3 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | Anne Carroll | 248 | 9.1 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 646 | 23.8 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,712 | 27.0 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.8 | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abid Latif Chohan* | 1,506 | 47.5 | +22.4 |
| | Labour | Sajjid Hussain | 1,188 | 37.5 | −17.1 |
| | Green | Spencer Fitzgibbon | 320 | 10.1 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | Jane L'Anson | 157 | 5.0 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 318 | 10.0 | −20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,171 | 31.4 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +19.7 | |

### Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | June Hitchin* | 1,331 | 42.6 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Damien O'Connor | 1,270 | 40.6 | +13.8 |
| | BNP | Derek Adams | 256 | 8.2 | −8.7 |
| | Conservative | Heather Grant | 124 | 4.0 | −0.5 |
| | Green | Anthony Quinn | 75 | 2.4 | −0.8 |
| | UKIP | Lisa Duffy | 69 | 2.2 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | 2.0 | −14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,125 | 30.6 | +1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.3 | |

### Moss Side

Moss Side :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sameem Ali | 1,660 | 67.2 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zeke Ukairo | 384 | 15.6 | −3.1 |
| | Green | George Czernuszka | 222 | 9.0 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Young | 204 | 8.3 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,276 | 51.7 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,470 | 24.4 | −3.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Henry Cooper* | 1,760 | 55.5 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Tony Pinder | 637 | 20.1 | −2.5 |
| | UKIP | Peter Reeve | 327 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Hartley | 314 | 9.9 | −5.3 |
| | Green | Robin Goater | 132 | 4.2 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,123 | 35.4 | +4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,170 | 29.2 | −2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sandra Bracegirdle | 1,458 | 44.6 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Eakins | 1,352 | 41.3 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | Nathan Cruddas | 279 | 8.5 | −4.3 |
| | Green | Lance Crookes | 182 | 5.6 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | 3.2 | −7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,271 | 31.3 | +2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| 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 | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abu Chowdhury* | 1,241 | 42.3 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | Atiha Chaudry | 746 | 25.4 | −2.3 |
| | Respect | Nahella Ashraf | 535 | 18.2 | −3.0 |
| | Green | Penny Collins | 224 | 7.6 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Valentine | 190 | 6.5 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 495 | 16.9 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,936 | 30.7 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.3 | |

### Sharston

Sharston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Joyce Keller* | 1,242 | 52.5 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Jimmy McCullough | 604 | 25.5 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tina Dunican | 290 | 12.3 | −3.3 |
| | Green | Amanda Collins | 229 | 9.7 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 638 | 27.0 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,365 | 21.8 | +0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.1 | |

### Whalley Range

Whalley Range :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Faraz Bhatti* | 2,030 | 50.2 | +17.6 |
| | Labour | Kath Fry | 1,418 | 35.0 | −11.1 |
| | Green | Mary Candeland | 393 | 9.7 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative | Tim Langley | 206 | 5.1 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 612 | 15.1 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,047 | 39.0 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +14.3 | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Firth* | 1,346 | 60.7 | +12.9 |
| | Labour | Andrew Simcock | 499 | 22.5 | −5.1 |
| | Green | Felicity Paris | 216 | 9.7 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Adele Douglas | 157 | 7.1 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 847 | 38.2 | +17.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,218 | 21.5 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +9.0 | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barbara O'Neil* | 1,354 | 65.3 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Heath | 378 | 18.2 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Podbylski | 182 | 8.8 | −5.2 |
| | Green | Jody Bradford | 161 | 7.8 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 976 | 47.0 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,075 | 21.2 | −0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |

## Changes between 2007 and 2008
### Charlestown By-Election 14 June 2007

Charlestown By-Election 14 June 2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Veronica Kirkpatrick | 1,373 | 54.7 | −4.3 |
| | BNP | Joseph G M Finnon | 628 | 25.0 | +25.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Connell | 239 | 9.5 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Kim E Glasspole | 188 | 7.5 | −8.5 |
| | Green | Jackie Smith | 81 | 3.2 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 745 | 29.6 | −13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,509 | 26.5 | −1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -14.6 | |