# Clayton and Openshaw (ward)

Clayton and Openshaw is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) replacing the previous electoral wards of Ancoats & Clayton and Bradford for the local elections 2018.
It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell MP for Manchester Central.

## Councillors

Two councillors currently serve the ward with one vacancy: Sean McHale (Lab), and Donna Ludford (Lab) are incumbent councillors; Kenneth Dobson (Ind) won a by-election in February 2020 but resigned in October.
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 2018 | Sean McHale (Lab) | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Andy Harland (Lab) |
| 2019 | Sean McHale (Lab) | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Andy Harland (Lab) |
| By-election Feb 2020 | Sean McHale (Lab) | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Ken Dobson (Ind) |
| 2021 | Sean McHale (Lab) | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Thomas Robinson (Lab) |
indicates seat up for election.  indicates seat won in by-election.

## Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

### May 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Donna Ludford* | 2,064 | 69.3 |
| | Labour | Thomas Robinson | 1,560 | 52.4 |
| | Conservative | Keith Berry | 389 | 13.1 |
| | Green | Daniel Kyle | 250 | 8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diele Nsumbu | 218 | 7.3 |
| | Green | Robyn Schreibke | 204 | 6.9 |
| | Conservative | Ramzi Swaray-Kella | 193 | 6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martha O'Donoghue | 120 | 4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 32 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,978 | 23.98 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,553 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### By-election: 27 February 2020

Councillor Andy Harland died in December 2019. A by-election took place on Thursday 27 February 2020 to fill the vacancy.
By-election: Clayton & Openshaw - 27th February 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ken Dobson | 1,191 | 47.9 | 3.4 |
| | Labour | Sherita Mandongwe | 1,083 | 43.6 | 1.4 |
| | Conservative | Sham Raja Akhtar | 102 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claude-Diele Nsumbu | 57 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| | Green | Jake Welsh | 51 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 112 | 3.3 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,489 | 19.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,623 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 2.4 | |

## Elections in 2010s
### May 2019

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sean McHale* | 1,346 | 44.6% | 9.1% |
| | Independent | Ken Dobson | 1,334 | 44.2% | 23.9% |
| | Green | Jake Welsh | 109 | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| | Conservative | Fahim Ahmad Choudhury | 106 | 3.5% | 3.8% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maria Turner | 99 | 3.3% | 2.2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 0.40% | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.70% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,015 | 25.05% | 1.5% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,036 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 16.5% | |

### May 2018

2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andy Harland | 2,103 | 70.9% | |
| | Labour | Donna Ludford* | 1,722 | 58.0% | |
| | Labour | Sean McHale | 1,592 | 53.7% | |
| | Independent | Kenneth Dobson | 603 | 20.3% | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elaine Boyes | 279 | 9.4% | |
| | Green | Paul Brunger | 220 | 7.4% | |
| | Conservative | Archie Galbraith | 217 | 7.3% | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Clayton | 162 | 5.5% | |
| | Conservative | Aimen Javaid | 152 | 5.1% | |
| | Conservative | Chenjie Zhang | 142 | 4.8% | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dan Willis | 118 | 4.0% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,967 | 24.9% | |
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