Manchester City Council elections

Seats held by party after each election to Manchester City Council, 1973–2023

Manchester City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Manchester City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 96 councillors have been elected from 32 wards.

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2004 election which reduced the number of seats by 3, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.

Popular vote share, 1973–2012

Popular vote figures, 1973–2012

County Borough

Year		Labour		Conservative		Liberals		Independent
1919	36		60		42		2
1920	31		67		40		2
1921	30		72		33		5
1922	26		76		33		5
1923	28		78		32		2
1924	31		65		35		13
1925	33		67		28		12
1926	41		61		27		11
1927	45		66		25		3
1928	47		61		28		4
1929	51		54		30		5
1930	51		59		27		3
1931	43		70		28		2
1932	38		74		28		3
1933	40		74		27		3
1934	47		63		30		4
1935	52		62		27		3
1936	52		62		25		3
1937	52		64		22		6
1938	52		67		19		6
1945	69		58		15		1
1946	79		55		10		0
1947	71		54		9		0
1949	64		72		8		0
1950	62		76		6		0
1951	61		77		6		0
1952	70		68		6		0
1953	74		66		4		0
1954	86		60		4		0
1955	85		63		4		0
1956	87		62		3		0
1957	89		60		3		0
1958	95		54		3		0
1959	92		57		3		0
1960	84		65		3		0
1961	79		69		4		0
1962	80		64		8		0
1963	89		54		9		0
1964	96		48		8		0
1965	90		58		4		0
1966	87		61		3		0
1967	73		78		1		0
1968	61		91		0		0
1969	53		99		0		0
1970	66		86		0		0
1971	107		25		0		0
1972	101		31		0		0

Metropolitan Borough

Year		Labour		Conservative		Liberals/Liberal Democrats		Greens		Independent
1973	59		40		0		0		0
1975	54		45		0		0		0
1976	54		45		0		0		0
1978	53		46		0		0		0
1979	63		33		3		0		0
1980	72		23		4		0		0
1982	69		26		4		0		0
1983	72		22		5		0		0
1984	79		14		6		0		0
1986	86		7		6		0		0
1987	77		13		9		0		0
1988	78		12		9		0		0
1990	78		12		9		0		0
1991	85		5		9		0		0
1992	80		5		12		0		2
1994	79		4		15		0		1
1995	83		2		14		0		0
1996	84		0		15		0		0
1998	84		0		15		0		0
1999	80		0		19		0		0
2000	78		0		21		0		0
2002	76		0		22		0		1
2003	71		0		27		1		0
2004	57		0		38		1		0
2006	61		0		34		1		0
2007	60		0		35		1		0
2008	61		1		34		0		0
2010	62		1		33		0		0
2011	75		0		20		0		1
2012	86		0		9		0		1
2014	95		0		0		0		1
2015	96		0		0		0		0
2016	95		0		1		0		0
2018	94		0		2		0		0
2019	93		0		3		0		0
2021	94		0		1		1		0
2022	92		0		2		2		0
2023	88		0		4		4		0

Borough result maps

• 
  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

By-election results

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Beswick by-election	27 June 1974		Labour		Labour
Blackley by-election			Labour		Labour
			Labour		Labour
Harpurhey by-election	25 July 1974		Labour		Labour
Withington by-election	16 November 1978		Conservative		Liberal
Gorton South by-election	25 September 1980		Labour		Labour
Blackley by-election	2 April 1981		Conservative		Labour
Old Moat by-election	9 July 1981		Conservative		Conservative
Moston by-election	27 July 1995		Labour		Labour
Hulme by-election	2 May 1997		Labour		Labour
Old Moat by-election			Labour		Labour
Cheetham by-election	24 September 1998		Labour		Liberal Democrats
Benchill by-election	10 June 1999		Labour		Labour
Central by-election	26 August 1999		Labour		Labour
Baguley by-election	25 January 2001		Labour		Labour
Beswick and Clayton by-election	10 June 2001		Labour		Labour
Sharston by-election			Labour		Labour
Whalley Range by-election			Labour		Labour
Benchill by-election	13 June 2002		Labour		Labour
Gorton South by-election	19 October 2006		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Charlestown by-election	14 June 2007		Labour		Labour
Didsbury West by-election	29 January 2009		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Moston by-election	29 January 2009		Labour		Labour
Hulme by-election	4 November 2010		Labour		Labour
Baguley by-election	20 January 2011		Labour		Labour
Ardwick by-election	15 November 2012		Labour		Labour
Ancoats and Clayton by-election	10 October 2013		Labour		Labour
Ancoats and Clayton by-election	5 December 2013		Labour		Labour
Higher Blackley by-election	18 February 2016		Labour		Labour
Rusholme by-election	4 May 2017		Labour		Labour
Fallowfield by-election	27 July 2017		Labour		Labour
Clayton & Openshaw by-election	27 February 2020		Labour		Independent
Chorlton by-election	18 November 2021		Labour		Labour
Ancoats & Beswick by-election	3 February 2022		Labour		Liberal Democrats
Brooklands by-election	26 July 2023		Labour		Labour

See also

• Category:Councillors in Manchester – list of councillors serving on Manchester City Council
• Politics in Manchester

External links

• Manchester City Council