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logo</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan borough council">Metropolitan borough council</a></div> of <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Mayor of Manchester">Lord Mayor</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Paul Andrews, <br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 15 May 2024<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">Leader</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Bev_Craig" title="Bev Craig">Bev Craig</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 1 December 2021<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Tom Stannard <br />since January 2025 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">96 councillors<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_City_Council_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Manchester City Council composition" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Manchester_City_Council_2024.svg/250px-Manchester_City_Council_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Manchester_City_Council_2024.svg/375px-Manchester_City_Council_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Manchester_City_Council_2024.svg/500px-Manchester_City_Council_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <dl><dt>Administration (86)</dt> <dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (87)</dd> <dt>Other parties (9)</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FAA61A; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (4)</span></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#02A95B; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> (3)</dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#780021; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Britain" title="Workers Party of Britain">Workers Party</a> (1)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span></span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (1)</dd> <dt></dt></dl> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Joint committees</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Combined_Authority" title="Greater Manchester Combined Authority">Greater Manchester Combined Authority</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Police,_Fire_and_Crime_Panel" title="Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel">Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2024 Manchester City Council election">2 May 2024</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 May 2026</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Motto</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Concilio Et Labore</i>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'By Wisdom and Effort'</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_town_hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Manchester_town_hall.jpg/240px-Manchester_town_hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Manchester_town_hall.jpg/360px-Manchester_town_hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Manchester_town_hall.jpg/480px-Manchester_town_hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4106" data-file-height="3080" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Town_Hall" title="Manchester Town Hall">Town Hall</a>, Albert Square, Manchester, M60<span class="nowrap"> </span>2LA</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manchester.gov.uk">www<wbr />.manchester<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Manchester City Council</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England" title="Local government in England">local authority</a> for the <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a>, England. Manchester has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times. Since 1974 the council has been a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan borough council">metropolitan borough council</a>. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Combined_Authority" title="Greater Manchester Combined Authority">Greater Manchester Combined Authority</a> since 2011. </p><p>The council has been under <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> majority control since 1971. It is based at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Town_Hall" title="Manchester Town Hall">Manchester Town Hall</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester" title="History of Manchester">History of Manchester</a></div> <p>Manchester had been governed as a <a href="/wiki/Ancient_borough" title="Ancient borough">borough</a> in the 13th and 14th centuries, but its borough status was not supported by a royal charter. An inquiry in 1359 ruled that it was only a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market town</a>, not a borough. It was then governed by <a href="/wiki/Manorial_court" title="Manorial court">manorial courts</a> and the parish <a href="/wiki/Vestry" title="Vestry">vestry</a> until the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-VCH_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCH-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_Old_Town_Hall.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Manchester_Old_Town_Hall.JPG/220px-Manchester_Old_Town_Hall.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Manchester_Old_Town_Hall.JPG/330px-Manchester_Old_Town_Hall.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Manchester_Old_Town_Hall.JPG/440px-Manchester_Old_Town_Hall.JPG 2x" data-file-width="669" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Town_Hall#Old_Town_Hall" title="Manchester Town Hall">Old Town Hall</a>, King Street: Completed 1825 for the Police Commissioners, subsequently served as council's headquarters until 1877</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1792 a body of <a href="/wiki/Improvement_commissioners" title="Improvement commissioners">improvement commissioners</a> known as the 'Manchester Police Commissioners' was established to provide services in the rapidly growing town. In 1838 the town was incorporated as a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a>, after which it was governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Manchester', generally known as the corporation or town council. The police commissioners were disbanded in 1843 and their functions passed to the corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VoB_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoB-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Manchester was granted <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a> in 1853, only the second such grant since the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">Reformation</a>. After that the corporation was also known as the city council.<sup id="cite_ref-VCH_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCH-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When elected county councils were established in 1889, Manchester was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it became a <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a>, independent from the new <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a>, whilst remaining part of the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England#Geographical_counties_1889–1974" title="Ceremonial counties of England">geographical county</a> of Lancashire.<sup id="cite_ref-VoB_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VoB-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city boundaries have been enlarged many times. Notable expansions were in 1885 (Bradford, Harpurhey and Rusholme), 1890 (Blackley, Crumpsall, part of Droylsden, Kirkmanshulme, Moston, Newton Heath, Openshaw, and West Gorton), 1903 (Heaton), 1904 (Burnage, Chorlton cum Hardy, Didsbury, and Moss Side), 1909 (Gorton, and Levenshulme), 1931 (Wythenshawe: Baguley, Northenden, and Northen Etchells), and Ringway in 1974. The mayor was granted the title of <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Manchester" title="List of mayors of Manchester">lord mayor</a> in 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Henry_Price_(architect)" title="Henry Price (architect)">Henry Price</a> (1867–1944) was appointed as the first <a href="/wiki/City_Architect" title="City Architect">City Architect</a> of Manchester in 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-price_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-price-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded in 1932 by <a href="/wiki/George_Noel_Hill" title="George Noel Hill">George Noel Hill</a> (1893–1985).<sup id="cite_ref-hill_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hill-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county borough was abolished in 1974 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, being replaced by a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan district">metropolitan district</a> of Manchester, covering the area of the old county borough plus the parish of <a href="/wiki/Ringway,_Manchester" title="Ringway, Manchester">Ringway</a>. The new district was one of ten metropolitan districts within the new <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">metropolitan county</a> of Greater Manchester.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manchester's borough and city statuses and its lord mayoralty passed to the new district and its council.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1980, Manchester was the first council to declare itself a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear-free_zone" title="Nuclear-free zone">nuclear-free zone</a>. In 1984 it formed an equal opportunities unit as part of its opposition to <a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_County_Council" title="Greater Manchester County Council">Greater Manchester County Council</a>. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ten borough councils, including Manchester City Council, with some services provided through joint committees.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2011 the council has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Combined_Authority" title="Greater Manchester Combined Authority">Greater Manchester Combined Authority</a>, which has been led by the directly elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Greater_Manchester" title="Mayor of Greater Manchester">Mayor of Greater Manchester</a> since 2017. The combined authority provides strategic leadership and co-ordination for certain functions across Greater Manchester, notably regarding transport and town planning, but Manchester City Council continues to be responsible for most local government functions.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Manchester City Council provides <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan borough</a> services. Some strategic functions in the area are provided by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority; the leader of the city council sits on the combined authority as Manchester's representative.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is one <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> in the city at Ringway, with a parish council; the rest of the city is <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_control">Political control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council has been under Labour majority control since 1971. </p><p>Political control of the council since 1838 has been as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Borough Corporation</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Period </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td> <td>1838-1886 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1886-1889 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>County Borough</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Period </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1889-1908 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1908–1919 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1919–1921 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1921–1926 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1926–1932 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1932–1934 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1934–1946 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1946–1947 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1947–1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1949–1952 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1952–1953 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1953–1967 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1967–1971 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1971–1974 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Metropolitan Borough</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Period </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1974–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The role of <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Manchester" title="List of mayors of Manchester">Lord Mayor of Manchester</a> is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leader of the council</a>. The leaders since 1930 have been:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>County Borough</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>F. J. West</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">11 February 1930</td> <td align="right">3 November 1933 </td></tr> <tr> <td>J. H. Swales</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">3 November 1933</td> <td align="right">6 October 1937 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Samuel Woollam</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">6 Oct 1937</td> <td align="right">2 November 1945 </td></tr> <tr> <td>George Titt</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">2 November 1945</td> <td align="right">8 Nov 1946 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tom Nally</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">8 November 1946<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="right">1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td>William Jackson</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">1949</td> <td align="right">1953 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tom Nally</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1953</td> <td align="right">20 December 1956<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Thomas_(Labour_politician)" title="Bob Thomas (Labour politician)">Bob Thomas</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">20 December 1956</td> <td align="right">22 May 1962 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maurice Pariser</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">22 May 1962<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="right">8 October 1965<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Thomas_(Labour_politician)" title="Bob Thomas (Labour politician)">Bob Thomas</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">3 November 1965<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="right">12 May 1967 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Robert Rodgers</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">12 May 1967<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="right">21 May 1970<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arnold Fieldhouse</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">21 May 1970</td> <td align="right">14 May 1971 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Thomas_(Labour_politician)" title="Bob Thomas (Labour politician)">Bob Thomas</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">14 May 1971<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td align="right">26 April 1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dean,_Baron_Dean_of_Beswick" title="Joseph Dean, Baron Dean of Beswick">Joe Dean</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">26 April 1973</td> <td align="right">28 February 1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norman Morris</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">28 February 1974</td> <td align="right">1 April 1974 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Metropolitan Borough</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Norman Morris<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1 April 1974</td> <td align="right">1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Egerton" title="Bill Egerton">Bill Egerton</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1982</td> <td align="right">1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Stringer" title="Graham Stringer">Graham Stringer</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1984</td> <td align="right">1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Leese" title="Richard Leese">Richard Leese</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1996</td> <td align="right">1 Dec 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bev_Craig" title="Bev Craig">Bev Craig</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">1 Dec 2021</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition">Composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2024_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2024 Manchester City Council election">2024 election</a>, the composition of the council was:<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2024 Manchester City Council election">After election</a> </th> <th>Current </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="center">87 </td> <td align="center">86 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #780021;" data-sort-value="Workers Party of Britain"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Britain" title="Workers Party of Britain">Workers Party</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="center">96 </th> <th align="center">95 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The next election is due in May 2026. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_Council_elections" title="Manchester City Council elections">Manchester City Council elections</a></div> <p>Since the last boundary changes in 2018, the council has comprised 96 <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> representing 32 <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">wards</a>, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wards">Wards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Wards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council wards are listed under their <a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">parliamentary constituency</a> below: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_City_Council_Wards_Numbered_2018.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Manchester_City_Council_Wards_Numbered_2018.png/220px-Manchester_City_Council_Wards_Numbered_2018.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="407" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Manchester_City_Council_Wards_Numbered_2018.png/330px-Manchester_City_Council_Wards_Numbered_2018.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Manchester_City_Council_Wards_Numbered_2018.png/440px-Manchester_City_Council_Wards_Numbered_2018.png 2x" data-file-width="2043" data-file-height="3776" /></a><figcaption>Wards within Manchester City Council</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Blackley_and_Middleton_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackley and Middleton South (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackley and Middleton South</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Gorton_and_Denton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gorton and Denton (UK Parliament constituency)">Gorton and Denton</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester Central</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><div><ol start="1"><li><a href="/wiki/Higher_Blackley#Governance" title="Higher Blackley">Higher Blackley</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Crumpsall#Governance" title="Crumpsall">Crumpsall</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Manchester" title="Charlestown, Manchester">Charlestown</a></li><li value="5"><a href="/wiki/Harpurhey#Governance" title="Harpurhey">Harpurhey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Moston,_Manchester" title="Moston, Manchester">Moston</a></li></ol></div> <i>This constituency also contains</i><br /><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_Borough_Council" title="Rochdale Borough Council">Rochdale Council</a> wards <ul><li><i>East <a href="/wiki/Middleton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Middleton, Greater Manchester">Middleton</a></i></li> <li><i>South Middleton</i></li></ul></li></ul></div> </td> <td><div><ol start="15"><li><a href="/wiki/Gorton_and_Abbey_Hey_(ward)" title="Gorton and Abbey Hey (ward)">Gorton and Abbey Hey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Longsight" title="Longsight">Longsight</a></li><li value="20"><a href="/wiki/Levenshulme" title="Levenshulme">Levenshulme</a></li><li value="25"><a href="/wiki/Burnage_(ward)" title="Burnage (ward)">Burnage</a></li></ol></div> <i>This constituency also contains</i><br /><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tameside_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council">Tameside Council</a> wards <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Denton_North_East_(ward)" title="Denton North East (ward)">Denton North East</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Denton_South_(ward)" title="Denton South (ward)">Denton South</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Denton_West_(ward)" title="Denton West (ward)">Denton West</a></i></li></ul></li></ul></div> </td> <td><div><ol start="6"><li value="4"><a href="/wiki/Cheetham,_Manchester#Governance" title="Cheetham, Manchester">Cheetham</a></li><li value="7"><a href="/wiki/Miles_Platting_%26_Newton_Heath" class="mw-redirect" title="Miles Platting & Newton Heath">Miles Platting & Newton Heath</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Deansgate_(ward)" title="Deansgate (ward)">Deansgate</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_(ward)" title="Piccadilly (ward)">Piccadilly</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ancoats_and_Beswick_(ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancoats and Beswick (ward)">Ancoats and Beswick</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_and_Openshaw_(ward)" title="Clayton and Openshaw (ward)">Clayton and Openshaw</a></li></ol></div> <i>This constituency also contains</i><br /><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Council" title="Oldham Council">Oldham Council</a> wards <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Failsworth" title="Failsworth">Failsworth</a> East</i></li> <li><i>Failsworth West</i></li></ul></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Rusholme_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Rusholme (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester Rusholme</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Withington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester Withington</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe_and_Sale_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)">Wythenshawe and Sale East</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><div><ol start="12"><li><a href="/wiki/Hulme" title="Hulme">Hulme</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ardwick" title="Ardwick">Ardwick</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Moss_Side" title="Moss Side">Moss Side</a></li><li value="17"><a href="/wiki/Whalley_Range,_Greater_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Whalley Range, Greater Manchester">Whalley Range</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Fallowfield" title="Fallowfield">Fallowfield</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rusholme" title="Rusholme">Rusholme</a></li></ol></div> </td> <td><div><ol start="21"><li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton_(ward)" title="Chorlton (ward)">Chorlton</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton_Park_(ward)" title="Chorlton Park (ward)">Chorlton Park</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Old_Moat_(ward)" title="Old Moat (ward)">Old Moat</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Withington_(ward)" title="Withington (ward)">Withington</a></li><li value="26"><a href="/wiki/Didsbury_West_(ward)" title="Didsbury West (ward)">Didsbury West</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Didsbury_East_(ward)" title="Didsbury East (ward)">Didsbury East</a></li></ol></div> </td> <td><div><ol start="28"><li><a href="/wiki/Northenden" title="Northenden">Northenden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Brooklands,_(Manchester_ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklands, (Manchester ward)">Brooklands (Manchester)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Baguley" title="Baguley">Baguley</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sharston" title="Sharston">Sharston</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Woodhouse_Park" title="Woodhouse Park">Woodhouse Park</a></li></ol></div> <i>This constituency also contains</i><br /><div><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council">Trafford Council</a> wards</i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Brooklands,_(Trafford_ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklands, (Trafford ward)">Brooklands (Trafford)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Priory_(Trafford_ward)" title="Priory (Trafford ward)">Priory</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sale_Moor_(ward)" title="Sale Moor (ward)">Sale Moor</a></i></li></ul></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Councillors">Councillors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Councillors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each ward is represented by three councillors.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Parliamentary constituency </th> <th>Ward </th> <th>Councillor </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term of office </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="15"><a href="/wiki/Blackley_and_Middleton_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackley and Middleton South (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackley and<br />Middleton South<br />constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Greater_Manchester#Councillors" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlestown, Greater Manchester">Charlestown</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Curley, Basil"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Basil Curley</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Jafri, Umza"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Umza Jafri</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Kirkpatrick, Veronica"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Veronica Kirkpatrick</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Crumpsall#Governance" title="Crumpsall">Crumpsall</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Riasat, Fiaz"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Fiaz Riasat</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Ali, Nasrin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Nasrin Ali</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Amin, Mohammad"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Mohammad Amin</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Harpurhey#Governance" title="Harpurhey">Harpurhey</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Karney, Pat"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Pat Karney</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Green, Joanne"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Joanne Green</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Collins, Sandra"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Sandra Collins</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Higher_Blackley#Governance" title="Higher Blackley">Higher Blackley</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Sadler, Paula"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Paula Sadler</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Connolly, Julie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Julie Connolly</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Ogunnambo, Olusegun"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Olusegun Ogunnambo</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Moston,_Manchester#Governance" title="Moston, Manchester">Moston</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Dar, Yasmine"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Yasmine Dar</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Mandongwe, Sherita"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Sherita Mandongwe</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Appleby, Paula"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Paula Appleby</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12"><a href="/wiki/Gorton_and_Denton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gorton and Denton (UK Parliament constituency)">Gorton and Denton<br />constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Burnage_(ward)#Councillors" title="Burnage (ward)">Burnage</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ali, Azra"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Azra Ali</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Craig, Bev"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bev_Craig" title="Bev Craig">Bev Craig</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Iqbal, Murtaza"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Murtaza Iqbal</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gorton_and_Abbey_Hey_(ward)" title="Gorton and Abbey Hey (ward)">Gorton and Abbey Hey</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kamal, Afia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Afia Kamal</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Reid, Julie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Julie Reid</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hughes, Louis"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Louis Hughes</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Levenshulme#Governance" title="Levenshulme">Levenshulme</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Sheikh, Basat"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Basat Sheikh</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hussain, Zahid"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Zahid Hussain</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Noor, Dzidra"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Dzidra Noor</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Longsight#Governance" title="Longsight">Longsight</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Richards, Suzanne"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Suzanne Richards</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Sarwar, Shahbaz"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Shahbaz Sarwar</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #780021;" data-sort-value="Workers Party of Britain"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Britain" title="Workers Party of Britain">Workers Party</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Chohan, Abid"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Abid Chohan</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="18"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester Central<br />constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ancoats_and_Beswick_(ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancoats and Beswick (ward)">Ancoats and Beswick</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Northwood, Chris"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Chris Northwood</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Good, Alan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Alan Good</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Robinson, Irene"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Irene Robinson</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Cheetham,_Manchester#Governance" title="Cheetham, Manchester">Cheetham</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Butt, Shazia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Shazia Butt</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Ali, Shaukat"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Shaukat Ali</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hassam, Naeem-Ul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Naeem-Ul Hassam</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Clayton_and_Openshaw_(ward)" title="Clayton and Openshaw (ward)">Clayton and Openshaw</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="McHale, Sean"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Sean McHale</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Ludford, Donna"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Donna Ludford</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Robinson, Thomas"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Thomas Robinson</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Deansgate_(ward)" title="Deansgate (ward)">Deansgate</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="McCaul, Anthony"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Anthony McCaul</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Co-operative"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Johns, Marcus"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Marcus Johns</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Co-operative"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Davies, Joan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Joan Davies</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Miles_Platting_and_Newton_Heath#Councillors" title="Miles Platting and Newton Heath">Miles Platting and Newton Heath</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Flanagan, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">John Flanagan</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hitchin, June"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">June Hitchin</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Grimshaw, Carmine"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Carmine Grimshaw</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_(ward)" title="Piccadilly (ward)">Piccadilly</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Wheeler, Sam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Sam Wheeler</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Lyons, Jon-Connor"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Jon-Connor Lyons</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Douglas, Adele"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Adele Douglas</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="18"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Rusholme_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Rusholme (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester Rusholme<br />constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ardwick#Governance" title="Ardwick">Ardwick</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Abdullatif, Amna"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Amna Abdullatif</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_a"><a href="#endnote_a">[a]</a></sup> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Muse, Abdigafar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Abdigafar Muse</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hewitson, Tina"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Tina Hewitson</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Fallowfield#Governance" title="Fallowfield">Fallowfield</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Doswell, Jade"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Jade Doswell</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Sadiq, Ghazala"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Ghazala Sadiq</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Ilyas, Ali R."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Ali R. Ilyas</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Hulme#Governance" title="Hulme">Hulme</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Wright, Annette"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Annette Wright</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Glover, Lee"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Lee Glover</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Igbon, Lee-Ann"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Lee-Ann Igbon</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Moss_Side#Governance" title="Moss Side">Moss Side</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Sharif Mahamed, Mahadi Hussein"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Mahadi Hussein Sharif Mahamed</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Mumtaz, Esha"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Esha Mumtaz</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Bell, Erinma"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Erinma Bell</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Rusholme#Governance" title="Rusholme">Rusholme</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ali, Ahmed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Ahmed Ali</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Lovecy, Jill"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Jill Lovecy</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Akbar, Rabnawaz"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Rabnawaz Akbar</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Whalley_Range,_Manchester#Governance" title="Whalley Range, Manchester">Whalley Range</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Stogia, Angeliki"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Angeliki Stogia</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Co-operative"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Bano, Muqaddasah"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Muqaddasah Bano</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Razaq, Aftab"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Aftab Razaq</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="18"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Withington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester Withington<br />constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Chorlton_(ward)#Councillors" title="Chorlton (ward)">Chorlton</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Benham, Mathew"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Mathew Benham</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Kirwin-McGinley, Tina"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Tina Kirwin-McGinley</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hacking, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">John Hacking</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Chorlton_Park_(ward)#Councillors" title="Chorlton Park (ward)">Chorlton Park</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Rawson, Dave"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Dave Rawson</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Shilton-Goodwin, Mandie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Mandie Shilton-Goodwin</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Co-operative"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Midgley, Joanna"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Joanna Midgley</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Didsbury_East_(ward)#Councillors" title="Didsbury East (ward)">Didsbury East</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Bell, Leslie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Leslie Bell</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–27<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_b"><a href="#endnote_b">[b]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Foley, Linda"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Linda Foley</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Simcock, Andrew"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Andrew Simcock</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Didsbury_West_(ward)#Councillors" title="Didsbury West (ward)">Didsbury West</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kilpatrick, Richard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Richard Kilpatrick</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Hilal, Debbie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Debbie Hilal</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Leech, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Leech_(politician)" title="John Leech (politician)">John Leech</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Old_Moat_(ward)#Councillors" title="Old Moat (ward)">Old Moat</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Bridges, Garry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Garry Bridges</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="White, Gavin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Gavin White</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Reeves, Suzannah"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Suzannah Reeves</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Withington_(ward)#Councillors" title="Withington (ward)">Withington</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Chambers, Becky"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Becky Chambers</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Wills, Chris"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Chris Wills</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Co-operative"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Gartside, Angela"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Angela Gartside</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="15"><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe_and_Sale_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)">Wythenshawe and<br />Sale East<br />constituency</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Baguley#Governance" title="Baguley">Baguley</a> </td> <td colspan="3"><i>vacant</i> </td> <td>2024–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Rawlins, Tracy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Tracy Rawlins</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Co-operative"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Andrews, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Paul Andrews</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Co-operative"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brooklands,_(Manchester_ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklands, (Manchester ward)">Brooklands</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Evans, Glynn"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Glynn Evans</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Marsh, Dave"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Dave Marsh</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Cooley, Sue"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Sue Cooley</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Northenden#Governance" title="Northenden">Northenden</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Fletcher, Richard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Richard Fletcher</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Lynch, Sam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Sam Lynch</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Moran, Angela"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Angela Moran</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sharston#Governance" title="Sharston">Sharston</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Whiston, Tim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Tim Whiston</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Co-operative"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Taylor, Emma"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Emma Taylor</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Judge, Tommy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Tommy Judge</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Co-operative"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Woodhouse_Park#Governance" title="Woodhouse Park">Woodhouse Park</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Wiest, Anastasia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Anastasia Wiest</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td>2023–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Nunney, Rob"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Rob Nunney</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td>2024–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Astrid"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Astrid Johnson</span></span></span> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td>2022–26 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_a"><b><a href="#ref_a">^a</a></b></span> Elected as Labour but resigned from the party in the wake of the Labour leadership's stance on the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip_(2023%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)">Israeli invasion of Gaza</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_b"><b><a href="#ref_b">^b</a></b></span> Elected during the <a href="/wiki/2024_Manchester_City_Council_election#Didsbury_East" title="2024 Manchester City Council election">2024 election</a> to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of James Wilson, who was elected in <a href="/wiki/2023_Manchester_City_Council_election#Didsbury_East" title="2023 Manchester City Council election">2023</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premises">Premises</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Town_Hall_Extension_Manchester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Town_Hall_Extension_Manchester.jpg/220px-Town_Hall_Extension_Manchester.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Town_Hall_Extension_Manchester.jpg/330px-Town_Hall_Extension_Manchester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Town_Hall_Extension_Manchester.jpg/440px-Town_Hall_Extension_Manchester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Town Hall Extension</figcaption></figure> <p>The council is based at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Town_Hall" title="Manchester Town Hall">Manchester Town Hall</a> on <a href="/wiki/Albert_Square,_Manchester" title="Albert Square, Manchester">Albert Square</a>, completed in 1877,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the adjoining <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Town_Hall_Extension" title="Manchester Town Hall Extension">Town Hall Extension</a> on the opposite side of Lloyd Street, which was completed in 1938 and is linked to the older building by first floor bridges.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main Town Hall has been under refurbishment since 2020, due to reopen in 2026. The council continues to operate from the Town Hall Extension.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg/250px-Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg/375px-Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg/500px-Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2570" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Gules, three bendlets enhanced Or; a chief argent, thereon on waves of the sea a ship under sail proper. On a wreath of colours, a terrestrial globe semée of bees volant, all proper. On the dexter side a heraldic antelope argent, attired, and chain reflexed over the back Or, and on the sinister side a lion guardant Or, murally crowned Gules; each charged on the shoulder with a rose of the last. Motto: "Concilio et Labore".</figcaption></figure> <p>A coat of arms was granted to the Manchester Corporation in 1842, passing on to Manchester City Council when the borough of Manchester was granted the title of city in 1853.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">Shield</a>: red (Gules) with three gold (Or) bands drawn diagonally across to the right-hand side.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">Chief</a> (the white (Argent) top segment): shows a ship at sea in full sail. This is a reference to the city's trading base.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">Crest</a>: On a multicoloured wreath stands a terrestrial globe, signifying Manchester's world trade, and covered by a swarm of flying bees. The bee was adopted in the 19th century as a symbol of industrial Manchester being the birthplace of the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">Supporters</a>: On the left, a heraldic antelope with a chain attached to a gold (Or) collar, representing engineering industries, and hanging at the shoulder, the red rose of Lancashire, reflecting Manchester's historic position in Lancashire. On the right, a golden lion stands guardant (facing us), crowned with a red (Gules) castle (a reference to the Roman fort at Castlefield from which the city originated). The lion also wears the <a href="/wiki/Red_Rose_of_Lancashire" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Rose of Lancashire">Red Rose of Lancashire</a>.</li> <li>Motto: <i>Concilio et Labore</i>, loosely translated "By wisdom and effort" (or "By counsel and hard work").</li></ul> <p>In 1954, Manchester Corporation successfully took the Manchester Palace of Varieties to court for improperly using the corporation's arms in its internal decoration and its company seal. The case of <i>Manchester Corporation v Manchester Palace of Varieties Ltd</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was the first sitting of the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Chivalry" title="High Court of Chivalry">Court of Chivalry</a> for two hundred years, and it has not sat since.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2013, Manchester City Council threatened to take legal action against <i>The Manchester Gazette</i>, for its use of the city's coat of arms on their website. The News Outlet claimed it already gained permission and continued to use it for a further 8 months in spite of the warnings. Withington MP <a href="/wiki/John_Leech_(politician)" title="John Leech (politician)">John Leech</a> described the council's latest move as a "massive over-reaction and waste of money", adding: "Have the council's legal department got nothing better to do?".<sup id="cite_ref-Manchester_Evening_News_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manchester_Evening_News-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSergeant2024" class="citation news cs1">Sergeant, Emily (16 May 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://themanc.com/news/manchester-welcomes-proud-mancunian-paul-andrews-as-citys-new-lord-mayor/">"Manchester welcomes 'proud Mancunian' Paul Andrews as city's new Lord Mayor"</a>. <i>The Manc</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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P.; "Undertakings of the City Council; Social Amelioration in Manchester; Elementary Education in Manchester; Secondary Schools in Manchester; The Evening School System of Manchester", by E. D. Simon, et al.</li> <li>Manchester City Council. <i>"Concilio et Labore" Series</i>. No. 1-11. (Each pamphlet describes part of the council's work, e.g. no. 4: the City Treasurer.</li> <li>Redford, Arthur (1939) <i>The History of City Government in Manchester; Vol. 2 & 3: Borough and City; The Last Half Century</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Simon,_1st_Baron_Simon_of_Wythenshawe" title="Ernest Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe">Simon, Ernest D.</a> (1926) <i>A City Council from Within</i>. London: Longmans, Green</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shena_Simon" class="mw-redirect" title="Shena Simon">Simon, Shena D.</a> (1938) <i>A Century of City Government: Manchester 1838–1938</i>. London: G. Allen & Unwin</li> <li>Tomlinson, H. E. (1943) "The Heraldry of Manchester" in: <i>Bulletin of the John Rylands Library</i>; vol. XXVIII, pp. 207–27</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_City_Council&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.manchester.gov.uk/">Manchester City Council</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://manchester.greenparty.org.uk/">Manchester Green Party</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mcrlabour.org.uk/">Manchester Labour Party</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mcr-libdems.org.uk/">Manchester Liberal Democrats</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Blackley_and_Broughton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackley and Broughton (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackley and<br />Broughton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Manchester" title="Charlestown, Manchester">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheetham,_Manchester" title="Cheetham, Manchester">Cheetham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crumpsall" title="Crumpsall">Crumpsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpurhey" title="Harpurhey">Harpurhey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higher_Blackley" title="Higher Blackley">Higher Blackley</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaton_Park" title="Heaton Park">Heaton Park</a></li> <li><i>This constituency also contains <a 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Park">Woodhouse Park</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a></li> <li><i>This constituency also contains <a href="/wiki/Brooklands_(Trafford_ward)" title="Brooklands (Trafford ward)">Brooklands (Trafford)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Priory_(Trafford_ward)" title="Priory (Trafford ward)">Priory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sale_Moor_(ward)" title="Sale Moor (ward)">Sale Moor</a> in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Trafford_Council" title="Trafford Council">Trafford Council</a>.</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geographic areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardwick" title="Ardwick">Ardwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardwick_Green" title="Ardwick Green">Ardwick Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baguley" 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