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href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of City Centre"><img alt="Coat of arms of City Centre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg/100px-Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg/150px-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/200px-Arms_of_the_City_of_Manchester.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2570" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">By wisdom and effort</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-lat="53.4791" data-lon="-2.2441" data-overlays="["_60be09a0904ba0b3d4f6528496089a063be06108"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/10/53.4791/-2.2441/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,53.4791,-2.2441,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=City_Centre_%28ward%29&revid=1189209983&groups=_60be09a0904ba0b3d4f6528496089a063be06108" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,53.4791,-2.2441,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=City_Centre_%28ward%29&revid=1189209983&groups=_60be09a0904ba0b3d4f6528496089a063be06108 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=City_Centre_(ward)&params=53.4791_N_2.2441_W_region:GB-HCK_type:adm3rd"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°28′45″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°14′39″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.4791°N 2.2441°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.4791; -2.2441</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created</th><td class="infobox-data">2004</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abolished</th><td class="infobox-data">2018</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_city_centre" title="Manchester city centre">Manchester city centre</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span> UK Parliament constituency: <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester Central</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">Unicameral</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_Council" title="Manchester City Council">Manchester City Council</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>City Centre ward</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Wards_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Wards of the United Kingdom">ward</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Local_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Local authority">local authority</a> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_Council" title="Manchester City Council">Manchester City Council</a> from 2004 to 2018. The population of the city centre grew significantly in the 21st century. Therefore as recommended by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Boundary_Commission_for_England" title="Local Government Boundary Commission for England">Local Government Boundary Commission for England</a> (LGBCE), the ward was replaced in May 2018 with two new electoral wards, <a href="/wiki/Deansgate_(ward)" title="Deansgate (ward)">Deansgate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_(ward)" title="Piccadilly (ward)">Piccadilly</a>.<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> </p><p>It is represented in <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Westminster</a> by <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Powell" title="Lucy Powell">Lucy Powell</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament#United_Kingdom" title="Member of parliament">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester Central</a>.<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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Councillors">Councillors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Centre_(ward)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Councillors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election</th> <th colspan="2">Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2004 Manchester City Council election">2004</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Peter Rothery (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Kenneth Dobson (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Marc Ramsbottom (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2006 Manchester City Council election">2006</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Elaine Boyes (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Kenneth Dobson (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Marc Ramsbottom (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2007 Manchester City Council election">2007</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Elaine Boyes (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Kenneth Dobson (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Marc Ramsbottom (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2008 Manchester City Council election">2008</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Elaine Boyes (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Kenneth Dobson (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Marc Ramsbottom (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2010 Manchester City Council election">2010</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Elaine Boyes (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Kenneth Dobson (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Marc Ramsbottom (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2011 Manchester City Council election">2011</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Elaine Boyes (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Kevin Peel (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Lab Co-op</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Marc Ramsbottom (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2012 Manchester City Council election">2012</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Elaine Boyes (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Lib Dem</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>Kevin Peel (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Lab Co-op</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Joan Davies (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2014 Manchester City Council election">2014</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Beth Knowles (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Lab Co-op</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>Kevin Peel (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Lab Co-op</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>Joan Davies (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2015 Manchester City Council election">2015</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>Beth Knowles (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Lab Co-op</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Kevin Peel (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Lab Co-op</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>Joan Davies (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2016 Manchester City Council election">2016</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>Beth Knowles (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Lab Co-op</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>Kevin Peel (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Lab Co-op</a>) </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF">Joan Davies (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2018 Manchester City Council election">2018</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF8C00"><i>Ward abolished</i> </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF8C00"><i>Ward abolished</i> </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF8C00"><i>Ward abolished</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><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:#99CCFF; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> indicates seat up for re-election. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF8C00; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> indicates ward abolished and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Deansgate_(ward)" title="Deansgate (ward)">Deansgate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_(ward)" title="Piccadilly (ward)">Piccadilly</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_in_2010s">Elections in 2010s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Centre_(ward)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Elections in 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2016">May 2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Centre_(ward)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: May 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2016_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2016 Manchester City Council election">2016</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-2016results_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016results-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joan Elizabeth Davies* </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,410 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.74 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Richard Bridges </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">403 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.50 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paul Wan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">365 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.76 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,007 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.24 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,178 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.15 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2015">May 2015</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Centre_(ward)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: May 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2015_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2015 Manchester City Council election">2015</a><sup id="cite_ref-2015results_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Kevin Peel* </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,236 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>42.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+5.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Nicholas David StJohn Savage </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,380 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+11.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Hayley Lesley Flynn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">987 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Matthew Lee Adams </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">524 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Myles Power </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">136 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">856 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,263 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+30.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2014">May 2014</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Centre_(ward)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: May 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2014_Manchester_City_Council_election" title="2014 Manchester City Council election">2014</a><sup id="cite_ref-2014results_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014results-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Beth Knowles </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,149 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.46 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+16.96 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rachel Carr </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">511 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.55 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+15.25 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Nicholas Savage </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">442 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.64 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">=2.96 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Richard Bridges </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">269 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.35 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−29.25 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">638 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,371 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2012">May 2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Centre_(ward)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: May 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2012_Manchester_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Manchester Council election">2012</a><sup id="cite_ref-2012results_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012results-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joan Davies </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>704 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>38.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+7.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Marc Ramsbottom* </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">465 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Liffen </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">234 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−11.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Nick Wilkinson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">190 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Independent </td> <td class="fn">Ken Dobson </td> <td style="text-align:right;">159 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #990099; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Pirate_Party_UK" title="Pirate Party UK">Pirate</a> </td> <td class="fn">Maria Aretoulaki </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Independence_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Adrienne Bennett </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">239 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,833 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.65 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2011">May 2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Centre_(ward)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: May 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2011_Manchester_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Manchester Council election">2011</a><sup id="cite_ref-2011results_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011results-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Kevin Peel </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,048 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>36.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+10.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Independent </td> <td class="fn">Ken Dobson* </td> <td style="text-align:right;">656 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">23.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Bridges </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">459 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−16.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Liffen </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">427 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joanne Wilkes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">268 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">392 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,858 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2010">May 2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Centre_(ward)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: May 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2010_Manchester_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Manchester Council election">2010</a><sup id="cite_ref-2010results_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010results-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Elaine Boyes* </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,080 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>40.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Anthony McCaul </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,610 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Yan Zhang </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,106 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Iain Hepworth </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">323 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">470 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,119 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+28.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.7 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_in_2000s">Elections in 2000s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Centre_(ward)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elections in 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2008_Manchester_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Manchester Council election">2008</a><sup id="cite_ref-2008results_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2008results-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Marc Ramsbottom* </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>568 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>36.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Anthony McCaul </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">479 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rob Adlard </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">386 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Birkinshaw </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">139 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">89 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,572 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.7 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2007_Manchester_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Manchester Council election">2007</a><sup id="cite_ref-2007results_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2007results-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Kenneth Dobson* </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>498 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>32.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−5.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kathy Crotty </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">391 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rob Adlard </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">343 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Birgit Vollm </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">171 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kin Cheng </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">114 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">107 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,517 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2006_Manchester_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Manchester Council election">2006</a><sup id="cite_ref-2006results_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2006results-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Elaine Boyes </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>531 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>38.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris Paul </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">374 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Jacob Gilchrist Berry </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">311 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Birgit Vollm </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">181 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">157 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,397 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2004_Manchester_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Manchester Council election">2004</a><sup id="cite_ref-2004results_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2004results-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Marc Ramsbottom* </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>558 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>37.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A </i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Kenneth Dobson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>507 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Peter Rothery* </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>501 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kathleen Crotty </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">411 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Christopher Paul </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">405 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ahmed Ali </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">379 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Geoffrey Berg </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">226 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jonathan Mountain </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">226 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Bell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">225 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Birgit Vollm </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">224 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steven Durrant </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">163 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Blake </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">106 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alan Valentine </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,489 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <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=City_Centre_(ward)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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