Withington (ward)

Withington is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England.[2] It is represented in Westminster by Jeff Smith MP for Manchester Withington.[3] The 2011 Census recorded a population of 13,422.[1]

Withington (Manchester)
Electoral ward
Withington electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  By wisdom and effort
Coordinates: 53.4344°N 2.2180°W
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	May 1973
Named for	Withington
Government   UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Withington
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
• Leader of the council	Richard Leese (Labour)
• Councillor	Becky Chambers (Labour)
• Councillor	Chris Wills (Labour Co-operative)
• Councillor	Rebecca Moore (Labour)
Population
• Total	13,422
Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1]

Councillors

Three councillors serve the ward: Becky Chambers (Lab), Chris Wills (Lab Co-op),[4] and Rebecca Moore (Lab).[5]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		Audrey Jones (Lib Dem)		Alison Firth (Lib Dem)		Helen Jones (Lib Dem)
2006		Simon Wheale (Lib Dem)		Alison Firth (Lib Dem)		Helen Jones (Lib Dem)
2007		Simon Wheale (Lib Dem)		Alison Firth (Lib Dem)		Helen Jones (Lib Dem)
2008		Simon Wheale (Lib Dem)		Alison Firth (Lib Dem)		Brendon Jones (Lib Dem)
2010		Simon Wheale (Lib Dem)		Alison Firth (Lib Dem)		Brendon Jones (Lib Dem)
2011		Simon Wheale (Lib Dem)		Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)		Brendon Jones (Lib Dem)
2012		Simon Wheale (Lib Dem)		Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)		Daniel Gillard (Lab)
2014		Rebecca Moore (Lab)		Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)		Daniel Gillard (Lab)
2015		Rebecca Moore (Lab)		Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)		Daniel Gillard (Lab)
2016		Rebecca Moore (Lab)		Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)		Chris Wills (Lab Co-op)
2018		Rebecca Moore (Lab)		Chris Paul (Lab Co-op)		Chris Wills (Lab Co-op)
2019		Rebecca Moore (Lab)		Becky Chambers (Lab)		Chris Wills (Lab Co-op)

  indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in 2010s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Becky Chambers	1,442	44.6%	11.5%
	Liberal Democrats	April Preston	1339	41.4%	8.4%
	Green	Nathan Rae	331	10.2%	5.2%
	Conservative	Shaden Jaradat	101	3.1%	1.5%
Majority			103	3.2%	10.6%
Rejected ballots			21	0.65%
Turnout			3234	31.27%	0.77%
Registered electors			10341
	Labour hold		Swing	9.5%

May 2018

2018[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Moore*	1,987	58.9
	Labour Co-op	Chris Wills*	1,656	49.1
	Labour Co-op	Chris Paul*	1,577	46.8
	Liberal Democrats	April Preston	1,112	33.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Warren	1,026	30.4
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Manktelow	1,014	30.1
	Green	Adam King	519	15.4
	Conservative	Shaden Jaradat	154	4.6
	Conservative	Peter Harrop	149	4.4
	Conservative	Avigail Walker	116	3.4
Majority			465	13.8
Rejected ballots			12 (full) 2 (partial)
Turnout			3,372	30.5
Registered electors			11,057
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
	Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)

Party		Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	Vote %
	Labour || 3 || 3 || 5,220 || 56.07
	Liberal Democrats || 3 || 0 || 3,152 || 33.86
	Green || 1 || 0 || 519 || 5.57
	Conservative || 3 || 0 || 419 || 4.50

May 2016

2016[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Wills	1,683	55.25
	Liberal Democrats	Simon David Wheale	844	27.71
	Green	Lucy Jane Bannister	370	12.15
	Conservative	Shaden Jaradat	113	3.71
	TUSC	Zoe Brunswick	36	1.18
Majority			839	27.54
Turnout			3,046	31.47
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Paul*	3,032	47.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon David Wheale	1,382	21.6	-12.8
	Green	Harriet Emilia Pugh	1,272	19.9	+4.7
	Conservative	Shaden Jaradat	621	9.6	+3.0
	TUSC	Mercedes Caccia Mesorio	102	1.6	N/A
Majority			1,650	25.7
Turnout			6,409	65.1	+35.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

May 2014

2014[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Moore	1,386	40.75
	Liberal Democrats	Simon David Wheale*	1,098	32.28
	Green	Laura Bannister	657	19.32
	Conservative	Peter Jacques Werner	194	5.70
	TUSC	Liam David Curless	66	1.94
Majority			288	8.5
Turnout			3,401	30.34
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2012

2012[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Gillard	1,107	46.6	+23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Brendon Jones*	862	36.3	-21.4
	Green	Laura Bannister	251	10.6	-0.4
	Conservative	Lorna McHugh	88	3.7	-5.4
	UKIP	James Howson	68	2.9	N/A
Majority			245	10
Turnout			2,376	21
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2011

2011[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Paul	1,476	43.8	+21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Firth*	1,161	34.4	-26.3
	Green	Laura Bannister	513	15.2	+5.5
	Conservative	Shumaila Malik	223	6.6	-0.5
Majority			315	9.3
Turnout			3,373	29.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2010

2010[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon David Wheale*	2,849	51.4	-6.3
	Labour Co-op	Chris Paul	1,558	28.1	+5.0
	Conservative	Shumaila Malik	600	10.8	+1.7
	Green	Laura Alice Bannister	534	9.6	-0.6
Majority			1,291	23.3	-11.2
Turnout			5,541	50.6	+30.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-5.6

Elections in 2000s

2008[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendon Jones	1,267	57.7	-3.0
	Labour	Leif Jerram	508	23.1	+0.6
	Green	Felicity Paris	223	10.2	+0.5
	Conservative	Zoe Slater	199	9.1	+2.0
Majority			759	34.5	-3.7
Turnout			2,197	20.6	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-1.8

2007[14]

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

2006[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon David Wheale	1,064	47.8	-10.6
	Labour	Delores Elizabeth Long	613	27.6	+9.0
	Green	Sarah Stuart	340	15.3	+0.9
	Conservative	Andrew Christopher Perfect	207	9.3	+0.7
Majority			451	20.3	-19.5
Turnout			2,224	22.3	-8.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-9.8

2004[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Jones*	1,811	58.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Firth*	1,747
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Jones	1,537
	Labour	Gerard Collier	578	18.6	N/A
	Labour	Mark Bowcock	509
	Green	Gregory Griffin	446	14.4	N/A
	Labour	Steve Nuttall	439
	Green	Bushra Hussain	409
	Conservative	Andrew Perfect	267	8.6	N/A
Majority			959	12.4
Turnout			3,102	30.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

2003[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendon Jones*	1,621	61.6	+0.1
	Labour	Gerard Collier	593	22.5	-1.7
	Socialist Alliance	Rachel Green	149	5.7	+2.5
	Conservative	Stuart Penketh	145	5.5	+0.4
	Green	Bushra Hussain	125	4.7	-1.3
Majority			1,028	39.0	+1.7
Turnout			2,633	21.6	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.9

2002[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Jones*	1,822	61.5	+0.2
	Labour	Kate Torkington	717	24.2	+1.2
	Green	June Buchan	178	6.0	-1.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Smith	152	5.1	-3.0
	Socialist Alliance	Toby Gibbons	96	3.2	+3.2
Majority			1,105	37.3	-1.0
Turnout			2,965	23.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.5

2000[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Firth*	1,586	61.3	+3.9
	Labour	Pamela Smyth	595	23.0	-8.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Smith	209	8.1	+2.3
	Green	Susan Thorpe	198	7.7	+2.5
Majority			991	38.3	+12.6
Turnout			2,588	21.9	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.3

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