2016 Manchester City Council election
# 2016 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2016. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2018, due to planned boundary changes. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to hold all but one seat contested and won by former Withington MP, John Leech. Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years.

## Result

Changes in vote share are compared to the 2015 election.

Manchester City Council :

| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 31/32 | 1 | 96.9% | 62 | 95 | 99.0% | 68,668 | 64.13% | 5.43 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1/32 | 1 | 3.1% | 0 | 1 | 1.0% | 11,920 | 11.13% | 1.50 |
| | Green | 0/29 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 9,486 | 8.86% | 2.65 |
| | Conservative | 0/32 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 7,475 | 6.98% | 3.87 |
| | UKIP | 0/13 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 6,639 | 6.20% | 1.13 |
| | Independent | 0/4 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,625 | 1.52% | 1.07 |
| | TUSC | 0/16 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 974 | 0.91% | 0.43 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | 0/3 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 223 | 0.21% | 0.13 |
| | Christian Democrat Party for a Consensus | 0/1 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 57 | 0.05% | 0.01 |
| | Communist League | 0/1 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 12 | 0.01% | 0.01 |

## Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

* 96
* Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

| 95 | 1 |
| - | - |
| Labour | LD |

LD - Liberal Democrat

## Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2012, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. All results are listed below:

### Ancoats and Clayton

Ancoats and Clayton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Ollie Manco* | 1,864 | 54.5 | -19.8 |
| | Independent | Ken Dobson | 941 | 27.5 | n/a |
| | Green | Steffeny Louise McGiffen | 322 | 9.4 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Denis Kostyan | 164 | 4.8 | -2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Wilkinson | 130 | 3.8 | -0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 923 | 27.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,421 | 26.60 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Tarjuah Tina Hewitson* | 2,086 | 80.9 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Akbar Ali Arif | 185 | 7.2 | +2.0 |
| | Green | Kara Ng | 156 | 6.1 | -0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Richard George Gadsden | 79 | 3.1 | -1.6 |
| | TUSC | John Neill | 73 | 2.8 | -0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,901 | 73.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,579 | 25.28 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Baguley

Baguley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Luke John Raikes* | 1,579 | 64.8 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Ralph John Ellerton | 400 | 16.4 | +5.3 |
| | Green | Bonnie Mercer | 154 | 6.3 | +2.0 |
| | TUSC | Lynn Worthington | 127 | 5.2 | +0.3 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Lord Cameron of Roundwood | 91 | 3.7 | n/a |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Stubbs | 86 | 3.5 | -0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 858 | 35.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,437 | 22.60 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford

Bradford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Emma Victoria Taylor | 2,121 | 73.4 | -4.3 |
| | Green | Rachel Harper | 283 | 9.8 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael Charles Barnes | 249 | 8.6 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary McKenna | 105 | 3.6 | -0.7 |
| | TUSC | Alexander Robert John Powell | 75 | 2.6 | n/a |
| | Christian Democrat Party for a Consensus | Jonathan Cox | 57 | 1.97 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,838 | 63.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,890 | 24.00 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Glynn Evans* | 1,738 | 59.3 | +5.6 |
| | UKIP | Pat Bebby | 544 | 18.6 | +9.4 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Paul Woods | 504 | 17.2 | -0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew McGuinness | 145 | 5.0 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,194 | 40.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,931 | 28.20 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Burnage

Burnage :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Bev Craig* | 2,291 | 63.2 | +8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maria Theresa Turner | 489 | 13.5 | -1.8 |
| | UKIP | Liam Thomas Evans | 460 | 12.7 | n/a |
| | Green | Sam Darby | 339 | 9.4 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Sahed Hossain | 46 | 1.3 | -3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,802 | 49.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,625 | 33.82 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Charlestown

Charlestown :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Hannah Kate Priest | 1,671 | 59.4 | -15.9 |
| | UKIP | Neil Caradoc Griffiths | 770 | 27.4 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Nicholas David St John Savage | 204 | 7.3 | -3.9 |
| | Green | Astrid Johnson | 92 | 3.3 | -6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles William Turner | 77 | 2.7 | -1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 901 | 32.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,814 | 27.75 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Shaukat Ali* | 3,485 | 81.8 | +19.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Malcolm Schofield | 318 | 7.5 | +2.8 |
| | Green | Dave Taylor | 225 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Craig Whittall | 121 | 2.8 | +/-0.0 |
| | TUSC | Catherine Spencer | 112 | 2.6 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,167 | 74.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,261 | 29.19 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chorlton

Councillor Sheila Newman died suddenly 19 February 2018, three months prior to the 2018 local elections which she was due to stand in.

Chorlton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Sheila Newman* | 3,296 | 65.7 | +8.9 |
| | Green | Nigel James Woodcock | 778 | 15.5 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver | 719 | 14.3 | -4.3 |
| | Conservative | Colm George Lock | 225 | 4.5 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,518 | 50.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,018 | 47.00 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Joanna Rachel Midgley* | 2,564 | 50.3 | -5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis | 1,950 | 38.3 | +8.2 |
| | Green | Hannah Lisa Richmond | 412 | 8.1 | -1.5 |
| | Conservative | Luke Oisin Bourke Costello | 172 | 3.4 | -0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 614 | 12.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,098 | 45.17 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### City Centre

City Centre :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Joan Elizabeth Davies* | 1,410 | 64.7 | +26.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Richard Bridges | 403 | 18.5 | -6.9 |
| | Conservative | Paul Wan | 365 | 16.8 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,007 | 46.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,178 | 22.15 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Richard Charles Leese* | 2,704 | 74.4 | -4.2 |
| | UKIP | Bob Willescroft | 375 | 10.3 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Idowu Ajiboye | 288 | 7.9 | +0.8 |
| | Green | Penny Miller-Swann | 151 | 4.2 | -0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Colin Donaldson | 75 | 2.1 | -0.3 |
| | TUSC | Martin Conway | 44 | 1.2 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,329 | 64.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,637 | 32.79 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Didsbury East

Didsbury East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Kelly Suzanne Simcock | 2,484 | 53.7 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dominic Hardwick | 1,281 | 27.7 | -6.9 |
| | Green | Wendy Ann Lynas | 316 | 6.8 | -1.1 |
| | Conservative | Robert George Manning | 305 | 6.6 | -0.3 |
| | UKIP | Mark Davies | 236 | 5.1 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,203 | 26.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,622 | 44.00 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Didsbury West

Didsbury West :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Leech | 2,295 | 52.6 | +21.6 |
| | Labour | Barnaby Edward Lane | 1,593 | 36.5 | -11.0 |
| | Green | Arnold James Spencer | 244 | 5.6 | -5.2 |
| | Conservative | Max Dowling | 161 | 3.7 | -4.7 |
| | UKIP | Robert Gutenfreund-Walmsley | 69 | 1.6 | -0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 702 | 16.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,362 | 44.40 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +16.3 | |

* Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years and provided Manchester with its first opposition for two years.

Robert Gutenfreund-Walmsley stood in 2012 for the Democracy First party.

### Fallowfield

Fallowfield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Zahra Alijah | 1,932 | 71.2 | -6.7 |
| | Green | Laura Alice Bannister | 408 | 15.0 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Luke Aidan Dyks | 197 | 7.3 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Jones | 125 | 4.6 | +1.0 |
| | TUSC | Aidan Ryan Matthews | 53 | 2.0 | -1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,524 | 56.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,715 | 24.74 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Afia Begum Kamal* | 1,743 | 61.0 | +8.0 |
| | UKIP | Katie Elizabeth Fanning | 628 | 22.0 | n/a |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Peter Hickey | 194 | 6.8 | -28.6 |
| | Conservative | Phelim Rowe | 161 | 5.6 | +2.0 |
| | Green | Karl Wardlaw | 131 | 4.6 | -2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,115 | 39.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,857 | 26.80 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Bernard Eric Stone* | 2,792 | 70.2 | +16.4 |
| | UKIP | Bob Catterall | 481 | 12.1 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Louise Brown | 246 | 6.2 | -24.6 |
| | Green | Melvyn Newton | 239 | 6.0 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Tmo Opesan | 141 | 3.5 | +1.5 |
| | Independent | Martin Burke | 80 | 2.0 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,311 | 58.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,979 | 31.28 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Patrick Charles Karney* | 1,791 | 64.3 | -11.9 |
| | UKIP | Mandy Michelle Howard | 552 | 19.8 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Alexandru Stelian Stancu | 166 | 6.0 | -4.1 |
| | Green | Mary Rosalind Candeland | 132 | 4.7 | -4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Alan Isherwood | 102 | 3.7 | -0.8 |
| | TUSC | Emma Windefride | 42 | 1.5 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,239 | 44.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,785 | 23.50 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Shelley Margaret Lanchbury* | 1,569 | 58.5 | -9.0 |
| | UKIP | Martin Power | 691 | 25.8 | +18.2 |
| | Conservative | Barney Bradley Watson | 202 | 7.5 | -1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter George Matthews | 115 | 4.3 | +0.5 |
| | Green | Anne Vivienne Power | 104 | 3.9 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 878 | 32.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,681 | 25.76 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hulme

Hulme :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Amina Lone* | 1,726 | 65.3 | +4.4 |
| | Green | Deyika Nzeribe | 515 | 19.5 | -8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Jane Gee | 184 | 7.0 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Gerard O'Neill | 162 | 6.1 | +0.6 |
| | TUSC | Martin Shaw | 56 | 2.1 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,211 | 45.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,643 | 25.30 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Nasrin Bibi Ali* | 2,066 | 54.5 | +4.2 |
| | Green | Dick Venes | 764 | 20.2 | +0.5 |
| | Independent | Mark Breeze | 470 | 12.4 | n/a |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liaqat Ali | 285 | 7.5 | -20.4 |
| | Conservative | Calum Tudur James Davies | 164 | 4.3 | +2.2 |
| | TUSC | Joe McArdle | 40 | 1.1 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,302 | 34.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,789 | 35.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Longsight

Longsight :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Luthfur Rahman* | 2,897 | 79.0 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Anjnarra Huque | 254 | 6.9 | -5.1 |
| | Green | Vicky Matthews | 219 | 6.0 | -2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Charles Crump | 140 | 3.8 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Raees Ahmad Khan | 134 | 3.7 | n/a |
| | TUSC | Mercedes Caccia Mesorio | 24 | 0.7 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,643 | 72.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,668 | 36.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Carmine Geatano Grimshaw* | 1,938 | 78.5 | +13.5 |
| | Conservative | Harry Kagkouras | 193 | 7.8 | n/a |
| | Green | Isobel Mary Patience | 134 | 5.4 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Martin Kilpatrick | 116 | 4.7 | -25.1 |
| | TUSC | Bridget Taylor | 88 | 3.6 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,745 | 70.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,469 | 24.12 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Moss Side

Moss Side :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Mahadi Hussein Sharif Mahamed | 2,869 | 74.3 | -10.0 |
| | Green | Muhammad Anwar Shahzad | 415 | 10.8 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | Aden Hassan | 309 | 8.0 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annie Jackson | 267 | 6.9 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,454 | 63.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,860 | 29.20 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Moston

Moston :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Carl Peter Ollerhead* | 1,899 | 56.7 | +2.9 |
| | UKIP | Phil Eckersley | 899 | 26.8 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Hector James Robertson Williams | 301 | 9.0 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Eithne Quinn | 118 | 3.5 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Page | 102 | 3.04 | n/a |
| | TUSC | Jack Joseph Metcalf | 33 | 0.98 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,000 | 29.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,352 | 30.28 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Northenden

Northenden :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Mary Theresa Monaghan | 2,003 | 64.1 | -0.2 |
| | Conservative | Fiona Mary Green | 541 | 17.3 | +9.3 |
| | Green | Simon James Gray | 308 | 9.9 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pablo O'Hana | 166 | 5.3 | -7.8 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Johnny Disco | 109 | 3.5 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,462 | 46.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,127 | 28.30 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Andrew Henryk Fender* | 2,244 | 67.3 | -6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | April Preston | 561 | 16.8 | +7.8 |
| | Green | Nathan Rae | 329 | 9.9 | -1.4 |
| | Conservative | Phillip Gallagher | 138 | 4.1 | -1.6 |
| | TUSC | Jane Elizabeth Lee | 63 | 1.9 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,683 | 50.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,335 | 31.85 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Ahmed Ali* | 2.346 | 75.1 | +0.3 |
| | Green | Rob Jones | 415 | 13.3 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abu Mohiuddin Chowdhury | 195 | 6.3 | -6.2 |
| | Conservative | Archie Stuart Galbraith | 166 | 5.3 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,931 | 61.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,122 | 31.24 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sharston

Sharston :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Tommy Judge* | 1,645 | 61.8 | -7.7 |
| | UKIP | Bob Burke | 561 | 21.1 | +10.9 |
| | Conservative | Jagdeep Singh Mehat | 227 | 8.5 | -0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernie Ryan | 100 | 3.8 | -0.4 |
| | Green | Sylvia June Buchan | 92 | 3.5 | -0.3 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Silly Sir Oink A-Lot | 23 | 0.9 | n/a |
| | Communist League | Peter Clifford | 12 | 0.5 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,084 | 40.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,660 | 23.00 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Whalley Range

Whalley Range :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Angeliki Stogia* | 3,091 | 63.8 | -1.9 |
| | Green | Ben Godfrey | 1,321 | 27.2 | +16.1 |
| | Conservative | David Robert Semple | 223 | 4.6 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhona Eva Elizabeth Cowan Brown | 169 | 3.5 | -16.3 |
| | TUSC | Liam David | 45 | 0.9 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,770 | 36.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,849 | 44.52 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Withington

Withington :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour Co-op | Chris Wills | 1,683 | 55.3 | +8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon David Wheale | 844 | 27.7 | -8.6 |
| | Green | Lucy Jane Bannister | 370 | 12.2 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Shaden Jaradat | 113 | 3.7 | +/-0.0 |
| | TUSC | Zoe Brunswick | 36 | 1.2 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 839 | 27.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,046 | 31.47 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Brian Darral O'Neil* | 1,548 | 68.2 | -2.9 |
| | UKIP | Tony Welch | 373 | 16.4 | -2.7 |
| | Conservative | Eric Houghton | 231 | 10.2 | +2.9 |
| | TUSC | Laurie Joseph Carefoot | 63 | 2.8 | n/a |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martha O'Donoghue | 54 | 2.4 | -0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,175 | 51.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,269 | 22.25 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## Changes between 2016 and 2018

### Rusholme by-election 4 May 2017

The resignation of Labour councillor Kate Chappell in March 2017 triggered a by-election for Rusholme ward on 4 May:

Rusholme: 4 May 2017 (term ends 2018) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Jill Lovecy | 2,188 | 64.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amaan Hashmi | 576 | 16.9 |
| | Green | Anne Loveday Tucker | 458 | 13.4 |
| | Conservative | David Robert Semple | 151 | 4.4 |
| | TUSC | Jack Joseph Metcalf | 37 | 1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,612 | 47.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,410 | 34.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Fallowfield by-election 27 July 2017

The resignation of Labour councillor Mike Amesbury in June 2017 (he was elected Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale) triggered a by-election in Fallowfield on 27 July:

Fallowfield: 27 July 2017 (term ends 2018) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Ali Raza Ilyas | 861 | 76.9 | +15.3 |
| | Green | Adam Philip King | 105 | 9.4 | -12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Warren | 82 | 7.3 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | David Robert Semple | 72 | 6.4 | -3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 756 | 67.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,122 | 9.36 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Changes that did not result in a by-election

Lady Mayoress and Labour councillor Shiela Newman (Chorlton) died suddenly on 18 February 2018. Her term would have ended in May.

Labour councillor Beth Knowles (City Centre) resigned from the council in March 2018. Her term would have ended in May.

