Gorton and Abbey Hey (ward)
# Gorton and Abbey Hey (ward)

Gorton and Abbey Hey is an electoral ward of Manchester, England created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) from the previous electoral wards of Gorton North and Gorton South for the local elections 2018.

It is represented in Westminster by Afzal Khan MP for Manchester Gorton.

## Councillors

Three councillors serve the ward: , Labour (2019–23), , Labour (2018–21), and John Hughes, Labour (2018–22).

## Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

### May 2021

2021 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour Co-op | Julie Reid* | 2,372 | 70.7 | 6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jackie Pearcey | 440 | 13.1 | 7.6 |
| | Conservative | Ugo Nzeribe | 378 | 11.3 | 0.3 |
| | Green | Scott Robinson | 165 | 4.9 | 1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,932 | 57.6 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 57 | 1.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,412 | 25.8 | 1.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,243 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 6.8 | |

## Elections in 2010s

### May 2019

2019 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Afia Kamal* | 1,464 | 47.3 | 2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jackie Pearcey | 818 | 26.4 | 2.7 |
| | UKIP | Katie Fanning | 418 | 13.5 | N/A |
| | Green | Paul Davies | 208 | 6.7 | 1.1 |
| | Conservative | Jake Feeley | 170 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 646 | 20.86 | 4.83 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,097 | 24.18 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,810 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.35 | |

### May 2018

2018 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Louis Hughes* | 1,849 | 59.9 | |
| | Labour | Julie Reid* | 1,771 | 57.4 | |
| | Labour | Afia Kamal* | 1,523 | 49.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jackie Pearcey | 730 | 23.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Donaldson | 526 | 17.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Bannister | 385 | 12.5 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Mostyn | 342 | 11.1 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Street | 308 | 10.0 | |
| | Conservative | Melissa Jackson | 271 | 8.8 | |
| | Green | Melvyn Newton | 241 | 7.8 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 13 (full) 1 (partial) | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,086 | 24 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12857 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| Party | Candidates | Seats Won | Votes | Vote % |
| Labour | 3 | 3 | 5,143 | 64.72 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 1,641 | 20.65 |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 921 | 11.59 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 303 | 2.41 |
