From 1889 to 1974 Manchester was a county borough, independent of any county council.[2] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory slightly enlarged, gaining the parish of Ringway from Cheshire, whilst having its functions and responsibilities reformed, becoming a metropolitan borough, with Greater Manchester County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Manchester became a unitary authority. The Labour Party has held a majority of the seats on the city council since the reforms of 1974:[3]
Summary of the council composition after council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2004 election which reduced the number of seats by 3, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.
Popular vote share, 1973–2012Popular vote figures, 1973–2012
^"Manchester Municipal Borough / County Borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^"Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^"Council minutes". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^"Now Britain awaits budget". Liverpool Echo. 15 May 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 2 September 2022. ...Norman Morris, who has just begun his sixth year as leader of the Labour controlled Manchester city council...
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Manchester City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four with a third of the council being elected each time Manchester City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Manchester in Greater Manchester England Since the last boundary changes in 2018 96 councillors have been elected from 32 wards 1 Seats held by party after each election to Manchester City Council 1973 2023 Contents 1 Political control 1 1 Leadership 2 Council elections 3 Borough result maps 4 By election results 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPolitical control editFrom 1889 to 1974 Manchester was a county borough independent of any county council 2 Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory slightly enlarged gaining the parish of Ringway from Cheshire whilst having its functions and responsibilities reformed becoming a metropolitan borough with Greater Manchester County Council providing county level services The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973 initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974 Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Manchester became a unitary authority The Labour Party has held a majority of the seats on the city council since the reforms of 1974 3 County Borough Party Period No overall control 1919 1921 Conservative 1921 1924 No overall control 1924 1932 Conservative 1932 1934 No overall control 1934 1946 Labour 1946 1947 No overall control 1947 1949 Conservative 1949 1952 No overall control 1952 1953 Labour 1953 1967 Conservative 1967 1971 Labour 1971 1974 Metropolitan Borough Party Period Labour 1974 present Leadership edit The leaders of the council since 1945 have been 4 Councillor Party From To Tom Nally Labour 1945 1949 William Jackson Conservative 1949 1953 Tom Nally Labour 1953 1956 Robert Thomas Labour 1956 1962 Maurice Pariser Labour 1962 1965 Robert Thomas Labour 1965 1967 Robert Rodgers Conservative 1967 1970 Arnold Fieldhouse Conservative 1970 1971 Robert Thomas Labour 1971 1974 Norman Morris 5 Labour 1974 1982 Bill Egerton Labour 1982 1984 Graham Stringer Labour 1984 1996 Richard Leese Labour 1996 1 Dec 2021 Bev Craig Labour 1 Dec 2021Council elections editSummary of the council composition after council elections click on the year for full details of each election Boundary changes took place for the 2004 election which reduced the number of seats by 3 leading to the whole council being elected in that year nbsp Popular vote share 1973 2012 nbsp Popular vote figures 1973 2012 Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Greens Independent 1973 59 40 0 0 0 1975 54 45 0 0 0 1976 54 45 0 0 0 1978 53 46 0 0 0 1979 63 33 3 0 0 1980 72 23 4 0 0 1982 69 26 4 0 0 1983 72 22 5 0 0 1984 79 14 6 0 0 1986 86 7 6 0 0 1987 77 13 9 0 0 1988 78 12 9 0 0 1990 78 12 9 0 0 1991 85 5 9 0 0 1992 80 5 12 0 2 1994 79 4 15 0 1 1995 83 2 14 0 0 1996 84 0 15 0 0 1998 84 0 15 0 0 1999 80 0 19 0 0 2000 78 0 21 0 0 2002 76 0 22 0 1 2003 71 0 27 1 0 2004 57 0 38 1 0 2006 61 0 34 1 0 2007 60 0 35 1 0 2008 61 1 34 0 0 2010 62 1 33 0 0 2011 75 0 20 0 1 2012 86 0 9 0 1 2014 95 0 0 0 1 2015 96 0 0 0 0 2016 95 0 1 0 0 2018 94 0 2 0 0 2019 93 0 3 0 0 2021 94 0 1 1 0 2022 92 0 2 2 0 2023 88 0 4 4 0Borough result maps edit nbsp 2004 results map nbsp 2006 results map nbsp 2007 results map nbsp 2008 results map nbsp 2010 results map nbsp 2011 results map nbsp 2012 results map nbsp 2014 results map nbsp 2015 results map nbsp 2016 results map nbsp 2018 results map nbsp 2019 results map nbsp 2021 results map nbsp 2022 results map nbsp 2023 results mapBy election results editBy election Date Incumbent party Winning party Beswick by election 27 June 1974 Labour Labour Blackley by election Labour Labour Labour Labour Harpurhey by election 25 July 1974 Labour Labour Withington by election 16 November 1978 Conservative Liberal Gorton South by election 25 September 1980 Labour Labour Blackley by election 2 April 1981 Conservative Labour Old Moat by election 9 July 1981 Conservative Conservative Moston by election 27 July 1995 Labour Labour Hulme by election 2 May 1997 Labour Labour Old Moat by election Labour Labour Cheetham by election 24 September 1998 Labour Liberal Democrats Benchill by election 10 June 1999 Labour Labour Central by election 26 August 1999 Labour Labour Baguley by election 25 January 2001 Labour Labour Beswick and Clayton by election 10 June 2001 Labour Labour Sharston by election Labour Labour Whalley Range by election Labour Labour Benchill by election 13 June 2002 Labour Labour Gorton South by election 19 October 2006 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats Charlestown by election 14 June 2007 Labour Labour Didsbury West by election 29 January 2009 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats Moston by election 29 January 2009 Labour Labour Hulme by election 4 November 2010 Labour Labour Baguley by election 20 January 2011 Labour Labour Ardwick by election 15 November 2012 Labour Labour Ancoats and Clayton by election 10 October 2013 Labour Labour Ancoats and Clayton by election 5 December 2013 Labour Labour Higher Blackley by election 18 February 2016 Labour Labour Rusholme by election 4 May 2017 Labour Labour Fallowfield by election 27 July 2017 Labour Labour Clayton amp Openshaw by election 27 February 2020 Labour Independent Chorlton by election 18 November 2021 Labour Labour Ancoats amp Beswick by election 3 February 2022 Labour Liberal Democrats Brooklands by election 26 July 2023 Labour LabourSee also edit nbsp Greater Manchester portal Category Councillors in Manchester list of councillors serving on Manchester City Council Politics in ManchesterReferences edit The Manchester Electoral Changes Order 2017 legislation gov uk The National Archives SI 2017 1068 retrieved 2 September 2022 Manchester Municipal Borough County Borough A Vision of Britain through Time GB Historical GIS University of Portsmouth Retrieved 2 September 2022 Compositions calculator The Elections Centre Retrieved 10 August 2022 Council minutes Manchester City Council Retrieved 2 September 2022 Now Britain awaits budget Liverpool Echo 15 May 1979 p 1 Retrieved 2 September 2022 Norman Morris who has just begun his sixth year as leader of the Labour controlled Manchester city council External links editManchester City Council Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Manchester City Council elections amp oldid 1211637268, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
