2026 Manchester City Council election

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2026 Manchester City Council election

7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
32 out of 96 seats to Manchester City Council 49 seats needed for a majority
Registered	399,451
Turnout	32.5%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bev Craig Astrid Johnson Sian Astley Party Labour Green Reform Leader's seat Burnage Woodhouse Park Ran in Baguley (won) Last election 87 seats, 53.7% 3 seats, 17.5% Did not contest Seats before 87 4 0 Seats won 6 18 7 Seats after 63 21 7 Seat change 24 17 7 Popular vote 39,928 48,218 21,455 Percentage 30.7% 37.1% 16.5% Swing 23.0pp 19.6pp 16.5pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader John Leech Shahbaz Sarwar Party Liberal Democrats Workers Party Leader's seat Didsbury West Longsight Last election 4 seats, 10.4% 1 seat, 5.5% Seats before 4 1 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 4 1 Seat change Popular vote 10,627 3,225 Percentage 8.2% 2.5% Swing 2.2pp 3.0pp
Leader before election Bev Craig Labour Leader after election Bev Craig Labour

The 2026 Manchester City Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2026, alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of councillors (32) on Manchester City Council were up for election.

The Green Party won 18 of the 32 seats being contested and also took the most votes. Labour retained control of the council, but with a significantly reduced majority.

Background

History

In the previous election in 2024, Labour won 30 of the 33 seats up for election with 53% of the vote, the Green Party won 1 seat with 17% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat with 10% of the vote and the Workers Party won 1 seat with 5% of the vote.

Candidates up for re-election in 2026 were those who were elected in 2022.

Changes since the last election

See also: 2024 Manchester City Council election § Changes since this election

In September 2024, a by-election was held in Baguley following the resignation of Labour Councillor Phil Brickell due to his election as MP for Bolton West. This election was won by Labour's Munaver Rasul.

Muqaddasah Bano was suspended from the Labour Party in July 2025 following complaints from members.

In September 2025, a by-election was held in Woodhouse Park following the resignation of Green Councillor Anastasia Wiest. This election was won by Zoe Marlow of the Green Party.

In April 2026, Independent Councillor Amna Abdullatif joined the Green Party, after previously resigning from the Labour Party in October 2023.

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. Councillors are elected via first-past-the-post voting, with each ward represented by three councillors, one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Manchester aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters are able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Summary

Election result

2026 Manchester City Council election
Party		This election				Full council			This election
		Candidates	Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	32	6	24	18.8	57	63	65.6	39,928	31.1	22.6
	Green	32	18	17	56.3	3	21	21.9	48,218	36.8	19.3
	Reform	32	7	7	21.9	0	7	7.3	21,455	16.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	32	1	0	3.1	3	4	4.2	10,627	8.3	2.1
	Workers Party	11	0	0	0.0	1	1	1.0	3,207	2.5	3.0
	Conservative	25	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	3,657	2.9	3.2
	Independent	5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1,993	1.6	2.9
	TUSC	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	86	0.1	0.0
	SDP	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	57	<0.1	New
	Communist	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	30	<0.1	New
	Communist League	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	12	<0.1	New
Total		176	32	0	100.0	64	96	100.0	129,270	100.0
Rejected ballots									490	0.4
Total									129,760	100.0
Turnout/registered electors									32.5	399,451

Incumbents

Ward	Incumbent councillor				Winner
	Name	Party		Re-standing	Name	Party
Ancoats & Beswick	Irene Robinson		Labour	Yes	Hussayn Salem		Green
Ardwick	Tina Hewitson		Labour	Yes	Alex-Salik Imran		Green
Baguley	Paul Andrews		Labour	Yes	Sian Astley		Reform
Brooklands	Susan Cooley		Labour	Yes	Steven Hodgkiss		Reform
Burnage	Murtaza Iqbal		Labour	Yes	Asma Alam		Green
Charlestown	Veronica Kirkpatrick		Labour	Yes	Dylan Evans		Reform
Cheetham	Naeem Hassan		Labour	Yes	Naeem Hassan		Labour
Chorlton	John Hacking		Labour	Yes	Chantal Kerr-Sheppard		Green
Chorlton Park	Joanna Midgley		Labour	Yes	Grace Worrall		Green
Clayton & Openshaw	Thomas Robinson		Labour	Yes	Thomas Robinson		Labour
Crumpsall	Jawad Amin		Labour	Yes	Jawad Amin		Labour
Deansgate	Joan Davies		Labour	Yes	Sarah Wakefield		Green
Didsbury East	Andrew Simcock		Labour	Yes	Andrew Simcock		Labour
Didsbury West	John Leech		Liberal Democrats	Yes	John Leech		Liberal Democrats
Fallowfield	Ali Ilyas		Labour	Yes	Sufyaan Jasat		Green
Gorton & Abbey Hey	John Hughes		Labour	Yes	Chris Ogden		Green
Harpurhey	Sandra Collins		Labour	No	David Godfrey		Labour
Higher Blackley	Olusegun Ogunbambo		Labour	Yes	Martin Power		Reform
Hulme	Lee-Ann Igbon		Labour	Yes	Bernard Ekbery		Green
Levenshulme	Dzidra Noor		Labour	Yes	Fesl Reza-Khan		Green
Longsight	Abid Chohan		Labour	Yes	Asif Ranjha		Green
Miles Platting & Newton Heath	Carmine Grimshaw		Labour	Yes	Tom Lane		Reform
Moss Side	Erinma Bell		Labour	Yes	Thirza Asanga-Rae		Green
Moston	Paula Appleby		Labour	Yes	Blake Fisher		Reform
Northenden	Angela Moran		Labour	Yes	Angela Moran		Labour
Old Moat	Suzannah Reeves		Labour	Yes	Sam Easterby-Smith		Green
Piccadilly	Adele Douglas		Labour	No	Ross Steven		Green
Rusholme	Rabnawaz Akbar		Labour	Yes	Shams Syed		Green
Sharston	Thomas Judge		Labour	No	David McCullough		Reform
Whalley Range	Aftab Razaq		Labour	Yes	Ati Zafar		Green
Withington	Angela Gartside		Labour	Yes	Beth Hartness		Green
Woodhouse Park	Astrid Johnson		Green	Yes	Astrid Johnson		Green

Ward results

\* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election

An asterisk (*) indicates the incumbent councillor.

Ancoats and Beswick

Ancoats and Beswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Hussayn Salem	1,776	42.0	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Allan	1,095	25.9	17.1
	Labour	Irene Robinson*	785	18.5	27.9
	Reform	Elizabeth Drinkwater	498	11.8	New
	Conservative	Saadmun Abdullah	78	1.8	1.6
Majority			681	16.1	N/A
Turnout			4,238	32.3	2.2
Rejected ballots			6	0.1	0.4
Registered electors			13,138
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	31.6

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Alex-Salik Imran	1,607	45.8	37.7
	Labour	Tina Hewitson*	1,128	32.1	46.7
	Reform	Charlie Stott	295	8.4	New
	Workers Party	Saqib Athar	170	4.8	New
	Conservative	Princetta Nicol	161	4.6	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Lynch	119	3.4	0.8
	Communist	Alex Francis-Palmer	30	0.9	New
Majority			479	13.6	N/A
Turnout			3,540	26.9	3.1
Rejected ballots			30	0.8	0.7
Registered electors			13,171
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	42.2

Baguley

Baguley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Sian Astley	1,329	40.9	New
	Labour Co-op	Paul Andrews*	906	27.9	37.7
	Green	Grace Buczkowska	597	18.4	9.7
	Conservative	Luke Berry	245	7.5	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bernie Ryan	122	3.8	1.9
	TUSC	Lynn Worthington	53	1.6	New
Majority			423	13.0	N/A
Turnout			3,266	28.1	6.5
Rejected ballots			14	0.4	1.6
Registered electors			11,623
	Reform gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	39.3

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Steven Hodgkiss	1,198	32.3	New
	Labour	Sue Cooley*	1,190	32.0	28.0
	Green	Amy Bower	767	20.7	9.4
	Conservative	Stephen Carlton-Woods	377	10.2	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martha O'Donoghue	182	4.9	0.6
Majority			8	0.2	N/A
Turnout			3,724	33.5	8.6
Rejected ballots			10	0.3	1.3
Registered electors			11,133
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	30.1

Burnage

Burnage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Asma Alam	2,257	45.8	30.4
	Labour	Murtaza Iqbal*	1,446	29.3	37.5
	Reform	Heather McDonagh	837	17.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Nash-Whitmore	152	3.1	6.5
	Workers Party	Muhammad Tahir	110	2.2	New
	Conservative	Bhupinder Kumar	107	2.2	5.3
	Independent	Tenisha Nantume	24	0.5	New
Majority			811	16.4	N/A
Turnout			4,942	36.2	4.1
Rejected ballots			9	0.2	1.1
Registered electors			13,635
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	34.0

Charlestown

Charlestown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Dylan Evans	1,566	43.6	New
	Labour	Veronica Kirkpatrick*	1,202	33.5	36.4
	Green	Ali Wood	652	18.2	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Turner	172	4.8	1.4
Majority			364	10.1	N/A
Turnout			3,615	29.6	7.2
Rejected ballots			23	0.6	1.9
Registered electors			12,220
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	40.0

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naeem Hassan*	1,398	33.7	49.0
	Green	Brian Candeland	1,090	26.3	19.8
	Independent	Mohammed Ali	943	22.8	New
	Workers Party	Sabeena Khan	323	7.8	New
	Reform	Samuel Jacob	270	6.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Roderick Morrison	121	2.9	0.7
Majority			308	7.4	68.8
Turnout			4,162	29.7	1.8
Rejected ballots			17	0.4	0.7
Registered electors			14,004
	Labour hold		Swing	34.4

Chorlton

Chorlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Chantal Kerr-Sheppard	2,549	45.4	28.5
	Labour	John Hacking*	2,374	42.3	23.2
	Reform	Ian Carter	295	5.3	New
	Liberal Democrats	Rhona Brown	247	4.4	6.3
	Conservative	Jorge Garcia de Bustos	147	2.6	1.3
Majority			175	3.1	N/A
Turnout			5,627	52.5	7.6
Rejected ballots			15	0.3	0.8
Registered electors			10,725
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	25.9

Chorlton Park

Chorlton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Grace Worrall	2,474	40.5	26.5
	Labour Co-op	Joanna Midgley*	2,358	38.6	33.9
	Reform	Lee Dawson	495	8.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Holliss	342	5.6	1.7
	Conservative	Peter Gough	150	2.5	3.1
	Workers Party	Fassah Bibi	259	4.2	New
	SDP	Hamed Aden	24	0.4	New
Majority			116	1.9	N/A
Turnout			6,120	45.8	7.0
Rejected ballots			18	0.3	1.0
Registered electors			13,354
	Green gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	30.2

Clayton and Openshaw

Clayton and Openshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Robinson*	1,308	35.9	35.7
	Green	Sean Duggan	1,013	27.8	16.7
	Reform	Jacob Barlow	996	27.3	New
	Conservative	Ramzi Swaray-Kella	180	4.9	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Zinette Bates	151	4.1	1.5
Majority			295	8.1	52.4
Turnout			3,666	26.6	4.0
Rejected ballots			18	0.5	0.8
Registered electors			13,768
	Labour hold		Swing	26.2

Crumpsall

Crumpsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jawad Amin*	1,425	41.3	31.6
	Green	Robert Pollitt	1,073	31.1	26.0
	Reform	Iftikhar Ahmed	587	17.0	New
	Workers Party	Mini Majid	246	7.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Amaan Hashmi	123	3.6	1.0
Majority			352	10.2	50.3
Turnout			3,475	28.4	0.4
Rejected ballots			21	0.6	0.9
Registered electors			12,221
	Labour hold		Swing	28.8

Deansgate

Deansgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sarah Wakefield	1,380	47.4	34.0
	Labour	Joan Davies*	801	27.5	32.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Bridges	380	13.0	3.9
	Reform	David Bryan	226	7.8	6.1
	Conservative	Daniel Bell	120	4.1	8.0
	SDP	Connor Sanders	5	0.2	New
Majority			579	19.9	N/A
Turnout			2,922	26.7	2.5
Rejected ballots			10	0.3	1.0
Registered electors			10,966
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	33.2

Didsbury East

Didsbury East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andrew Simcock*	2,104	37.2	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Coombe	1,474	26.1	8.2
	Green	Laurence Blackwell-Jones	1,443	25.5	18.8
	Reform	Nigel Greenhalgh	476	8.4	New
	Conservative	Parveen Khan	156	2.8	1.2
Majority			630	11.1	9.2
Turnout			5,676	49.6	6.0
Rejected ballots			23	0.4	0.3
Registered electors			11,446
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	4.6

Didsbury West

Didsbury West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Leech*	2,504	44.2	9.6
	Green	Adam Snape	1,547	27.3	20.6
	Labour	Ben Williams	1,220	21.5	14.8
	Reform	Martin Sykes	342	6.0	New
	Conservative	Barakat Elkhalifa	54	1.0	1.4
Majority			957	16.9	0.6
Turnout			5,675	46.5	1.7
Rejected ballots			8	0.1	0.7
Registered electors			12,203
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	15.1

Fallowfield

Fallowfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sufyaan Jasat	1,328	52.0	37.0
	Labour	Ali Ilyas*	710	27.8	43.2
	Reform	Racheal Burns	293	11.5	New
	Conservative	Luke Barker	105	4.1	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Commons	79	3.1	2.9
	Workers Party	Raluca Khajeh	37	1.4	New
Majority			618	24.2	N/A
Turnout			2,562	25.8	4.6
Rejected ballots			10	0.4	0.9
Registered electors			9,919
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	40.1

Gorton and Abbey Hey

Gorton and Abbey Hey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Chris Ogden	1,489	36.7	29.6
	Labour Co-op	John Hughes*	1,196	29.5	39.4
	Reform	Paul Lajszczak	1,117	27.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Pearcey	169	4.2	9.4
	Conservative	Shahab Raz	87	2.1	7.5
Majority			293	7.2	N/A
Turnout			4,071	27.8	4.4
Rejected ballots			13	0.3	1.4
Registered electors			14,667
	Green gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	34.5

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Godfrey	1,135	37.8	36.2
	Reform	John David	788	26.3	New
	Green	Finn White	735	24.5	16.5
	Conservative	Gareth Brown	210	7.0	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Turner	132	4.4	0.2
Majority			347	11.6	49.5
Turnout			3,012	22.4	2.0
Rejected ballots			12	0.4	1.1
Registered electors			13,476
	Labour hold		Swing	31.2

Higher Blackley

Higher Blackley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Martin Power	1,084	30.9	New
	Labour	Olusegun Ogunbambo*	942	26.9	37.5
	Independent	Dean Booth	710	20.3	New
	Green	Brad Bowes	621	17.7	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Matthews	146	4.2	1.4
Majority			142	4.1	N/A
Turnout			3,517	30.9	8.6
Rejected ballots			14	0.4	0.8
Registered electors			11,393
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	34.2

Hulme

Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Bernard Ekbery	2,059	54.8	39.7
	Labour	Lee-Ann Igbon*	1,257	33.5	38.3
	Reform	Nigel Slack	285	7.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Grayson	156	4.2	2.3
Majority			802	21.3	N/A
Turnout			3,773	29.0	4.2
Rejected ballots			16	0.4	0.9
Registered electors			12,993
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	39.0

Levenshulme

Levenshulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Fesl Reza-Khan	3,073	55.5	42.3
	Labour	Dzidra Noor*	1,052	19.0	45.0
	Workers Party	Muhammad Iqbal	649	11.7	New
	Reform	Christian Sky	378	6.8	New
	Independent	Jeremy Hoad	286	5.2	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Liaqat Ali	68	1.2	4.3
	TUSC	Emma Woods	33	0.6	New
Majority			2,021	36.5	N/A
Turnout			5,565	38.1	0.8
Rejected ballots			26	0.5	0.6
Registered electors			14,599
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	43.6

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Asif Ranjha	2,307	47.4	42.1
	Labour	Abid Chohan*	1,524	31.3	51.9
	Workers Party	Tanvir Marth	460	9.5	New
	Reform	Michael Chahwanda	384	7.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Kobe Bibbon	93	1.9	2.6
	Conservative	Faran Sikandar	83	1.7	4.7
	Communist League	Hugo Wils	12	0.2	New
Majority			783	16.1	N/A
Turnout			4,879	32.5	5.5
Rejected ballots			16	0.3	0.4
Registered electors			15,014
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	47.0

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Tom Lane	1,243	34.3	New
	Labour	Carmine Grimshaw*	1,166	32.2	40.6
	Green	Pascal Checkley	884	24.4	14.7
	Conservative	Adeyemi Ajayi	196	5.4	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Weston	137	3.8	0.9
Majority			77	0.2	N/A
Turnout			3,642	26.7	5.5
Rejected ballots			16	0.4	0.5
Registered electors			13,660
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	37.5

Moss Side

Moss Side

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Thirza Asanga-Rae	2,371	56.5	48.7
	Labour	Erinma Bell*	1,356	32.3	49.7
	Reform	Martin McKinnon	189	4.5	New
	Conservative	Jake Fountain	110	2.6	4.1
	Workers Party	Nadia Dara	108	2.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Williams	65	1.5	1.3
Majority			1,015	24.2	N/A
Turnout			4,223	27.8	0.9
Rejected ballots			24	0.6	0.5
Registered electors			15,185
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	49.2

Moston

Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Blake Fisher	1,683	40.8	New
	Labour	Paula Appleby*	1,498	36.3	32.6
	Green	Diane Kosandiak	753	18.3	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lewis	188	4.6	0.8
Majority			185	4.5	N/A
Turnout			4,146	31.2	6.5
Rejected ballots			24	0.6	1.7
Registered electors			13,296
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	36.7

Northenden

Northenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Moran*	1,465	38.1	27.6
	Reform	Chris Soobhug	1,094	28.5	New
	Green	Tolu Ajayi	851	22.2	9.3
	Conservative	Stephen McHugh	253	6.6	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Clayton	178	4.6	1.3
Majority			371	9.7	40.1
Turnout			3,851	34.3	8.8
Rejected ballots			10	0.3	1.3
Registered electors			11,214
	Labour hold		Swing	28.1

Old Moat

Old Moat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sam Easterby-Smith	1,829	48.6	36.4
	Labour	Suzannah Reeves*	1,189	31.6	40.2
	Reform	Kierin McCorkell	394	10.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Pook	209	5.6	4.1
	Conservative	Sarah Haynes	115	3.1	2.7
	SDP	Sebastian Moore	28	0.7	New
Majority			640	17.0	N/A
Turnout			3,779	34.0	5.9
Rejected ballots			15	0.4	0.6
Registered electors			11,132
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	38.3

Piccadilly

Piccadilly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ross Steven	1,684	50.9	29.9
	Labour Co-op	Fiona Moinuddin	1,030	31.1	28.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kaleem Askar	325	9.8	1.8
	Reform	Peter Beckett	172	5.2	New
	Conservative	Paraic Delahunt	96	2.9	4.9
Majority			654	19.8	N/A
Turnout			3,318	30.8	3.9
Rejected ballots			11	0.3	0.7
Registered electors			10,773
	Green gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	29.0

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Shams Syed	1,919	48.4	New
	Labour	Rabnawaz Akbar*	1,066	26.9	60.0
	Workers Party	Mohhamed Bilal	579	14.6	New
	Reform	Norman Hesketh-Hart	155	3.9	New
	Conservative	Jason McLeod	122	3.1	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Sammons	120	3.0	3.2
Majority			853	21.5	N/A
Turnout			3,974	32.5	2.7
Rejected ballots			13	0.3	0.6
Registered electors			12,211
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	54.2

Sharston

Sharston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David McCullough	1,203	38.2	New
	Labour	Richard Caulfield	1,009	32.1	36.4
	Green	Peter Searby	577	18.3	10.2
	Conservative	Gary Curran	226	7.2	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jones	132	4.2	2.5
Majority			194	6.2	N/A
Turnout			3,161	26.8	5.3
Rejected ballots			14	0.4	1.0
Registered electors			11,786
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	37.3

Whalley Range

Whalley Range

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ati Zafar	2,498	53.9	32.8
	Labour	Aftab Razaq*	1,407	30.3	37.7
	Workers Party	Sameera Ashraf	266	5.7	New
	Reform	Lee Montague-Trenchard	206	4.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Seb Bate	135	2.9	2.2
	Conservative	Andrew Chadwick	124	2.7	2.4
Majority			1,091	23.5	N/A
Turnout			4,653	38.2	3.7
Rejected ballots			17	0.4	0.7
Registered electors			12,188
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	35.3

Withington

Withington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Beth Hartness	1,604	40.8	31.4
	Liberal Democrats	April Preston	1,056	26.9	12.9
	Labour	Angela Gartside*	843	21.5	26.0
	Reform	Charlie Southwood	362	9.2	New
	Conservative	Sarah Garcia de Bustos	64	1.6	1.1
Majority			548	13.9	N/A
Turnout			3,937	36.6	3.4
Rejected ballots			8	0.2	0.6
Registered electors			10,758
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	28.7

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Astrid Johnson*	1,411	46.4	3.3
	Reform	Brian O'Neil	1,015	33.4	New
	Labour	Roger Beattie	438	14.4	28.1
	Conservative	Eric Houghton	91	3.0	2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Coombe	55	1.8	0.1
	Independent	Emily Chomicz	30	1.0	New
Majority			396	13.0	5.8
Turnout			3,049	26.3	3.0
Rejected ballots			9	0.3	0.6
Registered electors			11,580
	Green hold		Swing	18.4

Post-election changes

• In July 2026, Shabaz Sarwar (Longsight), who was elected for the Workers Party in 2024, joined the Labour Party.

Burnage

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor and Leader of Manchester City Council Bev Craig, following her election as Mayor of Greater Manchester.

Burnage by-election, 10th September 2026

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Austin-Behan	1,365	42.1	11.1
	Green	Daoud Nawaz	1,037	32.0	12.8
	Workers Party	Gaz Ranjha	466	14.4	2.3
	Reform	Heather McDonagh	315	9.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Abdullah Vavdiwala	31	1.0	4.0
	Conservative	Bhupinder Kumar	27	0.8	3.8
Majority			328	10.1	23.9
Rejected ballots			13	0.4	0.2
Turnout			3,254	23.6	12.6
Registered electors			13,815
	Labour hold		Swing	12.0

Harpurhey

The by-election was triggered by the death of Labour councillor Pat Karney.

The by-election will be held on 26 November 2026, with the list of candidates to be published on 2 November 2026.

Harpurhey by-election: 26 November 2026

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Ian Carter
	Green	Sean Duggan
	Independent	Declan Gleeson
	Restore	James Harvie
	Conservative	Sarah Haynes
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Matthews
	Labour	Abdul Sarfraz
Majority
Turnout
			Swing