Manchester City Council elections

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 (known as Manchester Corporation until 1974) 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.

Council elections

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.

County Borough

YearLabourConservativeLiberalsIndependent 1909 11 71 44 14 1910 1911 1912 17 73 43 6 1913 16 71 45 7 1914 1919 36 60 42 2 1920 31 67 40 2 1921 30 72 33 5 1922 26 76 33 5 1923 28 78 32 2 1924 32 72 31 5 1925 34 74 28 4 1926 41 68 27 4 1927 45 66 25 3 1928 47 61 28 4 1929 51 54 30 5 1930 51 59 27 3 1931 43 70 28 2 1932 38 74 28 3 1933 40 74 27 3 1934 47 63 30 4 1935 52 62 27 3 1936 52 62 25 3 1937 52 64 22 6 1938 52 67 19 6 1945 69 58 15 1 1946 79 55 10 0 1947 71 54 9 0 1949 64 72 8 0 1950 62 76 6 0 1951 61 77 6 0 1952 70 68 6 0 1953 74 66 4 0 1954 86 60 4 0 1955 85 63 4 0 1956 87 62 3 0 1957 89 60 3 0 1958 95 54 3 0 1959 92 57 3 0 1960 84 65 3 0 1961 79 69 4 0 1962 80 64 8 0 1963 89 54 9 0 1964 96 48 8 0 1965 90 58 4 0 1966 87 61 3 0 1967 73 78 1 0 1968 61 91 0 0 1969 53 99 0 0 1970 66 86 0 0 1971 107 25 0 0 1972 101 31 0 0

Metropolitan Borough

YearLabourConservativeLiberals/Liberal DemocratsGreensIndependentWorkersReform UK 1973 59 40 0 0 0 0 0 1975 54 45 0 0 0 0 0 1976 54 45 0 0 0 0 0 1978 53 46 0 0 0 0 0 1979 63 33 3 0 0 0 0 1980 72 23 4 0 0 0 0 1982 69 26 4 0 0 0 0 1983 72 22 5 0 0 0 0 1984 79 14 6 0 0 0 0 1986 86 7 6 0 0 0 0 1987 77 13 9 0 0 0 0 1988 78 12 9 0 0 0 0 1990 78 12 9 0 0 0 0 1991 85 5 9 0 0 0 0 1992 80 5 12 0 2 0 0 1994 79 4 15 0 1 0 0 1995 83 2 14 0 0 0 0 1996 84 0 15 0 0 0 0 1998 84 0 15 0 0 0 0 1999 80 0 19 0 0 0 0 2000 78 0 21 0 0 0 0 2002 76 0 22 0 1 0 0 2003 71 0 27 1 0 0 0 2004 57 0 38 1 0 0 0 2006 61 0 34 1 0 0 0 2007 60 0 35 1 0 0 0 2008 61 1 34 0 0 0 0 2010 62 1 33 0 0 0 0 2011 75 0 20 0 1 0 0 2012 86 0 9 0 1 0 0 2014 95 0 0 0 1 0 0 2015 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 2018 94 0 2 0 0 0 0 2019 93 0 3 0 0 0 0 2021 94 0 1 1 0 0 0 2022 92 0 2 2 0 0 0 2023 88 0 4 4 0 0 0 2024 87 0 4 3 1 1 0 2026 63 0 4 21 0 1 7

Borough result maps

By-election results

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning partyBeswick by-election27 June 1974 Blackley by-election Harpurhey by-election25 July 1974 Withington by-election16 November 1978 Gorton South by-election25 September 1980 Blackley by-election2 April 1981 Old Moat by-election9 July 1981 Moston by-election27 July 1995 Hulme by-election2 May 1997 Old Moat by-election Cheetham by-election24 September 1998 Benchill by-election10 June 1999 Central by-election26 August 1999 Baguley by-election25 January 2001 Beswick and Clayton by-election10 June 2001 Sharston by-election Whalley Range by-election Benchill by-election13 June 2002 Gorton South by-election19 October 2006 Charlestown by-election14 June 2007 Didsbury West by-election29 January 2009 Moston by-election29 January 2009 Hulme by-election4 November 2010 Baguley by-election20 January 2011 Ardwick by-election15 November 2012 Ancoats and Clayton by-election10 October 2013 Ancoats and Clayton by-election5 December 2013 Higher Blackley by-election18 February 2016 Rusholme by-election4 May 2017 Fallowfield by-election27 July 2017 Clayton & Openshaw by-election27 February 2020 Chorlton by-election18 November 2021 Ancoats & Beswick by-election3 February 2022 Brooklands by-election26 July 2023 Baguley by-election5 September 2024 Woodhouse Park by-election25 September 2025 Burnage by-election10 September 2026

Manchester City Council elections

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