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Local Election Results 2003

Manchester

IPLP = Independent Progressive Labour Party

Other results for Manchester: 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
By-elections for Manchester (may be incomplete): 13th June 2002 (Benchill) — 19th October 2006 (Gorton S.) — 14th June 2007 (Charlestown) — 29th January 2009 (Didsbury W.) — 4th November 2010 (Hulme) — 20th January 2011 (Baguley) — 15th November 2012 (Ardwick) — 10th October 2013 (Ancoats & Clayton) — 5th December 2013 (Ancoats & Clayton) — 18th February 2016 (Higher Blackley) — 4th May 2017 (Rusholme) — 27th July 2017 (Fallowfield) — 27th February 2020 (Clayton & Openshaw) — 18th November 2021 (Chorlton) — 3rd February 2022 (Ancoats & Beswick) — 7th September 2023 (Brooklands)

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Click here for more Manchester results, collected by John Swarbrick.


Consolidated results — Manchester 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 31296 44.8% 21
Liberal Democrat 25261 36.2% 12
Conservative 6951 10.0% 0
Green Party 4528 6.5% 1
Independent Progressive Labour Party 781 1.1% 0
Socialist Alliance 677 1.0% 0
British National Party 219 0.3% 0
Independent 82 0.1% 0

Ardwick

Bernard Priest Lab 806 66.1%
Ilias Kazantzis LD 202 16.6%
Hannah Berry Grn 109 8.9%
Raymond Wattanbach C 102 8.4%

Baguley

Edward McCulley Lab 905 60.1%
Christopher Barlow C 324 21.5%
Mary Gallagher LD 210 13.9%
Gareth Pittam Grn 67 4.4%

Barlow Moor

Neil Trafford LD 1376 59.9%
Beth Morgan Lab 621 27.0%
James Sharman C 143 6.2%
John Cummings Grn 80 3.5%
Beth Aze SocAll 77 3.4%

Benchill

Tony Cross Lab 592 70.4%
Richard Unwin Lab 564
William Fisher LD 102 12.1%
Joyce Kaye C 85 10.1%
Carol Roberts C 82
Richard Vann LD 67
Peter Powell Grn 62 7.4%
Stephen Walford Grn 50

Beswick and Clayton

Michael Carmody Lab 883 49.9%
Elaine Boyes LD 748 42.3%
Christine Birchenough C 66 3.7%
Fred Bates IPLP 41 2.3%
Susan Fairweather Grn 31 1.8%

Blackley

Anna Trotman Lab 1166 68.8%
Carol Connell LD 248 14.6%
Gerard Hopkins C 207 12.2%
Robin Goater Grn 75 4.4%

Bradford

John Longsden Lab 989 61.7%
Peter Fairhurst LD 518 32.3%
Brian Birchenough C 66 4.1%
Elvis Presley Grn 30 1.9%

Brooklands

Susan Murphy Lab 957 50.7%
Jane Percival C 562 29.8%
John Ellis LD 228 12.1%
Birgit Vollm Grn 76 4.0%
Honor Donnelly Ind 66 3.5%

Burnage

John Cameron LD 1758 60.8%
Michael Green Lab 914 31.6%
Peter Schofield C 142 4.9%
Michael Shaw Grn 79 2.7%

Central

Peter Rothery LD 1041 49.9%
Richy Carrothers Lab 836 40.1%
Nicholas Davis C 108 5.2%
Steven Durrant Grn 91 4.4%
Derek Froggatt IPLP 11 0.5%

Charlestown

Eric Hobin Lab 1043 54.1%
Rodney Isherwood LD 498 25.8%
Marilyn Hopkins C 302 15.7%
Mark Gilbert Grn 84 4.4%

Cheetham

Qassim Afzal LD 1522 49.4%
Imran Rizvi Lab 1305 42.4%
Adrian Glasspole C 143 4.6%
Charlotte Daws Grn 110 3.6%

Chorlton

Sheila Newman Lab 1288 39.3%
Howard Totty LD 770 23.5%
Giles Campbell C 487 14.9%
Michael Daw Grn 470 14.3%
Heather Rose SocAll 263 8.0%

Crumpsall

Con Keegan Lab 1323 57.0%
David Gordon LD 477 20.6%
Garvan Walshe C 350 15.1%
Joseph Richardson Grn 158 6.8%
Karen Reissmann SocAll 12 0.5%

Didsbury

David Sandiford LD 2116 51.8%
Geoffrey Bridson Lab 1257 30.8%
Peter Hilton C 491 12.0%
Kathryn Brownbridge Grn 223 5.5%

Fallowfield

Bernice Reid Lab 853 48.3%
John-Paul Wilkins LD 494 28.0%
William Langton C 239 13.5%
Bruce Bingham Grn 180 10.2%

Gorton North

Jacqueline Pearcey LD 1155 50.7%
Allan Grafton Lab 842 36.9%
Lisa-Ann Boardman C 223 9.8%
Victoria Bodgers Grn 60 2.6%

Gorton South

James Ashley LD 1242 61.2%
Martin Rathfelder Lab 630 31.0%
Penelope Collins Grn 93 4.6%
Rosemary Bishop C 65 3.2%

Harpurhey

Paul Fairweather Lab 835 67.8%
Rob Brettle LD 222 18.0%
Sebastian Chowdhury C 129 10.5%
Darren Milton Grn 45 3.7%

Hulme

Vanessa Hall Grn 678 43.3%
John Flanagan Lab 667 42.6%
Andrew Turvey LD 160 10.2%
Vincent Pierce C 45 2.9%
Charles Lyn-Lloyd Ind 16 1.0%

Levenshulme

David Hennigan LD 1625 60.8%
Mike Amesbury Lab 667 25.0%
Sean Hughes Grn 153 5.7%
Ann Hodkinson C 128 4.8%
Sabrina Nutter SocAll 100 3.7%

Lightbowne

Paul Murphy Lab 1177 70.5%
Stephen Allen LD 213 12.8%
Howard Varney C 198 11.9%
Matthew Payne Grn 82 4.9%

Longsight

Liaqat Ali LD 1152 44.6%
Sajjad Hussain Lab 1000 38.7%
Spencer Fitz-Gibbon Grn 255 9.9%
Karen Abbad C 177 6.8%

Moss Side

Locita Brandy Lab 1182 72.4%
Shirley Inniss LD 234 14.3%
Joyce Haycock C 116 7.1%
Brian Sheedy Grn 101 6.2%

Moston

Henry Cooper Lab 1366 62.7%
Gerald Freeman-Goldberger C 507 23.3%
Kevin Morley LD 198 9.1%
Barry McAtarsney Grn 109 5.0%

Newton Heath

Richard Wilson Lab 774 38.7%
Damien O'Connor IPLP 729 36.5%
Derek Adams BNP 219 11.0%
Albert Walsh C 162 8.1%
Derrick Mellor LD 71 3.6%
Rachel Harper Grn 44 2.2%

Northenden

Michael Kane Lab 1112 57.7%
Ralph Ellerton C 359 18.6%
Marguerite Goldsmith LD 285 14.8%
Lance Crookes Grn 171 8.9%

Old Moat

Jeffrey Smith Lab 1322 46.5%
Yasmin Zalzala LD 1141 40.2%
Brian Candleland Grn 209 7.4%
Gary Kaye C 169 5.9%

Rusholme

Lynne Williams LD 1850 64.8%
Zafar Mir Lab 722 25.3%
Barbara Goodall C 138 4.8%
Mary Ainslie SocAll 76 2.7%
Christopher Middleton Grn 69 2.4%

Sharston

Joyce Keller Lab 755 65.3%
John Kenny C 171 14.8%
David Kierman LD 161 13.9%
Richard Gee Grn 70 6.1%

Whalley Range

John Grant LD 1491 49.1%
Christopher Paul Lab 1024 33.7%
Mary Candleland Grn 276 9.1%
Richard West C 248 8.2%

Withington

Brendon Jones LD 1621 61.6%
Gerald Collier Lab 593 22.5%
Rachel Green SocAll 149 5.7%
Stuart Penketh C 145 5.5%
Bushra Hussain Grn 125 4.7%

Woodhouse Park

Brian O'Neil Lab 890 71.8%
Ruby Raynor C 154 12.4%
John Reyes LD 132 10.7%
Clifford Saffer Grn 63 5.1%

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