Charlestown, Manchester

Charlestown is a ward in the suburban north of the city of Manchester, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 14,332.[1] Voters from this ward elect three councillors to Manchester City Council.

Charlestown
Electoral ward
Charlestown electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
By wisdom and effort
Coordinates: 53.5262°N 2.1977°W / 53.5262; -2.1977
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionNorth West
CountyGreater Manchester
Metropolitan boroughManchester
CreatedMay 1973
Named forCharlestown, Manchester
Government
 • TypeUnicameral
 • BodyManchester City Council
 • Leader of the councilRichard Leese (Labour)
 • CouncillorBasil Curley (Labour)
 • CouncillorHannah Priest (Labour)
 • CouncillorVeronica Kirkpatrick (Labour)
Population
 • Total14,332
UK Parliamentary ConstituencyBlackley and Broughton
Member of ParliamentGraham Stringer
UK Parliamentary ConstituencyManchester Central
Member of ParliamentLucy Powell
Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1]

The Ward lies mostly within the lower part of the suburb of Blackley, with Blackley Golf club acting as the ward boundary. Different parts of this ward are represented by different MPs following boundary changes in 2018; the majority of the ward is part of the Blackley and Broughton constituency but a small portion (in Moston) is part of the Manchester Central constituency.

Councillors

Three councillors serve the ward: Basil Curley (Lab),[2] Hannah Priest (Lab),[3] and Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab),[4]

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Eric Hobin (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Mark Hackett (Lab)
2006 Eric Hobin (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Mark Hackett (Lab)
2007 Eric Hobin (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Mark Hackett (Lab)
By-election
14 June 2007[5][6]		 Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Mark Hackett (Lab)
2008 Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Mark Hackett (Lab)
2010 Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Mark Hackett (Lab)
2011 Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Mark Hackett (Lab)
2012 Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Mark Hackett (Lab)
2014 Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Mark Hackett (Lab)
2015 Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Mark Hackett (Lab)
2016 Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Hannah Priest (Lab)
2018 Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Hannah Priest (Lab)
2019 Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab) Basil Curley (Lab) Hannah Priest (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat won in by-election.

Elections in 2010s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

May 2019
2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Basil Curley* 1,387 52.8% 3.2%
Independent Anthony Brennan 415 15.8% 2.1%
UKIP Stephen O'Neill 387 14.7% n/a
Conservative Charalampos Kagkouras 180 6.8% 6.8%
Green Astrid Johnson 159 6.0% 3.9%
Liberal Democrats Charles Turner 88 3.3% 3.0%
Majority 972 37.0% 0.9%
Rejected ballots 13 0.49%
Turnout 2,629 22.25% 0.8%
Registered electors 11,817
Labour hold Swing 0.55%

May 2018
2018[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Kirkpatrick* 1,769 64.8
Labour Hannah Priest* 1,541 56.4
Labour Basil Curley* 1,531 56.0
Independent Anthony Brennan 489 17.9
Conservative Peter Schofield 433 15.8
Conservative Daniel Somers 358 13.1
Conservative Michael Shupac 326 11.9
Green Astrid Johnson 271 9.9
Liberal Democrats Charles Turner 172 6.3
Majority
Turnout 2,732 23.1
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

May 2016
2016[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hannah Kate Priest 1,671 59.38
UKIP Neil Caradoc Griffiths 770 27.36
Conservative Nicholas David St John Savage 204 7.25
Green Astrid Johnson 92 3.27
Liberal Democrats Charles William Turner 77 2.74
Majority 901 32.02
Turnout 2,814 27.75
Labour hold Swing

May 2015
2015[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Basil Curley* 3,053 56.4 -14.6
UKIP Neil Caradoc Griffiths 1,464 27.1 N/A
Conservative Joshua John Lelliott 549 10.1 -2.4
Green Astrid Johnson 178 3.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats William David Fisher 112 2.1 -2.3
TUSC Alex Wogan 54 1.0 N/A
Majority 1,589 29.3
Turnout 5,410 52.4 +22.0
Labour hold Swing

May 2014
2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Kirkpatrick 1,741 54.65 +0.05
UKIP Neil Griffiths 1,030 32.33 N/A
Conservative Will Stobart 203 14.5 -8.13
Liberal Democrats Martina Anne Dunican 65 2.04 -10.96
Majority 711 23.4
Turnout 3,039 30.45
Labour hold Swing

May 2012
2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hackett* 1,955 75.3 +29.3
Conservative Tom Archer 292 11.2 -3.5
Green Chris Hyland 252 9.7 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Joanne Taylor 98 3.8 -2.4
Majority 1,663 64
Turnout 2,597 25.36
Labour hold Swing

May 2011
2011[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Basil Curley* 2,196 71.0 +12.0
Conservative Ellen Daniels 387 12.5 -3.5
BNP Stephen Moran 374 12.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Ruddick 137 4.4 -5.9
Majority 1,809 58.5
Turnout 3,094 30.4
Labour hold Swing

May 2010
2010[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Kirkpatrick* 2,828 54.6 +8.6
BNP Stephen Moran 802 15.5 -8.3
Conservative Philip Steven Donohue 749 14.5 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hardwick-Moss 673 13.0 +6.8
Green Michael Prior 127 2.5 -3.9
Majority 2,026 39.1 +16.9
Turnout 5179 51.2 +21.4
Labour hold Swing +8.4

Elections in 2000s
2008[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hackett* 1,328 46.0 -13.0
BNP Stephen Moran 687 23.8 +23.8
Conservative Gareth Brown 425 14.7 -1.3
Green Michael Prior 186 6.4 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Reynolds-Cocroft 178 6.2 -4.1
UKIP Catherine Ritchie 84 2.9 -6.2
Majority 641 22.2 -20.7
Turnout 2,888 29.8 +2.0
Labour hold Swing -18.4
2007[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Basil Curley* 1,542 59.0 +4.7
Conservative Kim Glasspole 419 16.0 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Ann Rodgers 268 10.3 -2.9
UKIP Andrea Ritchie 238 9.1 -2.7
Green Helen Dolan 148 5.7 -0.3
Majority 1,123 42.9 +3.3
Turnout 2,615 27.8 -1.4
Labour hold Swing +1.7
2006[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Hobin* 1,435 54.3 -4.8
Conservative Vivienne Inez Clarke 388 14.7 -1.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Rodgers 348 13.2 -11.5
UKIP Catherine Andrea Ritchie 312 11.8 +11.8
Green Helen Sarah Dolan 159 6.0 +6.0
Majority 1,047 39.6 +5.2
Turnout 2,642 29.2 -5.2
Labour hold Swing -1.6
2004[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hackett* 1,941 59.1 N/A
Labour Basil Curley* 1,723
Labour Eric Hobin* 1,557
Liberal Democrats Norman Towers 812 24.7 N/A
Conservative Kim Glasspole 531 16.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Winifred Taylor 475
Liberal Democrats Guy Otten 391
Majority 745 34.4 N/A
Turnout 3,284 34.4 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
2003[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Hobin* 1,043 54.1 -6.6
Liberal Democrats Rodney Isherwood 498 25.8 -9.2
Conservative Marilyn Hopkins 302 15.7 +15.7
Green Mark Gilbert 84 4.4 +0.1
Majority 545 28.3 +2.6
Turnout 1,927 22.0 -3.3
Labour hold Swing +1.3
2002[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eugene Curley* 1,363 60.7 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Rodney Isherwood 786 35.0 -2.3
Green Claudia French 96 4.3 -1.4
Majority 577 25.7 +6.0
Turnout 2,245 25.3 +5.7
Labour hold Swing +3.0
2000[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hackett* 924 57.0 -4.9
Liberal Democrats Rodney Isherwood 605 37.3 +12.2
Green Claudia French 92 5.7 +5.7
Majority 319 19.7 -17.2
Turnout 1,621 19.6 +0.4
Labour hold Swing -8.5

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