Didsbury West (ward)
Didsbury West is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England.[2] It is represented in Westminster by Jeff Smith MP for Manchester Withington.[3] The 2011 Census recorded a population of 12,455.[1]
Didsbury West (Manchester) | |
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![]() Didsbury West electoral ward within Manchester City Council | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
Motto(s): By wisdom and effort | |
Coordinates: 53.4186°N 2.2431°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | North West England |
County | Greater Manchester |
Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
Created | 2004 |
Named for | Didsbury |
Government UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Withington | |
• Type | Unicameral |
• Body | Manchester City Council |
• Leader of the council | Richard Leese (Labour) |
• Councillor | Greg Stanton (Labour) |
• Councillor | Richard Kilpatrick (Liberal Democrats) |
• Councillor | John Leech (Liberal Democrats) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,455 |
Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1] |
Councillors
Three councillors serve the ward:
- John Leech (Lib Dem)[4]
- Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem)[5]
- Greg Stanton (Labour)[6]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2004 | Simon Wheale (Lib Dem) | Neil Trafford (Lib Dem) | Graham Shaw (Lib Dem) | |||
2006 | Richard Clayton (Lib Dem) | Neil Trafford (Lib Dem) | Graham Shaw (Lib Dem) | |||
2007 | Richard Clayton (Lib Dem) | Neil Trafford (Lib Dem) | Graham Shaw (Lib Dem) | |||
2008 | Richard Clayton (Lib Dem) | Neil Trafford (Lib Dem) | Graham Shaw (Lib Dem) | |||
By-election 29 January 2009[7][8] |
Richard Clayton (Lib Dem) | Lianne Williams (Lib Dem) | Graham Shaw (Lib Dem) | |||
2010 | Mark Clayton (Lib Dem) | Lianne Williams (Lib Dem) | Graham Shaw (Lib Dem) | |||
2011 | Mark Clayton (Lib Dem) | David Ellison (Lab) | Graham Shaw (Lib Dem) | |||
2012 | Mark Clayton (Lib Dem) | David Ellison (Lab) | Carl Ollerhead (Lab) | |||
2014 | Josie Teubler (Lab) | David Ellison (Lab) | Carl Ollerhead (Lab) | |||
2015 | Josie Teubler (Lab) | David Ellison (Lab) | Carl Ollerhead (Lab) | |||
2016 | Josie Teubler (Lab) | David Ellison (Lab) | John Leech (Lib Dem) | |||
2018 | David Ellison (Lab) | Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem) | John Leech (Lib Dem) | |||
2019 | Greg Stanton (Lib Dem) | Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem) | John Leech (Lib Dem) | |||
2020 | Greg Stanton (Lab) | Richard Kilpatrick (Lib Dem) | John Leech (Lib Dem) |
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election. indicates councillor changed party.
Elections in the 2010s
* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
May 2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Greg Stanton | 2,214 | 50.2% | ![]() | |
Labour | David Ellison* | 1,490 | 33.8% | ![]() | |
Green | Arnold Spencer | 430 | 9.8% | ![]() | |
Conservative | Anjenarra Haque | 170 | 3.9% | ![]() | |
Women's Equality | Sarika Paul | 85 | 1.9% | N/A | |
Majority | 724 | 16.4% | |||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.73% | |||
Turnout | 4,407 | 37.60% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 11,717 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
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May 2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Leech* | 2,524 | 55.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Kilpatrick | 1,994 | 43.6 | ||
Labour | David Ellison* | 1,899 | 41.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Greg Stanton | 1,878 | 41.1 | ||
Labour | Laura Wright | 1,781 | 39.0 | ||
Labour | Peter Cookson | 1,567 | 34.3 | ||
Green | Arnold Spencer | 587 | 12.8 | ||
Conservative | Connor Walsh | 275 | 6.0 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Beach | 271 | 5.9 | ||
Conservative | Xin Shi | 206 | 4.5 | ||
Majority | 21 | ||||
Turnout | 4,571 | 47.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidates | Seats Won | Votes | Vote % | |
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Liberal Democrats || 3 || 2 || 6,396 || 49.27 | |||||
Labour || 3 || 1 || 5,247 || 40.42 | |||||
Conservative || 3 || 0 || 752 || 5.79 | |||||
Green || 1 || 0 || 587 || 4.52 |
May 2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Leech | 2,295 | 52.61 | +24.5% | |
Labour | Barnaby Edward Lane | 1,593 | 36.52 | -7.5% | |
Green | Arnold James Spencer | 244 | 5.59 | -6% | |
Conservative | Max Dowling | 161 | 3.69 | -12% | |
UKIP | Robert Gutenfreund-Walmsley | 69 | 1.58 | -2% | |
Majority | 702 | 16.09 | |||
Turnout | 4,362 | 44.40 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 16.2% | |||
- Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years and provided Manchester with its first opposition for two years.
May 2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dave Ellison* | 2,813 | 40.0 | -4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Ashley | 2,003 | 28.5 | -2.2 | |
Conservative | David Semple | 1,053 | 15.0 | +1.1 | |
Green | Arnold James Spencer | 886 | 12.6 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 228 | 3.2 | N/A | |
TUSC | Alex Longworth-Dunbar | 52 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 810 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 7,035 | 67.0 | +30.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Josie Teubler | 1,457 | 46.27 | +14.12 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Clayton | 1,295 | 41.12 | -9.07 | |
Green | Glen Marsden | 592 | 15.82 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Robert Semple | 397 | 12.61 | -5.05 | |
Majority | 162 | 4.33 | |||
Turnout | 3,741 | 36 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
May 2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carl Ollerhead | 1,393 | 47.5 | +24.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Shaw* | 909 | 31.0 | -16.2 | |
Green | Gareth Price-Thomas | 317 | 10.8 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Dola Miah | 246 | 8.4 | -8.2 | |
Democracy First | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 69 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 484 | 16 | |||
Turnout | 2934 | 27.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
May 2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Ellison | 1,686 | 44.2 | +19.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Whittall | 1,172 | 30.7 | -15.0 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Millard | 530 | 13.9 | -0.4 | |
Green | James Alden | 424 | 11.1 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 514 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,812 | 36.9 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
May 2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Clayton* | 3,088 | 50.2 | +3.0 | |
Labour | David Clive Ellison | 1,978 | 32.2 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | David Michael Bean | 1,086 | 17.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,110 | 18.0 | -6.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,152 | 61.4 | +33.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Elections in 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Graham Shaw* | 1,283 | 47.2 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Jenny Lennox | 620 | 22.8 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | David Bean | 451 | 16.6 | +2.3 | |
Green | James Alden | 281 | 10.3 | -3.1 | |
UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 81 | 3.0 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 663 | 24.4 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,716 | 27.8 | -1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Neil Trafford* | 1,328 | 45.7 | +2.8 | |
Labour | David Ellison | 712 | 24.5 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Caddick | 414 | 14.3 | -3.2 | |
Green | James Alden | 389 | 13.4 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 61 | 2.1 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 616 | 21.2 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,904 | 29.2 | +1.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Mark Clayton | 1,189 | 42.9 | +0.1 | |
Labour | David Clive Ellison | 692 | 25.0 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Peter Girvan Hilton | 485 | 17.5 | +2.3 | |
Green | George Stanislaw Czernuszka | 329 | 11.9 | -4.2 | |
UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 76 | 2.7 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 497 | 17.9 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,771 | 28.0 | -8.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Graham Shaw | 1,565 | 42.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Trafford* | 1,515 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Wheale* | 1,476 | |||
Labour | Brendan Turner | 745 | 20.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Emily Lomax | 706 | |||
Labour | Peter Copping | 627 | |||
Green | Richard Gee | 589 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Green | Robina-Ella Davies | 578 | |||
Conservative | Peter Hilton | 554 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sean Ell | 503 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Smith | 466 | |||
Green | Clifford Saffer | 443 | |||
UKIP | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 205 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 731 | 22.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,658 | 36.4 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
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