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 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.[1]
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
| Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberals | Independent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberals/Liberal Democrats | Greens | Independent | Workers | Reform 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 | |||||||
By-election results
See also
- Category:Councillors in Manchester – list of councillors serving on Manchester City Council
- Politics in Manchester
References
- ^ No. 1068. 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2022.