title: Ancoats and Clayton
text: # Ancoats and Clayton
  
  Ancoats and Clayton was an electoral district or ward in the north of the City of Manchester in North West England. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 16,141. It includes the Ancoats and Clayton districts and part of the Northern Quarter. Under boundary changes by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) the ward was abolished and replaced with the new electoral wards Ancoats and Beswick, Clayton and Openshaw, and Piccadilly from May 2018.
  
  ## Governance
  
  Voters from the ward elected three councillors to Manchester City Council.
  
  ### Councillors
  
  | Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2004 | Jim Battle (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Mike Carmody (Lab) |
  | 2006 | Jim Battle (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Mike Carmody (Lab) |
  | 2007 | Jim Battle (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Mike Carmody (Lab) |
  | 2008 | Jim Battle (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Mike Carmody (Lab) |
  | 2010 | Jim Battle (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Mike Carmody (Lab) |
  | 2011 | Jim Battle (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Mike Carmody (Lab) |
  | 2012 | Jim Battle (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Mike Carmody (Lab) |
  | By-election 10 October 2013 | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Mike Carmody (Lab) |
  | By-election 5 December 2013 | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Ollie Manco (Lab) |
  | 2014 | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Ollie Manco (Lab) |
  | 2015 | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Ollie Manco (Lab) |
  | 2016 | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Mick Loughman (Lab) | Ollie Manco (Lab) |
  | 2018 | Ward abolished | Ward abolished | Ward abolished |
  
  indicates seat up for re-election.  indicates seat won in by-election.  indicates ward abolished and replaced with Ancoats and Beswick, Clayton and Openshaw and Piccadilly.
  
  