title: 2008 Manchester City Council election
text: # 2008 Manchester City Council election
  
  Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election - every ward of the city returned one councillor at this election out of the three councillors a ward in the city has.
  
  Four national political parties - the Conservative Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Green Party - each stood a candidate in every ward in this election. There were candidates from other political parties standing in some of the wards, but there were no independent candidates standing for election this year in the city.
  
  The Labour party retained overall control of the council. The Green party lost their only seat in Hulme to Labour, and the Conservatives failed to gain their first elected councillor, though became the third party on the council due to having one councillor through an earlier defection. The Liberal Democrats, who had suffered two defections since the last election - firstly the aforementioned Tory defection, and another to Labour - gained two councillors (in Miles Platting & Newton Heath and Northenden) but lost one (in Longsight) to Labour.
  
  Voting took place between 7am and 10pm on Thursday 1 May 2008 and counting took place that night at the Town Hall. Overall turnout fell slightly to 27%.
  
  ## Election result
  
  Changes compared to the 2007 election.
  
  Manchester Council Election Result :
  
  | Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
  | | Labour | 19 | | 59.4 | 42 | 61 | 62.5 | 39,300 | 43.0 | 2.4% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 13 | 1 | 40.6 | 21 | 34 | 35.4 | 27,773 | 30.4 | 1.4% |
  | | Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 12,999 | 14.2 | 3.2% |
  | | Green | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,602 | 8.3 | 0.1% |
  | | BNP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,765 | 1.9 | 0.8% |
  | | Respect | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 655 | 0.6 | 0.1% |
  | | Left List | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 612 | 0.6 | n/a |
  | | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 371 | 0.4 | 0.7% |
  | | Socialist Alternative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 295 | 0.3 | |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  Below is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. The winning candidate per ward is in bold.
  
  ### Ancoats and Clayton
  
  Ancoats and Clayton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Mike Carmody* | 1,428 | 59.7 | -4.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Carol Connell | 403 | 16.9 | -3.2 |
  | | Conservative | David Morgan | 334 | 14.0 | +8.3 |
  | | Green | Sophy Hansford | 226 | 9.5 | +3.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,025 | 42.9 | -1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,391 | 23.4 | -1.0 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 | |
  
  ### Ardwick
  
  Ardwick :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Tom O'Callaghan* | 1,180 | 62.1 | +4.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sajjad | 346 | 18.2 | -6.6 |
  | | Conservative | Claire Babington | 221 | 11.6 | +4.3 |
  | | Green | Andrew Speke | 152 | 8.0 | -2.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 836 | 44.0 | +11.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,899 | 17.9 | -3.6 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 | |
  
  ### Baguley
  
  Baguley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour Co-op | Tony Burns* | 1,123 | 46.7 | -5.9 |
  | | Conservative | Nathan Cruddas | 565 | 23.5 | +3.5 |
  | | Socialist Alternative | Lynn Worthington | 295 | 12.3 | +1.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ann Rodgers | 243 | 10.1 | +0.4 |
  | | Green | Lynne Richmond | 179 | 7.4 | +0.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 558 | 23.2 | -9.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,405 | 22.9 | -0.1 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.7 | |
  
  ### Bradford
  
  Bradford :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Neil Swannick* | 1,467 | 67.1 | -3.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Chris Jenkinson | 286 | 13.1 | -0.7 |
  | | Conservative | Rod Keller | 224 | 10.2 | +1.1 |
  | | Green | Andrew Bullen | 209 | 9.6 | +3.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,181 | 54.0 | -3.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,186 | 22.0 | -0.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |
  
  ### Brooklands
  
  Brooklands :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Glynn Evans* | 1,274 | 44.2 | -6.1 |
  | | Conservative | Marie Raynor | 1,106 | 38.4 | +5.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gary Bridges | 362 | 12.6 | +0.8 |
  | | Green | Tamisin MacCarthy-Morrogh | 146 | 5.1 | +0.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 168 | 5.8 | -11.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,882 | 28.6 | -0.5 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.7 | |
  
  ### Burnage
  
  Burnage :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Cameron* | 2,096 | 64.8 | +10.5 |
  | | Labour | Tom Murphy | 768 | 23.7 | -12.3 |
  | | Conservative | Peter Schofield | 228 | 7.1 | +1.3 |
  | | Green | Angela Tibke | 142 | 4.4 | +0.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,328 | 41.1 | +22.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,234 | 31.0 | -1.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +11.4 | |
  
  ### Charlestown
  
  Charlestown :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 641 | 22.2 | -20.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,888 | 29.8 | +2.0 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -18.4 | |
  
  ### Cheetham
  
  Cheetham :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Martin Pagel* | 1,735 | 49.9 | -14.7 |
  | | Conservative | Wajid Ali | 673 | 19.3 | +8.8 |
  | | Respect | Kay Phillips | 502 | 14.4 | +14.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sham Raja | 429 | 12.3 | -3.5 |
  | | Green | Luke Smith | 141 | 4.1 | -5.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,062 | 30.5 | -18.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,480 | 29.2 | -2.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -11.7 | |
  
  ### Chorlton
  
  Chorlton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Sheila Newman* | 2,126 | 45.2 | +4.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Lianne Williams | 1,867 | 39.7 | -1.6 |
  | | Green | Brian Candeland | 448 | 9.5 | -2.8 |
  | | Conservative | David Hopps | 260 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 259 | 5.5 | +4.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,701 | 46.0 | +2.7 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |
  
  ### Chorlton Park
  
  Chorlton Park :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Bernie Ryan | 1,693 | 53.4 | -2.0 |
  | | Labour Co-op | John Hacking | 763 | 24.0 | +0.6 |
  | | Green | Kathryn Brownbridge | 359 | 11.3 | -1.2 |
  | | Conservative | Christopher Green | 358 | 11.3 | +2.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 930 | 29.3 | -2.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,173 | 30.5 | -0.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.3 | |
  
  ### City Centre
  
  City Centre :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Marc Ramsbottom* | 568 | 36.1 | +3.3 |
  | | Labour | Anthony McCaul | 479 | 30.5 | +4.7 |
  | | Conservative | Rob Adlard | 386 | 24.6 | +2.0 |
  | | Green | Peter Birkinshaw | 139 | 8.8 | -2.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | 5.7 | -1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,572 | 15.0 | -1.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.7 | |
  
  ### Crumpsall
  
  Crumpsall :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Richard Leese* | 1,773 | 56.5 | -3.6 |
  | | Conservative | Kim Glasspole | 597 | 19.0 | +0.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rashid Shahbaz | 354 | 11.3 | -1.8 |
  | | Green | Eithne Quinn | 208 | 6.6 | -1.7 |
  | | UKIP | Bob Willescroft | 206 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,176 | 37.5 | -4.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,138 | 30.0 | +0.1 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 | |
  
  ### Didsbury East
  
  Didsbury East :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Sandiford* | 2,050 | 52.5 | +6.6 |
  | | Labour | Andrew Simcock | 1,053 | 27.0 | -5.2 |
  | | Conservative | Louise Quigley | 492 | 12.6 | -0.4 |
  | | Green | Gerry Gee | 310 | 7.9 | -1.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 997 | 25.5 | +11.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,905 | 38.0 | -1.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +5.9 | |
  
  ### Didsbury West
  
  Didsbury West :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 663 | 24.4 | +3.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,716 | 27.8 | -1.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.6 | |
  
  ### Fallowfield
  
  Fallowfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | David Royle* | 1,178 | 51.4 | -4.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Kas Afzal | 643 | 28.1 | +6.1 |
  | | Conservative | Colin Power | 263 | 11.5 | +0.9 |
  | | Green | Daniel Lee | 207 | 9.0 | -2.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 535 | 23.4 | -10.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,291 | 22.8 | +2.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.3 | |
  
  ### Gorton North
  
  Gorton North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jackie Pearcey* | 1,468 | 48.7 | -3.6 |
  | | Labour | John Hughes | 1,156 | 38.3 | -2.4 |
  | | Conservative | Jane Percival | 242 | 8.0 | +4.2 |
  | | Green | Karl Wardlaw | 150 | 5.0 | +1.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 312 | 10.3 | -1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,016 | 27.5 | -4.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.6 | |
  
  ### Gorton South
  
  Gorton South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Charles Glover* | 1,262 | 42.8 | -9.3 |
  | | Labour | Julie Reid | 1,017 | 34.5 | -3.0 |
  | | Left List | Sue McPherson | 292 | 9.9 | +9.9 |
  | | Conservative | William Clapham | 217 | 7.4 | +3.2 |
  | | Green | Deborah Clarke | 164 | 5.6 | +1.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 | 8.3 | +3.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,952 | 25.2 | -1.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.1 | |
  
  ### Harpurhey
  
  Harpurhey :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Patrick Karney* | 1,475 | 57.3 | -1.6 |
  | | Conservative | Will Palmer | 500 | 19.4 | +7.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Dave Page | 317 | 12.3 | -1.7 |
  | | Green | Katherine Smith | 283 | 11.0 | +5.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 975 | 37.9 | -7.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,575 | 21.1 | +0.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.7 | |
  
  ### Higher Blackley
  
  Higher Blackley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Ken Barnes* | 1,328 | 43.8 | -4.6 |
  | | BNP | Derek Adams | 828 | 27.3 | +3.4 |
  | | Conservative | Vivienne Clarke | 467 | 15.4 | +3.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Lee Walker | 248 | 8.2 | -0.8 |
  | | Green | Michael Daw | 164 | 5.4 | +1.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 500 | 16.5 | -8.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,035 | 30.3 | +0.6 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |
  
  ### Hulme
  
  Hulme :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Emily Lomax | 961 | 42.2 | -7.9 |
  | | Green | Steven Durrant | 911 | 40.0 | +7.4 |
  | | Conservative | Jamie Hutchinson | 215 | 9.4 | +3.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Glenn Hinks | 190 | 8.3 | -2.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 2.2 | -15.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,277 | 21.7 | +0.8 |
  | | Labour gain from Green | Labour gain from Green | Swing | -7.6 | |
  
  ### Levenshulme
  
  Levenshulme :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Keith Whitmore* | 1,530 | 55.7 | +4.5 |
  | | Labour | Quammer Ahmad | 715 | 26.0 | -1.4 |
  | | Green | Justine Hall | 327 | 11.9 | -0.4 |
  | | Conservative | Abbas Khurshid | 175 | 6.4 | -2.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 815 | 29.7 | +5.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,747 | 26.7 | -0.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
  
  ### Longsight
  
  Longsight :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Luthfur Rahman | 2,005 | 61.6 | +14.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Liaqat Ali* | 858 | 26.4 | -21.1 |
  | | Green | Spencer Fitz-Gibbon | 237 | 7.3 | -2.8 |
  | | Conservative | Daniel Valentine | 153 | 4.7 | -0.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,147 | 35.3 | +25.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,253 | 31.4 | +0.0 |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +17.6 | |
  
  ### Miles Platting and Newton Heath
  
  Miles Platting and Newton Heath :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Damien O'Connor | 1,441 | 45.6 | +5.0 |
  | | Labour | Christine Carroll* | 1,256 | 39.5 | -3.1 |
  | | BNP | Joseph Cegla | 250 | 7.9 | -0.3 |
  | | Conservative | Vaseem Valentine | 147 | 4.6 | +0.6 |
  | | Green | Jonathan Mercer | 83 | 2.6 | +0.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 5.8 | +3.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,177 | 31.0 | +0.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +4.0 | |
  
  ### Moss Side
  
  Moss Side :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | William Alistair Cox* | 1,776 | 68.0 | +0.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Zeke Ukairo | 271 | 10.5 | -5.1 |
  | | Green | Nigel Woodcock | 225 | 8.6 | -0.4 |
  | | Conservative | Kashif Ali | 185 | 7.1 | -1.2 |
  | | Respect | Ali Shelmani | 153 | 5.9 | +5.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,505 | 57.7 | +6.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,610 | 24.6 | +0.2 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 | |
  
  ### Moston
  
  Moston :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Paul Murphy* | 1,551 | 49.5 | -6.0 |
  | | Conservative | Gareth Morris | 936 | 29.9 | +9.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Hartley | 398 | 12.7 | +2.8 |
  | | Green | Tom Redford | 246 | 7.9 | +3.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 615 | 19.6 | -15.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,131 | 28.6 | -0.6 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.9 | |
  
  ### Northenden
  
  Northenden :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Martin Eakins | 1,562 | 43.8 | +2.5 |
  | | Labour | Michael Kane* | 1,554 | 43.6 | -1.0 |
  | | Conservative | Sarah Lovell | 293 | 8.2 | -0.3 |
  | | Green | Lance Crookes | 159 | 4.5 | -1.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 | 0.2 | -3.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,568 | 33.7 | +2.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +1.7 | |
  
  ### Old Moat
  
  Old Moat :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Andrew Fender* | 1,391 | 50.5 | -3.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sufiyan Rana | 947 | 34.4 | +5.3 |
  | | Green | Lia Sims | 213 | 7.7 | -1.2 |
  | | Conservative | Paul Lally | 205 | 7.4 | -1.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 444 | 16.1 | -8.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,756 | 26.8 | +1.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.2 | |
  
  ### Rusholme
  
  Rusholme :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Paul Shannon* | 1,090 | 42.7 | +0.4 |
  | | Labour | Atiha Chaudry | 693 | 27.2 | +1.8 |
  | | Left List | Nahella Ashraf | 320 | 12.5 | -5.7 |
  | | Conservative | Dola Miah | 291 | 11.4 | +4.9 |
  | | Green | Penny Collins | 158 | 6.2 | -1.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 397 | 15.6 | -1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,552 | 25.7 | -5.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.7 | |
  
  ### Sharston
  
  Sharston :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour Co-op | Tommy Judge* | 1,115 | 47.2 | -5.3 |
  | | Conservative | Jimmy McCullough | 773 | 32.7 | +7.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Bill Fisher | 274 | 11.6 | -0.7 |
  | | Green | Karen Duffy | 199 | 8.4 | -1.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 | 13.7 | -13.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,361 | 21.1 | -0.7 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.2 | |
  
  ### Whalley Range
  
  Whalley Range :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Grant* | 1,683 | 39.3 | -10.9 |
  | | Labour | Amina Lone | 1,271 | 29.7 | -5.3 |
  | | Conservative | Fawad Hussain | 945 | 22.1 | +17.0 |
  | | Green | Mary Candeland | 381 | 8.9 | -0.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 412 | 9.6 | -5.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,280 | 40.5 | +1.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -8.1 | |
  
  ### Withington
  
  Withington :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Brendon Jones | 1,267 | 57.7 | -3.0 |
  | | Labour | Leif Jerram | 508 | 23.1 | +0.6 |
  | | Green | Felicity Paris | 223 | 10.2 | +0.5 |
  | | Conservative | Zoe Slater | 199 | 9.1 | +2.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 759 | 34.5 | -3.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,197 | 20.6 | -0.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.8 | |
  
  ### Woodhouse Park
  
  Woodhouse Park :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Brian O'Neil* | 1,227 | 60.6 | -4.7 |
  | | Conservative | Stephen Heath | 473 | 23.4 | +5.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Joe Podbylski | 166 | 8.2 | -0.6 |
  | | Green | Jody Bradford | 159 | 7.9 | +0.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 754 | 37.4 | -9.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,018 | 20.8 | -0.4 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.9 | |
  
  ## By-elections between 2008 and 2010
  
  Didsbury West By-Election 29 January 2009 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Lianne Caroline Williams | 1,439 | 55.6 | +8.4 |
  | | Labour | David Clive Ellison | 638 | 24.7 | +1.9 |
  | | Conservative | David Michael Bean | 336 | 13.0 | -3.6 |
  | | Green | Geoff Evans | 173 | 6.7 | -3.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 801 | 31.0 | +6.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,586 | 26.1 | -1.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.2 | |
  
  Moston By-Election 9 April 2009 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Rita Anne Tavernor | 1,353 | 38.7 | -10.8 |
  | | BNP | Derek George Adams | 815 | 23.3 | +23.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Timothy John Hartley | 696 | 19.9 | +7.2 |
  | | Conservative | Phil Donohue | 558 | 16.0 | -13.9 |
  | | Green | Karl Wardlaw | 74 | 2.1 | -5.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 538 | 15.4 | -4.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,586 | 26.1 | -1.7 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -17.0 | |
  