MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL

'Manchester City Council' is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. It is made up of 96 councillors, three for each of the 32 wards. Currently the council is controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Sir Richard Leese.

Contents

History

Political makeup

Wards

Leaders

Sources

External links

History

Manchester was incorporated in 1838 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 as the 'Corporation of Manchester' or 'Manchester Corporation'. It achieved city status in 1853, only the second such grant since the Reformation. Under the Local Government Act 1972 the council was reconstituted as a metropolitan borough council.

Political makeup

Elections are usually by thirds (a third of the seats elected, three years in every four), although the 2004 elections, due to boundary changes, saw all seats contested.

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Green Party	Independent	Notes
2007	61	34	1	0
2006	62	33	1	0	Angela Gallagher defected from the Lib Dems to the Labour Party
2004	57	38	1	0
2003	71	27	1	0
2002	75	22	0	1	1 vacant
2000	78	21	0	0
1999	82	17	0	0

The council has been controlled by the Labour Party since its reconstitution in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.

Wards

★ Ancoats and Clayton

★ Ardwick

★ Baguley

★ Bradford

★ Brooklands

★ Burnage

★ Charlestown

★ Cheetham

★ Chorlton

★ Chorlton Park

★ City Centre

★ Crumpsall

★ Didsbury East

★ Didsbury West

★ Fallowfield

★ Gorton North

★ Gorton South

★ Harpurhey

★ Higher Blackley

★ Hulme

★ Levenshulme

★ Longsight

★ Miles Platting & Newton Heath

★ Moss Side

★ Moston

★ Northenden

★ Old Moat

★ Rusholme

★ Sharston

★ Whalley Range

★ Withington

★ Woodhouse Park

Leaders

★ Graham Stringer (?)

★ Sir Richard Leese (-?)

Sources

★ http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/types/local/

★ http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/144.stm

External links

★ Manchester City Council