Manchester City Council election results 2026 LIVE

News | 8th May 2026

By samuel jones

Reporting by Habib Shah and Sam Jones

With one ward – Miles Platting & Newton Heath – still awaiting a declared result, the results announced so far show a major breakthrough for the Green Party across Manchester.

Green Party: 18 wins
- Ancoats & Beswick
- Ardwick
- Burnage
- Chorlton
- Chorlton Park
- Deansgate
- Fallowfield
- Gorton & Abbey Hey
- Hulme
- Levenshulme
- Longsight
- Moss Side
- Old Moat
- Piccadilly
- Rusholme
- Whalley Range
- Withington
- Woodhouse Park
Labour / Labour & Co-operative: 6 wins
- Cheetham
- Clayton & Openshaw
- Crumpsall
- Didsbury East
- Harpurhey
- Northenden
Reform UK: 6 wins
- Baguley
- Brooklands
- Charlestown
- Higher Blackley
- Moston
- Sharston
Liberal Democrats: 1 win
- Didsbury West

2.03pm: Fesl Reza-Khan, from The Green Party, was elected in Levenshulme with 3,073 votes.

Meanwhile, Blake Steven Fisher from Reform UK was elected in Moston with 1,683 votes.

The Labour Party, which has been trailing in results, won in Northenden. Angela Jane Moran was elected with 1,465 votes.

1.54pm: The Green Party has elected further candidates in Hulme, Moss Side, Withington, and Woodhouse Park.

Bernard Joseph Ekbery won in Hulme with 2,059 votes. Thirza Amina Asanga-Rae, meanwhile, was elected in 2,371 votes in Moss Side.

Beth Hartness won in Withington with 1,604 votes. Meanwhile, Astrid Johnston was elected in Woodhouse Park with 1,411 votes.

1.40pm: Andrew Simcock from Labour and Co-Operative party has been elected in East Didsbury with 2,104 votes.

1.35pm: David Maurice McCullough, representing Reform UK, has won in Sharston with 1,203 votes. Voter turnout rate was 26.81%.

Meanwhile, Martin Power from Reform UK has won in Higher Blackley with 1,084 votes.

1.30pm: The Green Party candidates continue to be elected.

Chantal Lyn Kerr-Sheppard has won Chorlton with 2,549 votes. Turnout rate was 52.47%, amongst the highest in Greater Manchester area, signalling Green’s strong performance.

Grace Worrall, also from The Green Party, is elected in Chorlton Park, winning 2,474 votes.

1.25pm: The Labour Party, which has seen losses in key areas, has managed to win Cheetham and Harpurhey.

Naeem Hassan has been elected in Cheetham with 1,398 votes, amidst a 29.72% voter turnout rate. Meanwhile, David Godfrey has won in Harpurhey with 1,135 votes. Additionally, Jawad Amin from Labour has also won Crumpsall with 1,425 votes.

1.19pm: Longsight has elected Asif Iqbal Ranjha 2,307 votes. Estimated turnout rate was 32.5%.

1.08pm: Piccadilly has elected Ross Steven with 1,684 votes, amidst a 30.77% turnout rate.

Meanwhile, Ati Zafar from The Green Party has been elected in Whalley Range with 2,498 votes amidst a 38.19% voter turnout.

1.01pm: Green Party candidates are being elected across the councils.

Ancoats & Beswick elected Hussayn Salem, with 1,776 votes. Sarah Elizabeth Wakefield, meanwhile, won in Deansgate with 1,380 votes. Sufyaan Jasat, another Green Party candidate, is elected in Fallowfield with 1,328 votes.

12.51pm: Reform UK continues to make strides, with candidates in Brooklands and Baguely elected.

Sian Astley won in Baguely, with 1,329 votes amidst a 28.10% turnout rate. Steven John Hodgkiss, on the other hand, was elected in Brooklands with 1,198 votes. Turnout rate is estimated between 33-44%.

12.42pm: The Green Party continues its momentum in Manchester, with Ardwick and Old Moat electing candidates.

Green Party candidate Alex-Salik Imran was elected with 1,607 votes and spoke after the confirmation came through.

Meanwhile, Sam Easterby-Smith was elected in Old Moat.

12.34pm: Clayton and Openshaw have announced results, with Labour Party candidate Thomas Frederick Robinson elected with 1,308 votes.

Overall turnout rate was 26.63%.

12.30pm: More results are coming in, with Burnage their elected official.

Asma Alam from Green Party has been elected in Burnage with 36.26% voter turnout.

12.20pm: In another seismic shift, Charlestown has officially elected Reform UK candidate Dylan Anthony Edwards with 1,566 votes.

The overall turnout was 29.58%, with 12,220 votes casted.

12.17pm: West Didsbury announced results, with John Leech of the Liberal Democrats elected with 2,504 votes. The overall turnout was very high, with a 46.5% rate.

12.10pm: Results for Gorton and Abby Hey have been announced, with Chris Ogden from the Green Party elected with 1,489 votes. The area had a 27.76% turnout rate.

Our reported Sam Jones spoke to Chris Ogden after he was announced.

NQ reporters Sam Jones and Habib Shah reporting live election results from Manchester Central Convention Complex.

Already, we’ve seen seismic changes in Greater Manchester councils. Reform UK has made unprecedented gains in previous Labour-heavy areas, including Wigan, Salford, and Tameside.

The biggest change thus far has been Tameside, where Reform UK won 18 out of 19 available seats, thus ending 47-years of Labour control.

Meanwhile, Liberal Democrats have also made history by seising majority control in Stockport for the first time in 15 years, winning 33 seats.