Chorlton Park (ward)
Chorlton Park is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England. Different parts of this ward are represented by different MPs following boundary changes in 2018; the majority of the ward is part of the Manchester Withington constituency but a portion is part of the Manchester Gorton constituency. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 15,147.
Councillors
Three councillors serve the ward: Dave Rawson (Lab), Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op), and Joanna Midgley (Lab).
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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| 2004 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Tony Bethell (Lib Dem) | John Leech (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2006 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Tony Bethell (Lib Dem) | John Leech (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2007 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Tony Bethell (Lib Dem) | John Leech (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2008 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Tony Bethell (Lib Dem) | Bernie Ryan (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2010 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Tony Bethell (Lib Dem) | Bernie Ryan (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2011 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Ian Hyde (Lab) | Bernie Ryan (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2012 | Norman Lewis (Lib Dem) | Ian Hyde (Lab) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) | |||
| 2014 | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op) | Ian Hyde (Lab) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) | |||
| 2015 | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op) | Dave Rawson (Lab) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) | |||
| 2016 | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op) | Dave Rawson (Lab) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) | |||
| 2018 | Dave Rawson (Lab) | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab Co-op) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | Dave Rawson (Lab) | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Labour Co-op) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) | |||
| 2021 | Dave Rawson (Lab) | Mandie Shilton Godwin (Labour Co-op) | Joanna Midgley (Lab) | |||
indicates seat up for re-election.
Elections in 2020s
* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
May 2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Mandie Shilton Godwin* | 3,819 | 69.2 | 6.7 
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| Green | Richard Walton | 773 | 14.0 | 6.0
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| Conservative | Connor Cooper | 472 | 8.5 | 4.5
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| Liberal Democrats | Amaan Hashmi | 457 | 8.3 | 17.2 
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| Majority | 3046 | 55.2 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 65 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 5,586 | 42.3 | 1.0
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| Registered electors | 13,218 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 0.4
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Elections in 2010s
May 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Dave Rawson* | 2,577 | 54.3 | 1.0
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| Green | Mary Candeland | 1,042 | 22.0 | 9.5
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| Liberal Democrats | Amaan Hashmi | 857 | 18.1 | 5.0
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| Conservative | Christopher Halliday | 269 | 5.7 | 1.7
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| Majority | 1,535 | 32.1 | 2.2
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| Rejected ballots | 42 | 0.88 | |||
| Turnout | 4,787 | 37.10 | 4.2
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| Registered electors | 12,904 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 5.25
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May 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joanna Midgley* | 3,404 | 63.5 | ||
| Labour | Mandie Shilton-Godwin* | 3,027 | 56.5 | ||
| Labour | Dave Rawson* | 2,967 | 55.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosie Hughes | 1,363 | 25.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Amaan Hashmi | 1,238 | 23.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Bate | 1,234 | 23.0 | ||
| Green | Mary Candeland | 669 | 12.5 | ||
| Green | Brian Candeland | 530 | 9.9 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Berry | 255 | 4.8 | ||
| Conservative | Kelly Geddes | 197 | 3.7 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Tang | 155 | 2.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 5,362 | 41.3 | |||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Party | Candidates | Seats Won | Votes | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 3 | 3 | 9,398 | 62.49 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 3,835 | 25.50 | |
| Green | 2 | 0 | 1,199 | 7.97 | |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 607 | 4.04 | |
May 2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joanna Rachel Midgley* | 2,564 | 50.29 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis | 1,950 | 38.25 | ||
| Green | Hannah Lisa Richmond | 412 | 8.08 | ||
| Conservative | Luke Oisin Bourke Costello | 172 | 3.37 | ||
| Majority | 614 | 12.04 | |||
| Turnout | 5,098 | 45.17 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dave Rawson | 3,378 | 42.5 | -5.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis | 2,505 | 31.6 | -1.3 | |
| Green | Hannah Lisa Richmond | 1,282 | 16.1 | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | William Stobart | 780 | 9.8 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 873 | 10.9 | |||
| Turnout | 7,945 | 67.5 | +28.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Mandie Shilton Godwin | 1,991 | 43.41 | +11.01 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis | 1,691 | 36.87 | -16.43 | |
| Green | Brian Candeland | 648 | 14.13 | +7.63 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Richardson | 256 | 5.58 | 2.22 | |
| Majority | 300 | 6.5 | |||
| Turnout | 4,586 | 39.14 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
May 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joanna Midgley | 2,083 | 56.2 | +32.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bernie Ryan* | 1,115 | 30.1 | -23.3 | |
| Green | Leon Patsalides | 354 | 9.6 | -1.7 | |
| Conservative | Leo Schindler | 156 | 4.2 | -7.1 | |
| Majority | 968 | 26 | |||
| Turnout | 3,708 | 32.8 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
May 2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Ian Hyde | 2,098 | 48.4 | +25.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Bethell* | 1,427 | 32.9 | -22.5 | |
| Green | Rebecca Willmott | 493 | 11.4 | -1.1 | |
| Conservative | Henry Hill | 313 | 7.2 | -1.6 | |
| Majority | 671 | 15.5 | |||
| Turnout | 4,331 | 38.9 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
May 2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis* | 3,605 | 53.3 | -0.1 | |
| Labour | Ian Hyde | 2,193 | 32.4 | +8.4 | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Afzal | 524 | 7.8 | -3.5 | |
| Green | James Alden | 493 | 7.2 | -4.0 | |
| Majority | 1,412 | 20.9 | -8.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,815 | 63.9 | +33.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.2 | |||
Elections in 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 930 | 29.3 | -2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 3,173 | 30.5 | -0.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Bethell* | 1,751 | 55.4 | +0.7 | |
| Labour Co-op | John Hacking | 739 | 23.4 | -1.9 | |
| Green | Kathryn Brownbridge | 394 | 12.5 | -0.2 | |
| Conservative | Robert Chilton | 279 | 8.8 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 1,012 | 32.0 | +2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,163 | 31.0 | -1.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis* | 1,724 | 54.7 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Yogesh Virmani | 797 | 25.3 | +6.4 | |
| Green | Kathryn Mary Brownbridge | 399 | 12.7 | -1.1 | |
| Conservative | Rodney Keller | 229 | 7.3 | +0.0 | |
| Majority | 927 | 29.4 | +5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,149 | 32.1 | -10.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Leech* | 2,113 | 48.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Bethell | 1,970 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Lewis | 1,936 | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth Morgan | 1,073 | 24.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | David Ellison | 871 | |||
| Labour | Bernice Reid* | 848 | |||
| Green | Kathryn Brownbridge | 605 | 13.8 | N/A | |
| Green | George Czernuszka | 461 | |||
| Green | John Cummings | 379 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Mason | 319 | 7.3 | N/A | |
| Respect | Ismail Farhat | 262 | 6.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 863 | 23.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,372 | 43.0 | N/A | ||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||