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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Piccadilly (ward)

The Piccadilly electoral ward of Manchester City Council was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to replace parts of the City Centre and Ancoats & Clayton wards in 2018.

It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell Labour Co-op MP for Manchester Central.

Councillors

The ward is represented by three councillors on the city council. The first councillors for the new ward were elected in the local elections 2018; the candidate with the most votes receiving a 4-year term, second-most votes a 2-year term and third-most votes a 1-year term. From 2019 the council returns to electing one-third of councillors at each election.

Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2018 Sam Wheeler (Lab) Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab) Adele Douglas (Lab)
2019 Sam Wheeler (Lab) Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab) Adele Douglas (Lab)
2021 Sam Wheeler (Lab) Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab) Adele Douglas (Lab)

  indicates seat up for election.

Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

May 2021

2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon-Connor Lyons* 1,381 62.1 4.4 Increase
Green Chris Perriam 438 19.7 4.6 Decrease
Liberal Democrats Chris Northwood 250 11.2 9.3 Decrease
Conservative Siqi Lin 156 7.0 1.3 Decrease
Majority 943 42.4
Rejected ballots 12 0.5 0.1 Increase
Turnout 2,237 28.7 8.6 Increase
Registered electors 7,783
Labour hold Swing 4.5 Increase

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sam Wheeler* 596 42.6 Decrease9.7
Liberal Democrats Joe Lynch 357 25.5 Increase3.5
Green Brian Candeland 336 24.0 Decrease0.3
Conservative Paul Wan 98 7.0 Decrease2.2
Majority 239 17.1 Decrease11.9
Rejected ballots 13 0.93 Increase0.43
Turnout 1,400 19.58 Decrease0.50
Registered electors 7,149
Labour hold Swing Decrease6.6

May 2018

2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adele Douglas 925 61.0
Labour Jon-Connor Lyons 875 57.7
Labour Sam Wheeler 793 52.3
Green Kara Ng 368 24.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Browne 348 23.0
Liberal Democrats Joe Lynch 334 22.0
Liberal Democrats Matthew Varnam 250 16.5
Conservative Paul Wan 140 9.2
Conservative Victoria Williams 124 8.2
Conservative Levi Walker 115 7.6
Majority 425 28.0
Rejected ballots 6 0.40
Turnout 1,516 20.08
Registered electors 7,550
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Party Candidates Seats Won Votes Vote %
Labour 3 3 2,593 60.70
Liberal Democrats 3 0 932 21.82
Conservative 3 0 379 8.87
Green 1 0 368 8.61

References

  1. ^ LGBCE (April 2017). Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Lucy Powell MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ^ "3 May 2018 Local Government Election results". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.