Clayton and Openshaw is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) replacing the previous electoral wards of Ancoats & Clayton and Bradford for the local elections 2018.[1]
Clayton and Openshaw | |
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_2018.png) Clayton and Openshaw electoral ward within Manchester City Council | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): By wisdom and effort | |
| Coordinates: 53°29′01″N 2°10′48″W / 53.4837°N 2.1801°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
| Created | December 2017 |
| Named for | Clayton and Openshaw |
| Government UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Central | |
| • Type | Unicameral |
| • Body | Manchester City Council |
| • Leader of the council | Bev Craig (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Sean McHale (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Donna Ludford (Labour) |
| • Councillor | Thomas Robinson (Labour) |
It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell MP for Manchester Central.[2]
Councillors
Two councillors currently serve the ward with one vacancy:[3] Sean McHale (Lab),[4] and Donna Ludford (Lab) are incumbent councillors;[5] Kenneth Dobson (Ind) won a by-election in February 2020 but resigned in October.[6][7]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sean McHale (Lab) | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Andy Harland (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | Sean McHale (Lab) | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Andy Harland (Lab) | |||
| By-election Feb 2020 | Sean McHale (Lab) | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Ken Dobson (Ind) | |||
| 2021 | Sean McHale (Lab) | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Thomas Robinson (Lab) | |||
indicates seat up for election. indicates seat won in by-election.
Elections in 2020s
* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
May 2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Donna Ludford* | 2,064 | 69.3 | ||
| Labour | Thomas Robinson | 1,560 | 52.4 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Berry | 389 | 13.1 | ||
| Green | Daniel Kyle | 250 | 8.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Diele Nsumbu | 218 | 7.3 | ||
| Green | Robyn Schreibke | 204 | 6.9 | ||
| Conservative | Ramzi Swaray-Kella | 193 | 6.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martha O'Donoghue | 120 | 4.0 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 32 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,978 | 23.98 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,553 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
By-election: 27 February 2020
Councillor Andy Harland died in December 2019.[8] A by-election took place on Thursday 27 February 2020 to fill the vacancy.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ken Dobson | 1,191 | 47.9 |  3.4 | |
| Labour | Sherita Mandongwe | 1,083 | 43.6 |  1.4 | |
| Conservative | Sham Raja Akhtar | 102 | 4.1 | 0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Claude-Diele Nsumbu | 57 | 2.3 | 1.0 | |
| Green | Jake Welsh | 51 | 2.1 | 1.6 | |
| Majority | 112 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,489 | 19.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,623 | ||||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 2.4 | |||
Elections in 2010s
May 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sean McHale* | 1,346 | 44.6% | 9.1% | |
| Independent | Ken Dobson | 1,334 | 44.2% | 23.9% | |
| Green | Jake Welsh | 109 | 3.6% | 3.7% | |
| Conservative | Fahim Ahmad Choudhury | 106 | 3.5% | 3.8% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Turner | 99 | 3.3% | 2.2% | |
| Majority | 12 | 0.40% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.70% | |||
| Turnout | 3,015 | 25.05% | 1.5% | ||
| Registered electors | 12,036 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 16.5% | |||
May 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andy Harland | 2,103 | 70.9% | ||
| Labour | Donna Ludford* | 1,722 | 58.0% | ||
| Labour | Sean McHale | 1,592 | 53.7% | ||
| Independent | Kenneth Dobson | 603 | 20.3% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elaine Boyes | 279 | 9.4% | ||
| Green | Paul Brunger | 220 | 7.4% | ||
| Conservative | Archie Galbraith | 217 | 7.3% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Clayton | 162 | 5.5% | ||
| Conservative | Aimen Javaid | 152 | 5.1% | ||
| Conservative | Chenjie Zhang | 142 | 4.8% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dan Willis | 118 | 4.0% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,967 | 24.9% | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||