Manchester City Council election, 2016

Manchester City Council Elections, 2016

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Richard Leese	John Leech	N/A
Party	Labour	Liberal Democrat	Green
Leader since	20 May 1996	5 May 2016	N/A
Leader's seat	Crumpsall	Didsbury West	N/A
Last election	32 seats, 100%	0 seats, 0%	0 seats, 0%
Seats won	31, 96.9%	1, 3.1%	0, 0%
Seat change	-1	+1
Popular vote	68,668	11,920	9,486
Percentage	64.13%	11.13%	8.86%
Swing	-1.6%	-6.4%	+0.26%

Leader of Largest Party before election

Richard Leese
Labour

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Richard Leese
Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2016. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2020. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to hold all but one seat contested and won by former Withington MP, John Leech. Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years.

Councillors elected in 2012 were defending their seats this year, and vote share changes are compared on this basis.

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was:

LD - Liberal Democrat

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2012, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. All results are listed below:

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