Manchester City Council election, 2018

2016 ←

3 May 2018

→ 2018

All up

	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 will be held on 3 May 2018. All 96 council seats covering 32 wards in Manchester are up for election following ward boundary changes. Manchester City Council submitted its boundary suggestions, with Councillor John Leech submitting a slightly amended version suggesting that Chorlton Park ward should be reverted to its original name of Barlow Moor ward in order to create a 'stronger sense of community'. The 2016 local elections saw the Labour Party retain overall control of the council, managing to hold all but one seat contested and won by former Manchester 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 and provided the city with its first oppotion for two years.

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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