Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The council stayed under Labour Party control, strengthened by four gains from the Liberal Democrats.
Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party41,039 (44.8%) 1.623 (71.9%) 4 61 (63.5%)Liberal Democrats28,929 (31.6%) 4.6 9 (28.1%) 4 34 (35.4%)Green Party8,493 (9.3%) 1.5 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.0%)Conservative Party9,649 (10.5%) 0.60 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)UKIP1,128 (1.2%) 1.10 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Independent833 (0.9%) 0.6 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)BNP641 (0.7%) 0.5 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Respect615 (0.7%) 0.4 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Socialist214 (0.2%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%)Independent Liberal11 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%)
+ ↓ 1 61 34
Ward results
Ancoats and Clayton
Ardwick
Baguley
Bradford
Brooklands
Burnage
Charlestown
Cheetham
Chorlton
Chorlton Park
City Centre
Crumpsall
Didsbury East
Didsbury West
Fallowfield
Gorton North
Gorton South
Harpurhey
Higher Blackley
Hulme
Levenshulme
Longsight
Miles Platting and Newton Heath
Moss Side
Moston
Northenden
Old Moat
Rusholme
Sharston
Whalley Range
Withington
Woodhouse Park
By-elections between 2006 and 2007
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