Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to win every seat contested. Overall turnout was a comparatively high 31.6%, although much down on the previous year's general election turnout of 50.9%.
Councillors elected in 2007 were defending their seats this year, and vote share changes are compared on this basis.
Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party70,580 (62.4%) 16.033 (100.0%) 13 75 (78.1%)Liberal Democrats19,586 (17.3%) 14.7 0 (0.0%) 11 21 (21.9%)Conservative Party10,216 (9.0%) 3.10 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Green Party8,638 (7.6%) 2.8 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)BNP1,514 (1.3%) 0.6 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)UKIP1,286 (1.1%) 0.20 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Independent809 (0.7%) 0.5 0 (0.0%) 2 0 (0.0%)TUSC327 (0.3%) 0.2 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Respect111 (0.9%) 0.9 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Socialist Equality82 (0.1%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%)
+ ↓ 75 21
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
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