Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 3 May 2012, on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections and alongside a referendum on whether to replace the council's leader with a directly elected mayor.
One third of the council was up for election, with those councillors elected in the 2008 Manchester City Council election having defended their seats on this occasion with vote share changes compared on that basis.
Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party59,632 (65.7%) 3.332 (100.0%) 12 87 (90.6%)Liberal Democrats13,341 (14.7%) 2.6 0 (0.0%) 12 9 (9.4%)Green Party7,801 (8.6%) 1.0 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Conservative Party6,084 (6.7%) 2.30 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)UKIP2,034 (2.2%) 1.10 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)TUSC898 (1.0%) 0.7 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)BNP472 (0.5%) 0.8 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Socialist Equality259 (0.3%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%)Respect153 (0.5%) 0.4 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Communist League52 (0.1%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%)
+ ↓ 87 9
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 2012 and 2013 Ardwick: 15 November 2012
Ancoats and Clayton: 10 October 2013
Ancoats and Clayton: 5 December 2013
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