Ancoats and Beswick

For the area of Ancoats, Greater Manchester, see Ancoats. For the area of Beswick, Greater Manchester, see Beswick, Manchester.

Ancoats and Beswick is an electoral ward of Manchester, England created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) replacing the previous electoral wards of Ancoats & Clayton and Bradford for the local elections 2018.^[1]

Ancoats and Beswick
Electoral ward
Ancoats and Beswick electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  By wisdom and effort
Coordinates: 53.4807°N 2.2074°W / 53.4807; -2.2074
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	December 2017
Named for	Ancoats and Beswick
Government   UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Central
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
• Leader of the council	Bev Craig (Labour)
• Councillor	Chris Northwood (Liberal Democrats)
• Councillor	Irene Robinson (Labour)
• Councillor	Alan Good (Liberal Democrats)

It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell MP for Manchester Central.^[2] The first councillors for the ward were elected at the 2018 local elections.^[1]

Councillors

The current councillors for the ward are Chris Northwood (Liberal Democrats),^[3] Irene Robinson (Labour),^[4] and Alan Good (Liberal Democrats).^[5]

On 24 July 2019 it was reported that Majid Dar had been suspended by the Labour party.^[6] He was readmitted to the party and to the Labour group on the council shortly after.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2018		Majid Dar (Lab)		Emma Taylor (Lab)		Rosa Battle (Lab)
2019		Majid Dar (Lab)		Emma Taylor (Lab)		Rosa Battle (Lab)
2021		Majid Dar (Lab)		Marcia Ann Hutchinson (Lab)		Rosa Battle (Lab)
Feb 2022		Majid Dar (Lab)		Alan Good (Lib Dem)		Rosa Battle (Lab)
2022		Majid Dar (Lab)		Alan Good (Lib Dem)		Irene Robinson (Lab)
2023		Chris Northwood (Lib Dem)		Alan Good (Lib Dem)		Irene Robinson (Lab)
2024		Chris Northwood (Lib Dem)		Alan Good (Lib Dem)		Irene Robinson (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat won in by-election.

Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

May 2024

2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Good*	1,900	49.8	27.8
	Labour	Julie Jarman	1,420	37.2	20.7
	Green	Kate Sophie Walsh Benson	366	9.6	1.2
	Conservative	Paul Wan	76	2.0	6.3
	Communist Future	Chris Strafford	33	0.9	New
Majority			480	12.6
Rejected ballots			19	0.5
Turnout			3,814	30.1
Registered electors			12,679
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	24.3

Alan Good was elected in a by-election in 2022; changes in vote share are compared with the regular May 2021 election cycle and on that basis this is a notional Liberal Democrat gain.

May 2023

2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Northwood	1,543	49.5	38.5
	Labour	Majid Dar*	1,208	38.7	16.9
	Green	Jacob Buffett	250	9.6	8.0
	Conservative	Sarah Ajiboye	94	3.0	5.7
	Independent	Peter Clifford	9	0.3
Majority			335	10.8
Rejected ballots			15
Turnout			3,119	25.79	4.51
Registered electors			12,093
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	27.7

May 2022

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Robinson	1,332	46.4	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Northwood	1,234	43.0	31.6
	Green	Chris Perriam	190	6.6	10.2
	Conservative	Steven Kelly	99	3.4	8.9
Majority			98	3.4
Rejected ballots			16	0.6
Turnout			2,871	24.1	3.1
Registered electors			11,925
	Labour hold		Swing	28.6

February 2022

On 30 November 2021 councillor Marcia Hutchinson resigned from her seat in Ancoats & Beswick, citing allegations of bullying and racism within the Labour group.^[7] A by-election was held on 3 February 2022, which was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Alan Good.^[8]

February 2022 by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Good	1,113	53.2	31.0
	Labour	Gareth Worthington	793	37.9	20.6
	Green	Chris Perriam	119	5.7	5.3
	Conservative	Alexander Bramham	66	3.2	5.8
Majority			320	15.3	10.6
Turnout			2,091	17.84	12.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	25.6

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marcia Hutchinson	2,052	57.9	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Good	779	22.0	12.9
	Green	Ryan Johns	384	10.8	6.0
	Conservative	Alexander Bramham	293	8.3	2.5
Majority			1,273	25.9	13.5
Rejected ballots			39	1.1
Turnout			3,547	30.3	9.3
Registered electors			11,702
	Labour hold		Swing	9.2

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Majid Dar*	1,192	55.6	0.6
	Green	Robyn Schreibke	378	17.6	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jane McQueen	236	11.0	2.0
	Conservative	Daniel Bell	187	8.7	2.1
	UKIP	Trevor Wongsam	143	6.7	n/a
Majority			814	37.9	1.4
Rejected ballots			9	0.42
Turnout			2,145	21.28
Registered electors			10,079
	Labour hold		Swing	0.75

May 2018

2018^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosa Battle*	1,475	72.0
	Labour	Emma Taylor*	1,272	62.1
	Labour	Mohammed Majid Dar	1,152	56.2
	Green	Eliza Tyrrell	345	16.8
	Conservative	Michael Barnes	253	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wilkinson	233	11.4
	Conservative	Barney Watson	223	10.9
	Conservative	Adam Williams	189	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Williams	169	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Lepori	157	7.7
Majority			807	39.4
Turnout			2,049	21
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. LGBCE (April 2017). Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2018.
2. "Lucy Powell MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
3. "Chris Northwood". democracy.manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
4. "Irene Robinson". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
5. "Alan Good". democracy.manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
6. Williams, Jennifer (24 July 2019). "Manchester councillor suspended amid anti-semitism investigation". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
7. "Manchester councillor quits after racist bullying claim". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
8. @BritainElects (3 February 2022). "Ancoats & Beswick (Manchester) council by-election result" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
9. "3 May 2018 Local Government Election results". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.