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Burnage (ward)
Burnage is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England. Different parts of this ward are represented by different MPs following boundary changes in 2018; the majority of the ward is part of the Manchester Withington constituency but a portion is part of the Manchester Gorton constituency. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 15,227. Councillors three councillors serve the ward: Azra Ali (Lab), Ben Clay (Lab), and Bev Craig Bev Craig is a Labour councillor in Burnage, Manchester, England, and Leader of Manchester City Council. Craig was elected Leader of Manchester City Council by the ruling Labour group of councillors in October 2021, and officially succeeded R ... (Lab). indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election. Elections in 2020s * denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election. May 2021 Elections in 2010s May 2019 May 2018 May 2016 May 2015 May 2014 May 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Ward
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area (e.g. William Morris Ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England). It is common in the United States for wards to simply be numbered. Origins The word “ward”, for an electoral subdivision, appears to have originated in the Wards of the City of London, where gatherings for each ward known as “wardmotes” have taken place since the 12th century. The word was much later applied to divisions of other cities and towns in England and Wales and Ireland. In parts of northern England, a ''ward'' was an administrative subdivision of a historic counties of England, county, very similar to a hundred (country subdivision), hundred in other parts of England. Present day In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Smith (British Politician)
Jeff Smith (born 26 January 1963) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington since 2015, and the Shadow Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Music since 4 December 2021. A former Manchester City Councillor, he served as a senior opposition whip in Parliament from 2015 to 2021, and Shadow Minister for Local Government from May to 4 December 2021. Early life and career Smith was a pupil at the private Manchester Grammar School, and graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Politics and Economics in 1984. He was a member of the University of Manchester Students' Union Executive from 1984 to 1985 as the Entertainments Officer. A former councillor for Old Moat ward on Manchester City Council from 1997, he served as the Executive Member for Finance on the council and was a governor at Parrs Wood High School. Parliamentary career Smith was selected as the Labour Party candidate for the Manchester W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Austin-Behan
Carl Jason Austin-Behan is a British former politician and community activist who currently serves as LGBT adviser to the Mayor of Greater Manchester. He served as Lord Mayor of Manchester from May 2016 to May 2017, being its first openly gay Lord Mayor. He was Labour councillor for Burnage from 2011 to 2018. He served in the Royal Air Force from April 1991 until October 1997 and in 2001, aged 29, he won Mr Gay UK. Early life and education Austin-Behan was born in north Manchester and grew up in Crumpsall. Career Austin-Behan was discharged from the Royal Air Force in 1997 for being gay at a time when it was illegal to be openly gay in the RAF. Austin-Behan was elected to Manchester City Council as Labour Member for Burnage ward in May 2011. In 2016 he was made Lord Mayor of Manchester, and his term ended in May 2017. He was Manchester's first openly gay Lord Mayor and one of its youngest at 44. In November 2017 Labour deselected him as the Labour candidate for the local el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Manchester City Council Election
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 After the election, the composition of the council was as follows: Ward results Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2007, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. Ancoats and Clayton Ardwick Baguley Bradford Brooklands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Manchester City Council Election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the 2010 UK General Election. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2014. Since the election there had been a further defection from the Liberal Democrats to Labour. Labour held overall control of the council, on a high turnout - owing to the general election on the same day - of 50.9%. Election result After the election, the composition of the council was as follows: 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Manchester City Council Election
Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election - every ward of the city returned one councillor at this election out of the three councillors a ward in the city has. Four national political parties - the Conservative Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Green Party - each stood a candidate in every ward in this election. There were candidates from other political parties standing in some of the wards, but there were no independent candidates standing for election this year in the city. The Labour party retained overall control of the council. The Green party lost their only seat in Hulme to Labour, and the Conservatives failed to gain their first elected councillor, though became the third party on the council due to having one councillor through an earlier defection. The Liberal Democrats, who had suffered two defections since the last election - firstly the aforementioned Tory defection, and another to Labour - g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Manchester City Council Election
Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The council stayed under Labour Party control, on a reduced turnout of 28.3%. Election result Changes compared to the 2006 election. Ward results Below is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. The winning candidate per ward is in bold. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Manchester City Council Election
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 Changes in vote share are compared to the 2004 election. Ward results Below is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. Incumbent councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2004 and are marked with an asterisk. Ancoats and Clayton Ardwick Baguley Bradford Brooklands Burnage Charlestown Cheetham Chorlton Chorlton Park City Centre Crumpsall Didsbury East Didsbury West Fallowfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats (commonly referred to as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. Since the 1992 general election, with the exception of the 2015 general election, they have been the third-largest UK political party by the number of votes cast. They have 14 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 83 members of the House of Lords, four Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Senedd. The party has over 2,500 local council seats. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference, at which party policy is formulated, with all party members eligible to vote, under a one member, one vote system. The party served as the junior party in a coalition government with the Conservative Party between 2010 and 2015; with Scottish Labour in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2007, and with Welsh Labour in the Welsh Government from 2000 to 2003 and from 2016 to 2021. In 1981, an electoral alliance was established b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Manchester City Council Election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 10 June 2004. Due to demographic changes in the Borough since its formation in 1973, and in common with most other English Councils in 2004, substantial boundary changes were implemented in time for these elections. Due to these changes, it was necessary for the whole Council to be re-elected for the first time since 1973. Each ward elected three candidates, with the first-placed candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2008, the second-placed candidate serving a three-year term of office, expiring in 2007, and the third-placed candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2006. The three Independent Labour candidates stood as ''"Independent Progressive Labour"''. Turnout was dramatically improved at 34.3%, up by a third upon the previous election and much higher than the norm set in recent elections of low twenties. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, but with a majority reduced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward (politics)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area (e.g. William Morris Ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England). It is common in the United States for wards to simply be numbered. Origins The word “ward”, for an electoral subdivision, appears to have originated in the Wards of the City of London, where gatherings for each ward known as “wardmotes” have taken place since the 12th century. The word was much later applied to divisions of other cities and towns in England and Wales and Ireland. In parts of northern England, a ''ward'' was an administrative subdivision of a county, very similar to a hundred in other parts of England. Present day In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, wards are an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
