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Manchester Council Election, 2008
Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election - every Ward (politics), 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 (UK), Conservative Party, Labour Party (UK), Labour, Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats and the Green Party of England and Wales, 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 (politician), 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 L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester UK Local Election 2008 Map
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
