Ancoats and Clayton was an electoral district or

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in the north of the City of

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. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 16,141. It includes the

Ancoats Ancoats is an area of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. It is located next to the Northern Quarter, the northern part of Manchester city centre. Historically in Lancashire, Ancoats became a cradle of the Industrial Revolution and has ...

and Clayton districts and part of the Northern Quarter. Under boundary changes by the

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(LGBCE) the ward was abolished and replaced with the new electoral wards Ancoats and Beswick, Clayton and Openshaw, and

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from May 2018.

Governance

Voters from the ward elected three councillors to

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. ;Councillors indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election. indicates ward abolished and replaced with Ancoats and Beswick, Clayton and Openshaw and

References

External links

Ward boundary on MySociety (KML)manchester.gov.ukThe Ancoats Building Preservation TrustAncoats Community Web Site
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