Greater Manchester local elections 2023: Drama as Labour dominate, Tories hit hard and Greens celebrate
Labour looks set to control nine out of 10 councils in Greater Manchester following a grim night for the Conservatives. Cracks in the Red Wall could be patched up if the results of the local elections in places such as Bolton, Heywood, Middleton, Leigh and Wigan are replicated at the next General Election.
But Labour are now firmly in the driving seat and taking five wards means they have 26 out of the 60 seats. Following the result Bolton's Labour leader Nick Peel staked his claim to become the next boss of the council. The biggest surprise came in the traditional Conservative stronghold of Pilkington Park, where Labour's Michael Rubinstein ousted Bury's former Tory leader Nick Jones. The result was greeted with deafening cheers from those wearing red rosettes at the count at the Castle Leisure Centre.
The Lib Dems gained two more members, beating Labour in Ancoats and Beswick and Didsbury West, with Chris Northwood becoming the city's first openly transgender councillor. But Labour still has a whopping 88 members on the council, meaning the city is likely to remain red for the foreseeable future. In total Labour managed to secure 32 seats, but their majority has been slashed from five to just two, meaning the borough teeters on the verge of no overall control. And leader Amanda Chadderton, who took up the reins just last May, was narrowly defeated in Royton South after coming 21 votes short of third place.
Coun Emmott, who only just saw off his MIP rival by 150 votes at last year's all-out elections, cruised to victory this time around in West Middleton, polling 1,120 votes, more than all his rivals put together. Labour also ousted the MIP in two wards, taking East and North Middleton from the independents, and also taking Littleborough Lakeside from the Conservatives.
Salford Conservative leader Robin Garrido said: "We have proved that if we fight on local issues we can have success. We are not interested in the national policies, we are interested in doing what we can to make life better for the people of Salford." But, in borough’s first 'all out' elections since 2004, a strong Labour performance in Offerton ultimately denied the Lib Dems the ultimate prize. However it seems almost certain they will run the town hall for a further 12 months, with former MP Mark Hunter odds on to continue as council leader.
The Conservatives lost two, so are now on six, with the Greens and Independents both losing their solitary presence. Conservative Phil Chadwick called the result 'heartbreaking'. “It wasn’t what we were expecting,” he said. She unseated sitting Conservative councillor Daniel Chalkin. In the end, Labour upped their majority on the council by one and now have 41 councillors, led by Tom Ross.
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