Manchester City Council

Local government body in England

Manchester City Council

Coat of arms

Corporate logo

Type
Type|

Metropolitan borough council

of Manchester

Leadership

Lord Mayor

Carmine Grimshaw,
Labour
since 14 May 2025[1]

Leader

Bev Craig,
Labour
since 1 December 2021[2]

Chief Executive

Tom Stannard
since February 2025[3]

Structure
Seats| 96 councillors[4]

Political groups

Administration (87)
Labour (87)
Other parties (9)
Liberal Democrats (4)
Green (3)
Workers Party (1)
Independent (1)

Joint committees

| Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel

Length of term

| 4 years
Elections

Last election

| 2 May 2024

Next election

| 7 May 2026
Motto
Latin: Concilio Et Labore, lit. 'By Wisdom and Effort'
Meeting place
Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA
Website
www.manchester.gov.uk

Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 1971. It is based at Manchester Town Hall.

## History

[edit]

Further information: History of Manchester

Manchester had been governed as a borough in the 13th and 14th centuries, but its borough status was not supported by a royal charter. An inquiry in 1359 ruled that it was only a market town, not a borough. It was then governed by manorial courts and the parish vestry until the 18th century.[5]

Old Town Hall, King Street: Completed 1825 for the Police Commissioners, subsequently served as council's headquarters until 1877

In 1792 a body of improvement commissioners known as the 'Manchester Police Commissioners' was established to provide services in the rapidly growing town. In 1838 the town was incorporated as a municipal borough, after which it was governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Manchester', generally known as the corporation or town council. The police commissioners were disbanded in 1843 and their functions passed to the corporation.[6][7]

Manchester was granted city status in 1853, only the second such grant since the Reformation. After that the corporation was also known as the city council.[5] When elected county councils were established in 1889, Manchester was considered large enough for its existing council to provide county-level services, and so it became a county borough, independent from the new Lancashire County Council, whilst remaining part of the geographical county of Lancashire.[7]

The city boundaries have been enlarged many times. Notable expansions were in 1885 (Bradford, Harpurhey and Rusholme), 1890 (Blackley, Crumpsall, part of Droylsden, Kirkmanshulme, Moston, Newton Heath, Openshaw, and West Gorton), 1903 (Heaton), 1904 (Burnage, Chorlton cum Hardy, Didsbury, and Moss Side), 1909 (Gorton, and Levenshulme), 1931 (Wythenshawe: Baguley, Northenden, and Northen Etchells), and Ringway in 1974. The mayor was granted the title of lord mayor in 1893.[8]

Henry Price (1867–1944) was appointed as the first City Architect of Manchester in 1902.[9] He was succeeded in 1932 by George Noel Hill (1893–1985).[10]

The county borough was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, being replaced by a metropolitan district of Manchester, covering the area of the old county borough plus the parish of Ringway. The new district was one of ten metropolitan districts within the new metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.[11] Manchester's borough and city statuses and its lord mayoralty passed to the new district and its council.[12][13]

In 1980, Manchester was the first council to declare itself a nuclear-free zone. In 1984 it formed an equal opportunities unit as part of its opposition to Section 28.[14]

From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ten borough councils, including Manchester City Council, with some services provided through joint committees.[15]

Since 2011 the council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which has been led by the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. The combined authority provides strategic leadership and co-ordination for certain functions across Greater Manchester, notably regarding transport and town planning, but Manchester City Council continues to be responsible for most local government functions.[16][17]

In 2025, the council was criticised for misleading parking signs on Collier Street, where an official council sign pointed to an official-looking payment terminal owned by a nearby private car park rather than the correct council-owned one, leading to several motorists being fined.[18][19][20] After a campaign, the council refunded all fines given out on the street in the last 12 months.[21][22][23][24][25][26]

## Governance

[edit]

Manchester City Council provides metropolitan borough services. Some strategic functions in the area are provided by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority; the leader of the city council sits on the combined authority as Manchester's representative.[27] There is one civil parish in the city at Ringway, with a parish council; the rest of the city is unparished.[28]

### Political control

[edit]

The council has been under Labour majority control since 1971.

Borough Corporation[citation needed]

Party | Period

|

| Liberal | 1838-1886
| No overall control | 1886-1908
| Conservative | 1908–1919
| No overall control | 1919–1921
| Conservative | 1921–1926
| No overall control | 1926–1932
| Conservative | 1932–1934
| No overall control | 1934–1946
| Labour | 1946–1947
| No overall control | 1947–1949
| Conservative[29] | 1949–1952
| No overall control | 1952–1953
| Labour[30] | 1953–1967
| Conservative[30][31] | 1967–1971
| Labour[31][32] | 1971–1974

Metropolitan Borough

Since the 1974 reforms, Labour has always held a majority of the seats on the council.[33]

Party | Period

|

| Labour | 1974–present

### Leadership

[edit]

The role of Lord Mayor of Manchester is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1930 have been:

County Borough

Councillor | Party | From | To

|
|
|

F. J. West |  | Conservative | 11 Feb 1930 | 3 Nov 1933
J. H. Swales |  | Conservative | 3 Nov 1933 | 6 Oct 1937
Samuel Woollam |  | Conservative | 6 Oct 1937 | 2 Nov 1945
George Titt[34][35] |  | Labour | 2 Nov 1945 | 8 Nov 1946
Tom Nally[35][36][29] |  | Labour | 8 Nov 1946 | May 1949
William Jackson[29] |  | Conservative | May 1949 | 1953
Tom Nally[37] |  | Labour | 1953 | 20 Dec 1956
Bob Thomas[38] |  | Labour | 1957 | May 1962
Maurice Pariser[38][39] |  | Labour | May 1962 | Oct 1965
Bob Thomas[40][30] |  | Labour | 3 Nov 1965 | May 1967
Robert Rodgers[30][41] |  | Conservative | May 1967 | May 1970
Arnold Fieldhouse[42][31] |  | Conservative | May 1970 | May 1971
Bob Thomas[31][43][44] |  | Labour | May 1971 | Jun 1973
Joe Dean[45][46] |  | Labour | Jun 1973 | 31 Mar 1974

Metropolitan Borough

Councillor | Party | From | To

|
|
|

Joe Dean[46][47] |  | Labour | 1 Apr 1974 | May 1974
Norman Morris[48][49] |  | Labour | May 1974 | May 1982
Bill Egerton[49][50] |  | Labour | May 1982 | May 1984
Graham Stringer[51][52] |  | Labour | May 1984 | May 1996
Richard Leese[52][53] |  | Labour | May 1996 | 1 Dec 2021
Bev Craig[54] |  | Labour | 1 Dec 2021 |

### Composition

[edit]

Following the 2024 election,[55] and subsequent changes of allegiance up to July 2025, the composition of the council was:[56]

Party | Councillors

|

| Labour | 87
| Liberal Democrats | 4
| Green | 3
| Workers Party | 1
| Independent | 1
Total | 96

The next election is due in May 2026.[56]

## Elections

[edit]

See also: Manchester City Council elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2018, the council has comprised 96 councillors representing 32 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.[57]

## Wards

[edit]

The council wards are listed under their parliamentary constituency below:

Wards within Manchester City Council Blackley and Middleton South | Gorton and Denton | Manchester Central

|
|

1. Higher Blackley
2. Crumpsall
3. Charlestown
4. Harpurhey
5. Moston

This constituency also contains

* Rochdale Council wards
* East Middleton
* South Middleton

15. Gorton and Abbey Hey
16. Longsight
17. Levenshulme
18. Burnage

This constituency also contains

* Tameside Council wards
* Denton North East
* Denton South
* Denton West

6. Cheetham
7. Miles Platting & Newton Heath
8. Deansgate
9. Piccadilly
10. Ancoats and Beswick
11. Clayton and Openshaw

This constituency also contains

* Oldham Council wards
* Failsworth East
* Failsworth West

Manchester Rusholme | Manchester Withington | Wythenshawe and Sale East

12. Hulme
13. Ardwick
14. Moss Side
15. Whalley Range
16. Fallowfield
17. Rusholme

21. Chorlton
22. Chorlton Park
23. Old Moat
24. Withington
25. Didsbury West
26. Didsbury East

28. Northenden
29. Brooklands (Manchester)
30. Baguley
31. Sharston
32. Woodhouse Park

This constituency also contains

* Trafford Council wards
* Brooklands (Trafford)
* Priory
* Sale Moor

### Councillors

[edit]

Each ward is represented by three councillors.[58]

Parliamentary constituency  | Ward  | Councillor  | Party  | Term of office

|
|
|
|

Blackley and
Middleton South
constituency | Charlestown | Basil Curley |  | Labour | 2023–27
Umza Jafri |  | Labour | 2024–28
Veronica Kirkpatrick |  | Labour | 2022–26
Crumpsall | Fiaz Riasat |  | Labour | 2023–27
Nasrin Ali |  | Labour | 2024–28
Mohammad Amin |  | Labour | 2022–26
Harpurhey | Pat Karney |  | Labour | 2023–27
Joanne Green |  | Labour | 2024–28
Sandra Collins |  | Labour | 2022–26
Higher Blackley | Paula Sadler |  | Labour | 2023–27
Julie Connolly |  | Labour | 2024–28
Olusegun Ogunnambo |  | Labour | 2022–26
Moston | Yasmine Dar |  | Labour | 2023–27
Sherita Mandongwe |  | Labour | 2024–28
Paula Appleby |  | Labour | 2022–26
Gorton and Denton
constituency | Burnage | Azra Ali |  | Labour | 2023–27
Bev Craig |  | Labour | 2024–28
Murtaza Iqbal |  | Labour | 2022–26
Gorton and Abbey Hey | Afia Kamal |  | Labour | 2023–27
Julie Reid |  | Labour | 2024–28
Louis Hughes |  | Labour | 2022–26
Levenshulme | Basat Sheikh |  | Labour | 2023–27
Zahid Hussain |  | Labour | 2024–28
Dzidra Noor |  | Labour | 2022–26
Longsight | Suzanne Richards |  | Labour | 2023–27
Shahbaz Sarwar |  | Workers Party | 2024–28
Abid Chohan |  | Labour | 2022–26
Manchester Central
constituency | Ancoats and Beswick | Chris Northwood |  | Liberal Democrats | 2023–27
Alan Good |  | Liberal Democrats | 2024–28
Irene Robinson |  | Labour | 2022–26
Cheetham | Shazia Butt |  | Labour | 2023–27
Shaukat Ali |  | Labour | 2024–28
Naeem-Ul Hassam |  | Labour | 2022–26
Clayton and Openshaw | Sean McHale |  | Labour | 2023–27
Donna Ludford |  | Labour | 2024–28
Thomas Robinson |  | Labour | 2022–26
Deansgate | Anthony McCaul |  | Labour Co-op | 2023–27
Marcus Johns |  | Labour Co-op | 2024–28
Joan Davies |  | Labour | 2022–26
Miles Platting and Newton Heath | John Flanagan |  | Labour | 2023–27
June Hitchin |  | Labour | 2024–28
Carmine Grimshaw |  | Labour | 2022–26
Piccadilly | Sam Wheeler |  | Labour | 2023–27
Jon-Connor Lyons |  | Labour | 2024–28
Adele Douglas |  | Labour | 2022–26
Manchester Rusholme
constituency | Ardwick | Amna Abdullatif |  | Independent[a] | 2023–27
Abdigafar Muse |  | Labour | 2024–28
Tina Hewitson |  | Labour | 2022–26
Fallowfield | Jade Doswell |  | Labour | 2023–27
Ghazala Sadiq |  | Labour | 2024–28
Ali R. Ilyas |  | Labour | 2022–26
Hulme | Annette Wright |  | Labour | 2023–27
Lee Glover |  | Labour | 2024–28
Lee-Ann Igbon |  | Labour | 2022–26
Moss Side | Mahadi Hussein Sharif Mahamed |  | Labour | 2023–27
Esha Mumtaz |  | Labour | 2024–28
Erinma Bell |  | Labour | 2022–26
Rusholme | Ahmed Ali |  | Labour | 2023–27
Jill Lovecy |  | Labour | 2024–28
Rabnawaz Akbar |  | Labour | 2022–26
Whalley Range | Angeliki Stogia |  | Labour Co-op | 2023–27
Muqaddasah Bano |  | Labour | 2024–28
Aftab Razaq |  | Labour | 2022–26
Manchester Withington
constituency | Chorlton | Mathew Benham |  | Labour | 2023–27
Tina Kirwin-McGinley |  | Labour | 2024–28
John Hacking |  | Labour | 2022–26
Chorlton Park | Dave Rawson |  | Labour | 2023–27
Mandie Shilton-Goodwin |  | Labour Co-op | 2024–28
Joanna Midgley |  | Labour | 2022–26
Didsbury East | Leslie Bell |  | Labour | 2024–27[b]
Linda Foley |  | Labour | 2024–28
Andrew Simcock |  | Labour | 2022–26
Didsbury West | Richard Kilpatrick |  | Liberal Democrats | 2023–27
Debbie Hilal |  | Labour | 2024–28
John Leech |  | Liberal Democrats | 2022–26
Old Moat | Garry Bridges |  | Labour | 2023–27
Gavin White |  | Labour | 2024–28
Suzannah Reeves |  | Labour | 2022–26
Withington | Becky Chambers |  | Labour | 2023–27
Chris Wills |  | Labour Co-op | 2024–28
Angela Gartside |  | Labour | 2022–26
Wythenshawe and
Sale East
constituency | Baguley | vacant | 2024–27
Tracy Rawlins |  | Labour Co-op | 2024–28
Paul Andrews |  | Labour Co-op | 2022–26
Brooklands | Glynn Evans |  | Labour | 2023–27
Dave Marsh |  | Labour | 2024–28
Sue Cooley |  | Labour | 2022–26
Northenden | Richard Fletcher |  | Labour | 2023–27
Sam Lynch |  | Labour | 2024–28
Angela Moran |  | Labour | 2022–26
Sharston | Tim Whiston |  | Labour Co-op | 2023–27
Emma Taylor |  | Labour | 2024–28
Tommy Judge |  | Labour Co-op | 2022–26
Woodhouse Park | Anastasia Wiest |  | Green | 2023–27
Rob Nunney |  | Green | 2024–28
Astrid Johnson |  | Green | 2022–26

^a Elected as Labour but resigned from the party in the wake of the Labour leadership's stance on the Israeli invasion of Gaza.[59]

^b Elected during the 2024 election to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of James Wilson, who was elected in 2023.

## Premises

[edit]

Town Hall Extension

The council is based at Manchester Town Hall on Albert Square, completed in 1877,[60] and the adjoining Town Hall Extension on the opposite side of Lloyd Street, which was completed in 1938 and is linked to the older building by first floor bridges.[61] The main Town Hall has been under refurbishment since 2020, due to reopen in 2026. The council continues to operate from the Town Hall Extension.[62][63]

## Coat of arms

[edit]

Gules, three bendlets enhanced Or; a chief argent, thereon on waves of the sea a ship under sail proper. On a wreath of colours, a terrestrial globe semée of bees volant, all proper. On the dexter side a heraldic antelope argent, attired, and chain reflexed over the back Or, and on the sinister side a lion guardant Or, murally crowned Gules; each charged on the shoulder with a rose of the last. Motto: "Concilio et Labore".

A coat of arms was granted to the Manchester Corporation in 1842, passing on to Manchester City Council when the borough of Manchester was granted the title of city in 1853.[64]

* The Shield: red (Gules) with three gold (Or) bands drawn diagonally across to the right-hand side.
* The Chief (the white (Argent) top segment): shows a ship at sea in full sail. This is a reference to the city's trading base.
* The Crest: On a multicoloured wreath stands a terrestrial globe, signifying Manchester's world trade, and covered by a swarm of flying bees. The bee was adopted in the 19th century as a symbol of industrial Manchester being the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
* The Supporters: On the left, a heraldic antelope with a chain attached to a gold (Or) collar, representing engineering industries, and hanging at the shoulder, the red rose of Lancashire, reflecting Manchester's historic position in Lancashire. On the right, a golden lion stands guardant (facing us), crowned with a red (Gules) castle (a reference to the Roman fort at Castlefield from which the city originated). The lion also wears the Red Rose of Lancashire.
* Motto: Concilio et Labore, loosely translated "By wisdom and effort" (or "By counsel and hard work").

In 1954, Manchester Corporation successfully took the Manchester Palace of Varieties to court for improperly using the corporation's arms in its internal decoration and its company seal. The case of Manchester Corporation v Manchester Palace of Varieties Ltd;[65] was the first sitting of the Court of Chivalry for two hundred years, and it has not sat since.[66]

In April 2013, Manchester City Council threatened to take legal action against The Manchester Gazette, for its use of the city's coat of arms on their website. The News Outlet claimed it already gained permission and continued to use it for a further 8 months in spite of the warnings. Withington MP John Leech described the council's latest move as a "massive over-reaction and waste of money", adding: "Have the council's legal department got nothing better to do?".[67][68]

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## Further reading

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* McKechnie, H. M. (ed.) (1915) Manchester in Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen. Manchester U. P.; "Undertakings of the City Council; Social Amelioration in Manchester; Elementary Education in Manchester; Secondary Schools in Manchester; The Evening School System of Manchester", by E. D. Simon, et al.
* Manchester City Council. "Concilio et Labore" Series. No. 1-11. (Each pamphlet describes part of the council's work, e.g. no. 4: the City Treasurer.
* Redford, Arthur (1939) The History of City Government in Manchester; Vol. 2 & 3: Borough and City; The Last Half Century.
* Simon, Ernest D. (1926) A City Council from Within. London: Longmans, Green
* Simon, Shena D. (1938) A Century of City Government: Manchester 1838–1938. London: G. Allen & Unwin
* Tomlinson, H. E. (1943) "The Heraldry of Manchester" in: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library; vol. XXVIII, pp. 207–27

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* Levenshulme
* Longsight
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* Deansgate
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* Piccadilly
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Wythenshawe
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* Wythenshawe

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