Charlestown (Manchester ward)

Charlestown
Charlestown
Ward
	Charlestown ward (2018) within Manchester
	Coat of arms
	Interactive map of Charlestown
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	May 1971
Named after	Charlestown
Government
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
UK Parliamentary Constituency	Blackley and Middleton South

Charlestown is an electoral division of Manchester City Council which has been represented since 1971. It covers the North Manchester suburb of Charlestown and parts of Blackley.

CountryUnited Kingdom

CreatedMay 1971

UK Parliamentary ConstituencyBlackley and Middleton South

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Election
1971	L. Kelly (Lab)	J. S. Goldstone (Lab)	S. C. Silverman (Lab)
1972	L. Kelly (Lab)	J. S. Goldstone (Lab)	S. C. Silverman (Lab)
1973	L. Kelly (Lab)	N. Morris (Lab)	S. C. Silverman (Lab)
1975	L. Kelly (Lab)	N. Morris (Lab)	J. Hood (Con)
1976	L. Kelly (Lab)	N. Morris (Lab)	J. Hood (Con)
1978	L. Kelly (Lab)	N. Morris (Lab)	J. Hood (Con)
1979	L. Kelly (Lab)	N. Morris (Lab)	G. Stringer (Lab)
1980	L. Kelly (Lab)	N. Morris (Lab)	G. Stringer (Lab)
1982	H. Lee (Lab)	D. Ford (Lab)	A. Wood (Lab)
1983	H. Lee (Lab)	D. Ford (Lab)	A. Wood (Lab)
1984	H. Lee (Lab)	D. Ford (Lab)	A. Wood (Lab)
1986	S. McCardell (Lab)	D. Ford (Lab)	A. Wood (Lab)
1987	S. McCardell (Lab)	D. Ford (Lab)	V. Edwards (Lab)
1988	S. McCardell (Lab)	B. Curley (Lab)	V. Edwards (Lab)
1990	S. McCardell (Lab)	B. Curley (Lab)	V. Edwards (Lab)
1991	S. McCardell (Lab)	B. Curley (Lab)	N. Tilley (Lab)
1992	B. Curley (Lab)	M. Hackett (Lab)	N. Tilley (Lab)
1994	B. Curley (Lab)	M. Hackett (Lab)	N. Tilley (Lab)
1995	B. Curley (Lab)	M. Hackett (Lab)	E. Hobin (Lab)
1996	B. Curley (Lab)	M. Hackett (Lab)	E. Hobin (Lab)
1998	B. Curley (Lab)	M. Hackett (Lab)	E. Hobin (Lab)
1999	B. Curley (Lab)	M. Hackett (Lab)	E. Hobin (Lab)
2000	B. Curley (Lab)	M. Hackett (Lab)	E. Hobin (Lab)
2002	B. Curley (Lab)	M. Hackett (Lab)	E. Hobin (Lab)
2003	B. Curley (Lab)	M. Hackett (Lab)	E. Hobin (Lab)
2004	Mark Hackett (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Eric Hobin (Lab)
2006	Mark Hackett (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Eric Hobin (Lab)
2007	Mark Hackett (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Eric Hobin (Lab)
June 2007	Mark Hackett (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)
2008	Mark Hackett (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)
2010	Mark Hackett (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)
2011	Mark Hackett (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)
2012	Mark Hackett (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)
2014	Mark Hackett (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)
2015	Mark Hackett (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)
2016	Hannah Priest (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)
2018	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)	Hannah Priest (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)
2019	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)	Hannah Priest (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)
2021	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)	Hannah Priest (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)
2022	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)	Hannah Priest (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)
2023	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)	Hannah Priest (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)
2024	Veronica Kirkpatrick (Lab)	Uzma Jafri (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)
2026	Dylan Evans (Ref UK)	Uzma Jafri (Lab)	Basil Curley (Lab)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Dylan Evans	1,566	43.6	New
	Labour	Veronica Kirkpatrick*	1,202	33.5	36.4
	Green	Ali Wood	652	18.2	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Turner	172	4.8	1.4
Majority			364	10.1	N/A
Turnout			3,592	29.6	8.8
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Uzma Jafri	1,602	58.6	5.5
	Green	Paul Dominick Hodges	591	21.6	15.2
	Conservative	Muhammad Arbab Khan	299	10.9	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Ncube	176	6.4	2.7
Majority			1,011	37.0
Rejected ballots			68	2.5
Turnout			2,736	22.4
Registered electors			12,225
	Labour hold		Swing	10.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basil Curley*	1,769	71.4	18.6
	Green	Paul Hodges	332	13.4	7.4
	Conservative	Arbab Khan	278	11.2	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mohamed Sabbagh	71	2.9	−0.4
Majority			1,437	58.0	21.0
Rejected ballots			26	1.1	0.6
Turnout			2,476	20.5	−1.8
Registered electors			12,080
	Labour hold		Swing	5.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Kirkpatrick*	1,749	69.9	5.1
	Conservative	Mokammel Alam	371	14.8	1.0
	Green	Paul Hodges	272	10.9	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Ncube	86	3.4	2.9
Majority			1,378	55.1
Rejected ballots			23
Turnout			2,478	20.8	2.3
Registered electors			12,023
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Priest*	1,910	64.1	6.2
	Conservative	Michael Ciotkowski	522	17.5	1.3
	Reform	Martin Power	247	8.3	New
	Green	Anne Power	190	6.4	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Ncube	109	3.7	1.2
Majority			1388	46.6
Rejected ballots			25	0.8
Turnout			3,003	24.76
Registered electors			12,130
	Labour hold		Swing	3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basil Curley*	1,387	52.8	3.2
	Independent	Anthony Brennan	415	15.8	2.1
	UKIP	Stephen O'Neill	387	14.7	n/a
	Conservative	Charalampos Kagkouras	180	6.8	6.8
	Green	Astrid Johnson	159	6.0	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Turner	88	3.3	3.0
Majority			972	37.0	0.9
Rejected ballots			13	0.49
Turnout			2,629	22.25	0.8
Registered electors			11,817
	Labour hold		Swing	0.55

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hannah Kate Priest	1,671	59.38
	UKIP	Neil Caradoc Griffiths	770	27.36
	Conservative	Nicholas David St John Savage	204	7.25
	Green	Astrid Johnson	92	3.27
	Liberal Democrats	Charles William Turner	77	2.74
Majority			901	32.02
Turnout			2,814	27.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basil Curley*	3,053	56.4	−14.6
	UKIP	Neil Caradoc Griffiths	1,464	27.1	N/A
	Conservative	Joshua John Lelliott	549	10.1	−2.4
	Green	Astrid Johnson	178	3.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	William David Fisher	112	2.1	−2.3
	TUSC	Alex Wogan	54	1.0	N/A
Majority			1,589	29.3
Turnout			5,410	52.4	+22.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Kirkpatrick	1,741	54.65	+0.05
	UKIP	Neil Griffiths	1,030	32.33	N/A
	Conservative	Will Stobart	203	14.5	−8.13
	Liberal Democrats	Martina Anne Dunican	65	2.04	−10.96
Majority			711	23.4
Turnout			3,039	30.45
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hackett*	1,955	75.3	+29.3
	Conservative	Tom Archer	292	11.2	−3.5
	Green	Chris Hyland	252	9.7	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Taylor	98	3.8	−2.4
Majority			1,663	64
Turnout			2,597	25.36
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basil Curley*	2,196	71.0	+12.0
	Conservative	Ellen Daniels	387	12.5	−3.5
	BNP	Stephen Moran	374	12.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ruddick	137	4.4	−5.9
Majority			1,809	58.5
Turnout			3,094	30.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Kirkpatrick*	2,828	54.6	+8.6
	BNP	Stephen Moran	802	15.5	−8.3
	Conservative	Philip Steven Donohue	749	14.5	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hardwick-Moss	673	13.0	+6.8
	Green	Michael Prior	127	2.5	−3.9
Majority			2,026	39.1	+16.9
Turnout			5179	51.2	+21.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hackett*	1,328	46.0	−13.0
	BNP	Stephen Moran	687	23.8	+23.8
	Conservative	Gareth Brown	425	14.7	−1.3
	Green	Michael Prior	186	6.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Reynolds-Cocroft	178	6.2	−4.1
	UKIP	Catherine Ritchie	84	2.9	−6.2
Majority			641	22.2	−20.7
Turnout			2,888	29.8	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Kirkpatrick	1,373	54.7	−4.3
	BNP	Joseph G M Finnon	628	25.0	+25.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Connell	239	9.5	−0.8
	Conservative	Kim E Glasspole	188	7.5	−8.5
	Green	Jackie Smith	81	3.2	−2.5
Majority			745	29.6	−13.3
Turnout			2,509	26.5	−1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.6

2007^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basil Curley*	1,542	59.0	+4.7
	Conservative	Kim Glasspole	419	16.0	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Rodgers	268	10.3	−2.9
	UKIP	Andrea Ritchie	238	9.1	−2.7
	Green	Helen Dolan	148	5.7	−0.3
Majority			1,123	42.9	+3.3
Turnout			2,615	27.8	−1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

2006^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Hobin*	1,435	54.3	−4.8
	Conservative	Vivienne Inez Clarke	388	14.7	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Rodgers	348	13.2	−11.5
	UKIP	Catherine Andrea Ritchie	312	11.8	+11.8
	Green	Helen Sarah Dolan	159	6.0	+6.0
Majority			1,047	39.6	+5.2
Turnout			2,642	29.2	−5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.6

2003^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Hobin*	1,043	54.1	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Isherwood	498	25.8	−9.2
	Conservative	Marilyn Hopkins	302	15.7	+15.7
	Green	Mark Gilbert	84	4.4	+0.1
Majority			545	28.3	+2.6
Turnout			1,927	22.0	−3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

2002^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eugene Curley*	1,363	60.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Isherwood	786	35.0	−2.3
	Green	Claudia French	96	4.3	−1.4
Majority			577	25.7	+6.0
Turnout			2,245	25.3	+5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hackett*	1,941	59.1	*N/A*
	Labour	Basil Curley*	1,723
	Labour	Eric Hobin*	1,557
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Towers	812	24.7	N/A
	Conservative	Kim Glasspole	531	16.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Taylor	475
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Otten	391
Majority			745	34.4	N/A
Turnout			3,284	34.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hackett*	924	57.0	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Isherwood	605	37.3	+12.2
	Green	Claudia French	92	5.7	+5.7
Majority			319	19.7	−17.2
Turnout			1,621	19.6	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Hobin*	1,023	61.9	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Isherwood	414	25.1	+5.6
	Conservative	Vivienne Clarke	215	13.0	−2.7
Majority			609	36.9	−9.1
Turnout			1,652	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basil Curley*	1,083	65.4	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Isherwood	322	19.5	+10.2
	Conservative	Christine Saunders	260	15.7	+3.3
Majority			761	46.0	−17.8
Turnout			1,655
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hackett*	1,635	76.2	−0.2
	Conservative	Christine Saunders	266	12.4	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Towers	200	9.3	+0.6
	Residents	H. Baker	44	2.1	+2.1
Majority			1,369	63.8	+0.4
Turnout			2,145
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Hobin	1,873	76.4	+5.3
	Conservative	Christine Saunders	320	13.1	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert West	212	8.7	−4.6
	Independent	J. Miller	45	1.8	+1.8
Majority			1,553	63.4	+8.0
Turnout			2,450
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Curley*	2,049	71.1	+17.6
	Conservative	C. Saunders	451	15.6	−21.3
	Liberal Democrats	J. Parkinson	382	13.3	+3.7
Majority			1,598	55.4	+38.8
Turnout			2,882
	Labour hold		Swing	+19.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Hackett	1,294	53.5	−1.8
	Labour	E. Curley*	1,288
	Conservative	V. Clarke	892	36.9	+9.9
	Conservative	H. Coombes	800
	Liberal Democrats	J. Laslett	231	9.6	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	L. Thornhill	200
Majority			396	16.6	−11.6
Turnout			2,417
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Tilley	1,835	55.3	−8.4
	Conservative	F. D. Borg	898	27.0	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	J. Laslett	587	17.7	+9.7
Majority			937	28.2	−12.7
Turnout			3,320	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. McCardell*	2,545	63.7	+6.3
	Conservative	M. R. Birnhak	912	22.8	−11.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. Laslett	320	8.0	+4.3
	Green	M. A. Burns	220	5.5	+5.5
Majority			1,633	40.9	+17.8
Turnout			3,997
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.9

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Curley	2,289	57.4	+16.2
	Conservative	M. Harris	1,368	34.3	−3.4
	SDP	S. Earnshaw	182	4.6	+4.6
	SLD	N. Towers	148	3.7	−17.4
Majority			921	23.1	+19.5
Turnout			3,987
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Edwards	1,933	41.2	−22.3
	Conservative	Michael Jones	1,766	37.7	+14.4
	SDP	Eric Watts	990	21.1	+8.0
Majority			167	3.6	−36.6
Turnout			4,689
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. McCardell	2,541	63.5	+4.1
	Conservative	M. Jones	934	23.3	−6.0
	SDP	E. Watts	526	13.1	+1.9
Majority			1,607	40.2	+10.1
Turnout			4,001
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Ford*	2,537	59.4	+6.9
	Conservative	M. Jones	1,252	29.3	−2.0
	SDP	Teresa Lyons	479	11.2	−5.0
Majority			1,285	30.1	+8.9
Turnout			4,268
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wood*	2,362	52.5	+4.9
	Conservative	Richard Smith	1,407	31.3	+0.6
	SDP	John Czernenko	728	16.2	−5.5
Majority			955	21.2	+4.2
Turnout			4,497
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hugh Lee	1,926	44.8
	Labour	David Ford	1,879	43.7
	Labour	Alan Wood	1,782	41.4
	Conservative	Sandra Cartwright	1,240	28.8
	Conservative	Arthur Ashmore	1,179	27.4
	Conservative	John Grimshaw	1,171	27.2
	SDP	Sydney Earnshaw	876	20.4
	SDP	Agnes Hart	737	17.1
	SDP	Myra Landsman	719	16.7
Majority			542	12.6
Turnout			4,303	41.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Morris*	2,608	62.2	+11.0
	Conservative	C. Maffei	1,348	32.1	−8.0
	Liberal	J. Mawson	239	5.7	−3.0
Majority			1,260	30.0	+18.8
Turnout			4,195	42.9	−33.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Stringer	3,802	51.2	+2.8
	Conservative	J. Hood*	2,974	40.1	−5.1
	Liberal	E. V. Roberts	648	8.7	+5.2
Majority			828	11.2	+8.0
Turnout			7,424	76.7	+32.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Kelly*	2,146	48.4	−3.3
	Conservative	C. Maffei	2,002	45.2	+3.0
	Liberal	N. Towers	155	3.5	−2.6
	National Front	W. E. Caffrey	91	2.1	+2.1
	Communist	S. Cole	40	0.9	+0.9
Majority			144	3.2	−6.3
Turnout			4,434	44.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Morris*	2,458	51.7	+4.1
	Conservative	W. Guy	2,006	42.2	−10.2
	Liberal	J. Laslett	289	6.1	+6.1
Majority			452	9.5
Turnout			4,753
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1