Gorton and Abbey Hey (ward)

Gorton and Abbey Hey
Gorton and Abbey Hey
Electoral ward
	Gorton and Abbey Hey electoral ward within Manchester City Council
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): By wisdom and effort
	Interactive map of Gorton and Abbey Hey
	Coordinates: 53°27′52″N 2°10′11″W / 53.464526°N 2.169614°W
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	December 2017
Named after	Gorton and Abbey Hey
Government UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Gorton
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
• Leader of the council	Bev Craig (Labour)

CreatedDecember 2017

Gorton and Abbey Hey is an electoral ward of Manchester, England created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) from the previous electoral wards of Gorton North and Gorton South for the local elections 2018.^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Julie Reid*	2,206	67.3	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Pearcey	403	12.3	0.8
	Green	Natasha Turner	368	11.2	6.3
	Conservative	Ugo Nzeribe	248	7.6	3.7
Majority			1,803	55.0
Rejected ballots			55	1.7
Turnout			3,280	23.38
Registered electors			14,031
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Afia Kamal*	1,906	64.9	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Pearcey	531	18.1	8.3
	Green	Natasha Turner	274	9.3	2.6
	Conservative	Mokammel Alam	228	7.8	2.3
Majority			1,375	46.8	25.9
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,939	22.08	2.1
Registered electors			13,481
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Louis Hughes*	1,996	68.9	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Pearcey	393	13.6	10.1
	Conservative	Ugo Nzeribe	279	9.6	1.5
	Green	Natasha Turner	207	7.1	0.7
Majority			1,603	55.3
Rejected ballots			24
Turnout			2,875	21.8	2.2
Registered electors			13,310
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	9.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Julie Reid*	2,372	70.7	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Pearcey	440	13.1	7.6
	Conservative	Ugo Nzeribe	378	11.3	0.3
	Green	Scott Robinson	165	4.9	1.9
Majority			1,932	57.6
Rejected ballots			57	1.7
Turnout			3,412	25.8	1.8
Registered electors			13,243
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	6.8

Elections in 2020s

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Afia Kamal*	1,464	47.3	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Pearcey	818	26.4	2.7
	UKIP	Katie Fanning	418	13.5	N/A
	Green	Paul Davies	208	6.7	1.1
	Conservative	Jake Feeley	170	5.5	6.1
Majority			646	20.86	4.83
Rejected ballots			19	0.61
Turnout			3,097	24.18
Registered electors			12,810
	Labour hold		Swing	2.35

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Louis Hughes*	1,849	59.9
	Labour	Julie Reid*	1,771	57.4
	Labour	Afia Kamal*	1,523	49.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Pearcey	730	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Donaldson	526	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bannister	385	12.5
	Conservative	Paul Mostyn	342	11.1
	Conservative	Michael Street	308	10.0
	Conservative	Melissa Jackson	271	8.8
	Green	Melvyn Newton	241	7.8
Rejected ballots			13 (full) 1 (partial)
Turnout			3,086	24
Registered electors			12,857
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

	Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	Vote %
Labour	3	3	5,143	64.72
Liberal Democrats	3	0	1,641	20.65
Conservative	3	0	921	11.59
Green	1	0	303	2.41