Manchester City Council local election 2024 candidates in full

The list of candidates for this year’s Manchester City Council election have been confirmed.

Nominations to run in the election officially closed at 4pm on Friday (April 5), with polling day being Thursday, May 2. In all, 33 seats are up for grabs.

That’s because one seat is available in every one of Manchester’s 32 wards, but Didsbury East has two vacancies — due to the resignation of Labour’s James Wilson last month.

Polls will be open in the election on May 2 from 7am to 10pm. The deadline to register to vote is 11:59pm on April 16.

Residents will need a photo ID to vote, with a list of accepted forms here. If you do not have any of the accepted forms of ID, you can apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate online here until 5pm on April 24.

Voters must be registered in Greater Manchester’s 10 boroughs — Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan — and aged 18 or over on polling day to cast their ballot.

You can register to vote online here, or access a form to register by post here.

The full list of candidates, broken down by ward, arranged in alphabetical order by surname is below.

Ancoats and Beswick

• Alan Good (LIB DEM)

• Julie Jarman (LAB)

• Chris Stafford (COMM FUT)

• Kate Walsh Benson (GREEN)

• Paul Wan (CON)

Ardwick

• Abdigafar Muse (LAB)

• Princetta Nicol (CON)

• Chris Perriam (GREEN)

• Bernie Ryan (LIB DEM)

Baguley

• Luke Berry (CON)

• Phil Manketlow (LIB DEM)

• Tracey Rawlins (LAB)

• Jake Welsh (GREEN)

Brooklands

• Yemi Ajayi (CON)

• Grace Buczkowska (GREEN)

• Dave Marsh (LAB)

• Euan Stewart (LIB DEM)

Burnage

• Asma Alam (GREEN)

• Kobe Bibbon (LIB DEM)

• Bev Craig (LAB)

• Syed Rahman (WORKERS)

• Muhammad Tahir (CON)

Charlestown

• Paul Hodges (GREEN)

• Uzma Jafri (LAB)

• Muhammad Khan (CON)

• Melanie Ncube (LIB DEM)

Cheetham

• Dawud Ali (IND)

• Shaukat Ali (LAB)

• Patience Assam (CON)

• Roderick Morrison (LIB DEM)

• Edmund Potts (COMM FUT)

• Fesl Reza-Khan (GREEN)

Chorlton

• Rhona Brown (LIB DEM)

• Festus Fofanah (CON)

• Kate Hughes (GREEN)

• Tina Kirwin-McGinley (LAB)

Chorlton Park

• Keith Berry (CON)

• Chris Rogers (LIB DEM)

• Mandie Shilton Godwin (LAB)

• Richard Walton (GREEN)

Clayton and Openshaw

• Donna Ludford (LAB)

• Ramzi Swaray-Kella (CON)

• Samsuzzaman Syed (GREEN)

• Maria Turner (LIB DEM)

Crumpsall

• Nasrin Ali (LAB)

• Madasar Anwar (IND)

• Tariq Baz (IND)

• Samantha Days (WEP)

• Arbab Khan (CON)

• Alison Hawdale (GREEN)

• Norman Lewis (LIB DEM)

Deansgate

• Luke Allan (LIB DEM)

• Marcus Johns (LAB)

• Jason McLeod (CON)

• Chris Ogden (GREEN)

Didsbury East

• Leslie Bell (LAB)

• Bryn Coombe (LIB DEM)

• Ben Dundas (GREEN)

• Linda Foley (LAB)

• Anjenarra Huq (CON)

• Charlotte Lanigan (GREEN)

• Stephen McHugh (CON)

• Belal Sabbagh (LIB DEM)

Didsbury West

• Daniel Bell (CON)

• Deborah Hilal (LAB)

• Rosie Hughes (LIB DEM)

• Stanley Parker (GREEN)

Fallowfield

• Chowdhury Billah (WORKERS)

• Sabreena Hossain (CON)

• Albie Mayo (GREEN)

• Ghazala Sadiq (LAB)

• Lynne Williams (LIB DEM)

Gorton and Abbey Hey

• Ugo Nzeribe (CON)

• Jackie Pearcey (LIB DEM)

• Julie Reid (LAB)

• Natasha Turner (GREEN)

Harpurhey

• Jean Betteridge (GREEN)

• Gareth Brown (CON)

• Celia Craske (LIB DEM)

• Joanne Green (LAB)

• Sam Hey (TUSC)

Higher Blackley

• Dean Booth (IND NET)

• Julie Connolly (LAB)

• Colin Jones (CON)

• Peter Matthews (LIB DEMS)

• Vickey Matthews (GREEN)

Hulme

• Ekua Bayunu (GREEN)

• Yat Cheung (CON)

• Lee Glover (LAB)

• Joe Lynch (LIB DEM)

Levenshulme

• Chan Ben Kin (CON)

• John Bridges (LIB DEMS)

• Amanda Gardner (GREEN)

• Jeremy Hoad (IND)

• Zahid Hussain (LAB)

• Muhammad Iqbal (WORKERS)

Longsight

• Liaqat Ali (LIB DEM)

• Bernard Ekbery (GREEN)

• Luthfur Rahman (LAB)

• Mohammed Raja (IND)

• Liberty Rowe (CON)

• Shahbaz Sarwar (WORKERS)

Miles Platting and Newton Heath

• June Hitchen (LAB)

• Prashant Kumbhat (GREEN)

• Donna Liley (IND)

• Bassel Ounah (CON)

• Charles Turner (LIB DEM)

Moston

• Popoola Alabi (CON)

• John Cameron (LIB DEM)

• Diane Kosandiak (GREEN)

• Sherita Mandongwe (LAB)

Moss Side

• Thirza Asanga-Rae (GREEN)

• Paul Jones (LIB DEM)

• Bhupinder Kumar (CON)

• Esha Mumtaz (LAB)

• Ali Olad (IND)

Northenden

• Sylvia Buchan (GREEN)

• Mark Clayton (LIB DEM)

• Sam Lynch (LAB)

• Ezra McGowan (CON)

Old Moat

• Misbah Ahmed (CON)

• Laura Bannister (GREEN)

• Jon Martin (LIB DEM)

• Gavin White (LAB)

Piccadilly

• Allison Harrison (LIB DEM)

• Jon-Connor Lyons (LAB)

• Scott Robinson (GREEN)

• Sinead Rylance (COMM FUT)

• Praveen Tomar (CON)

Rusholme

• Maznin Hussain (WORKERS)

• Joseph Kalokoh (CON)

• Jill Lovecy (LAB)

• Dennis Pirdzuns (GREEN)

• Shahid Qazi (IND)

• Mohammed Sajjad (IND)

• Gregory Sammons (LIB DEM)

Sharston

• Brian Candeland (GREEN)

• Martha O’Donoghue (LIB DEM)

• Glen Sykes (CON)

• Emma Taylor (LAB)

Whalley Range

• Muqaddasah Bano (LAB)

• Seb Bate (LIB DEM)

• Norman Hesketh-Hart (CON)

• Tanvir Marth (WORKERS)

• Billie Nagle (GREEN)

Withington

• Akbar Arif (CON)

• Sam Easterby-Smith (GREEN)

• April Preston (LIB DEM)

• Chris Wills (LAB)

Woodhouse Park

• Anna Hablak (LIB DEM)

• Eric Houghton (CON)

• Rob Nunney (GREEN)

• Susan Wildman (LAB)