Manchester City Council

Manchester Local Election Results 2012

The results of this year's local elections for Manchester have been published.

Voters went to the polls yesterday (Thursday 3 May) to choose one third of the council.

For a full ward-by-ward breakdown of results visit www.manchester.gov.uk/elections

The composition of the council is now:

Labour: 86

Liberal Democrat: 9

Independent: 1

Voters yesterday also took part in the referendum on how Manchester City Council is run.

They were asked whether they would prefer the council to be run:

By a leader who is an elected councillor chosen by a vote of the other elected councillors

OR

By a mayor who is elected by voters

The results were:

Leader option: 48,593

Elected mayor option: 42,677

The Leader option had the majority and will be how the council is run in future.