Piccadilly (ward)

Piccadilly
Electoral ward
Piccadilly electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  By wisdom and effort
Coordinates: 53.4807°N 2.2340°W / 53.4807; -2.2340
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	December 2017
Named for	Piccadilly Gardens and the surrounding area
Government   UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Central
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
• Leader of the council	Bev Craig (Labour)
• Councillor	Adele Douglas (Labour)
• Councillor	Jon-Connor Lyons (Labour)
• Councillor	Sam Wheeler (Labour)

The Piccadilly electoral ward of Manchester City Council was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to replace parts of the City Centre and Ancoats & Clayton wards in 2018.^[1]

It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell Labour Co-op MP for Manchester Central.^[2]

Councillors

The ward is represented by three councillors on the city council. The first councillors for the new ward were elected in the local elections 2018; the candidate with the most votes receiving a 4-year term, second-most votes a 2-year term and third-most votes a 1-year term. From 2019 the council returns to electing one-third of councillors at each election.^[1]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2018		Sam Wheeler (Lab)		Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab)		Adele Douglas (Lab)
2019		Sam Wheeler (Lab)		Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab)		Adele Douglas (Lab)
2021		Sam Wheeler (Lab)		Jon-Connor Lyons (Lab)		Adele Douglas (Lab)

  indicates seat up for election.

Elections in 2020s

* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon-Connor Lyons*	1,381	62.1	4.4
	Green	Chris Perriam	438	19.7	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Northwood	250	11.2	9.3
	Conservative	Siqi Lin	156	7.0	1.3
Majority			943	42.4
Rejected ballots			12	0.5	0.1
Turnout			2,237	28.7	8.6
Registered electors			7,783
	Labour hold		Swing	4.5

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Wheeler*	596	42.6	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Lynch	357	25.5	3.5
	Green	Brian Candeland	336	24.0	0.3
	Conservative	Paul Wan	98	7.0	2.2
Majority			239	17.1	11.9
Rejected ballots			13	0.93	0.43
Turnout			1,400	19.58	0.50
Registered electors			7,149
	Labour hold		Swing	6.6

May 2018

2018^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adele Douglas	925	61.0
	Labour	Jon-Connor Lyons	875	57.7
	Labour	Sam Wheeler	793	52.3
	Green	Kara Ng	368	24.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Browne	348	23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Lynch	334	22.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Varnam	250	16.5
	Conservative	Paul Wan	140	9.2
	Conservative	Victoria Williams	124	8.2
	Conservative	Levi Walker	115	7.6
Majority			425	28.0
Rejected ballots			6	0.40
Turnout			1,516	20.08
Registered electors			7,550
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidates	Seats Won	Votes	Vote %
	Labour	3	3	2,593	60.70
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	932	21.82
	Conservative	3	0	379	8.87
	Green	1	0	368	8.61

References

1. LGBCE (April 2017). Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2018.
2. "Lucy Powell MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
3. "3 May 2018 Local Government Election results". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.