Sharston (Manchester ward)

Sharston
Sharston
Ward
	Sharston ward (2018) within Manchester
	Coat of arms
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Manchester
Created	May 1982
Named after	Sharston
Government
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Manchester City Council
UK Parliamentary Constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East

Sharston is an electoral division of Manchester City Council which has been represented since 1982. It covers the Sharston area of Wythenshawe.

Overview

Sharston ward was created in 1982,^[1] covering the eastern portions of the former Crossacres ward and the Northenden ward. A further city-wide boundary revision in 2004,^[2] transferred the southern portion of the former Benchill ward to the ward. The ward's boundaries were left largely unchanged at the latest revision in 2018.^[3]

From its creation until 1997, the ward formed part of the Manchester Wythenshawe Parliamentary constituency.^[4]^[5] Since 1997, it has formed part of the Wythenshawe and Sale East Parliamentary constituency.

Councillors

Election
1982	K. Collis (Lab)	K. Lim (Lab)	W. Jameson (Lab)
1983	K. Collis (Lab)	K. Lim (Lab)	W. Jameson (Lab)
1984	K. Collis (Lab)	K. Lim (Lab)	W. Jameson (Lab)
1986	K. Collis (Lab)	K. Lim (Lab)	W. Jameson (Lab)
1987	K. Collis (Lab)	K. Lim (Lab)	G. Mann (Lab)
1988	K. Collis (Lab)	G. Berry (Lab)	G. Mann (Lab)
1990	J. Broderick (Lab)	G. Berry (Lab)	G. A. M. Wright (Lab)
1991	J. Broderick (Lab)	G. Berry (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
1992	J. Broderick (Lab)	G. Berry (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
1994	H. Barrett (Lab)	G. Berry (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
1995	H. Barrett (Lab)	G. Berry (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
1996	H. Barrett (Lab)	G. Berry (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
1998	H. Barrett (Lab)	G. Berry (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
1999	H. Barrett (Lab)	G. Berry (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
2000	H. Barrett (Lab)	G. Berry (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
June 2001	H. Barrett (Lab)	T. Judge (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
2002	H. Barrett (Lab)	T. Judge (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
2003	H. Barrett (Lab)	T. Judge (Lab)	J. E. Keller (Lab)
2004	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Joyce Keller (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)
2006	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Joyce Keller (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)
2007	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Joyce Keller (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)
2008	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Joyce Keller (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)
2010	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Joyce Keller (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)
2011	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Joyce Keller (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)
2012	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Joyce Keller (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)
2014	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)	Maddy Monaghan (Lab)
2015	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)	Maddy Monaghan (Lab)
2016	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)	Maddy Monaghan (Lab)
2018	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Maddy Monaghan (Lab)	Hugh Barrett (Lab)
2019	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Maddy Monaghan (Lab)	Tim Whiston (Lab)
2021	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Emma Taylor (Lab)	Tim Whiston (Lab)
2022	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Emma Taylor (Lab)	Tim Whiston (Lab)
2023	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Emma Taylor (Lab)	Tim Whiston (Lab)
2024	Tommy Judge (Lab)	Emma Taylor (Lab)	Tim Whiston (Lab)
2026	David McCullough (Ref UK)	Emma Taylor (Lab)	Tim Whiston (Lab)

Elections

Elections in 2020s

May 2026

2026
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David McCullough	1,203	38.2	*N/A*
	Labour	Richard Caulfield	1,009	32.1	−36.4
	Green	Peter Searby	577	18.3	+10.2
	Conservative	Gary Curran	226	7.2	−9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jones	132	4.2	−2.5
Majority			194	6.2	N/A
Turnout			3,147	26.8	+7.5
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing

May 2024

2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Victoria Taylor*	1,703	68.6	1.5
	Conservative	Glen Richard Sykes	338	13.6	7.7
	Green	Brian Arthur Candeland	270	10.9	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martha O'Donoghue	137	5.5	4.6
Majority			1,365	55.0
Rejected ballots			36	1.4
Turnout			2,484	21.5
Registered electors			11,576
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

May 2023

2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Whiston*	1,581	69.3	12.6
	Conservative	Daniel Johnson	349	15.4	7.0
	Green	Brian Candeland	198	8.7	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ellin Saunders	123	5.4	0.5
Majority			1,232
Rejected ballots			13
Turnout			2,264	19.67
Registered electors			11,510
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2022

2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Judge*	1,525	68.5	0.4
	Conservative	Bheem Pulla	363	16.3	0.9
	Green	Catherine Longson	181	8.1	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Grayson	148	6.7	0.5
Majority			1,162	52.2
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			2,227	19.3	0.5
Registered electors			11,533
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

May 2021

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Taylor	1,866	70.1	5.2
	Conservative	Tony Welch	567	21.3	6.3
	Green	Astrid Johnson	207	7.8	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Coombe	23	0.9	5.1
Majority			1,299	48.8
Rejected ballots			25	0.9
Turnout			2,688	23.1	3.3
Registered electors			11,659
	Labour hold		Swing	5.8

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tim Whiston	1,286	56.7	8.1
	UKIP	Philip Matthews	403	17.8	n/a
	Green	Sylvia Buchan	247	10.9	1.4
	Conservative	Jagdeep Mehat	191	8.4	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Shaw	135	5.9	0.8
Majority			883	38.9	5.2
Rejected ballots			7	0.31
Turnout			2,269	19.73	0.1
Registered electors			11,501
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	12.95

May 2018

2018 (3 vacancies; new boundaries)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tommy Judge*	1,555	68.1
	Labour	Maddy Monaghan*	1,486	65.1
	Labour	Hugh Barrett*	1,399	61.3
	Conservative	Eric Houghton	393	17.2
	Conservative	Amandeep Kaur	260	11.4
	Conservative	Sukhjinder Mehat	231	10.1
	Green	Richard Venes	217	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Ashe	141	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hermione Warr	129	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Asad Osman	82	3.6
Majority
Turnout			2,283	19.8
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Judge*	1,645	61.8	−7.7
	UKIP	Bob Burke	561	21.1	+10.9
	Conservative	Jagdeep Singh Mehat	227	8.5	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bernie Ryan	100	3.8	−0.4
	Green	Sylvia June Buchan	92	3.5	−0.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Silly Sir Oink A-Lot	23	0.9	n/a
	Communist League	Peter Clifford	12	0.5	n/a
Majority			1,084	40.8
Turnout			2,660	23.00
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Barrett	3,146	55.9	−7.4
	UKIP	Bob Burke	1,128	20.1	+12.5
	Conservative	Stephen John Hale	834	14.8	−2.5
	Green	Sylvia June Buchan	228	4.1	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Yorke-Davenport	175	3.1	−1.6
	TUSC	Kate Armitage	63	1.1	−1.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Silly Sir Oink-a-lot	53	0.9	N/A
Majority			2,018	35.8
Turnout			5,627	47.8	+22.7
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2014

2014 (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Madeleine Monaghan	1,450
	Labour	Hugh Barrett*	1,406
	UKIP	Bob Burke	848
	Conservative	David Morgan	307
	Green	Alison Jane Hunt	216
	Liberal Democrats	John Frazer Yorke-Davenport	142
	Respect	Catherine Higgins	141
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Summerill	89
Majority			558
Turnout				23.3
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Judge*	1,666	69.5	+22.3
	UKIP	Dean Roberts	244	10.2	N/A
	Conservative	Jim McCullough	218	9.1	−23.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Page	100	4.2	−7.4
	Green	Alison Hunt	91	3.8	−4.6
	TUSC	Trevor Prior	78	3.3	N/A
Majority			1,422	59
Turnout			2397	20.44
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Joyce Keller*	1,845	63.3	+10.8
	Conservative	Jim McCullough	505	17.3	−8.2
	UKIP	Eugene Cassidy	222	7.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Page	138	4.7	−7.6
	Green	Dane Lam	133	4.6	−5.1
	TUSC	Shari Holden	70	2.4	N/A
Majority			1,340	46.0
Turnout			2,913	25.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Hugh Barrett*	2,335	45.6	−1.6
	Conservative	Gregory Barrie Davis	933	18.2	−14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Francesca Bliss	930	18.2	+6.6
	BNP	Bernard Todd	371	7.2	+7.2
	UKIP	Robert Edward Burke	283	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	Jimmy McCullough	157	3.1	+3.1
	Green	Luke Smith	114	2.2	−6.2
Majority			1,402	27.4	+13.7
Turnout			5,123	44.4	+23.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.4

Elections in 2000s

May 2008

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tommy Judge*	1,115	47.2	−5.3
	Conservative	Jimmy McCullough	773	32.7	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Fisher	274	11.6	−0.7
	Green	Karen Duffy	199	8.4	−1.3
Majority			324	13.7	−13.3
Turnout			2,361	21.1	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.2

May 2007

2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Joyce Keller*	1,242	52.5	−2.5
	Conservative	Jimmy McCullough	604	25.5	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Dunican	290	12.3	−3.3
	Green	Amanda Collins	229	9.7	−1.8
Majority			638	27.0	−10.3
Turnout			2,365	21.8	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.1

May 2006

2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Hugh Barrett*	1,248	55.0	+4.7
	Conservative	Agnes Anne Carroll	402	17.7	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	William David Fisher	355	15.6	−0.9
	Green	Karen Jane Duffy	264	11.5	−2.9
Majority			846	37.3	+5.8
Turnout			2,269	21.4	−5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

June 2004

2004 (3 vacancies; new boundaries)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Judge*	1,411	50.9
	Labour Co-op	Joyce Keller*	1,349	48.7
	Labour Co-op	Hugh Barratt*	1,271	45.9
	Conservative	Joyce Kaye	527	19.0
	Conservative	Trevor Roberts	524	18.9
	Conservative	Agnes Carroll	515	18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette McKay	463	16.7
	Green	Christopher Ireland	403	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Rodgers	396	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert West	310	11.2
Majority			744	26.9
Turnout			2,772	27.0
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

May 2003

2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Joyce Keller*	755	65.3	−1.2
	Conservative	John Kenny	171	14.8	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	161	13.9	+1.3
	Green	Richard Gee	70	6.1	+1.2
Majority			584	50.5	−0.0
Turnout			1,157	15.0	−4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.0

May 2002

2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Barrett*	974	66.5	+3.8
	Conservative	Carol Roberts	234	16.0	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	184	12.6	−1.0
	Green	Simon Sobrero	72	4.9	−0.9
Majority			740	50.5	+7.4
Turnout			1,464	19.0	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

June 2001 (by-election)

By-election: 10 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Judge	2,170	69.8	+7.1
	Conservative	David Timson	497	16.0	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	440	14.2	+0.6
Majority			1,673	53.8	+10.7
Turnout			3,107
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.4

May 2000

2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Griffith Berry*	683	62.7	−9.1
	Conservative	David Russell	214	19.7	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	148	13.6	+2.8
	Green	Steven Anderson	44	4.0	+1.0
Majority			469	43.1	−14.4
Turnout			1,089	14.9	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.2

Elections in 1990s

May 1999

1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Keller*	905	71.8	−1.6
	Conservative	John Nelson	181	14.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Farnen	136	10.8	−5.0
	Green	Steven Anderson	38	3.0	+3.0
Majority			724	57.5	−5.1
Turnout			1,260	16.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

May 1998

1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Barrett*	910	73.4	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Farnen	196	15.8	+5.3
	Conservative	George Stars	134	10.8	−0.1
Majority			776	62.6	−2.3
Turnout			1,240
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.8

May 1996

1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Griffith Berry*	1,298	75.7	−3.6
	Conservative	Robert Caddick	186	10.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	S. Toole	180	10.5	+1.6
	Green	P. Johnson	50	2.9	+2.9
Majority			1,112	64.9	−4.4
Turnout			1,714
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.2

May 1995

1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Keller*	1,593	79.3	+9.0
	Conservative	I. Hollins	201	10.0	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Cath Hall	179	8.9	−3.1
	Independent	R. Garside	36	1.8	+1.8
Majority			1,392	69.3	+12.0
Turnout			2,009
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

May 1994

1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Barrett	1,680	70.3	+23.0
	Conservative	I. Hollins	310	13.0	−25.8
	Liberal Democrats	W. Fisher	286	12.0	+2.3
	Green	G. Lawson	114	4.8	+0.5
Majority			1,370	57.3	+48.5
Turnout			2,390
	Labour hold		Swing	+24.4

May 1992

1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Berry*	1,149	47.3	−6.9
	Conservative	A. Bourne	943	38.8	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	S. Toole	235	9.7	−4.9
	Green	G. Lawson	104	4.3	−1.5
Majority			206	8.5	−20.3
Turnout			2,431
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

May 1991

1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Keller	1,746	54.2	+0.1
	Conservative	T. J. Roberts	819	25.4	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	I. G. Davies	472	14.6	+1.8
	Green	G. A. Lawson	186	5.8	−7.1
Majority			927	28.8	−5.2
Turnout			3,223	35.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

May 1990

1990 (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Broderick	2,258	54.1	+1.3
	Labour	G. A. M. Wright	2,159
	Conservative	C. Roberts	839	20.1	−8.7
	Conservative	T. J. Roberts	808
	Green	G. A. Lawson	539	12.9	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	H. Griffiths	536	12.8	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	D. W. Fake	355
Majority			1,320	34.0	+10.0
Turnout			4,172
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in 1980s

May 1988

1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Berry	2,051	52.8	+14.3
	Conservative	A. R. Williams	1,119	28.8	+1.2
	SLD	R. Bowers	717	18.4	−15.5
Majority			932	24.0	+19.4
Turnout			3,887
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.5

May 1987

1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mann	1,801	38.5	−26.0
	SDP	Robert Bowers	1,585	33.9	−1.6
	Conservative	Alan Williams	1,292	27.6	+27.6
Majority			216	4.6	−24.5
Turnout			4,678
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.2

May 1986

1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Collis*	2,298	64.5	+11.5
	SDP	R. Bowers	1,263	35.5	+21.2
Majority			1,035	29.1	+8.7
Turnout			3,561
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.8

May 1984

1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Lim*	2,213	53.0	+6.6
	Conservative	A. Kenyon	1,362	32.6	+1.4
	Liberal	Herbert Griffiths	598	14.3	−7.6
Majority			851	20.4	+5.2
Turnout			4,173
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

May 1983

1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jameson*	2,080	46.4	+2.8
	Conservative	Annie Spencer	1,398	31.2	+0.8
	Liberal	Herbert Griffiths	979	21.9	−3.7
Majority			682	15.2	+2.0
Turnout			4,479
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

May 1982

1982 (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kenneth Collis*	1,906	42.1
	Labour	Kevan Lim*	1,787	39.4
	Labour	William Jameson	1,735	38.3
	Conservative	Annie Spencer	1,329	29.3
	Conservative	Rodney Munn	1,322	29.2
	Conservative	Kathleen Hay	1,290	28.5
	SDP	Eileen Bowers	1,115	24.6
	SDP	Robert Bowers	1,112	24.5
	SDP	Angus Bateman*	1,052	23.2
Majority			406	9.0
Turnout			4,530	46.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

↑ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
↑ "Manchester 2004 council election results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2004-06-26. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
↑ Manchester City Council's submission on Warding Patterns Archived 5 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine John Leech
↑ "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 27 February 2023
↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Manchester) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/606, retrieved 26 February 2023

[1] Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).

[archive-2] "Manchester 2004 council election results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2004-06-26. Retrieved 2012-01-12.

[3] Manchester City Council's submission on Warding Patterns Archived 5 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine John Leech

[4] "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 27 February 2023

[5] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Manchester) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/606, retrieved 26 February 2023

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