2008 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 1 May 2008.

One third of the council was up for election[1] - every ward of the city returned one councillor at this election out of the three councillors a ward in the city has.

The Labour party retained overall control of the council.

The Green party lost their only seat in Hulme to Labour, and the Conservatives failed to gain their first elected councillor, though became the third party on the council due to having one councillor through an earlier defection.

The Liberal Democrats, who had suffered two defections since the last election - firstly the aforementioned Tory defection, and another to Labour - gained two councillors (in Miles Platting & Newton Heath and Northenden) but lost one (in Longsight) to Labour.