Luthfur Rahman

Luthfur Rahman (Bengali: লুথফুর রহমান; born October 1976) is a British former local councillor, who served as the deputy leader of Manchester City Council from 2021 to 2024.

[3] Luthfur Rahman was first elected to Manchester City Council in 2008, taking the seat from the Liberal Democrats with a swing of over 30 percent gaining a majority of 1147.

[4] In the 2024 local elections, Luthfur Rahman lost his Longsight ward seat to Shahbaz Sarwar of The Workers Party of Britain (WPB) by 184 votes.

[6] The Local Government Information Unit described Luthfur Rahman as having "successfully developed links with marginalized groups across Manchester, and, furthermore, was at the forefront of an effort to bridge the various gaps between different generations.

Importantly, after establishing these new connections, Cllr Rahman effectively used these channels to ensure that council decisions were sensitive to the different interests of different sections of the community.