Manchester Election Results Still Due After Six Councils Declare
Manchester election results were still due later on the day of the report after six councils in the city region had already declared their local election counts. The delay left Manchester, Bury, Rochdale and Trafford among the councils still to report as votes across Greater Manchester and the wider North-West were tallied.
The local elections in England covered more than 5,000 seats across 136 local authorities and six mayoral races. Results from all counts were expected by Saturday, and the night had already brought declarations in six councils in the city region.
Greater Manchester counts
Kevin Fitzpatrick, the Manchester political reporter, was among those tracking the counts as results came in from across the region. Radio Manchester was catching up listeners with the latest updates while Manchester remained outstanding later in the day.
That left Manchester as one of several places where the local picture was not yet complete. The reported counts from elsewhere in the North-West showed Reform making gains as Labour lost seats, while the Liberal Democrats took control of Stockport.
Chorley Council results
In Chorley, Council leader Alistair Bradley said Labour still held the majority with 29 seats after losing eight councillors. He told Radio Lancashire: “It was a tough night but we held onto five of our seats and we still control the council,” and added, “Whilst we lost some excellent councillors we held our own when you look at the bigger picture.”
Reform won seven seats out of eight in Chorley and took the Coppull ward seat from veteran Labour councillor and former mayor Steve Holgate. The Green Party also took its first seat on Chorley Council, while Reform Chorley posted on X: “Fantastic result for us last night, we won 7 of 14 seats available in Lyndsey Hoyles hometown.”
Reform Chorley added: “We came a credible 2nd in the other 7. Congratulations to our new councillors. Reform is now the official opposition party in Chorley.”
Manchester and Saturday
Ewan Gawne edited the live coverage of the local elections across the North-West as the counts continued. The remaining Manchester result sat alongside Bury, Rochdale and Trafford, with all outstanding counts due by Saturday.
For voters in Manchester, the practical next step was the declaration itself: the city’s result would complete the region’s picture after a night that had already produced six declared councils. That made Manchester one of the last major pieces of the local election map to fall into place.
