Tag: Manchester

It’s a Lib Dem-olition in Manchester council elections

The Liberal Democrats have lost their last seat in Wythenshawe as the party was wiped out in Manchester.

Mary Di Mauro was beaten in Northenden by Labour’s Sarah Russell.

And Labour swept the board across the city,  taking all nine of the last remaining Lib Dem seats. It means that Manchester is now virtually a one party city.

Labour has 95 of the 96 council seats. The only opposition is an independent Labour councillor.

The Euro sceptic UKIP failed to capitalise on their recent challenge in the Wythenshawe by-election and take a seat, but finished second in a number of wards, including Baguley, Brooklands, Woodhouse Park and Sharston.

Wythenshawe results

BAGULEY                                                                                                               BROWN Rhona Eva Elizabeth  Liberal Democrat                                     62                                          CLEMENTS Frank  Green Party                                                              116                                                              FLEMING Ian George UK Independence Party                                        602        RAWLINS Tracey Labour and Cooperative Party Candidate          1544                            WOODS Stephen Paul The Conservative Party Candidate                     247 WORTHINGTON Lynn Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts         64

BROOKLANDS                                                                                                ELLERTON Ralph John The Conservative Party Candidate                    507
MOORCROFT Joel Liberal Democrat                                                      101
MURPHY Sue Labour and Cooperative Party Candidate               1464
QUINN Eithne Green Party                                                                       159
SPOOR Anne UK Independence Party                                                     734

NORTHENDEN                                                                                                          DI MAURO Mary Eileen Liberal Democrats                                               514
EDGE Simon Green Party                                                                         351
GREEN Fiona Mary The Conservative Party Candidate                           471
RUSSELL Sarah Labour Party Candidate                                           1842

SHARSTON (2 SEATS)                                                                                              BARRETT Hugh Labour Party Candidate                                            1406
BURKE Bob UK Independence Party                                                         848
HIGGINS Catherine Respect (George Galloway)                                       141
HUNT Alison Green Party                                                                           216
MONAGHAN Madeleine Labour Party Candidate                               1450
MORGAN David The Conservative Party Candidate                                  307
SUMMERILL Robert Liberal Democrat                                                          89
YORKE-DAVENPORT John Frazer Liberal Democrats                               142

WOODHOUSE PARK                                                                                 BANNISTER Colin Anthony Liberal Democrat                                                56
MCHUGH Stephen James The Conservative Party Candidate                     177
MOLTENO May Green Party                                                                        123
NEWMAN Edward Labour Party Candidate                                            1486
WELCH Tony UK Independence Party                                                          563

Wythenshawe police praise victims’ bravery as sex predator is jailed

mageeWythenshawe police have praised the bravery of child abuse victims who have helped put a 75-year-old sexual predator behind bars for 25 years. 

Duncan McGee of Mansion Drive in Liverpool was found guilty of 17 counts of rape and indecent assault on three children – two boys and a girl – aged between six and 14 in South Manchester between 1967 and 1974.

Detective Sergeant Suzanne Keenaghan based at Wythenshawe Police Station said: “McGee is a sexual predator and got his kicks out of abusing those who are vulnerable. He continuously assaulted these children at whatever opportunity he could take and made their young lives a misery, ruining their childhood. Continue reading “Wythenshawe police praise victims’ bravery as sex predator is jailed”

Wythenshawe man convicted of brutal rape

A Wythenshawe man threw hot tea over a woman and brutally attacked her with an aerosol and a dustpan and brush before raping her.

Carl Anthony Weston, also known as Needham, aged 43 of the Wythenshawe area, was convicted of rape, section 18 assault and false imprisonment after a two-week trial. Continue reading “Wythenshawe man convicted of brutal rape”

Machete-wielding Wythenshawe robbers who terrorised shop worker are jailed

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Two Wythenshawe men have been jailed after threatening a shop worker in Northern Moor with a machete during a robbery.

Wayne Clarkson, and Carl Hayburn, both aged 42, of Shrivenham Walk, Manchester were found guilty at an earlier hearing and were sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday 26 November 2013. Continue reading “Machete-wielding Wythenshawe robbers who terrorised shop worker are jailed”

Police investigate after bodies of man and woman are found in Wythenshawe home

Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of the bodies of a man and woman in a house in Woodhouse Park. Continue reading “Police investigate after bodies of man and woman are found in Wythenshawe home”