Ancoats and Beswick

For the area of Ancoats, Greater Manchester, see Ancoats. For the area of Beswick, Greater Manchester, see Beswick, Manchester.

Ancoats and Beswick
Electoral ward
Ancoats and Beswick electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Ancoats and Beswick electoral ward within Manchester City Council
Coat of arms of Ancoats and Beswick
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
By wisdom and effort
Coordinates: 53°28′51″N 2°12′27″W / 53.4807°N 2.2074°W / 53.4807; -2.2074
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionNorth West England
CountyGreater Manchester
Metropolitan boroughManchester
CreatedDecember 2017
Named forAncoats and Beswick
Government
  UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Central
 • TypeUnicameral
 • BodyManchester City Council
 • Leader of the councilBev Craig (Labour)
 • CouncillorChris Northwood (Liberal Democrats)
 • CouncillorIrene Robinson (Labour)
 • CouncillorAlan Good (Liberal Democrats)

Ancoats and Beswick is an electoral ward of Manchester, England created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) replacing the previous electoral wards of Ancoats & Clayton and Bradford for the local elections 2018.[1]

It is represented in Westminster by Lucy Powell MP for Manchester Central.[2] The first councillors for the ward were elected at the 2018 local elections.[1]

  1. ^ a b LGBCE (April 2017). Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Lucy Powell MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 February 2018.