| Election Name: | Manchester City Council Elections, 2016 |
| Country: | Manchester |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Previous Election: | Manchester City Council Elections, 2015 |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | Manchester City Council Elections, 2018 |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | 32 of 96 seats (One Third) to Manchester City Council |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
| Majority Seats: | 49 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 31 |
| Popular Vote1: | 68,668 |
| Percentage1: | 64.1% |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 11,920 |
| Percentage2: | 11.1% |
| Leader of Largest Party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent Leader of Largest Party |
| Before Election: | Richard Leese |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Richard Leese |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2016. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2018, due to planned boundary changes. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to hold all but one seat contested and won by former Withington MP, John Leech. Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years.
Changes in vote share are compared to the 2015 election.
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 96 | |
| Labour |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| 95 | 1 | |
| Labour | LD |
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2012, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. All results are listed below:[1]
Councillor Sheila Newman died suddenly 19 February 2018, three months prior to the 2018 local elections which she was due to stand in.[2]
Robert Gutenfreund-Walmsley stood in 2012 for the Democracy First party.
The resignation of Labour councillor Kate Chappell in March 2017[3] [4] triggered a by-election for Rusholme ward on 4 May:[5]
The resignation of Labour councillor Mike Amesbury in June 2017 (he was elected Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale) triggered a by-election in Fallowfield on 27 July:[6]
Lady Mayoress and Labour councillor Shiela Newman (Chorlton) died suddenly on 18 February 2018. Her term would have ended in May.
Labour councillor Beth Knowles (City Centre) resigned from the council in March 2018.[7] [8] Her term would have ended in May.