| Official Name: | Ancoats and Beswick |
| Settlement Type: | Electoral ward |
| Motto: | By wisdom and effort |
| Coordinates: | 53.4807°N -2.2074°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
| Subdivision Type1: | Constituent country |
| Subdivision Name1: | England |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | North West England |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Greater Manchester |
| Subdivision Type4: | Metropolitan borough |
| Subdivision Name4: | Manchester |
| Established Title: | Created |
| Established Date: | December 2017 |
| Named For: | Ancoats and Beswick |
| Government Footnotes: | UK Parliament constituency: Manchester Central |
| Government Type: | Unicameral |
| Governing Body: | Manchester City Council |
| Leader Party: | Labour |
| Leader Title: | Leader of the council |
| Leader Name: | Bev Craig |
| Leader Title1: | Councillor |
| Leader Name1: | Chris Northwood (Liberal Democrats) |
| Leader Title2: | Councillor |
| Leader Name2: | Irene Robinson (Labour) |
| Leader Title3: | Councillor |
| Leader Name3: | Alan 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.
The current councillors for the ward are Chris Northwood (Liberal Democrats),[3] Irene Robinson (Labour),[4] and Alan Good (Liberal Democrats).[5]
On 24 July 2019 it was reported that Majid Dar had been suspended by the Labour party.[6] He was readmitted to the party and to the Labour group on the council shortly after.
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Majid Dar (Lab) | Emma Taylor (Lab) | Rosa Battle (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | ||||||
| 2021 | ||||||
| Feb 2022 | ||||||
| 2022 | ||||||
| 2023 | ||||||
| 2024 | ||||||
* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
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