| Official Name: | Clayton and Openshaw |
| Settlement Type: | Electoral ward |
| Motto: | By wisdom and effort |
| Coordinates: | 53.4837°N -2.1801°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: | Clayton and Openshaw |
| 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: | Sean McHale (Labour) |
| Leader Title2: | Councillor |
| Leader Name2: | Donna Ludford (Labour) |
| Leader Title3: | Councillor |
| Leader Name3: | Thomas Robinson (Labour) |
Clayton and Openshaw is an area and 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]
Two councillors currently serve the ward with one vacancy:[3] Sean McHale (Lab),[4] and Donna Ludford (Lab) are incumbent councillors;[5] Kenneth Dobson (Ind) won a by-election in February 2020 but resigned in October.[6] [7]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sean McHale (Lab) | Donna Ludford (Lab) | Andy Harland (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | ||||||
* denotes incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
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