Caron Lindsay

Former MP Leech elected as Councillor

By | Fri 6th May 2016 - 8:15 pm

Former Manchester Withington MP John Leech has been elected as councillor for Didsbury ward. He will be the sole voice of opposition on Manchester City Council.

John said:

In 2005 I promised not to give up on the residents of Manchester Withington. I haven’t and I’m not going to. I will continue to fight for south Manchester as I always have done. I’m not going anywhere.

I couldn’t be happier to be back on the council and back in a position to help local residents.

Tim Farron said: 

John is one of the hardest working people I’ve ever known and I am absolutely thrilled that his much needed voice is back on Manchester council. Where you work, you win. I am absolutely delighted that he is back where he belongs. This is a well deserved, long awaited and overwhelming triumph.

Being elected to Manchester council is an absolute privilege that I have never, and wouldn’t ever, take for granted.

* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings. You can find her on Bluesky at caronmlindsay.bsky.social

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4 Comments

  • Dr Zulfiqar Ali 7th May '16 - 2:07am

    Tuition fee ghost still hunting liberal Democrats.

  • David wilkinson 7th May '16 - 7:43am

    Brilliant, its great to see John back.
    I remember when he gave me help in my town council by election and we won, although my opponents only outnumbered me by 17 to 1

  • Nigel Jones 7th May '16 - 12:03pm

    Delighted with this. Withington next door to Didsbury, was where I joined the Liberals many years ago and where we fought hard simply to keep the party going.

  • Richard Gadsden 8th May '16 - 12:13am

    Every single election in Manchester since the 2010 General Election has been won by Labour – 32 wards in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015, five constituencies in 2015, a police and crime commissioner in 2011, and a Euro-election in 2014. Until Thursday.

    We are very, very pleased today.

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