This list is complete and up to date as of November 2015.
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Greater Manchester in North West England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.
District councils
Bolton
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980:
Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004:
Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:
- Astley Bridge (3)
- Bradshaw (3)
- Breightmet (3)
- Bromley Cross (3)
- Crompton (3)
- Farnworth (3)
- Great Lever (3)
- Halliwell (3)
- Harper Green (3)
- Heaton & Lostock (3)
- Horwich & Blackrod (3)
- Horwich North East (3)
- Hulton (3)
- Kearsley (3)
- Little Lever & Darcy Lever (3)
- Rumworth (3)
- Smithills (3)
- Tonge with the Haulgh (3)
- Westhoughton North & Chew Moor (3)
- Westhoughton South (3)
Bury
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 3 May 1979:
Wards from 3 May 1979 to 10 June 2004:
Wards from 10 June 2004 to 5 May 2022:
- Besses (3)
- Church (3)
- East (3)
- Elton (3)
- Holyrood (3)
- Moorside (3)
- North Manor (3)
- Pilkington Park (3)
- Radcliffe East (3)
- Radcliffe North (3)
- Radcliffe West (3)
- Ramsbottom (3)
- Redvales (3)
- St Mary's (3)
- Sedgley (3)
- Tottington (3)
- Unsworth (3)
Wards from 5 May 2022:
- Besses (3)
- Bury East (3)
- Bury West (3)
- Elton (3)
- Holyrood (3)
- Moorside (3)
- North Manor (3)
- Pilkington Park (3)
- Radcliffe East (3)
- Radcliffe North & Ainsworth (3)
- Radcliffe West (3)
- Ramsbottom (3)
- Redvales (3)
- Sedgley (3)
- St. Mary's (3)
- Tottington (3)
- Unsworth (3)
Manchester
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 6 May 1982:
Wards from 6 May 1982 to 10 June 2004:
Wards from 10 June 2004 to 2 May 2018:
Wards from 3 May 2018 onwards:
- Ancoats and Beswick (3)
- Ardwick (3)
- Baguley (3)
- Brooklands (Manchester) (3)
- Burnage (3)
- Charlestown (3)
- Cheetham (3)
- Chorlton (3)
- Chorlton Park (3)
- Clayton and Openshaw (3)
- Crumpsall (3)
- Deansgate (3)
- Didsbury East (3)
- Didsbury West (3)
- Fallowfield (3)
- Gorton and Abbey Hey (3)
- Harpurhey (3)
- Higher Blackley (3)
- Hulme (3)
- Levenshulme (3)
- Longsight (3)
- Miles Platting & Newton Heath (3)
- Moss Side (3)
- Moston (3)
- Northenden (3)
- Old Moat (3)
- Piccadilly (3)
- Rusholme (3)
- Sharston (3)
- Whalley Range (3)
- Withington (3)
- Woodhouse Park (3)
Oldham
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 3 May 1979:
Wards from 3 May 1979 to 10 June 2004:
Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:
- Alexandra (3)
- Chadderton Central (3)
- Chadderton North (3)
- Chadderton South (3)
- Coldhurst (3)
- Crompton (3)
- Failsworth East (3)
- Failsworth West (3)
- Hollinwood (3)
- Medlock Vale (3)
- Royton North (3)
- Royton South (3)
- Saddleworth North (3)
- Saddleworth South (3)
- Saddleworth West & Lees (3)
- St James' (3)
- St Mary's (3)
- Shaw (3)
- Waterhead (3)
- Werneth (3)
Rochdale
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980:
Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004:
Wards from 10 June 2004 to 5 May 2022:
- Balderstone & Kirkholt (3)
- Bamford (3)
- Castleton (3)
- Central Rochdale (3)
- East Middleton (3)
- Healey (3)
- Hopwood Hall (3)
- Kingsway (3)
- Littleborough Lakeside (3)
- Milkstone & Deeplish (3)
- Milnrow & Newhey (3)
- Norden (3)
- North Heywood (3)
- North Middleton (3)
- Smallbridge & Firgrove (3)
- South Middleton (3)
- Spotland & Falinge (3)
- Wardle & West Littleborough (3)
- West Heywood (3)
- West Middleton (3)
Wards from 5 May 2022:
- Balderstone & Kirkholt (3)
- Bamford (3)
- Castleton (3)
- Central Rochdale (3)
- East Middleton (3)
- Healey (3)
- Hopwood Hall (3)
- Kingsway (3)
- Littleborough Lakeside (3)
- Milkstone & Deeplish (3)
- Milnrow & Newhey (3)
- Norden (3)
- North Heywood (3)
- North Middleton (3)
- Smallbridge & Firgrove (3)
- South Middleton (3)
- Spotland & Falinge (3)
- Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (3)
- West Heywood (3)
- West Middleton (3)
Salford
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 6 May 1982:
Wards from 6 May 1982 to 10 June 2004:
Wards from 10 June 2004 to 6 May 2021:
- Barton (3)
- Boothstown and Ellenbrook (3)
- Broughton (3)
- Cadishead (3)
- Claremont (3)
- Eccles (3)
- Irlam (3)
- Irwell Riverside (3)
- Kersal (3)
- Langworthy (3)
- Little Hulton (3)
- Ordsall (3)
- Pendlebury (3)
- Swinton North (3)
- Swinton South (3)
- Walkden North (3)
- Walkden South (3)
- Weaste and Seedley (3)
- Winton (3)
- Worsley (3)
Wards from 6 May 2021 to present:
- Barnton and Winton (3)
- Blackfriars and Trinity (3)
- Boothstown and Ellenbrook (3)
- Broughton (3)
- Cadishead and Lower Irlam (3)
- Claremont (3)
- Eccles (3)
- Higher Irlam and Peel Green (3)
- Kersal and Broughton Park (3)
- Little Hulton (3)
- Ordsall (3)
- Pendlebury and Clifton (3)
- Pendleton and Charlestown (3)
- Quays (3)
- Swinton and Wardley (3)
- Swinton Park (3)
- Walkden North (3)
- Walkden South (3)
- Weaste and Seedley (3)
- Worsley and Westwood Park (3)
Stockport
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980:
Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004:
Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:
- Bramhall North (3)
- Bramhall South (3); renamed Bramhall South & Woodford in 2014
- Bredbury & Woodley (3)
- Bredbury Green & Romiley (3)
- Brinnington & Central (3)
- Cheadle & Gatley (3)
- Cheadle Hulme North (3)
- Cheadle Hulme South (3)
- Davenport & Cale Green (3)
- Edgeley & Cheadle Heath (3)
- Hazel Grove (3)
- Heald Green (3)
- Heatons North (3)
- Heatons South (3)
- Manor (3)
- Marple North (3)
- Marple South (3); renamed Marple South & High Lane in 2017
- Offerton (3)
- Reddish North (3)
- Reddish South (3)
- Stepping Hill (3)
Tameside
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980:
Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004:
Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:
- Ashton Hurst (3)
- Ashton St. Michael's (3)
- Ashton Waterloo (3)
- Audenshaw (3)
- Denton North East (3)
- Denton South (3)
- Denton West (3)
- Droylsden East (3)
- Droylsden West (3)
- Dukinfield (3)
- Dukinfield / Stalybridge (3)
- Hyde Godley (3)
- Hyde Newton (3)
- Hyde Werneth (3)
- Longdendale (3)
- Mossley (3)
- St Peter's (3)
- Stalybridge North (3)
- Stalybridge South (3)
Trafford
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980:
Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004:
Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:
- Altrincham (3)
- Ashton upon Mersey (3)
- Bowdon (3)
- Broadheath (3)
- Brooklands (3)
- Bucklow-St. Martins (3)
- Clifford (3)
- Davyhulme East (3)
- Davyhulme West (3)
- Flixton (3)
- Gorse Hill (3)
- Hale Barns (3)
- Hale Central (3)
- Longford (3)
- Priory (3)
- Sale Moor (3)
- St. Mary's (3)
- Stretford (3)
- Timperley (3)
- Urmston (3)
- Village (3)
Wigan
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) to 1 May 1980:
Wards from 1 May 1980 to 10 June 2004:
Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:
- Abram (3)
- Ashton (3)
- Aspull, New Springs and Whelley (3)
- Astley Mosley Common(3)
- Atherleigh (3)
- Atherton (3)
- Bryn (3)
- Douglas (3)
- Golborne and Lowton West (3)
- Hindley (3)
- Hindley Green (3)
- Ince (3)
- Leigh East (3)
- Leigh South (3)
- Leigh West (3)
- Lowton East (3)
- Orrell (3)
- Pemberton (3)
- Shevington with Lower Ground (3)
- Standish with Langtree (3)
- Tyldesley (3)
- Wigan Central (3)
- Wigan West (3)
- Winstanley (3)
- Worsley Mesnes (3)
Former county council
Greater Manchester
Electoral Divisions from 1 April 1974 (first election 12 April 1973) to 1 April 1986 (county council abolished):
- Altrincham No. 1 (1)
- Altrincham No. 2 (1)
- Ashton-in-Makerfield (1)
- Ashton-under-Lyne No. 1 (1)
- Ashton-under-Lyne No. 2 (1)
- Atherton (1)
- Audenshaw (1)
- Bolton No. 1 (1)
- Bolton No. 2 (1)
- Bolton No. 3 (1)
- Bolton No. 4 (1)
- Bolton No. 5 (1)
- Bredbury & Romiley (1)
- Bury No. 1 (1)
- Bury No. 2 (1)
- Chadderton (1)
- Cheadle & Gatley No. 1 (1)
- Cheadle & Gatley No. 2 (1)
- Crompton (1)
- Denton (1)
- Droylsden (1)
- Dukinfield (1)
- Eccles (Eccles) (1)
- Eccles (Patricroft) (1)
- Failsworth (1)
- Farnworth (1)
- Golborne (1)
- Hale (1)
- Hazel Grove & Bramhall No. 1 (1)
- Hazel Grove & Bramhall No. 2 (1)
- Heywood (1)
- Hindley (1)
- Horwich (1)
- Hyde No. 1 (1)
- Hyde No. 2 (1)
- Ince-in-Makerfield (1)
- Irlam (1)
- Kearsley (1)
- Leigh East (1)
- Leigh West (1)
- Manchester No. 1 (1)
- Manchester No. 2 (1)
- Manchester No. 3 (1)
- Manchester No. 4 (1)
- Manchester No. 5 (1)
- Manchester No. 6 (1)
- Manchester No. 7 (1)
- Manchester No. 8 (1)
- Manchester No. 9 (1)
- Manchester No. 10 (1)
- Manchester No. 11 (1)
- Manchester No. 12 (1)
- Manchester No. 13 (1)
- Manchester No. 14 (1)
- Manchester No. 15 (1)
- Manchester No. 16 (1)
- Manchester No. 17 (1)
- Manchester No. 18 (1)
- Manchester No. 19 (1)
- Manchester No. 20 (1)
- Marple (1)
- Middleton North West (1)
- Middleton South East (1)
- Oldham No. 1 (1)
- Oldham No. 2 (1)
- Oldham No. 3 (1)
- Oldham No. 4 (1)
- Orrell (1)
- Pendlebury (1)
- Prestwich (1)
- Radcliffe (1)
- Ramsbottom & Tottington (1)
- Rochdale No. 1 (1)
- Rochdale No. 2 (1)
- Rochdale No. 3 (1)
- Rochdale No. 4 (1)
- Royton (1)
- Saddleworth (1)
- Sale No. 1 (1)
- Sale No. 2 (1)
- Salford No. 1 (1)
- Salford No. 2 (1)
- Salford No. 3 (1)
- Salford No. 4 (1)
- Salford No. 5 (1)
- Stalybridge (1)
- Standish-with-Langtree (1)
- Stockport No. 1 (1)
- Stockport No. 2 (1)
- Stockport No. 3 (1)
- Stockport No. 4 (1)
- Stockport No. 5 (1)
- Stretford (Old Trafford) (1)
- Stretford (Stretford) (1)
- Swinton (1)
- Turton (1)
- Tyldesley (1)
- Urmston No. 1 (1)
- Urmston No. 2 (1)
- Westhoughton (1)
- Whitefield (1)
- Wigan (3)
- Worsley No. 1 (1)
- Worsley No. 2 (1)
Electoral Divisions due from 2 May 1985 (order revoked by the Local Government Act 1985):
- Altrincham & Timperley (1)
- Ancoats & Cheetham (1)
- Ashton East & Mossley (1)
- Ashton West (1)
- Astley Bridge & Halliwell (1)
- Atherton & Tyldesley (1)
- Audenshaw & Denton North East (1)
- Baguley & Benchill (1)
- Barlow Moor & Old Moat (1)
- Blackfriars (1)
- Blackley & Charlestown (1)
- Bowdon & Hale (1)
- Bradshaw & Bromley Cross (1)
- Bramhall (1)
- Bramhall Park (1)
- Bredbury (1)
- Brooklands & Northenden (1)
- Broughton (1)
- Bucklow & St Martins (1)
- Burnage & Ladybarn (1)
- Burnden & Little Lever (1)
- Bury East (1)
- Bury North (1)
- Bury South (1)
- Bury West (1)
- Cadishead & Irlam (1)
- Central & Derby (1)
- Central (1)
- Central, Beswick & Openshaw (1)
- Chadderton (1)
- Cheadle East (1)
- Cheadle West (1)
- Chorlton-on-Medlock & Hulme (1)
- Clayton & Newton Heath (1)
- Crompton (1)
- Crumpsall & Harpurhey (1)
- Davyhulme (1)
- Denton South & West (1)
- Didsbury & Withington (1)
- Droylesden (1)
- Dukinfield (1)
- Failsworth (1)
- Farnworth (1)
- Featherstall (1)
- Glodwick (1)
- Gorton (1)
- Harper Green & Daubhill (1)
- Hazel Grove (1)
- Heathbank (1)
- Heatons (1)
- Heywood (1)
- Hindley (1)
- Hollins (1)
- Horwich & Blackrod (1)
- Hulton (1)
- Hyde East (1)
- Hyde West (1)
- Ince (1)
- Leigh (1)
- Levenshulme & Fallowfield (1)
- Lightbowne & Moston (1)
- Littleborough & Milnrow (1)
- Longsight & Victoria Park (1)
- Lowton with Hope Carr (1)
- Makerfield (1)
- Manor Moor (1)
- Marple (1)
- Middleton North (1)
- Middleton South (1)
- Moorside (1)
- Moss Side & Wilbraham (1)
- Old Trafford (1)
- Orrell (1)
- Park (1)
- Pendlebury (1)
- Pendleton (1)
- Prestwich (1)
- Radcliffe (1)
- Reddish (1)
- Rochdale Central (1)
- Rochdale North (1)
- Rochdale South (1)
- Rochdale West (1)
- Royton (1)
- Saddleworth (1)
- Sale East (1)
- Sale West (1)
- Seedley (1)
- Sharston & Woodhouse Park (1)
- Smithills & Deane-cum-Heaton (1)
- Stalybridge (1)
- Standish with Langtree (1)
- Stretford (1)
- Tonge & Breightmet (1)
- Tyldesley South & Bedford (1)
- Urmston & Flixton (1)
- Westhoughton (1)
- Whalley Range & Chorlton (1)
- Whitefield (1)
- Wigan North (1)
- Wigan South (1)
- Wigan West (1)
- Winton (1)
- Worsley (1)
Electoral wards by constituency
Altrincham and Sale West
Altrincham, Ashton upon Mersey, Bowdon, Broadheath, Hale Barns, Hale Central, St Mary's, Timperley, Village.
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton Hurst, Ashton St. Michael's, Ashton Waterloo, Droylsden East, Droylsden West, Failsworth East, Failsworth West, St Peter's.
Blackley and Broughton
Broughton, Charlestown, Cheetham, Crumpsall, Harpurhey, Higher Blackley, Kersal.
Bolton North East
Astley Bridge, Bradshaw, Breightmet, Bromley Cross, Crompton, Halliwell, Tonge with the Haulgh.
Bolton South East
Farnworth, Great Lever, Harper Green, Hulton, Kearsley, Little Lever and Darcy Lever, Rumworth.
Bolton West
Atherton, Heaton and Lostock, Horwich and Blackrod, Horwich North East, Smithills, Westhoughton North and Chew Moor, Westhoughton South.
Bury North
Church, East, Elton, Moorside, North Manor, Ramsbottom, Redvales, Tottington.
Bury South
Besses, Holyrood, Pilkington Park, Radcliffe East, Radcliffe North, Radcliffe West, St Mary's, Sedgley, Unsworth.
Cheadle
Bramhall North, Bramhall South, Cheadle and Gatley, Cheadle Hulme North, Cheadle Hulme South, Heald Green, Stepping Hill.
Denton and Reddish
Audenshaw, Denton North East, Denton South, Denton West, Dukinfield, Reddish North, Reddish South.
Hazel Grove
Bredbury and Woodley, Bredbury Green and Romiley, Hazel Grove, Marple North, Marple South, Offerton.
Heywood and Middleton
Bamford, Castleton, East Middleton, Hopwood Hall, Norden, North Heywood, North Middleton, South Middleton, West Heywood, West Middleton.
Leigh
Astley Mosley Common, Atherleigh, Golborne and Lowton West, Leigh East, Leigh South, Leigh West, Lowton East, Tyldesley.
Makerfield
Abram, Ashton, Bryn, Hindley, Hindley Green, Orrell, Winstanley, Worsley Mesnes.
Manchester Central
Ancoats and Beswick, Ardwick, Clayton and Openshaw, Deansgate, Hulme, Miles Platting and Newton Heath, Moss Side, Moston, Piccadilly.
Manchester, Gorton
Gorton and Abbey Hey, Fallowfield, Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme, Whalley Range.
Manchester, Withington
Burnage, Chorlton, Chorlton Park, Didsbury East, Didsbury West, Old Moat, Withington.
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Alexandra, Crompton, Saddleworth North, Saddleworth South, Saddleworth West and Lees, St Jamesβ, St Mary's, Shaw, Waterhead.
Oldham West and Royton
Chadderton Central, Chadderton North, Chadderton South, Coldhurst, Hollinwood, Medlock Vale, Royton North, Royton South, Werneth.
Rochdale
Balderstone and Kirkholt, Central Rochdale, Healey, Kingsway, Littleborough Lakeside, Milkstone and Deeplish, Milnrow and Newhey, Smallbridge and Firgrove, Spotland and Falinge, Wardle and West Littleborough.
Salford and Eccles
Claremont, Eccles, Irwell Riverside, Langworthy, Ordsall, Pendlebury, Swinton North, Swinton South, Weaste and Seedley.
Stalybridge and Hyde
Dukinfield / Stalybridge, Hyde Godley, Hyde Newton, Hyde Werneth, Longdendale, Mossley, Stalybridge North, Stalybridge South.
Stockport
Brinnington and Central, Davenport and Cale Green, Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Heatons North, Heatons South, Manor.
Stretford and Urmston
Bucklow-St. Martins, Clifford, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Gorse Hill, Longford, Stretford, Urmston.
Wigan
Aspull, New Springs and Whelley, Douglas, Ince, Pemberton, Shevington with Lower Ground, Standish with Langtree, Wigan Central, Wigan West.
Worsley and Eccles South
Barton, Boothstown and Ellenbrook, Cadishead, Irlam, Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, Winton, Worsley.
Wythenshawe and Sale East
Baguley, Brooklands (Manchester), Brooklands (Trafford), Northenden, Priory, Sale Moor, Sharston, Woodhouse Park.
See also
References
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