Council by-elections · Manchester
Burnage by-election
Polls closed on 10 September 2026 from 7am to 10pm. One seat on Manchester, contested by 6 candidates.
Polls have closed and the count is under way. We will publish the result here once the council declares it. We would rather leave this blank than print a projection.
Who is standing
Every candidate on the ballot paper, in alphabetical order, exactly as the council published them.
- Abdullah VavdiwalaLiberal Democrats
- Bhupinder KumarConservative and Unionist Party
- Carl Jason Austin-BehanLabour Party
- Douad NawazGreen Party
- Gaz RanjhaWorkers Party of Britain
- Heather McDonaghReform UK
Party names link to our own page on where that party stands. Candidates standing as independents, or for parties we do not cover, are listed without a link rather than pointed somewhere that does not describe them.