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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-manchester-electoral-changes-order-2017/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111159156",
  "legislation_title": "The Manchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-manchester-electoral-changes-order-2017",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Wards of the city of Manchester and number of councillors",
  "text": "(1) The existing wards of the city of Manchester are abolished.\n(2) The city of Manchester is divided into 32 wards as follows\n(a) Ancoats & Beswick;\n(b) Ardwick;\n(c) Baguley;\n(d) Brooklands;\n(e) Burnage;\n(f) Charlestown;\n(g) Cheetham;\n(h) Chorlton;\n(i) Chorlton Park;\n(j) Clayton & Openshaw;\n(k) Crumpsall;\n(l) Deansgate;\n(m) Didsbury East;\n(n) Didsbury West;\n(o) Fallowfield;\n(p) Gorton & Abbey Hey;\n(q) Harpurhey;\n(r) Higher Blackley;\n(s) Hulme;\n(t) Levenshulme;\n(u) Longsight;\n(v) Miles Platting & Newton Heath;\n(w) Moss Side;\n(x) Moston;\n(y) Northenden;\n(z) Old Moat;\n(aa) Piccadilly;\n(bb) Rusholme;\n(cc) Sharston;\n(dd) Whalley Range;\n(ee) Withington;\n(ff) Woodhouse Park;\n(3) Each ward comprises the area identified on the map by reference to the name of the ward.\n(4) Three councillors are to be elected for each ward.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111159156/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:06:17.329080+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}