Editing Rusholme (section)

===Political history===
[[Richard Cobden]], William Royle (author of a history of the township), and Thomas Lowe (1815–1892) were long-time residents. Lowe began working as a baker and became a flour dealer, later a nurseryman and finally the proprietor of a dairy.<ref>Edward Strutt (1892), ''Memorials of Mr. Thomas Lowe, of Rusholme''.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.marisancestry.co.uk/Trees/n_a3.htm#9 |title=Genealogy Data Page 164 |work=Maris Ancestry |access-date=25 July 2010}}</ref> Prime Minister [[H. H. Asquith]] was married here in 1877 to Miss Helen Melland.<ref>Sussex (1984); p. 14.</ref>

The [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Dame [[Kathleen Ollerenshaw]] was for 26 years one of the councillors for Rusholme on Manchester City Council, before becoming Lord Mayor of Manchester in 1975–1976. Other local politicians included [[ward (politics)|ward]] [[Councillor]] Paul Shannon, a [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] and former deputy leader of the [[Manchester City Council]] Liberal Democrat group who was defeated by Ahmed Ali (Labour) in May 2012. Rabnawaz Akbar was elected as a Labour councillor for Rusholme ward in May 2010. Councillor Akbar served on the Citizenship and Inclusion Committee.