1992 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1996. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council. [1]

Election result

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Manchester Council Election Result 1992
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 27 0 3 -3 79.4 48.9 43,405 -1.4%
  Liberal Democrats 5 3 0 +3 14.7 18.8 16,727 -0.8%
  Conservative 2 0 0 0 5.9 29.1 25,841 +4.8%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.9 2,562 -1.3%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 262 -0.1%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party Seats   +/-  
Labour 80 -3
Liberal Democrats 12 +3
Conservative 5 0
Independent Labour 2 0
Labour hold

Ward results

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Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Hopkins* 1,010 72.6 +1.7
Conservative M. Payne 206 14.8 +2.4
Liberal Democrats L. Ford 115 8.3 −3.2
Green A. Salter 61 4.4 −0.8
Majority 804 57.8 −0.7
Turnout 1,392
Labour hold Swing -0.3

Baguley

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Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Burns* 1,285 53.3 −11.9
Conservative V. Kirby 912 37.8 +3.0
Liberal Democrats A. Leech 170 7.0 +7.0
Green J. Booty 45 1.9 +1.9
Majority 373 15.5 −15.0
Turnout 2,412
Labour hold Swing -7.4

Barlow Moor

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Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats S. Wheale 1,644 48.5 +2.6
Labour G. Betney 1,128 33.3 +1.2
Conservative N. Murphy 489 14.4 −1.5
Green H. Bramwell 127 3.7 −2.4
Majority 516 15.2 +1.4
Turnout 3,388
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +0.7

Benchill

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Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Myers* 979 67.8 −4.0
Conservative T. Roberts 311 21.5 +8.0
Liberal Democrats M. Dunn 154 10.7 −3.9
Majority 668 46.3 −10.9
Turnout 1,444
Labour hold Swing -6.0

Beswick and Clayton

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Beswick and Clayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Flanagan* 1,182 63.1 −2.7
Liberal Democrats K. Dobson 376 20.1 +8.7
Conservative D. Russell 315 16.8 −2.3
Majority 806 43.0 −3.7
Turnout 1,873
Labour hold Swing -5.7

Blackley

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Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Barnes* 1,228 54.4 −1.9
Conservative K. Potter 792 35.1 +11.5
Liberal Democrats K. Wadsworth 239 10.6 −9.5
Majority 436 19.3 −13.3
Turnout 2,259
Labour hold Swing -6.7

Bradford

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Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Kelly 992 62.9 −7.5
Conservative C. Birchenough 373 23.7 +8.2
Liberal Democrats M. Dunican 163 10.3 −1.2
Green M. Daw 48 3.0 +0.4
Majority 619 39.3 −15.5
Turnout 1,576
Labour hold Swing -7.8

Brooklands

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Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Cummins* 2,033 54.3 +8.7
Labour A. Harding 1,426 38.1 −2.9
Liberal Democrats H. McKay 207 5.5 −4.4
Green R. Cooke 76 2.0 −1.6
Majority 607 16.2 +11.6
Turnout 3,742
Conservative hold Swing +5.8

Burnage

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Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Williams 1,363 43.0 −3.5
Conservative J. Leach 1,282 40.5 +5.3
Liberal Democrats R. Harrison 418 13.2 −1.2
Green P. Thompson 104 3.3 −0.6
Majority 81 3.0 −8.3
Turnout 3,167
Labour hold Swing -4.4

Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Conquest* 883 72.5 +0.2
Conservative A. Hudson 172 14.1 +3.1
Liberal Democrats J. Bridges 111 9.1 −2.0
Green P. Harrison 52 4.3 −1.3
Majority 711 58.4 −2.8
Turnout 1,218
Labour hold Swing -1.4

Charlestown

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Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Hackett 1,294 53.5 −1.8
Labour E. Curley* 1,288
Conservative V. Clarke 892 36.9 +9.9
Conservative H. Coombes 800
Liberal Democrats J. Laslett 231 9.6 −8.1
Liberal Democrats L. Thornhill 200
Majority 396 16.6 −11.6
Turnout 2,417
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -5.8

Cheetham

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Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Eko 1,201 68.8 −4.5
Conservative K. Hyde 339 19.4 +8.1
Liberal Democrats R. Clayton 205 11.7 +1.6
Majority 862 49.4 −12.6
Turnout 1,745
Labour hold Swing -6.3

Chorlton

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Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Langford 2,214 50.7 +10.9
Conservative I. Bradshaw 1,548 35.5 +2.2
Liberal Democrats S. Oliver 310 7.1 −6.1
Green B. Candeland 294 6.7 −7.0
Majority 666 15.3 +8.8
Turnout 4,366
Labour hold Swing +4.3

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Leese* 1,575 52.0 +5.8
Conservative P. Wells 1,224 40.4 +2.2
Liberal Democrats D. Gordon 231 7.6 −3.0
Majority 351 11.6 +3.6
Turnout 3,030
Labour hold Swing +1.8

Didsbury

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Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Hilton* 2,514 50.2 −1.3
Labour G. Bridson 1,586 31.7 −0.7
Liberal Democrats J. Lawley 778 15.5 +3.6
Green R. Goater 131 2.6 −1.6
Majority 928 18.5 −0.5
Turnout 5,009
Conservative hold Swing -0.3

Fallowfield

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Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Done 1,329 56.2 +5.3
Conservative J. Nelson 638 27.0 −0.9
Liberal Democrats B. Jones 396 17.0 +4.5
Majority 691 29.2 +6.2
Turnout 2,363
Labour hold Swing +3.1

Gorton North

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Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats I. Donaldson 1,763 50.5 −2.5
Labour T. Hamnett* 1,403 40.2 +7.4
Conservative R. West 278 8.0 +1.8
Green S. Fitzgibbon 45 1.3 +0.3
Majority 360 10.3 −9.9
Turnout 3,489
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -4.9

Gorton South

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Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats S. Ashley 1,559 49.5 −3.2
Labour B. Stone* 1,331 42.2 +2.4
Conservative R. Ignatowicz 188 6.0 +0.7
Green M. Shaw 73 2.3 +0.1
Majority 228 7.2 −5.7
Turnout 3,151
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -2.8

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Stringer* 1,096 53.9 −4.4
Conservative D. Keller 486 23.9 +2.3
Independent A. Shannon 262 12.9 +12.9
Liberal Democrats V. Towers 189 9.3 −6.0
Majority 610 30.0 −6.6
Turnout 2,033
Labour hold Swing -3.3

Hulme

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Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Rowswell 763 68.3 +0.0
Conservative D. Williams 150 13.4 +3.6
Green P. Williamson 117 10.5 −2.5
Liberal Democrats I. Newton 87 7.8 −1.1
Majority 613 54.9 −0.4
Turnout 1,117
Labour hold Swing -1.8

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats J. Commons* 2,105 56.6 −5.0
Labour J. Brown 1,024 27.5 +1.4
Conservative A. Soane 408 11.0 +3.3
Green L. Crookes 185 5.0 +0.5
Majority 1,081 29.0 −6.5
Turnout 3,722
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -3.2

Lightbowne

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Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Risby* 1,709 58.4 +4.1
Conservative M. Steadman 929 31.7 +4.2
Liberal Democrats P. Matthews 288 9.8 −8.5
Majority 780 26.7 −0.1
Turnout 2,926
Labour hold Swing -0.0

Longsight

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Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Robinson* 1,673 54.0 +1.9
Conservative M. Naqui 976 31.5 +6.1
Liberal Democrats B. Pierce 265 8.6 −1.9
Green J. Denham 184 5.9 −5.4
Majority 697 22.5 −4.9
Turnout 3,098
Labour hold Swing -2.1

Moss Side

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Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Young* 1,331 74.4 −8.4
Liberal Democrats G. Neal 308 17.2 +9.6
Green P. Boast 149 8.3 +8.3
Majority 1,023 57.2 −16.1
Turnout 1,788
Labour hold Swing -9.0

Moston

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Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Enderby 1,546 50.4 +0.5
Conservative F. Frost 1,269 41.3 +5.6
Liberal Democrats N. Towers 254 8.3 −6.1
Majority 277 9.0 −5.2
Turnout 3,069
Labour hold Swing -2.5

Newton Heath

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Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Smith* 1,153 63.6 −0.4
Conservative P. Leach 469 25.9 +6.3
Liberal Democrats C. Turner 192 10.6 −1.8
Majority 684 37.7 −6.6
Turnout 1,814
Labour hold Swing -3.3

Northenden

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Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Bracegirdle 1,733 49.9 +2.2
Conservative R. Caddick 1,426 41.0 +26.0
Liberal Democrats M. Ford 240 6.9 +0.5
Green G. Otten 76 2.2 +0.1
Majority 307 8.8 −10.2
Turnout 3,475
Labour hold Swing -11.9

Old Moat

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Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Harrison* 1,828 51.3 +2.6
Conservative G. Betton 1,096 30.7 +0.0
Liberal Democrats R. Johnston 450 12.6 −2.1
Green S. Buchan 191 5.4 −0.5
Majority 732 20.5 +2.5
Turnout 3,565
Labour hold Swing +1.3

Rusholme

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Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Y. Mambu* 1,104 43.5 −9.8
Liberal Democrats A. Chowdhury 799 31.5 +10.1
Conservative R. Norris 444 17.5 +4.2
Green B. Bingham 192 7.6 −4.5
Majority 305 12.0 −19.9
Turnout 2,539
Labour hold Swing -9.9

Sharston

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Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Berry* 1,149 47.3 −6.9
Conservative A. Bourne 943 38.8 +13.4
Liberal Democrats S. Toole 235 9.7 −4.9
Green G. Lawson 104 4.3 −1.5
Majority 206 8.5 −20.3
Turnout 2,431
Labour hold Swing -10.1

Whalley Range

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Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Fry* 1,763 49.7 +0.5
Conservative J. Kershaw 1,454 41.0 −0.3
Liberal Democrats R. West 224 6.3 −3.2
Green C. Collis 109 3.1 +3.1
Majority 309 8.7 +0.9
Turnout 3,550
Labour hold Swing +0.4

Withington

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Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats A. Firth* 1,642 44.5 +2.2
Labour H. Smith 1,078 29.2 −4.7
Conservative P. Davies 769 20.9 +3.5
Green B. Ekbery 199 5.4 −1.1
Majority 564 15.3 +7.0
Turnout 3,688
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.4

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Dunn 1,046 53.9 −19.8
Conservative A. Langan 516 26.6 +0.3
Liberal Democrats W. Ford 379 19.5 +19.5
Majority 530 27.3 −20.1
Turnout 1,941
Labour hold Swing -10.0

References

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  1. ^ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).