1999 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election, as well as a vacancy in Chorlton, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2003. The two Independent Labour candidates stood as "Peace 2000 England's Republic", a slight alteration on the previous year's "Labour Peace 2000". Overall turnout was up marginally from the previous year at 21.9%. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1999
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	27	1	4	-3	79.4	53.4	36,674	+0.5%
Liberal Democrats	7	4	1	+3	20.6	30.3	20,812	+1.8%
Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	11.7	8,050	-1.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.9	2,717	+0.5%
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	142	-1.3%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	138	+0.1%
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	42	-0.5%
Independent Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	22	+0.0%
Communist League	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	19	+0.0%
Crown Force	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	12	+0.0%

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

	Seats	+/-
Labour	80	-3
Liberal Democrats	19	+3
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Priest*	813	76.3	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Maloney	109	10.2	−1.7
	Conservative	Fanny Davenport	97	9.1	−1.6
	Green	Bruce Bingham	47	4.4	−1.3
Majority			704	66.0	+11.9
Turnout			1,066	13.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.9

Baguley

Baguley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Jones*	1,151	72.7	+2.9
	Conservative	Ruby Byrom	276	17.4	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	William Fisher	156	9.9	−0.9
Majority			875	55.3	+5.0
Turnout			1,583	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Powell	1,611	55.5	−2.3
	Labour	Kathleen Bloch*	1,030	35.5	+1.8
	Conservative	Thomas Bumby	159	5.5	−0.7
	Green	Brian Candeland	102	3.5	+3.5
Majority			581	20.0	−10.8
Turnout			2,902	26.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	-2.0

Benchill

Benchill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niel Warren*	790	79.7	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Redmond	111	11.2	−5.9
	Conservative	Brian Birchenough	90	9.1	+2.4
Majority			679	68.5	+8.5
Turnout			991	13.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.7

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Carmody	1,024	56.4	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Dobson*	706	38.9	−5.1
	Conservative	Albert Walsh	84	4.6	+1.0
Majority			318	17.5	+9.0
Turnout			1,814	24.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+4.5

Blackley

Blackley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Trotman	960	59.9	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Connell	452	28.2	+12.6
	Conservative	Dorothy Keller	192	12.0	−4.0
Majority			508	31.7	−20.7
Turnout			1,604	19.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.5

Bradford

Bradford^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fairhurst	978	54.6	+20.1
	Labour	Margaret Smith*	761	42.5	−15.9
	Conservative	Joyce Haycock	53	3.0	−4.1
Majority			217	12.1	−11.7
Turnout			1,792	24.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+18.0

Brooklands

Brooklands^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Murphy*	1,106	57.5	+3.0
	Conservative	Ian Bradshaw	579	30.1	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Rothery	238	12.4	−0.4
Majority			527	27.4	+5.6
Turnout			1,923	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.8

Burnage

Burnage^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Green*	1,274	60.7	−2.3
	Conservative	Peter Schofield	408	19.4	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Harrison	321	15.3	+0.1
	Green	Michael Shaw	72	3.4	+0.1
	Independent Labour	Michael Robinson	25	1.2	+1.2
Majority			866	41.2	−3.2
Turnout			2,100	21.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.6

Central

Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Egerton	676	61.0	−15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Ramsbottom	292	26.4	+14.6
	Conservative	Nicholas Davis	93	8.4	+8.4
	Green	William Kearns	47	4.2	−7.8
Majority			384	34.7	−29.5
Turnout			1,108	13.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.9

Charlestown

Charlestown^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Hobin*	1,023	61.9	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Isherwood	414	25.1	+5.6
	Conservative	Vivienne Clarke	215	13.0	−2.7
Majority			609	36.9	−9.1
Turnout			1,652	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.5

Cheetham

Cheetham^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Imran Rizvi	1,799	62.5	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sabir	882	30.6	−13.8
	Conservative	Adam Gibson	132	4.6	−2.5
	Green	Paddy McCloy	53	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Ahmed Zubair	13	0.5	−1.2
Majority			917	31.9	+29.6
Turnout			2,879	31.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.8

Chorlton

Chorlton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Newman	1,723	48.6	+5.1
	Labour	Valerie Stevens*	1,666
	Conservative	Malcolm Cleall-Hill	703	19.8	−1.1
	Conservative	Ian Paley	691
	Green	Julian Parry	675	19.0	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Hall	446	12.6	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Mellor	355
Majority			963	28.8	+6.2
Turnout			3,547	28.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Crumpsall

Crumpsall^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lister	1,525	68.8	+0.7
	Conservative	Jacqueline Rowland	367	16.6	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Gordon	248	11.2	−3.1
	Green	Christopher Middleton	77	3.5	+3.5
Majority			1,158	52.2	+1.8
Turnout			2,217	23.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.8

Didsbury

Didsbury^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Sandiford	1,813	44.6	+18.8
	Labour	Frances Ives	1,325	32.6	−10.9
	Conservative	Peter Hilton	928	22.8	−4.1
Majority			488	12.0	−4.6
Turnout			4,066	35.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+14.8

Fallowfield

Fallowfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernice Reid*	1,005	59.0	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Shakeel Ahmed	339	19.9	+4.1
	Conservative	David Saville	257	15.1	−0.6
	Green	Hannah Berry	85	5.0	+0.1
	Independent Labour	Thomas Kelly	17	1.0	−5.4
Majority			666	39.1	+1.6
Turnout			1,703	13.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

Gorton North

Gorton North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Pearcey*	1,419	54.5	+4.5
	Labour	Elaine O'Connor	1,049	40.3	−3.7
	Conservative	Simon Davenport	137	5.3	+1.4
Majority			370	14.2	+8.2
Turnout			2,605	26.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.1

Gorton South

Gorton South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Ashley*	1,368	60.9	+0.1
	Labour	Kenneth Strath	805	35.9	+4.1
	Conservative	Ann Hodkinson	72	3.2	−0.2
Majority			563	25.1	−3.9
Turnout			2,245	25.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.0

Harpurhey

Harpurhey^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nilofar Siddiqi*	799	67.0	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Campbell	243	20.4	−3.4
	Conservative	Rodney Keller	150	12.6	+0.2
Majority			556	46.6	+6.6
Turnout			1,192	15.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

Hulme

Hulme^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Flanagan	644	55.3	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Phylip Mahler	230	19.7	+8.7
	Green	John Poole	202	17.3	+3.8
	Conservative	David Conway	67	5.8	−1.9
	Independent Liberal	Charles Lyn-Lloyd	22	1.9	−0.2
Majority			414	35.5	−14.4
Turnout			1,165	13.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.4

Levenshulme

Levenshulme^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Hennigan	1,504	57.2	−0.5
	Labour	Nicholas Macgregor	803	30.6	+1.9
	Independent	John Howard	125	4.8	+4.8
	Conservative	Paul Kierman	98	3.7	−1.8
	Green	Michael Daw	79	3.0	0
	Communist League	Paul Galloway	19	0.7	+0.7
Majority			701	26.7	−2.3
Turnout			2,628	25.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-1.2

Lightbowne

Lightbowne^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Murphy	1,231	71.7	−0.0
	Conservative	Teresa Skorzewski	270	15.7	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elsie Slater	217	12.6	−1.3
Majority			961	55.9	−1.3
Turnout			1,718	20.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.6

Longsight

Longsight^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sajjad Hussain	1,369	49.1	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rashid Ahmed	717	25.7	+13.9
	Green	Spencer Fitzgibbon	455	16.3	+1.0
	Conservative	John Davenport	237	8.5	−3.2
	Crown Force	Comrade Ibraham	12	0.4	+0.4
Majority			652	23.4	−17.2
Turnout			2,790	22.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.3

Moss Side

Moss Side^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Nangle*	1,111	77.3	+1.0
	Conservative	Mary Barnes	131	9.1	+0.3
	Green	Vanessa Hall	98	6.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jinks	98	6.8	−3.2
Majority			980	68.2	+1.9
Turnout			1,438	16.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Moston

Moston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Cooper*	1,478	69.2	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Laslett	355	16.6	−0.3
	Conservative	Gregory Skorzewski	304	14.2	−4.2
Majority			1,123	52.6	+6.4
Turnout			2,137	21.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Newtown Heath

Newton Heath^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Damien O'Connor*	1,126	78.6	−1.8
	Conservative	Raymond Wattenbach	137	9.6	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Rodgers	135	9.4	−0.1
	Green	Cae Gests	35	2.4	+2.4
Majority			989	69.0	−1.3
Turnout			1,433	17.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.6

Northenden

Northenden^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Kane*	1,198	60.0	+1.9
	Conservative	Richard West	360	17.7	+2.1
	Green	Lance Crookes	246	12.1	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette McKay	227	11.2	+0.5
Majority			838	41.3	−1.2
Turnout			2,031	21.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.1

Old Moat

Old Moat^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Smith*	1,603	49.6	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Yasmin Zalzala	1,326	41.0	+4.2
	Conservative	Lynda Whetton	173	5.4	−2.2
	Green	Jonathan Rummery	131	4.1	−1.7
Majority			277	8.6	−4.4
Turnout			3,233	25.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.2

Rusholme

Rusholme^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zafar Mir	1,153	45.3	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Shannon	1,122	44.1	+12.1
	Conservative	Karen Abbad	152	6.0	−3.1
	Green	Bernard Ekbery	119	4.7	+1.3
Majority			31	1.2	−10.4
Turnout			2,546	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.2

Sharston

Sharston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Keller*	905	71.8	−1.6
	Conservative	John Nelson	181	14.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Farnen	136	10.8	−5.0
	Green	Steven Anderson	38	3.0	+3.0
Majority			724	57.5	−5.1
Turnout			1,260	16.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

Whalley Range

Whalley Range^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Cruthers	1,456	50.4	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sadek Hamid	664	23.0	+5.9
	Conservative	John Kershaw	626	21.7	+0.4
	Socialist Labour	Steven Wynn	142	4.9	−0.2
Majority			792	27.4	−2.7
Turnout			2,888	28.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.4

Withington

Withington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendon Jones	1,793	57.4	−3.8
	Labour	Andrew Simcock*	990	31.7	+2.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Smith	181	5.8	−1.2
	Green	Jane Hutchings	162	5.2	+5.2
Majority			803	25.7	−6.5
Turnout			3,126	26.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	-3.2

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Neil*	969	77.3	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony McGarr	142	11.3	−16.5
	Conservative	Bessie O'Connor	142	11.3	+11.3
Majority			827	66.0	+21.6
Turnout			1,253	15.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.8

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Benchill By-Election 10 June 1999^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isobel Freeman	730	54.2	−25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bradshaw	529	39.3	+28.1
	Conservative	Brian Birchenough	88	6.5	−2.6
Majority			201	14.9	−53.6
Turnout			1,347	18.3	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-26.8

Central By-Election 26 August 1999^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Battle	758	50.1	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Ramsbottom	675	44.6	+18.2
	Conservative	Nicholas Davis	57	3.8	−4.5
	Green	William Kearns	24	1.6	−2.6
Majority			83	5.5	−29.2
Turnout			1,514	18.0	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.6

References

^ Manchester Evening News, 7 May 1999.
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^ ^a ^b "By-election past results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

[1] Manchester Evening News, 7 May 1999.

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[byresarch-3] "By-election past results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

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