Manchester local elections

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One third of Manchester City Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

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[edit] Political control

Labour 1973 - present

[edit] Council elections

Manchester Council election, 1998

Manchester Council election, 1999

Manchester Council election, 2000

Manchester Council election, 2002

Manchester Council election, 2003

Manchester Council election, 2004 - due to substantial boundary changes, all seats were contested this year

Manchester Council election, 2006

Manchester Council election, 2007

Manchester Council election, 2008

[edit] By-election results

Hulme By-Election 1 May 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Murphy 1,937 69.4 -4.6
Liberal Democrat James Graham 561 20.1 +12.5
Conservative Paul Kierman 293 10.5 +3.3
Majority 1,376 49.3
Turnout 2,791 51.1
Labour hold Swing
Old Moat By-Election 1 May 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeffrey Smith 3,790 51.9 -15.9
Liberal Democrat Yasmen Zalzala 1,690 22.8 +12.6
Conservative Christopher Brown 1,256 17.0 +3.3
Independent Michael Robinson 511 6.9 +6.9
Socialist Labour Julie White 163 2.2 +2.2
Majority 2,100 29.1
Turnout 7,410 61.6
Labour hold Swing
Cheetham By-Election 24 September 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Qassim Afzal 1,394 48.5 +4.1
Labour Imran Rizvi 1,342 46.6 -0.1
Conservative Dorothy Keller 141 4.9 -2.2
Majority 52 1.9
Turnout 2,877
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Bench Hill By-Election 10 June 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Isobel Freeman 730 54.2 -21.9
Liberal Democrat Ann Bradshaw 529 39.3 +22.2
Conservative Brian Bichenough 88 6.5 +6.5
Majority 201 14.9
Turnout 1,347 18.3
Labour hold Swing
Central By-Election 26 August 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Battle 758 50.1 -11.0
Liberal Democrat 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
Turnout 1,514
Labour hold Swing
Baguley By-Election 25 January 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward McCulley 685 60.0 -5.4
Liberal Democrat William Fisher 241 21.1 +8.8
Conservative David Timson 216 18.9 -1.1
Majority 444 38.9
Turnout 1,142 13.0
Labour hold Swing
Beswick & Clayton By-Election 10 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Loughman 1,850 61.9 +15.4
Liberal Democrat Elaine Boyes 988 33.0 -14.8
Conservative Richard West 153 5.1 +0.1
Majority 862 28.9
Turnout 2,991
Labour hold Swing
Sharston By-Election 10 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Judge 2,170 69.8 -7.1
Conservative David Timson 497 16.0 -3.7
Liberal Democrat David Kierman 440 14.2 +0.6
Majority 1,673 53.8
Turnout 3,107
Labour hold Swing
Whalley Range By-Election 10 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Dale 3,266 62.4 +8.2
Liberal Democrat John Grant 1,221 23.3 +13.4
Conservative John Kershaw 744 14.2 -13.0
Majority 2,045 39.1
Turnout 5,231
Labour hold Swing
Benchill By-Election 13 June 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Wilmott 440 70.5 +0.6
Liberal Democrat Ann Bradshaw 85 13.6 -1.5
Conservative Adrian Hutchinson 67 10.7 +0.7
Socialist Labour Mervyn Drage 32 5.1 +5.1
Majority 355 56.9
Turnout 624 8.8
Labour hold Swing
Gorton South By-Election 19 October 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Charles Glover 1,588 49.3 +1.5
Labour Julie Reid 1,208 37.5 +1.7
British National Party Derek Adams 185 5.7 +5.7
Green David Mottram 151 4.7 -3.8
Conservative Daniel Valentine 90 2.8 -5.1
Majority 380 11.8
Turnout 3,222 29.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

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