Manchester Council election, 1999

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2003. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council. [1]

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

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

Ward results

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Priest* 813 76.3 +6.8
Liberal Democrat D. Maloney 109 10.2 -2.5
Conservative F. Davenport 97 9.1 -2.4
Green B. Bingham 47 4.4 +1.2
Majority 704 66.0 +14.2
Turnout 1,066
Labour hold Swing
Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Jones* 1,151 72.7 +2.9
Conservative R. Byrom 276 17.4 -2.1
Liberal Democrat W. Fisher 156 9.9 -0.9
Majority 875 55.3 +5.0
Turnout 1,583
Labour hold Swing
Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat R. Powell 1,611 55.5 -2.3
Labour K. Bloch* 1,030 35.5 +1.8
Conservative T. Bumby 159 5.5 -0.7
Green B. Candeland 102 3.5 +3.5
Majority 581 20.0 -10.8
Turnout 2,902
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Warren* 790 79.7 +3.6
Liberal Democrat J. Redmond 111 11.2 -5.9
Conservative B. Birchenough 90 9.1 +2.4
Majority 679 68.5 +8.5
Turnout 991
Labour hold Swing
Beswick and Clayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Carmody 1,024 56.4 +4.0
Liberal Democrat K. Dobson* 706 38.9 -5.1
Conservative A. Walsh 84 4.6 +1.0
Majority 318 17.5 +9.0
Turnout 1,814
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Trotman 960 59.9 -8.5
Liberal Democrat C. Connell 452 28.2 +12.6
Conservative D. Keller 192 12.0 -4.0
Majority 508 31.7 -20.7
Turnout 1,604
Labour hold Swing
Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat P. Fairhurst 978 54.6 +20.1
Labour M. Smith* 761 42.5 -15.9
Conservative J. Haydock 53 3.0 -4.1
Majority 217 12.1 -11.7
Turnout 1,792
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Murphy* 1,106 57.5 +3.0
Conservative I. Bradshaw 579 30.1 -2.6
Liberal Democrat P. Rothery 238 12.4 -0.4
Majority 527 27.4 +5.6
Turnout 1,923
Labour hold Swing
Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Green* 1,274 60.7 -2.3
Conservative P. Schofield 408 19.4 +0.9
Liberal Democrat R. Harrison 321 15.3 +0.1
Green M. Shaw 72 3.4 +0.1
Independent M. Robinson 25 1.2 +1.2
Majority 866 41.2 -3.2
Turnout 2,100
Labour hold Swing
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Egerton 676 61.0 -15.2
Liberal Democrat M. Ramsbottom 292 26.4 +14.6
Conservative N. Davis 93 8.4 +8.4
Green W. Kearns 47 4.2 -7.8
Majority 384 34.7 -29.5
Turnout 1,108
Labour hold Swing
Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Hobin* 1,023 61.9 -3.5
Liberal Democrat R. Isherwood 414 25.1 +5.6
Conservative V. Clarke 215 13.0 -2.7
Majority 609 36.9 -9.1
Turnout 1,652
Labour hold Swing
Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour I. Rizvi 1,799 62.5 +15.8
Liberal Democrat M. Sabir 882 30.6 -13.8
Conservative A. Gibson 132 4.6 -2.5
Green P. McCloy 53 1.8 +1.8
Independent A. Zubair 13 0.5 -1.2
Majority 917 31.9 +29.6
Turnout 2,879
Labour hold Swing
Chorlton (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Newman 1,723 27.5 +11.5
Labour V. Stevens* 1,666 26.6 +9.7
Conservative M. Cleall-Hill 703 11.2 +1.5
Conservative I. Paley 691 11.0 +1.1
Green J. Parry 675 10.8 -2.7
Liberal Democrat C. Hall 446 7.1 +1.0
Liberal Democrat D. Mellor 355 5.7 -1.8
Majority 963 15.4 +8.2
Turnout 6,259
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Lister 1,525 68.8 +0.7
Conservative J. Rowland 367 16.6 -1.0
Liberal Democrat D. Gordon 248 11.2 -3.1
Green C. Middleton 77 3.5 +3.5
Majority 1,158 52.2 +1.8
Turnout 2,217
Labour hold Swing
Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat D. Sandiford 1,813 44.6 +18.8
Labour F. Ives 1,325 32.6 -10.9
Conservative P. Hilton 928 22.8 -4.1
Majority 488 12.0 -4.6
Turnout 4,066
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Reid* 1,005 59.0 +5.6
Liberal Democrat S. Ahmed 339 19.9 +4.1
Conservative D. Saville 257 15.1 -0.6
Green H. Berry 85 5.0 +0.1
Independent T. Kelly 17 1.0 -5.4
Majority 666 39.1 +1.6
Turnout 1,703
Labour hold Swing
Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat J. Pearcey* 1,419 54.5 +4.5
Labour E. O'Connor 1,049 40.3 -3.7
Conservative S. Davenport 137 5.3 +1.4
Majority 370 14.2 +8.2
Turnout 2,605
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat J. Ashley* 1,368 60.9 +0.1
Labour K. Strath 805 35.9 +4.1
Conservative A. Hodkinson 72 3.2 -0.2
Majority 563 25.1 -3.9
Turnout 2,245
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Siddiqi* 799 67.0 +1.4
Liberal Democrat D. Campbell 243 20.4 -1.1
Conservative R. Keller 150 12.6 -0.2
Majority 556 46.6 +8.0
Turnout 1,192
Labour hold Swing
Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Flanagan 644 55.3 -8.1
Liberal Democrat P. Mahler 230 19.7 +8.7
Green J. Poole 202 17.3 +3.8
Conservative D. Conway 67 5.8 -1.9
Independent C. Lyn-Lloyd 22 1.9 -0.2
Majority 414 35.5 -14.4
Turnout 1,165
Labour hold Swing
Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat D. Hennigan 1,504 57.2 -0.5
Labour N. Macgregor 803 30.6 +1.9
Independent J. Howard 125 4.8 +4.8
Conservative P. Kierman 98 3.7 -1.8
Green M. Daw 79 3.0 0
Communist P. Galloway 19 0.7 +0.7
Majority 701 26.7 -2.3
Turnout 2,628
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Murphy 1,231 71.7 0
Conservative T. Skorzewski 270 15.7 +1.2
Liberal Democrat E. Slater 217 12.6 -1.3
Majority 961 55.9 -1.3
Turnout 1,718
Labour hold Swing
Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Hussain 1,369 49.1 -6.8
Liberal Democrat R. Ahmed 717 25.7 +13.9
Green S. Fitzgibbon 455 16.3 +1.0
Conservative J. Davenport 237 8.5 -3.2
Independent C. Ibrahim 12 0.4 +0.4
Majority 652 23.4 -17.2
Turnout 2,790
Labour hold Swing
Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Nangle* 1,111 77.3 +1.0
Conservative M. Barnes 131 9.1 +0.3
Green V. Hall 98 6.8 +3.8
Liberal Democrat P. Jinks 98 6.8 -3.2
Majority 980 68.2 +1.9
Turnout 1,438
Labour hold Swing
Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Cooper* 1,478 69.2 +4.6
Liberal Democrat J. Laslett 355 16.6 -0.3
Conservative G. Skorzewski 304 14.2 -4.2
Majority 1,123 52.6 +6.4
Turnout 2,137
Labour hold Swing
Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. O'Connor* 1,126 78.6 -1.8
Conservative R. Wattenbach 137 9.6 -0.5
Liberal Democrat A. Rodgers 135 9.4 -0.1
Green C. Gests 35 2.4 +2.4
Majority 989 69.0 -1.3
Turnout 1,433
Labour hold Swing
Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Kane* 1,198 60.0 +1.9
Conservative R. West 360 17.7 +2.1
Green L. Crookes 246 12.1 -3.5
Liberal Democrat J. McKay 227 11.2 +0.5
Majority 838 41.3 -1.2
Turnout 2,031
Labour hold Swing
Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Smith* 1,603 49.6 -0.2
Liberal Democrat Y. Zalzala 1,326 41.0 +4.2
Conservative L. Whetton 173 5.4 -2.2
Green J. Rummery 131 4.1 -1.7
Majority 277 8.6 -4.4
Turnout 3,233
Labour hold Swing
Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Z. Mir 1,153 45.3 +1.7
Liberal Democrat P. Shannon 1,122 44.1 +12.1
Conservative K. Abbad 152 6.0 -3.1
Green B. Ekbery 119 4.7 +1.3
Majority 31 1.2 -10.4
Turnout 2,546
Labour hold Swing
Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Keller* 905 71.8 -1.6
Conservative J. Nelson 181 14.4 +3.6
Liberal Democrat K. Farnen 136 10.8 -5.0
Green S. Anderson 38 3.0 +3.0
Majority 724 57.5 -5.1
Turnout 1,260
Labour hold Swing
Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Cruthers 1,456 50.4 -1.0
Liberal Democrat S. Hamid 664 23.0 +5.9
Conservative J. Kershaw 626 21.7 +0.4
Socialist Labour S. Wynn 142 4.9 -0.2
Majority 792 27.4 -2.7
Turnout 2,888
Labour hold Swing
Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat B. Jones 1,793 57.4 -3.8
Labour A. Simcock* 990 31.7 +2.7
Conservative J. Smith 181 5.8 -1.2
Green J. Hutchings 162 5.2 +5.2
Majority 803 25.7 -6.5
Turnout 3,126
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. O'Neil* 969 77.3 +5.1
Liberal Democrat A. McGarr 142 11.3 -16.5
Conservative B. O'Connor 142 11.3 +11.3
Majority 827 66.0 +21.6
Turnout 1,253
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Manchester Evening News, 7 May 1999.
Preceded by
Manchester Council election, 1998		 Manchester local elections Succeeded by
Manchester Council election, 2000