- Manchester Council election, 1999
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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
- ^ "Manchester Evening News, 7 May 1999.
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