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Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1994. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1998. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. [1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 28 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 82.3 | 59.2 | 61,037 | +10.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 14.7 | 24.0 | 24,726 | +5.2% | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13,962 | -15.6% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2,004 | -1.0% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 809 | +0.5% | |
Communist (ML) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 294 | +0.3% | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 196 | +0.2% | |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 79 | -1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 15 | +3 | |
Conservative | 4 | -1 | |
Independent Labour | 1 | -1 | |
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Murphy | 1,231 | 75.2 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Ford | 296 | 18.1 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | F. Roche | 109 | 6.7 | -8.1 | |
Majority | 935 | 57.2 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,636 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Farrell | 1,949 | 71.8 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | P. Fitzsimons | 411 | 15.1 | -22.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Hall | 353 | 13.0 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 1,538 | 56.7 | +41.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,713 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +20.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Maloney* | 1,762 | 48.5 | +15.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Harrison | 1,394 | 38.4 | -10.1 | |
Conservative | D. Smith | 301 | 8.3 | -6.1 | |
Green | R. Goater | 174 | 4.8 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 368 | 10.1 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,631 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Harding | 1,620 | 71.1 | +3.3 | |
Communist_Party_of_Britain_(Marxist-Leninist) | L. Worthington | 294 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Redmond | 228 | 10.0 | -0.7 | |
Conservative | M. Joyce | 138 | 6.1 | -15.4 | |
Majority | 1,326 | 58.2 | +11.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,280 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | M. Dunican | 1,652 | 55.3 | +35.2 | |
Labour | W. Egerton* | 1,240 | 41.5 | -21.6 | |
Conservative | D. Russell | 95 | 3.2 | -13.6 | |
Majority | 412 | 13.8 | -29.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,987 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +28.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Chadwick* | 2,144 | 74.9 | +20.5 | |
Conservative | V. Clarke | 380 | 13.3 | -21.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | K. Wadsworth | 339 | 11.8 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 1,764 | 61.6 | +42.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,863 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +21.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Gilmore* | 1,576 | 71.8 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Fairhurst | 432 | 19.7 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | K. Hyde | 173 | 7.9 | -15.8 | |
Independent | C. Morris | 15 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,144 | 52.1 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,196 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Evans | 1,817 | 58.6 | +20.5 | |
Conservative | A. Langan | 876 | 28.2 | -26.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | H. McKay | 410 | 13.2 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 941 | 30.3 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,103 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +23.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Taylor | 2,308 | 60.0 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | J. Leach | 761 | 19.8 | -20.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Lawley | 581 | 15.1 | +1.9 | |
Independent Labour | R. Whyte* | 196 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 1,547 | 40.2 | +37.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,846 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing | +18.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Findlow* | 1,276 | 77.7 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Jarrett | 218 | 13.3 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | W. Bradshaw | 149 | 9.1 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 1,058 | 64.4 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,643 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Curley* | 2,049 | 71.1 | +17.6 | |
Conservative | C. Saunders | 451 | 15.6 | -21.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Parkinson | 382 | 13.3 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 1,598 | 55.4 | +38.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,882 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +19.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Pagel* | 1,904 | 79.5 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Clayton | 252 | 10.5 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | M. Gifford | 240 | 10.0 | -9.4 | |
Majority | 1,652 | 68.9 | +19.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,396 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Selby* | 2,722 | 58.9 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | J. Smith | 917 | 19.9 | -15.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Pierce | 643 | 13.9 | +6.8 | |
Green | B. Candeland | 337 | 7.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 1,805 | 39.1 | +23.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,619 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Spinks* | 2,062 | 64.7 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | G. Mellyng | 631 | 19.8 | -20.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Matthews | 492 | 15.4 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 1,431 | 44.9 | +33.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,185 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +16.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Bridson | 2,319 | 40.1 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | J. Hill* | 1,844 | 31.9 | -18.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Lawley | 1,494 | 25.8 | +10.3 | |
Green | B. Doherty | 125 | 2.2 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 475 | 8.2 | -10.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,782 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Morrison* | 1,824 | 63.6 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | J. Nelson | 425 | 14.8 | -12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Ord | 367 | 12.8 | -4.2 | |
Green | M. Daw | 134 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Independent | S. King | 92 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | A. Fiander | 27 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,399 | 48.8 | +19.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,869 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | W. Helsby | 2,054 | 51.4 | +0.9 | |
Labour | C. Brierley* | 1,712 | 42.8 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | P. Davies | 170 | 4.3 | -3.7 | |
Green | D. Wild | 61 | 1.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 342 | 8.6 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,997 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | J. Bridges | 1,918 | 53.8 | +4.3 | |
Labour | B. Whitehead | 1,451 | 40.7 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | D. Davenport | 132 | 3.7 | -2.3 | |
Green | A. Salter | 66 | 1.9 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 467 | 13.1 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,567 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Karney* | 1,497 | 68.6 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Thame | 454 | 20.8 | +11.5 | |
Conservative | J. Samson | 230 | 10.5 | -13.4 | |
Majority | 1,043 | 47.8 | +17.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,181 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Lunts | 938 | 70.7 | +2.4 | |
Independent | C. Osigwe | 142 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Oliver | 128 | 9.7 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | J. Baker | 118 | 8.9 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 796 | 60.0 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,326 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Whitmore* | 2,529 | 61.2 | +4.6 | |
Labour | H. Pare | 1,261 | 30.5 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | R. West | 188 | 4.5 | -6.5 | |
Green | P. Thompson | 154 | 3.7 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 1,268 | 30.7 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,132 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Franklin* | 2,395 | 75.2 | +16.8 | |
Conservative | M. Steadman | 413 | 13.0 | -18.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Gordon | 376 | 11.8 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 1,982 | 62.2 | +35.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,184 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Moghal* | 2,334 | 68.6 | +14.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Dunn | 443 | 13.0 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | D. Carroll | 442 | 13.0 | -18.5 | |
Green | S. Fitzgibbon | 146 | 4.3 | -1.6 | |
Independent | T. Rigby | 36 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,891 | 55.6 | +33.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,401 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V. Cunningham | 2,005 | 78.7 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | W. Tew | 204 | 8.0 | -9.2 | |
Conservative | M. Barnes | 175 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Green | K. Molteno | 165 | 6.5 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 1,801 | 70.7 | +13.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,549 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Shaw* | 2,406 | 70.3 | +19.9 | |
Conservative | J. Bradshaw | 562 | 16.4 | -24.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | V. Towers | 455 | 13.3 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 1,844 | 53.9 | +44.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,423 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +22.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Garside* | 1,655 | 73.5 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Turner | 302 | 13.4 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | P. Leach | 294 | 13.1 | -12.8 | |
Majority | 1,353 | 60.1 | +22.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,251 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Carroll* | 2,490 | 67.2 | +17.3 | |
Conservative | K. McKenna | 725 | 19.6 | -21.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Ford | 493 | 13.3 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 1,765 | 47.6 | +38.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,708 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +19.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Fender* | 2,319 | 56.8 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Y. Zalzala | 845 | 20.7 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | K. Hussain | 497 | 12.2 | -18.5 | |
Independent | M. Robinson | 250 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Green | T. Romagnuolo | 170 | 4.2 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 1,474 | 36.1 | +15.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,081 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Byrne* | 1,451 | 39.3 | -4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Ramsbottom | 1,318 | 35.7 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | M. Naqui | 561 | 15.2 | -2.3 | |
Green | B. Bingham | 178 | 4.8 | -2.8 | |
Independent | K. Robinson | 107 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Independent | I. Ferguson | 81 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 133 | 3.6 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,696 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Barrett | 1,680 | 70.3 | +23.0 | |
Conservative | I. Hollins | 310 | 13.0 | -25.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | W. Fisher | 286 | 12.0 | +2.3 | |
Green | G. Lawson | 114 | 4.8 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,370 | 57.3 | +48.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,390 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +24.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Stone | 2,248 | 62.2 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | R. Ignatowicz | 694 | 19.2 | -21.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Leech | 615 | 17.0 | +10.7 | |
Independent | R. Harper | 59 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 1,554 | 43.0 | +34.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,616 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | A. Jones* | 2,238 | 49.2 | +4.7 | |
Labour | A. Simcock | 1,791 | 39.3 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | C. Brown | 344 | 7.6 | -13.3 | |
Green | B. Ekbery | 180 | 4.0 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 447 | 9.8 | -5.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,553 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Ryan | 1,601 | 68.4 | +14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | W. Ford | 535 | 22.8 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | M. Coban | 206 | 8.8 | -17.8 | |
Majority | 1,066 | 45.5 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,342 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
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