1999 Manchester City Council election

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1999 Manchester City Council election
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←  1998
6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)
2000  →
34 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Leader Richard Leese Simon Ashley
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Crumpsall Gorton South
Last election30 seats,
52.9%		5 seats,
28.5%
Seats before8316
Seats won277
Seats after8019
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg3
Popular vote36,67420,812
Percentage53.4%30.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.5%Increase2.svg1.8%
Manchester 1999.png
Map of results of 1999 election
Leader of the Council before election

Richard Leese
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Richard Leese
Labour

Elections to Manchester City 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]

Contents

Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Labour Party 36,674 (53.4%)
Increase2.svg 0.527 (79.4%)
27 / 34
Decrease2.svg 380 (80.8%)
80 / 99
Liberal Democrats 20,812 (30.3%)
Increase2.svg 1.87 (20.6%)
7 / 34
Increase2.svg 319 (19.2%)
19 / 99
Conservative Party 8,050 (11.7%)
Decrease2.svg 1.10 (0.0%)
0 / 34
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Green Party 2,717 (3.9%)
Increase2.svg 0.50 (0.0%)
0 / 34
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent 150 (0.2%)
Increase2.svg 0.10 (0.0%)
0 / 34
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Socialist Labour 142 (0.2%)
Decrease2.svg 1.30 (0.0%)
0 / 34
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent Labour 42 (0.0%)
Decrease2.svg 0.50 (0.0%)
0 / 34
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent Liberal 22 (0.0%)
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Communist League 19 (0.0%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
↓
8019

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Priest*81376.3+10.3
Liberal Democrats Derek Maloney10910.2−1.7
Conservative Fanny Davenport979.1−1.6
Green Bruce Bingham474.4−1.3
Majority 70466.0+11.9
Turnout 1,06613.6
Labour hold Swing +5.9

Baguley

Baguley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Jones*1,15172.7+2.9
Conservative Ruby Byrom27617.4−2.1
Liberal Democrats William Fisher1569.9−0.9
Majority 87555.3+5.0
Turnout 1,58319.2
Labour hold Swing +2.5

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Powell1,61155.5−2.3
Labour Kathleen Bloch*1,03035.5+1.8
Conservative Thomas Bumby1595.5−0.7
Green Brian Candeland1023.5+3.5
Majority 58120.0−10.8
Turnout 2,90226.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -2.0

Benchill

Benchill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Niel Warren*79079.7+3.6
Liberal Democrats Janice Redmond11111.2−5.9
Conservative Brian Birchenough909.1+2.4
Majority 67968.5+8.5
Turnout 99113.6
Labour hold Swing +4.7

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Carmody1,02456.4+4.0
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Dobson*70638.9−5.1
Conservative Albert Walsh844.6+1.0
Majority 31817.5+9.0
Turnout 1,81424.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +4.5

Blackley

Blackley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anna Trotman96059.9−8.5
Liberal Democrats Carol Connell45228.2+12.6
Conservative Dorothy Keller19212.0−4.0
Majority 50831.7−20.7
Turnout 1,60419.0
Labour hold Swing -10.5

Bradford

Bradford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Fairhurst97854.6+20.1
Labour Margaret Smith*76142.5−15.9
Conservative Joyce Haycock533.0−4.1
Majority 21712.1−11.7
Turnout 1,79224.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +18.0

Brooklands

Brooklands [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Murphy*1,10657.5+3.0
Conservative Ian Bradshaw57930.1−2.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Rothery23812.4−0.4
Majority 52727.4+5.6
Turnout 1,92320.0
Labour hold Swing +2.8

Burnage

Burnage [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Green*1,27460.7−2.3
Conservative Peter Schofield40819.4+0.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Harrison32115.3+0.1
Green Michael Shaw723.4+0.1
Independent Labour Michael Robinson251.2+1.2
Majority 86641.2−3.2
Turnout 2,10021.3
Labour hold Swing -1.6

Central

Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Egerton67661.0−15.2
Liberal Democrats Marcus Ramsbottom29226.4+14.6
Conservative Nicholas Davis938.4+8.4
Green William Kearns474.2−7.8
Majority 38434.7−29.5
Turnout 1,10813.2
Labour hold Swing -14.9

Charlestown

Charlestown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Hobin*1,02361.9−3.5
Liberal Democrats Rodney Isherwood41425.1+5.6
Conservative Vivienne Clarke21513.0−2.7
Majority 60936.9−9.1
Turnout 1,65219.2
Labour hold Swing -4.5

Cheetham

Cheetham [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Imran Rizvi1,79962.5+15.8
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sabir88230.6−13.8
Conservative Adam Gibson1324.6−2.5
Green Paddy McCloy531.8+1.8
Independent Ahmed Zubair130.5−1.2
Majority 91731.9+29.6
Turnout 2,87931.8
Labour hold Swing +14.8

Chorlton

Chorlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Newman1,72348.6+5.1
Labour Valerie Stevens*1,666
Conservative Malcolm Cleall-Hill70319.8−1.1
Conservative Ian Paley691
Green Julian Parry67519.0+5.5
Liberal Democrats Catherine Hall44612.6−0.6
Liberal Democrats Derek Mellor355
Majority 96328.8+6.2
Turnout 3,54728.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +3.1

Crumpsall

Crumpsall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Lister1,52568.8+0.7
Conservative Jacqueline Rowland36716.6−1.0
Liberal Democrats David Gordon24811.2−3.1
Green Christopher Middleton773.5+3.5
Majority 1,15852.2+1.8
Turnout 2,21723.7
Labour hold Swing +0.8

Didsbury

Didsbury [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Sandiford1,81344.6+18.8
Labour Frances Ives1,32532.6−10.9
Conservative Peter Hilton92822.8−4.1
Majority 48812.0−4.6
Turnout 4,06635.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +14.8

Fallowfield

Fallowfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernice Reid*1,00559.0+5.6
Liberal Democrats Shakeel Ahmed33919.9+4.1
Conservative David Saville25715.1−0.6
Green Hannah Berry855.0+0.1
Independent Labour Thomas Kelly171.0−5.4
Majority 66639.1+1.6
Turnout 1,70313.6
Labour hold Swing +0.7

Gorton North

Gorton North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Pearcey*1,41954.5+4.5
Labour Elaine O'Connor1,04940.3−3.7
Conservative Simon Davenport1375.3+1.4
Majority 37014.2+8.2
Turnout 2,60526.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.1

Gorton South

Gorton South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Ashley*1,36860.9+0.1
Labour Kenneth Strath80535.9+4.1
Conservative Ann Hodkinson723.2−0.2
Majority 56325.1−3.9
Turnout 2,24525.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.0

Harpurhey

Harpurhey [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nilofar Siddiqi*79967.0+3.2
Liberal Democrats Daniel Campbell24320.4−3.4
Conservative Rodney Keller15012.6+0.2
Majority 55646.6+6.6
Turnout 1,19215.3
Labour hold Swing +3.3

Hulme

Hulme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Flanagan64455.3−8.1
Liberal Democrats Phylip Mahler23019.7+8.7
Green John Poole20217.3+3.8
Conservative David Conway675.8−1.9
Independent Liberal Charles Lyn-Lloyd221.9−0.2
Majority 41435.5−14.4
Turnout 1,16513.6
Labour hold Swing -8.4

Levenshulme

Levenshulme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Hennigan1,50457.2−0.5
Labour Nicholas Macgregor80330.6+1.9
Independent John Howard1254.8+4.8
Conservative Paul Kierman983.7−1.8
Green Michael Daw793.00
Communist League Paul Galloway190.7+0.7
Majority 70126.7−2.3
Turnout 2,62825.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.2

Lightbowne

Lightbowne [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Murphy1,23171.7−0.0
Conservative Teresa Skorzewski27015.7+1.2
Liberal Democrats Elsie Slater21712.6−1.3
Majority 96155.9−1.3
Turnout 1,71820.1
Labour hold Swing -0.6

Longsight

Longsight [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sajjad Hussain1,36949.1−6.8
Liberal Democrats Rashid Ahmed71725.7+13.9
Green Spencer Fitzgibbon45516.3+1.0
Conservative John Davenport2378.5−3.2
Independent Comrade Ibraham120.4+0.4
Majority 65223.4−17.2
Turnout 2,79022.3
Labour hold Swing -10.3

Moss Side

Moss Side [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Nangle*1,11177.3+1.0
Conservative Mary Barnes1319.1+0.3
Green Vanessa Hall986.8+3.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Jinks986.8−3.2
Majority 98068.2+1.9
Turnout 1,43816.5
Labour hold Swing +0.3

Moston

Moston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Cooper*1,47869.2+4.6
Liberal Democrats Joyce Laslett35516.6−0.3
Conservative Gregory Skorzewski30414.2−4.2
Majority 1,12352.6+6.4
Turnout 2,13721.9
Labour hold Swing +2.4

Newtown Heath

Newton Heath [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Damien O'Connor*1,12678.6−1.8
Conservative Raymond Wattenbach1379.6−0.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Rodgers1359.4−0.1
Green Cae Gests352.4+2.4
Majority 98969.0−1.3
Turnout 1,43317.5
Labour hold Swing -0.6

Northenden

Northenden [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Kane*1,19860.0+1.9
Conservative Richard West36017.7+2.1
Green Lance Crookes24612.1−3.5
Liberal Democrats Jeanette McKay22711.2+0.5
Majority 83841.3−1.2
Turnout 2,03121.1
Labour hold Swing -0.1

Old Moat

Old Moat [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeffrey Smith*1,60349.6−0.2
Liberal Democrats Yasmin Zalzala1,32641.0+4.2
Conservative Lynda Whetton1735.4−2.2
Green Jonathan Rummery1314.1−1.7
Majority 2778.6−4.4
Turnout 3,23325.6
Labour hold Swing -2.2

Rusholme

Rusholme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zafar Mir1,15345.3+1.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Shannon1,12244.1+12.1
Conservative Karen Abbad1526.0−3.1
Green Bernard Ekbery1194.7+1.3
Majority 311.2−10.4
Turnout 2,54621.4
Labour hold Swing -5.2

Sharston

Sharston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joyce Keller*90571.8−1.6
Conservative John Nelson18114.4+3.6
Liberal Democrats Karen Farnen13610.8−5.0
Green Steven Anderson383.0+3.0
Majority 72457.5−5.1
Turnout 1,26016.7
Labour hold Swing -2.6

Whalley Range

Whalley Range [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Cruthers1,45650.4−1.0
Liberal Democrats Sadek Hamid66423.0+5.9
Conservative John Kershaw62621.7+0.4
Socialist Labour Steven Wynn1424.9−0.2
Majority 79227.4−2.7
Turnout 2,88828.9
Labour hold Swing -3.4

Withington

Withington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brendon Jones1,79357.4−3.8
Labour Andrew Simcock*99031.7+2.7
Conservative Jonathan Smith1815.8−1.2
Green Jane Hutchings1625.2+5.2
Majority 80325.7−6.5
Turnout 3,12626.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -3.2

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian O'Neil*96977.3+5.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony McGarr14211.3−16.5
Conservative Bessie O'Connor14211.3+11.3
Majority 82766.0+21.6
Turnout 1,25315.9
Labour hold Swing +10.8

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Benchill By-Election 10 June 1999 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Isobel Freeman73054.2−25.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Bradshaw52939.3+28.1
Conservative Brian Birchenough886.5−2.6
Majority 20114.9−53.6
Turnout 1,34718.3+4.7
Labour hold Swing -26.8
Central By-Election 26 August 1999 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Battle75850.1−11.0
Liberal Democrats Marc Ramsbottom67544.6+18.2
Conservative Nicholas Davis573.8−4.5
Green William Kearns241.6−2.6
Majority 835.5−29.2
Turnout 1,51418.0+4.8
Labour hold Swing -14.6

References

  1. ↑ Manchester Evening News, 7 May 1999.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "Manchester 1999 council election results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "By-election past results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
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