2000 Manchester City Council election

2000 Manchester City Council election

←  1999 4 May 2000 (2000-05-04) 2002  →
33 of 99 seats to Manchester City Council 50 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Richard Leese Simon Ashley Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Crumpsall Gorton South Last election 27 seats, 53.4% 7 seats, 30.3% Seats before 80 19 Seats won 24 9 Seats after 78 21 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 31,378 20,605 Percentage 49.1% 32.2% Swing 4.3% 1.9%
Map of results of 2000 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, 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2004. The two Independent Labour candidates stood again as "Peace 2000 England's Republican". Overall turnout fell slightly to 20.5% and the Labour Party retained overall control of the council. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Labour Party		31,378 (49.1%)		4.3	24 (72.7%)	24 / 33	2	78 (78.8%)	78 / 99
Liberal Democrats		20,605 (32.2%)		1.9	9 (27.3%)	9 / 33	2	21 (21.2%)	21 / 99
Conservative Party		7,684 (12.0%)		0.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Green Party		3,839 (6.0%)		2.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Independent		138 (0.2%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Socialist Labour		110 (0.2%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Residents		100 (0.1%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 33	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Independent Liberal		32 (0.0%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Independent Labour		25 (0.0%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Communist League		22 (0.0%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99

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Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas O'Callaghan*	776	76.3	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Farnen	95	9.3	−0.9
	Conservative	Paul Kierman	90	8.8	−0.3
	Green	Bruce Bingham	56	5.5	+1.1
Majority			681	67.0	+1.0
Turnout			1,017	13.3	−0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

Baguley

Baguley ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Burns*	971	65.4	−7.3
	Conservative	Ralph Ellerton	297	20.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	William Fisher	183	12.3	+2.4
	Green	Gareth Pittam	33	2.2	+2.2
Majority			674	45.4	−9.9
Turnout			1,484	18.3	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.9

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wheale*	1,258	56.2	+0.7
	Labour	Jonathan Whitehead	574	25.7	−9.8
	Conservative	Thomas Bumby	271	12.1	+6.6
	Green	Brian Candeland	79	3.5	+0.0
	Residents	David Aldred	55	2.5	+2.5
Majority			684	30.6	+10.6
Turnout			2,237	21.0	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.2

Benchill

Benchill ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Myers*	556	69.3	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bradshaw	109	13.6	+2.4
	Conservative	Carol Roberts	99	12.3	+3.2
	Socialist Labour	Paul Arnold	25	3.1	+3.1
	Green	Roy Snape	13	1.6	+1.6
Majority			447	55.7	−12.8
Turnout			802	11.7	−1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.4

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Clayton*	832	47.9	+9.0
	Labour	Mick Loughman	807	46.4	−10.0
	Conservative	Raymond Wattenbach	87	5.0	+0.4
	Green	Michael Brennan	12	0.7	+0.7
Majority			25	1.5	−16.0
Turnout			1,738	25.2	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.5

Blackley

Blackley ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Barnes*	934	56.3	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Connell	445	26.8	−1.4
	Conservative	Dorothy Keller	238	14.4	+2.4
	Green	Michael Shaw	41	2.5	+2.5
Majority			489	29.5	−2.2
Turnout			1,658	20.7	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

Bradford

Bradford ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	842	50.6	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Boyes	697	41.9	−12.7
	Conservative	Brian Birchenough	97	5.8	+2.8
	Green	Robert Allen	28	1.7	+1.7
Majority			145	8.7	−3.4
Turnout			1,664	24.0	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.4

Brooklands

Brooklands ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Cooley*	948	50.8	−6.7
	Conservative	John Kenny	733	39.3	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Rothery	133	7.1	−5.3
	Green	Zoe Whiteman	53	2.8	+2.8
Majority			215	11.5	−15.9
Turnout			1,867	23.0	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.9

Burnage

Burnage ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Robinson*	956	45.4	−15.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Cameron	567	26.9	+11.6
	Conservative	Peter Schofield	372	17.7	−1.7
	Green	Adrian Crawford	210	10.0	+6.6
Majority			389	18.5	−22.7
Turnout			2,105	21.9	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.4

Central

Central ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Ramsbottom	991	56.4	+30.0
	Labour	Frank Duffy	630	35.8	−25.2
	Conservative	Nicholas Davis	80	4.6	−3.8
	Green	Elvis Presley	49	2.8	−1.4
	Independent	Jason Ripley	8	0.5	+0.5
Majority			361	20.5	−14.2
Turnout			1,758	19.0	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+27.6

Charlestown

Charlestown ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hackett*	924	57.0	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Isherwood	605	37.3	+12.2
	Green	Claudia French	92	5.7	+5.7
Majority			319	19.7	−17.2
Turnout			1,621	19.6	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.5

Cheetham

Cheetham ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Khan	1,602	52.0	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Qassim Afzal*	1,382	44.9	+14.3
	Green	Ashleigh Vincent	96	3.1	+1.3
Majority			220	7.1	−24.8
Turnout			3,080	35.8	+4.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	-12.4

Chorlton

Chorlton ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Stevens*	1,505	47.5	−1.1
	Conservative	Ian Paley	656	20.7	+0.9
	Green	Anne Power	536	16.9	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Bethell	474	14.9	+2.3
Majority			849	26.8	−2.0
Turnout			3,171	27.0	−1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

Crumpsall

Crumpsall ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Leese	1,447	66.4	−2.4
	Conservative	Jacqueline Rowland	444	20.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Steele	210	9.6	−1.6
	Green	Julian Parry	78	3.6	+0.1
Majority			1,003	46.0	−6.2
Turnout			2,179	24.6	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.1

Didsbury

Didsbury ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Parkinson	1,706	44.5	−0.1
	Labour	Frances Ives	1,212	31.6	−1.0
	Conservative	Peter Hilton	751	19.6	−3.2
	Green	Michael Daw	163	4.3	+4.3
Majority			494	12.9	+0.9
Turnout			3,832	34.1	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+0.5

Fallowfield

Fallowfield ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Royle*	1,013	62.3	+3.3
	Conservative	Simon Davenport	275	16.9	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Williams	217	13.3	−6.6
	Green	Hannah Berry	122	7.5	+2.5
Majority			738	45.4	+6.3
Turnout			1,627	13.8	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

Gorton North

Gorton North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Donaldson*	1,060	46.1	−8.4
	Labour	Richard Unwin	942	40.9	+0.6
	Conservative	Joyce Haydock	137	6.0	+0.7
	Independent	Trevor Mooney	122	5.3	+5.3
	Green	Paul Slater	40	1.7	+1.7
Majority			118	5.1	−9.1
Turnout			2,301	24.8	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.5

Gorton South

Gorton South ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Ashley*	1,178	61.2	+0.3
	Labour	Kenneth Strath	625	32.5	−3.4
	Conservative	Ann Hodkinson	68	3.5	+0.3
	Green	Penelope Collins	54	2.8	+2.8
Majority			553	28.7	+3.6
Turnout			1,925	21.8	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.8

Harpurhey

Harpurhey ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Green*	725	63.7	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Campbell	198	17.4	−3.0
	Conservative	Rodney Keller	180	15.8	+3.2
	Green	Olive Bowers	36	3.2	+3.2
Majority			527	46.3	−0.3
Turnout			1,139	15.3	−0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.1

Hulme

Hulme ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Diamond	504	52.6	−2.7
	Green	Vanessa Hall	359	37.4	+20.1
	Conservative	David Conway	64	6.7	+0.9
	Independent Liberal	Charles Lyn-Lloyd	32	3.3	+1.4
Majority			145	15.1	−20.4
Turnout			959	10.6	−3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.4

Levenshulme

Levenshulme ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Commons*	1,419	58.6	+1.4
	Labour	Nicholas Macgregor	693	28.6	−2.0
	Conservative	Richard West	150	6.2	+2.5
	Green	Philip Maile	139	5.7	+2.7
	Communist League	Paul Galloway	22	0.9	+0.9
Majority			726	30.0	+3.3
Turnout			2,423	24.9	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.7

Lightbowne

Lightbowne ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Risby*	987	64.6	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Gordon	428	28.0	+15.4
	Green	Simon Chislett	114	7.5	+7.5
Majority			559	36.6	−19.3
Turnout			1,529	19.2	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.2

Longsight

Longsight ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aftab Ahmed	1,461	62.1	+13.0
	Green	Spencer Fitzgibbon	382	16.2	−0.1
	Conservative	Karen Abbad	268	11.4	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rashid Ahmed	233	9.9	−15.8
	Independent	Comrade Ibrahim	8	0.3	−0.1
Majority			1,079	45.9	+22.5
Turnout			2,352	18.1	−4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.5

Moss Side

Moss Side ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fergal McCullough	989	75.2	−2.1
	Conservative	Mary Barnes	134	10.2	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jinks	113	8.6	+1.8
	Green	Michelle Allen	79	6.0	−0.8
Majority			855	65.0	−3.2
Turnout			1,315	15.8	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.6

Moston

Moston ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Mullins*	1,004	59.3	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Appleyard	554	32.7	+16.1
	Socialist Labour	Kenneth Barr	85	5.0	+5.0
	Green	Barry McAtarsney	50	3.0	+3.0
Majority			450	26.6	−26.0
Turnout			1,693	17.6	−4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.0

Newton Heath

Newton Heath ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Carroll	836	70.3	−8.3
	Conservative	Albert Walsh	191	16.1	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Rodgers	115	9.7	+0.3
	Green	Rachel Harper	47	4.0	+1.6
Majority			645	54.2	−14.8
Turnout			1,189	15.0	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.4

Northenden

Northenden ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Conquest	945	50.9	−9.1
	Conservative	Helen Goldthorpe	458	24.7	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Redmond	231	12.5	+1.3
	Green	Lance Crookes	221	11.9	−0.2
Majority			487	26.3	−15.0
Turnout			1,855	19.6	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

Old Moat

Old Moat ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Harrison*	1,523	47.1	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Yasmin Zalzala	1,413	43.7	+2.7
	Conservative	Graham Betton	139	4.3	−1.1
	Green	Ernest Roberts	104	3.2	−0.9
	Residents	Thomas Franklin	45	1.4	+1.4
	Independent Labour	Kevin Robinson	10	0.3	+0.3
Majority			110	3.4	−5.2
Turnout			3,234	26.0	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

Rusholme

Rusholme ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Shannon	1,613	58.1	+14.0
	Labour	Jawaid Chaudhry	930	33.5	−11.8
	Conservative	Daniel Bunting	116	4.2	−1.8
	Green	Adam Higgin	100	3.6	−1.1
	Independent Labour	Michael Robinson	15	0.5	+0.5
Majority			683	24.6	+23.4
Turnout			2,774	22.3	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+12.9

Sharston

Sharston ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Griffith Berry*	683	62.7	−9.1
	Conservative	David Russell	214	19.7	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	148	13.6	+2.8
	Green	Steven Anderson	44	4.0	+1.0
Majority			469	43.1	−14.4
Turnout			1,089	14.9	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.2

Whalley Range

Whalley Range ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Fry*	1,482	56.3	+5.9
	Conservative	John Kershaw	716	27.2	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Toity	261	9.9	−13.1
	Green	Mary Candeland	175	6.6	+6.6
Majority			766	29.1	+1.7
Turnout			2,634	26.8	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Withington

Withington ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Firth*	1,586	61.3	+3.9
	Labour	Pamela Smyth	595	23.0	−8.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Smith	209	8.1	+2.3
	Green	Susan Thorpe	198	7.7	+2.5
Majority			991	38.3	+12.6
Turnout			2,588	21.9	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.3

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leo Collins*	757	69.3	−8.0
	Conservative	Ruby Raynor	159	14.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Mellor	141	12.9	+1.6
	Green	Barbara Lally	36	3.3	+3.3
Majority			598	54.7	−11.3
Turnout			1,093	14.3	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.6

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Baguley By-Election 25 January 2001 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward McCulley	685	60.0	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	William Fisher	241	21.1	+8.8
	Conservative	David Timson	216	18.9	−1.1
Majority			444	38.9	−6.5
Turnout			1,142	13.0	−5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.1

Beswick and Clayton 10 June 2001 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Loughman	1,850	61.9	+15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Boyes	988	33.0	−14.9
	Conservative	Richard West	153	5.1	+0.1
Majority			862	28.9	+27.4
Turnout			2,991
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.2

Sharston By-Election 10 June 2001 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Judge	2,170	69.8	+7.1
	Conservative	David Timson	497	16.0	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	440	14.2	+0.6
Majority			1,673	53.8	+10.7
Turnout			3,107
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.4

Whalley Range By-Election 10 June 2001 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Dale	3,266	62.4	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Grant	1,221	23.3	+13.4
	Conservative	John Kershaw	744	14.2	−13.0
Majority			2,045	39.1	+10.0
Turnout			5,231
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

References

1. Manchester Evening News, 5 May 2000.
2. "Manchester 2000 council election results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
3. "By-election past results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2012.