2000 Manchester City Council election

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Elections to Manchester 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]

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Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 2000
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2413-272.749.131,378-4.3%
  Liberal Democrats 931+227.332.220,605+1.9%
  Conservative 00000.012.07,684+0.3%
  Green 00000.06.03,839+2.1%
  Independent 00000.00.2138+0.0%
  Socialist Labour 00000.00.2110-0.0%
 Action for Better Local Education00000.00.1100+0.1%
  Independent Liberal 00000.00.032+0.0%
  Independent Labour 00000.00.025-0.0%
  Communist League 00000.00.022+0.0%

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

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 78-2
Liberal Democrats 21+2
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas O'Callaghan*77676.3+0.0
Liberal Democrats Karen Farnen959.3-0.9
Conservative Paul Kierman908.8-0.3
Green Bruce Bingham565.5+1.1
Majority68167.0+1.0
Turnout 1,01713.3-0.3
Labour hold Swing +0.4

Baguley

Baguley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Burns*97165.4-7.3
Conservative Ralph Ellerton29720.0+2.6
Liberal Democrats William Fisher18312.3+2.4
Green Gareth Pittam332.2+2.2
Majority67445.4-9.9
Turnout 1,48418.3-0.9
Labour hold Swing -4.9

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Wheale*1,25856.2+0.7
Labour Jonathan Whitehead57425.7-9.8
Conservative Thomas Bumby27112.1+6.6
Green Brian Candeland793.5+0.0
Action for Better Local EducationDavid Aldred552.5+2.5
Majority68430.6+10.6
Turnout 2,23721.0-5.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.2

Benchill

Benchill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Veronica Myers*55669.3-10.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Bradshaw10913.6+2.4
Conservative Carol Roberts9912.3+3.2
Socialist Labour Paul Arnold253.1+3.1
Green Roy Snape131.6+1.6
Majority44755.7-12.8
Turnout 80211.7-1.9
Labour hold Swing -6.4

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Clayton*83247.9+9.0
Labour Mick Loughman80746.4-10.0
Conservative Raymond Wattenbach875.0+0.4
Green Michael Brennan120.7+0.7
Majority251.5-16.0
Turnout 1,73825.2+0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +9.5

Blackley

Blackley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Barnes*93456.3-3.6
Liberal Democrats Carol Connell44526.8-1.4
Conservative Dorothy Keller23814.4+2.4
Green Michael Shaw412.5+2.5
Majority48929.5-2.2
Turnout 1,65820.7+1.7
Labour hold Swing -1.1

Bradford

Bradford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith84250.6+8.1
Liberal Democrats Elaine Boyes69741.9-12.7
Conservative Brian Birchenough975.8+2.8
Green Robert Allen281.7+1.7
Majority1458.7-3.4
Turnout 1,66424.0-0.6
Labour hold Swing +10.4

Brooklands

Brooklands [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Cooley*94850.8-6.7
Conservative John Kenny73339.3+9.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Rothery1337.1-5.3
Green Zoe Whiteman532.8+2.8
Majority21511.5-15.9
Turnout 1,86723.0+3.0
Labour hold Swing -7.9

Burnage

Burnage [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kathleen Robinson*95645.4-15.3
Liberal Democrats John Cameron56726.9+11.6
Conservative Peter Schofield37217.7-1.7
Green Adrian Crawford21010.0+6.6
Majority38918.5-22.7
Turnout 2,10521.9+0.6
Labour hold Swing -13.4

Central

Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Marc Ramsbottom99156.4+30.0
Labour Frank Duffy63035.8-25.2
Conservative Nicholas Davis804.6-3.8
Green Elvis Presley492.8-1.4
Independent Jason Ripley80.5+0.5
Majority36120.5-14.2
Turnout 1,75819.0+5.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +27.6

Charlestown

Charlestown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hackett*92457.0-4.9
Liberal Democrats Rodney Isherwood60537.3+12.2
Green Claudia French925.7+5.7
Majority31919.7-17.2
Turnout 1,62119.6+0.4
Labour hold Swing -8.5

Cheetham

Cheetham [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Khan 1,60252.0-10.5
Liberal Democrats Qassim Afzal*1,38244.9+14.3
Green Ashleigh Vincent963.1+1.3
Majority2207.1-24.8
Turnout 3,08035.8+4.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -12.4

Chorlton

Chorlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Stevens*1,50547.5-1.1
Conservative Ian Paley65620.7+0.9
Green Anne Power53616.9-2.1
Liberal Democrats Antony Bethell47414.9+2.3
Majority84926.8-2.0
Turnout 3,17127.0-1.4
Labour hold Swing -1.0

Crumpsall

Crumpsall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Leese 1,44766.4-2.4
Conservative Jacqueline Rowland44420.4+3.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Steele2109.6-1.6
Green Julian Parry783.6+0.1
Majority1,00346.0-6.2
Turnout 2,17924.6+0.9
Labour hold Swing -3.1

Didsbury

Didsbury [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Parkinson1,70644.5-0.1
Labour Frances Ives1,21231.6-1.0
Conservative Peter Hilton75119.6-3.2
Green Michael Daw1634.3+4.3
Majority49412.9+0.9
Turnout 3,83234.1-1.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +0.5

Fallowfield

Fallowfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Royle*1,01362.3+3.3
Conservative Simon Davenport27516.9+1.8
Liberal Democrats Lynne Williams21713.3-6.6
Green Hannah Berry1227.5+2.5
Majority73845.4+6.3
Turnout 1,62713.8+0.2
Labour hold Swing +0.7

Gorton North

Gorton North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Donaldson*1,06046.1-8.4
Labour Richard Unwin94240.9+0.6
Conservative Joyce Haydock1376.0+0.7
Independent Trevor Mooney1225.3+5.3
Green Paul Slater401.7+1.7
Majority1185.1-9.1
Turnout 2,30124.8-1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.5

Gorton South

Gorton South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Ashley*1,17861.2+0.3
Labour Kenneth Strath62532.5-3.4
Conservative Ann Hodkinson683.5+0.3
Green Penelope Collins542.8+2.8
Majority55328.7+3.6
Turnout 1,92521.8-3.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.8

Harpurhey

Harpurhey [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joanne Green*72563.7-3.3
Liberal Democrats Daniel Campbell19817.4-3.0
Conservative Rodney Keller18015.8+3.2
Green Olive Bowers363.2+3.2
Majority52746.3-0.3
Turnout 1,13915.3-0.0
Labour hold Swing -0.1

Hulme

Hulme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerry Diamond50452.6-2.7
Green Vanessa Hall35937.4+20.1
Conservative David Conway646.7+0.9
Independent Liberal Charles Lyn-Lloyd323.3+1.4
Majority14515.1-20.4
Turnout 95910.6-3.0
Labour hold Swing -11.4

Levenshulme

Levenshulme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Commons*1,41958.6+1.4
Labour Nicholas Macgregor69328.6-2.0
Conservative Richard West1506.2+2.5
Green Philip Maile1395.7+2.7
Communist League Paul Galloway220.9+0.9
Majority72630.0+3.3
Turnout 2,42324.9-1.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.7

Lightbowne

Lightbowne [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Risby*98764.6-7.1
Liberal Democrats David Gordon42828.0+15.4
Green Simon Chislett1147.5+7.5
Majority55936.6-19.3
Turnout 1,52919.2-0.9
Labour hold Swing -11.2

Longsight

Longsight [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aftab Ahmed1,46162.1+13.0
Green Spencer Fitzgibbon38216.2-0.1
Conservative Karen Abbad26811.4+2.9
Liberal Democrats Rashid Ahmed2339.9-15.8
Independent Comrade Ibrahim80.3-0.1
Majority1,07945.9+22.5
Turnout 2,35218.1-4.2
Labour hold Swing +6.5

Moss Side

Moss Side [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fergal McCullough98975.2-2.1
Conservative Mary Barnes13410.2+1.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Jinks1138.6+1.8
Green Michelle Allen796.0-0.8
Majority85565.0-3.2
Turnout 1,31515.8-0.7
Labour hold Swing -1.6

Moston

Moston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Mullins*1,00459.3-9.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Appleyard55432.7+16.1
Socialist Labour Kenneth Barr855.0+5.0
Green Barry McAtarsney503.0+3.0
Majority45026.6-26.0
Turnout 1,69317.6-4.3
Labour hold Swing -13.0

Newton Heath

Newton Heath [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Carroll83670.3-8.3
Conservative Albert Walsh19116.1+6.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Rodgers1159.7+0.3
Green Rachel Harper474.0+1.6
Majority64554.2-14.8
Turnout 1,18915.0-2.5
Labour hold Swing -7.4

Northenden

Northenden [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Conquest94550.9-9.1
Conservative Helen Goldthorpe45824.7+7.0
Liberal Democrats Janice Redmond23112.5+1.3
Green Lance Crookes22111.9-0.2
Majority48726.3-15.0
Turnout 1,85519.6-1.5
Labour hold Swing -8.0

Old Moat

Old Moat [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Harrison*1,52347.1-2.5
Liberal Democrats Yasmin Zalzala1,41343.7+2.7
Conservative Graham Betton1394.3-1.1
Green Ernest Roberts1043.2-0.9
Action for Better Local EducationThomas Franklin451.4+1.4
Independent Labour Kevin Robinson100.3+0.3
Majority1103.4-5.2
Turnout 3,23426.0+0.4
Labour hold Swing -2.6

Rusholme

Rusholme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Shannon1,61358.1+14.0
Labour Jawaid Chaudhry93033.5-11.8
Conservative Daniel Bunting1164.2-1.8
Green Adam Higgin1003.6-1.1
Independent Labour Michael Robinson150.5+0.5
Majority68324.6+23.4
Turnout 2,77422.3+0.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +12.9

Sharston

Sharston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Griffith Berry*68362.7-9.1
Conservative David Russell21419.7+5.3
Liberal Democrats David Kierman14813.6+2.8
Green Steven Anderson444.0+1.0
Majority46943.1-14.4
Turnout 1,08914.9-1.8
Labour hold Swing -7.2

Whalley Range

Whalley Range [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kathleen Fry*1,48256.3+5.9
Conservative John Kershaw71627.2+5.5
Liberal Democrats Howard Toity2619.9-13.1
Green Mary Candeland1756.6+6.6
Majority76629.1+1.7
Turnout 2,63426.8-2.1
Labour hold Swing +0.2

Withington

Withington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Firth*1,58661.3+3.9
Labour Pamela Smyth59523.0-8.7
Conservative Jonathan Smith2098.1+2.3
Green Susan Thorpe1987.7+2.5
Majority99138.3+12.6
Turnout 2,58821.9-4.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.3

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo Collins*75769.3-8.0
Conservative Ruby Raynor15914.5+3.2
Liberal Democrats Derek Mellor14112.9+1.6
Green Barbara Lally363.3+3.3
Majority59854.7-11.3
Turnout 1,09314.3-1.6
Labour hold Swing -5.6

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Baguley By-Election 25 January 2001 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward McCulley68560.0-5.4
Liberal Democrats William Fisher24121.1+8.8
Conservative David Timson21618.9-1.1
Majority44438.9-6.5
Turnout 1,14213.0-5.3
Labour hold Swing -7.1
Beswick and Clayton 10 June 2001 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Loughman1,85061.9+15.5
Liberal Democrats Elaine Boyes98833.0-14.9
Conservative Richard West1535.1+0.1
Majority86228.9+27.4
Turnout 2,991
Labour hold Swing +15.2
Sharston By-Election 10 June 2001 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Judge2,17069.8+7.1
Conservative David Timson49716.0-3.7
Liberal Democrats David Kierman44014.2+0.6
Majority1,67353.8+10.7
Turnout 3,107
Labour hold Swing +5.4
Whalley Range By-Election 10 June 2001 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Dale3,26662.4+6.1
Liberal Democrats John Grant1,22123.3+13.4
Conservative John Kershaw74414.2-13.0
Majority2,04539.1+10.0
Turnout 5,231
Labour hold Swing -3.6

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