1998 Manchester City Council election

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Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2002. A vacancy each in Ardwick and Harpurhey were also being contested. There were two Labour candidates for Barlow Moor ward, the result of de-selected Labour Councillor Arthur Maloney securing an official Labour Party nomination before he was replaced by a new candidate. The Independent Labour candidates stood as Labour Peace 2000. Overall turnout was 20.5%, with Labour retaining control of the council. [1] [2]

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Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1998
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3011085.752.934,027-7.2%
  Liberal Democrats 511014.328.518,294+6.5%
  Conservative 00000.012.88,261-0.2%
  Green 00000.03.42,200+0.5%
  Socialist Labour 00000.01.5997+1.5%
  Independent Labour 00000.00.5319+0.5%
  Communist 00000.00.147+0.1%
  Independent 00000.00.042-0.3%
  Socialist Alternative 00000.00.032-0.5%
 Direct Action00000.00.028+0.0%
  Independent Liberal 00000.00.017+0.0%

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

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 840
Liberal Democrats 150
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lawrence Murphy*65366.0-10.5
Labour Bernard Priest577
Liberal Democrats Derek Maloney11811.9+1.4
Liberal Democrats David Gray107
Conservative Fanny Davenport10610.7+1.0
Conservative John Davenport97
Green Bruce Bingham565.7+2.4
Socialist Labour Rachel Newton565.7+5.7
Majority45954.1-12.0
Turnout 1,770
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -5.9

Baguley

Baguley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Farrell*1,04469.8-4.3
Conservative Robert Caddick29119.5+4.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony McGarr16110.8+3.1
Majority75350.3-8.3
Turnout 1,496
Labour hold Swing -4.1

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Leech 1,67157.8+9.3
Labour Jonathan Whitehead77926.9-14.5
Labour Arthur Maloney*1976.8-34.6
Conservative Thomas Bumby1786.2-0.9
Socialist Labour Margaret Manning682.4+2.4
Majority89230.8+23.7
Turnout 2,893
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +11.9

Benchill

Benchill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Harding*79176.1-1.6
Liberal Democrats Janice Redmond17817.1+7.8
Conservative Anthony Green706.7-0.9
Majority61360.0-8.4
Turnout 1,039
Labour hold Swing -4.7

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Harland96052.4+6.3
Liberal Democrats Martina Dunican*80544.0-3.9
Conservative Elena Stars663.6+0.6
Majority1558.5+6.7
Turnout 1,831
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +5.1

Blackley

Blackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Lyons*1,04368.4+4.9
Conservative Jacqueline Rowland24416.0+3.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Matthews23715.6+4.8
Majority79952.4+1.9
Turnout 1,524
Labour hold Swing +0.9

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Swannick75958.4-17.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Fairhurst44934.5+20.5
Conservative Joyce Haydock927.1+0.6
Majority31023.8-38.4
Turnout 1,300
Labour hold Swing -19.1

Brooklands

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glynn Evans*1,11154.5-1.9
Conservative Ian Bradshaw66732.7-0.2
Liberal Democrats Bill Fisher26012.8+3.9
Majority44421.8-1.7
Turnout 2,038
Labour hold Swing -0.8

Burnage

Burnage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marilyn Taylor*1,34563.0-3.8
Conservative Jeffrey Leach39618.5+3.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Harrison32515.2-0.6
Green Jane Hutchins703.3+3.3
Majority94944.4-6.6
Turnout 2,136
Labour hold Swing -3.6

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Findlow*64376.2-1.5
Green William Kearns10112.0+10.3
Liberal Democrats David Radcliffe10011.8+3.1
Majority54264.2-1.5
Turnout 844
Labour hold Swing -5.9

Charlestown

Charlestown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Basil Curley*1,08365.4-10.8
Liberal Democrats Rodney Isherwood32219.5+10.2
Conservative Christine Saunders26015.7+3.3
Majority76146.0-17.8
Turnout 1,655
Labour hold Swing -10.5

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Pagel*1,15346.7-36.4
Liberal Democrats Qassim Afzal1,09644.4+38.0
Conservative Dorothy Keller1767.1+7.1
Independent Ahmed Zubair421.7+1.7
Majority572.3-70.3
Turnout 2,467
Labour hold Swing -37.2

Chorlton

Chorlton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Bernard Selby*1,29843.5-24.6
Conservative Malcolm Cleall-Hill62420.9+3.0
Green Julian Parry40413.5+7.0
Liberal Democrats Cath Hall39313.2+5.7
Socialist Labour Evan Pritchard2678.9+8.9
Majority67422.6-27.6
Turnout 2,986
Labour hold Swing -13.8

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Spinks*1,46268.1-6.1
Conservative Nigel Dugmore37917.6+2.2
Liberal Democrats David Gordon30714.3+6.5
Majority1,08350.4-8.4
Turnout 2,148
Labour hold Swing -4.1

Didsbury

Didsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Bridson*1,70043.5+5.3
Conservative Peter Hilton1,05126.9-5.5
Liberal Democrats David Sandiford1,00925.8-2.3
Green Tom McGahan1473.8+3.8
Majority64916.6+10.9
Turnout 3,907
Labour hold Swing +5.4

Fallowfield

Fallowfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Morrison*90053.4-16.5
Liberal Democrats David Hennigan26715.8+5.4
Conservative Simon Davenport26515.7+2.2
Independent Labour Tommy Kelly1086.4+6.4
Green Micheal Daw834.9-1.4
Socialist Labour Paul Hepburn633.7+3.7
Majority63337.5-18.9
Turnout 1,686
Labour hold Swing -10.9

Gorton North

Gorton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Helsby*1,33350.0-2.2
Labour James Battle1,17344.0+1.4
Conservative Albert Walsh1033.9-0.6
Socialist Labour Alan Wardlaw552.1+2.1
Majority1606.0-3.6
Turnout 2,664
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.8

Gorton South

Gorton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Bridges*1,34760.8+3.5
Labour Christopher Lowe70531.8-6.8
Conservative Ann Hodkinson753.4+0.4
Green Emma Hamilton612.8+1.7
Direct ActionJames Piper281.3+1.3
Majority64229.0+10.3
Turnout 2,216
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.1

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Karney* 804 63.8 -8.7
Labour Joanne Green761
Liberal Democrats Andrew Steele30023.8+12.0
Liberal Democrats Arthur Tozowonah212
Conservative Joan Coombes15612.4+3.2
Conservative Henry Coombes151
Majority46140.0-20.7
Turnout 1,260
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -10.3

Hulme

Hulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Murphy*50863.4-10.6
Green Melanie Jarman10813.5+5.7
Liberal Democrats James Graham8811.0+3.5
Conservative Paul Kierman627.7+0.5
Communist Steve Riley182.2+2.2
Independent Liberal Charles Lyn-Lloyd172.1-1.3
Majority40049.9-16.2
Turnout 801
Labour hold Swing -8.1

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Whitmore*1,55057.7+0.5
Labour Nicholas Macgregor77128.7-5.7
Conservative Paul Davies1485.5+1.2
Socialist Labour John Garratt1043.9+3.9
Green Simon Chislett813.0-0.2
Socialist Alternative Andrew Pitts321.2+1.2
Majority77929.0+6.3
Turnout 2,686
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.1

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Franklin*1,27771.7-4.1
Conservative William Clapham25814.5+0.9
Liberal Democrats Samantha McCormick24713.9+5.9
Majority1,01957.2-5.0
Turnout 1,782
Labour hold Swing -2.5

Longsight

Longsight
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Razak Saeed1,31455.9+9.0
Green Spencer Fitzgibbon36015.3+6.3
Liberal Democrats Abu Chowdhury27811.8-1.0
Conservative Paul Mostyn27411.7-12.6
Socialist Labour Hilary Partridge1235.2+5.2
Majority95440.6+18.0
Turnout 2,349
Labour hold Swing +1.3

Moss Side

Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Walters1,09576.3-3.2
Liberal Democrats Doreen Dankyl14310.0+2.3
Conservative Mary Barnes1268.8+1.2
Green Teresa Romagnuolo433.0-2.3
Communist John Pearson292.0+2.0
Majority95266.3-5.5
Turnout 1,436
Labour hold Swing -2.7

Moston

Moston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Shaw*1,24864.6-8.3
Conservative Gregory Skorzewski35618.4+3.2
Liberal Democrats Joyce Laslett32716.9+5.8
Majority89246.2-11.5
Turnout 1,931
Labour hold Swing -5.7

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mathis Smitheman1,05180.4+0.2
Conservative Raymond Wattenbach13210.1-0.1
Liberal Democrats Barbera McKay1249.5+2.5
Majority91970.3+0.2
Turnout 1,307
Labour hold Swing +0.1

Northenden

Northenden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Cowell1,20556.2-12.8
Conservative Richard West39418.4+0.3
Green Lance Crookes32415.1+10.8
Liberal Democrats Jeanette McKay22210.3+1.7
Majority81137.8-13.1
Turnout 2,145
Labour hold Swing -6.5

Old Moat

Old Moat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Fender*1,39649.8-17.2
Liberal Democrats Yasmen Zalzala1,03136.8+26.6
Conservative Christopher Brown2137.6-6.0
Green Lucy Fogarty1635.8-0.4
Majority36513.0-40.4
Turnout 2,803
Labour hold Swing -21.9

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Byrne*94543.6-6.8
Liberal Democrats Ray Atkins69332.0+1.8
Independent Labour Michael Robinson2119.7+9.7
Conservative Karen Abbad1979.1-0.5
Green Bernard Ekbery743.4+3.4
Socialist Labour Trevor Wongsam472.2+2.2
Majority25211.6-8.7
Turnout 2,167
Labour hold Swing -4.3

Sharston

Sharston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Barrett*91073.4-2.3
Liberal Democrats Karen Farnen19615.8+5.3
Conservative George Stars13410.8-0.1
Majority77662.6-2.3
Turnout 1,240
Labour hold Swing -3.8

Whalley Range

Whalley Range
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Stone*1,24751.4-8.8
Conservative John Kershaw51621.3-1.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Powell41417.1+5.5
Green Mary Candeland1255.2-0.4
Socialist Labour Steven Wynn1245.1+5.1
Majority73130.1-34.5
Turnout 2,426
Labour hold Swing -3.8

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Audrey Firth*1,94361.2+8.0
Labour Isobel Freeman92129.0-8.3
Conservative Muhammed Naqui2227.0+0.9
Socialist Labour Janice Whitehead902.8+2.8
Majority1,02232.2+16.3
Turnout 3,176
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +8.1

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Andrews*93672.2+1.9
Liberal Democrats Bill Ford36027.8+16.4
Majority57644.4-14.5
Turnout 1,296
Labour hold Swing -7.2

By-elections between 1998 and 1999

Cheetham By-Election 24 September 1998 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Qassim Afzal1,39448.5+4.1
Labour Imran Rizvi1,34246.6-0.1
Conservative Dorothy Keller1414.9-2.2
Majority521.9-0.4
Turnout 2,877
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +2.1

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  3. "By-election past results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2012.