# 2000 Manchester City Council election

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.

## Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 2000 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 24 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 72.7 | 49.1 | 31,378 | -4.3% |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 27.3 | 32.2 | 20,605 | +1.9% |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 7,684 | +0.3% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 3,839 | +2.1% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 138 | +0.0% |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 110 | -0.0% |
| Action for Better Local Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 100 | +0.1% |
| Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32 | +0.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25 | -0.0% |
| Communist League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | +0.0% |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
| Party | Seats | +/- |
| Labour | 78 | -2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 21 | +2 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

## Ward results
### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 681 | 67.0 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,017 | 13.3 | −0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 674 | 45.4 | −9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,484 | 18.3 | −0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.9 | |

### Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor :
| Party | 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 |
| | Action for Better Local Education | David Aldred | 55 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 684 | 30.6 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,237 | 21.0 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +5.2 | |

### Benchill

Benchill :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 447 | 55.7 | −12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 802 | 11.7 | −1.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.4 | |

### Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 25 | 1.5 | −16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,738 | 25.2 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +9.5 | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 489 | 29.5 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,658 | 20.7 | +1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 145 | 8.7 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,664 | 24.0 | −0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.4 | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 215 | 11.5 | −15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,867 | 23.0 | +3.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.9 | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 389 | 18.5 | −22.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,105 | 21.9 | +0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.4 | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 361 | 20.5 | −14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,758 | 19.0 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +27.6 | |

### Charlestown

Charlestown :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 319 | 19.7 | −17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,621 | 19.6 | +0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.5 | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 220 | 7.1 | −24.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,080 | 35.8 | +4.0 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -12.4 | |

### Chorlton

Chorlton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 849 | 26.8 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,171 | 27.0 | −1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,003 | 46.0 | −6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,179 | 24.6 | +0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.1 | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 494 | 12.9 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,832 | 34.1 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +0.5 | |

### Fallowfield

Fallowfield :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 738 | 45.4 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,627 | 13.8 | +0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 118 | 5.1 | −9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,301 | 24.8 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.5 | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 553 | 28.7 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,925 | 21.8 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.8 | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 527 | 46.3 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,139 | 15.3 | −0.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.1 | |

### Hulme

Hulme :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 145 | 15.1 | −20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 959 | 10.6 | −3.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -11.4 | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 726 | 30.0 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,423 | 24.9 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.7 | |

### Lightbowne

Lightbowne :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 559 | 36.6 | −19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,529 | 19.2 | −0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -11.2 | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,079 | 45.9 | +22.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,352 | 18.1 | −4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 | |

### Moss Side

Moss Side :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 855 | 65.0 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,315 | 15.8 | −0.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.6 | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 450 | 26.6 | −26.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,693 | 17.6 | −4.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.0 | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 645 | 54.2 | −14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,189 | 15.0 | −2.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.4 | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 487 | 26.3 | −15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,855 | 19.6 | −1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.0 | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | 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 |
| | Action for Better Local Education | Thomas Franklin | 45 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| | Independent Labour | Kevin Robinson | 10 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 110 | 3.4 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,234 | 26.0 | +0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 683 | 24.6 | +23.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,774 | 22.3 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +12.9 | |

### Sharston

Sharston :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 469 | 43.1 | −14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,089 | 14.9 | −1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.2 | |

### Whalley Range

Whalley Range :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 766 | 29.1 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,634 | 26.8 | −2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 991 | 38.3 | +12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,588 | 21.9 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +6.3 | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 598 | 54.7 | −11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,093 | 14.3 | −1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 | |

## By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Baguley By-Election 25 January 2001 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 444 | 38.9 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,142 | 13.0 | −5.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.1 | |
Beswick and Clayton 10 June 2001 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 862 | 28.9 | +27.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,991 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +15.2 | |
Sharston By-Election 10 June 2001 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,673 | 53.8 | +10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,107 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.4 | |
Whalley Range By-Election 10 June 2001 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,045 | 39.1 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,231 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 | |