# 1990 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1990. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1994. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.

## Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1990 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.2 | 58.6 | 78,490 | +5.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 14.9 | 20,026 | -0.3% |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 19.3 | 25,875 | -9.0% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 8,903 | +4.5% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 531 | +0.1% |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
| Party | Seats | +/- |
| Labour | 78 | 0 |
| Conservative | 12 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 0 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

## Ward results
### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Barrett* | 2,034 | 78.7 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative | V. M. Colledge | 227 | 8.8 | −3.4 |
| | Green | D. A. Howarth | 173 | 6.7 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. A. J. Axtell | 149 | 5.8 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,807 | 70.0 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,583 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. McNicholls* | 2,494 | 63.2 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | V. C. Kirby | 889 | 22.5 | −12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | G. Hall | 297 | 7.5 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | C. Buller | 154 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| | Green | M. G. Abdullah | 111 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,605 | 40.7 | +18.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,945 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.1 | |

### Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Maloney | 1,874 | 42.3 | +5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. D. Wheale | 1,573 | 35.5 | +7.5 |
| | Conservative | D. A. Clover | 701 | 15.8 | −11.7 |
| | Green | J. Booty | 284 | 6.4 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 301 | 6.8 | −2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,432 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 | |

### Benchill

Benchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | D. Lunts | 2,147 | 71.9 | +11.9 |
| | Independent | D. A. Morris | 327 | 10.9 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | L. G. Maguire | 213 | 7.1 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Bradshaw | 204 | 6.8 | −7.3 |
| | Green | H. F. Bramwell | 96 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,820 | 60.9 | +17.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,987 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.8 | |

### Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Egerton* | 2,480 | 79.6 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | M. D. Payne | 324 | 10.4 | −8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | V. M. Muir | 202 | 6.5 | +0.6 |
| | Green | K. M. Castle | 109 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,156 | 69.2 | +25.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,115 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.6 | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Chadwick* | 2,497 | 66.7 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | K. A. Potter | 788 | 21.1 | −8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | V. Towers | 262 | 7.0 | −2.1 |
| | Green | B. A. Lewis | 195 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,709 | 45.7 | +14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,742 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.1 | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Gilmore* | 2,299 | 78.1 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | K. Hyde | 347 | 11.8 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | I. C. Donaldson | 196 | 6.7 | −1.3 |
| | Green | A. H. Kahan | 100 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,952 | 66.3 | +12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,942 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Collier | 2,263 | 50.9 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative | A. T. Langan | 1,712 | 38.5 | −12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. B. Quinlan | 316 | 7.1 | −0.0 |
| | Green | C. S. Field | 159 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 551 | 12.4 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,450 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.3 | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Whyte* | 2,481 | 53.5 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | M. Logan | 1,345 | 29.0 | −10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. W. Lawley | 559 | 12.1 | +2.7 |
| | Green | J. Foster | 250 | 5.4 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,136 | 24.5 | +13.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,635 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.9 | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. Findlow* | 1,681 | 79.7 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | A. E. W. Hudson | 192 | 9.1 | −4.2 |
| | Green | T. K. Stringer | 125 | 5.9 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. Muir | 110 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,489 | 70.6 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,108 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |

### Charlestown

Charlestown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | S. McCardell* | 2,545 | 63.7 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | M. R. Birnhak | 912 | 22.8 | −11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Laslett | 320 | 8.0 | +4.3 |
| | Green | M. A. Burns | 220 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,633 | 40.9 | +17.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,997 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.9 | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Pagel | 2,460 | 81.5 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. A. Lewis | 560 | 18.5 | +10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,900 | 62.9 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,020 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 | |

### Chorlton

Chorlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | D. Black* | 2,897 | 52.2 | +8.7 |
| | Conservative | W. I. Bradshaw | 1,728 | 31.1 | −11.8 |
| | Green | B. Candeland | 588 | 10.6 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | H. D. McKay | 339 | 6.1 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,169 | 21.1 | +20.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,552 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.2 | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Spinks | 2,151 | 50.9 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | A. E. Walsh | 1,526 | 36.1 | −9.8 |
| | Green | P. R. Lewis | 295 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. I. Gordon | 250 | 5.9 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 625 | 14.8 | +13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,222 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Hill* | 2,868 | 47.0 | −6.9 |
| | Labour | G. Bridson | 2,382 | 39.0 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | E. Allen | 514 | 8.4 | −3.7 |
| | Green | M. J. Daw | 337 | 5.5 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 486 | 8.0 | −15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,101 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -7.4 | |

### Fallowfield

Fallowfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | P. Morrison* | 2,440 | 58.4 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative | D. Smith | 830 | 19.9 | −9.1 |
| | Green | B. J. A. Doherty | 524 | 12.5 | +7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. G. Brown | 386 | 9.2 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,610 | 38.5 | +16.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,180 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.2 | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Brierley* | 2,505 | 48.9 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Pearcey | 2,140 | 41.8 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | C. H. T. Webb | 351 | 6.8 | −6.5 |
| | Green | B. Kellett | 129 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 365 | 7.1 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,125 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | D. Barker* | 2,371 | 54.1 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Bridges | 1,462 | 33.3 | −8.9 |
| | Conservative | A. M. Simm | 376 | 8.6 | −0.3 |
| | Green | D. E. Barnes | 177 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 909 | 20.7 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,386 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.5 | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patrick Karney* | 2,202 | 69.8 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | D. H. Keller | 526 | 16.7 | −6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | N. Towers | 275 | 8.7 | +1.4 |
| | Green | M. J. Clark | 150 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,676 | 53.2 | +7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,153 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 | |

### Hulme

Hulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Hood | 1,629 | 72.4 | +1.5 |
| | Green | P. E. Harrison | 350 | 15.6 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | P. W. Davies | 154 | 6.8 | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Mark | 117 | 5.2 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,279 | 56.8 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,250 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Whitmore* | 2,918 | 55.0 | +13.8 |
| | Labour | C. M. R. Rogers | 1,794 | 33.8 | −3.0 |
| | Green | P. N. Thompson | 303 | 5.7 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | R. Colledge | 293 | 5.5 | −13.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,124 | 21.2 | +16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,308 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +8.4 | |

### Lightbowne

Lightbowne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | K. Franklin* | 2,927 | 65.4 | +14.6 |
| | Conservative | A. G. Edwardson | 832 | 18.6 | −19.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. Porter | 489 | 10.9 | +1.5 |
| | Green | G. F. Carter | 226 | 5.1 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,095 | 46.8 | +34.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,474 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +17.1 | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | N. K. Moghal* | 2,701 | 64.2 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative | S. Hussain | 619 | 14.7 | +0.8 |
| | Green | J. E. Denham | 607 | 14.4 | +9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. I. Pierce | 279 | 6.6 | −6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,082 | 49.5 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,206 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.4 | |

### Moss Side

Moss Side :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | I. S. Sram | 2,567 | 73.9 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | M. Barnes | 331 | 9.5 | −5.4 |
| | Green | J. Sturrock | 317 | 9.1 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. T. Rowles | 209 | 6.0 | −0.2 |
| | Independent | J. Shaoul | 50 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,236 | 64.4 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,474 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | D. Shaw | 2,752 | 57.0 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative | F. Frost | 1,535 | 31.8 | −11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | E. L. B. Slater | 356 | 7.4 | +0.2 |
| | Green | S. G. Rawlins | 182 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,217 | 25.2 | +18.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,825 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.0 | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. F. Garside* | 2,753 | 77.0 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | R. J. Merrin | 453 | 12.7 | −7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. W. Turner | 208 | 5.8 | −0.5 |
| | Green | M. B. Bold | 162 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,300 | 64.3 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,576 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Carroll | 2,614 | 55.7 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | J. D. Robertson | 1,577 | 33.6 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. K. Higginson | 316 | 6.7 | −1.4 |
| | Green | G. Otten | 185 | 3.9 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,037 | 22.1 | +13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,692 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.7 | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Fender* | 2,963 | 56.3 | +11.4 |
| | Conservative | G. Shapps | 1,218 | 23.1 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. A. Oliver | 602 | 11.4 | −11.5 |
| | Green | J. V. Lovell | 479 | 9.1 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,745 | 33.2 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,262 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Byrne* | 2,532 | 64.7 | +20.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. A. James | 769 | 19.6 | −15.7 |
| | Green | B. S. Bingham | 614 | 15.7 | +10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,763 | 45.0 | +36.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,915 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +18.3 | |

### Sharston

Sharston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Broderick | 2,258 | 54.1 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | G. A. M. Wright | 2,159 | | |
| | Conservative | C. Roberts | 839 | 20.1 | −8.7 |
| | Conservative | T. J. Roberts | 808 | | |
| | Green | G. A. Lawson | 539 | 12.9 | +12.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | H. Griffiths | 536 | 12.8 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. W. Fake | 355 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,320 | 34.0 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,172 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |

### Whalley Range

Whalley Range :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. C. Morris* | 2,430 | 54.1 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | L. Houston | 1,445 | 32.2 | −8.1 |
| | Green | C. I. Kirby | 334 | 7.4 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Jones | 282 | 6.3 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 985 | 21.9 | +14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,491 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Jones* | 2,251 | 43.4 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | G. P. Ballance | 1,892 | 36.5 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | G. H. R. Betton | 724 | 14.0 | −14.7 |
| | Green | B. J. Ekbery | 319 | 6.2 | +6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 359 | 6.9 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,186 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.3 | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Ainsworth | 2,475 | 74.6 | +5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. A. Wraxall | 580 | 17.5 | +17.5 |
| | Green | H. L. Murray | 264 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,895 | 57.1 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,319 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.2 | |