# 1999 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election, as well as a vacancy in Chorlton, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2003. The two Independent Labour candidates stood as "Peace 2000 England's Republic", a slight alteration on the previous year's "Labour Peace 2000". Overall turnout was up marginally from the previous year at 21.9%. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.

## Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 27 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 79.4 | 53.4 | 36,674 | +0.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 20.6 | 30.3 | 20,812 | +1.8% |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 8,050 | -1.1% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 2,717 | +0.5% |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 142 | -1.3% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 138 | +0.1% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42 | -0.5% |
| Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | +0.0% |
| Communist League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19 | +0.0% |
| Crown Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | +0.0% |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
| Party | Seats | +/- |
| Labour | 80 | -3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 19 | +3 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

## Ward results
### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernard Priest* | 813 | 76.3 | +10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Maloney | 109 | 10.2 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Fanny Davenport | 97 | 9.1 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Bruce Bingham | 47 | 4.4 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 704 | 66.0 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,066 | 13.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.9 | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gerald Jones* | 1,151 | 72.7 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Ruby Byrom | 276 | 17.4 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Fisher | 156 | 9.9 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 875 | 55.3 | +5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,583 | 19.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |

### Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Powell | 1,611 | 55.5 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Kathleen Bloch* | 1,030 | 35.5 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Bumby | 159 | 5.5 | −0.7 |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 102 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 581 | 20.0 | −10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,902 | 26.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -2.0 | |

### Benchill

Benchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Niel Warren* | 790 | 79.7 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janice Redmond | 111 | 11.2 | −5.9 |
| | Conservative | Brian Birchenough | 90 | 9.1 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 679 | 68.5 | +8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 991 | 13.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 | |

### Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Carmody | 1,024 | 56.4 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Dobson* | 706 | 38.9 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | Albert Walsh | 84 | 4.6 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 318 | 17.5 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,814 | 24.8 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +4.5 | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anna Trotman | 960 | 59.9 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Connell | 452 | 28.2 | +12.6 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Keller | 192 | 12.0 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 508 | 31.7 | −20.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,604 | 19.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.5 | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Fairhurst | 978 | 54.6 | +20.1 |
| | Labour | Margaret Smith* | 761 | 42.5 | −15.9 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Haycock | 53 | 3.0 | −4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 217 | 12.1 | −11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,792 | 24.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +18.0 | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Susan Murphy* | 1,106 | 57.5 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Ian Bradshaw | 579 | 30.1 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Rothery | 238 | 12.4 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 527 | 27.4 | +5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,923 | 20.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.8 | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Green* | 1,274 | 60.7 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Schofield | 408 | 19.4 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Harrison | 321 | 15.3 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Michael Shaw | 72 | 3.4 | +0.1 |
| | Independent Labour | Michael Robinson | 25 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 866 | 41.2 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,100 | 21.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.6 | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bill Egerton | 676 | 61.0 | −15.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marcus Ramsbottom | 292 | 26.4 | +14.6 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Davis | 93 | 8.4 | +8.4 |
| | Green | William Kearns | 47 | 4.2 | −7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 384 | 34.7 | −29.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,108 | 13.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -14.9 | |

### Charlestown

Charlestown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Hobin* | 1,023 | 61.9 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Isherwood | 414 | 25.1 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | Vivienne Clarke | 215 | 13.0 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 609 | 36.9 | −9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,652 | 19.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.5 | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Imran Rizvi | 1,799 | 62.5 | +15.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sabir | 882 | 30.6 | −13.8 |
| | Conservative | Adam Gibson | 132 | 4.6 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Paddy McCloy | 53 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Independent | Ahmed Zubair | 13 | 0.5 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 917 | 31.9 | +29.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,879 | 31.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +14.8 | |

### Chorlton

Chorlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sheila Newman | 1,723 | 48.6 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | Valerie Stevens* | 1,666 | | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Cleall-Hill | 703 | 19.8 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Ian Paley | 691 | | |
| | Green | Julian Parry | 675 | 19.0 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Hall | 446 | 12.6 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Mellor | 355 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 963 | 28.8 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,547 | 28.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Lister | 1,525 | 68.8 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Rowland | 367 | 16.6 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Gordon | 248 | 11.2 | −3.1 |
| | Green | Christopher Middleton | 77 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,158 | 52.2 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,217 | 23.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Sandiford | 1,813 | 44.6 | +18.8 |
| | Labour | Frances Ives | 1,325 | 32.6 | −10.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hilton | 928 | 22.8 | −4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 488 | 12.0 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,066 | 35.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +14.8 | |

### Fallowfield

Fallowfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernice Reid* | 1,005 | 59.0 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shakeel Ahmed | 339 | 19.9 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | David Saville | 257 | 15.1 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Hannah Berry | 85 | 5.0 | +0.1 |
| | Independent Labour | Thomas Kelly | 17 | 1.0 | −5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 666 | 39.1 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,703 | 13.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Pearcey* | 1,419 | 54.5 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Elaine O'Connor | 1,049 | 40.3 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Simon Davenport | 137 | 5.3 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | 14.2 | +8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,605 | 26.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.1 | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Ashley* | 1,368 | 60.9 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Strath | 805 | 35.9 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Ann Hodkinson | 72 | 3.2 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 563 | 25.1 | −3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,245 | 25.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.0 | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nilofar Siddiqi* | 799 | 67.0 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Campbell | 243 | 20.4 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative | Rodney Keller | 150 | 12.6 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 556 | 46.6 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,192 | 15.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |

### Hulme

Hulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Flanagan | 644 | 55.3 | −8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phylip Mahler | 230 | 19.7 | +8.7 |
| | Green | John Poole | 202 | 17.3 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | David Conway | 67 | 5.8 | −1.9 |
| | Independent Liberal | Charles Lyn-Lloyd | 22 | 1.9 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 414 | 35.5 | −14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,165 | 13.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.4 | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hennigan | 1,504 | 57.2 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Macgregor | 803 | 30.6 | +1.9 |
| | Independent | John Howard | 125 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | Paul Kierman | 98 | 3.7 | −1.8 |
| | Green | Michael Daw | 79 | 3.0 | 0 |
| | Communist League | Paul Galloway | 19 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 701 | 26.7 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,628 | 25.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.2 | |

### Lightbowne

Lightbowne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Murphy | 1,231 | 71.7 | −0.0 |
| | Conservative | Teresa Skorzewski | 270 | 15.7 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elsie Slater | 217 | 12.6 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 961 | 55.9 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,718 | 20.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sajjad Hussain | 1,369 | 49.1 | −6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rashid Ahmed | 717 | 25.7 | +13.9 |
| | Green | Spencer Fitzgibbon | 455 | 16.3 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | John Davenport | 237 | 8.5 | −3.2 |
| | Crown Force | Comrade Ibraham | 12 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 652 | 23.4 | −17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,790 | 22.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.3 | |

### Moss Side

Moss Side :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Claire Nangle* | 1,111 | 77.3 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Mary Barnes | 131 | 9.1 | +0.3 |
| | Green | Vanessa Hall | 98 | 6.8 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Jinks | 98 | 6.8 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 980 | 68.2 | +1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,438 | 16.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Henry Cooper* | 1,478 | 69.2 | +4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Laslett | 355 | 16.6 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | Gregory Skorzewski | 304 | 14.2 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,123 | 52.6 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,137 | 21.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |

### Newtown Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Damien O'Connor* | 1,126 | 78.6 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Wattenbach | 137 | 9.6 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Rodgers | 135 | 9.4 | −0.1 |
| | Green | Cae Gests | 35 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 989 | 69.0 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,433 | 17.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Kane* | 1,198 | 60.0 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Richard West | 360 | 17.7 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Lance Crookes | 246 | 12.1 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeanette McKay | 227 | 11.2 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 838 | 41.3 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,031 | 21.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.1 | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Smith* | 1,603 | 49.6 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yasmin Zalzala | 1,326 | 41.0 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Lynda Whetton | 173 | 5.4 | −2.2 |
| | Green | Jonathan Rummery | 131 | 4.1 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 8.6 | −4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,233 | 25.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.2 | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Zafar Mir | 1,153 | 45.3 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Shannon | 1,122 | 44.1 | +12.1 |
| | Conservative | Karen Abbad | 152 | 6.0 | −3.1 |
| | Green | Bernard Ekbery | 119 | 4.7 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | 1.2 | −10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,546 | 21.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 | |

### Sharston

Sharston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joyce Keller* | 905 | 71.8 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | John Nelson | 181 | 14.4 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Farnen | 136 | 10.8 | −5.0 |
| | Green | Steven Anderson | 38 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 724 | 57.5 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,260 | 16.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |

### Whalley Range

Whalley Range :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Cruthers | 1,456 | 50.4 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sadek Hamid | 664 | 23.0 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | John Kershaw | 626 | 21.7 | +0.4 |
| | Socialist Labour | Steven Wynn | 142 | 4.9 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 792 | 27.4 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,888 | 28.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brendon Jones | 1,793 | 57.4 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | Andrew Simcock* | 990 | 31.7 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Smith | 181 | 5.8 | −1.2 |
| | Green | Jane Hutchings | 162 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 803 | 25.7 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,126 | 26.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -3.2 | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian O'Neil* | 969 | 77.3 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony McGarr | 142 | 11.3 | −16.5 |
| | Conservative | Bessie O'Connor | 142 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 827 | 66.0 | +21.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,253 | 15.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.8 | |

## By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Benchill By-Election 10 June 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Isobel Freeman | 730 | 54.2 | −25.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Bradshaw | 529 | 39.3 | +28.1 |
| | Conservative | Brian Birchenough | 88 | 6.5 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 201 | 14.9 | −53.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,347 | 18.3 | +4.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -26.8 | |
Central By-Election 26 August 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Battle | 758 | 50.1 | −11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marc Ramsbottom | 675 | 44.6 | +18.2 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Davis | 57 | 3.8 | −4.5 |
| | Green | William Kearns | 24 | 1.6 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | 5.5 | −29.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,514 | 18.0 | +4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -14.6 | |