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1999 Manchester City Council election
← 1998 6 May 1999 (1999-05-06) 2000 →
34 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Richard Leese Simon Ashley
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Crumpsall Gorton South
Last election 30 seats,
52.9% 		5 seats,
28.5%
Seats before 83 16
Seats won 27 7
Seats after 80 19
Seat change Decrease3 Increase3
Popular vote 36,674 20,812
Percentage 53.4% 30.3%
Swing Increase0.5% Increase1.8%
Map of results of 1999 election
Leader of the Council before election

Richard Leese
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Richard Leese
Labour

Elections to Manchester City 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.[1][2]

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 36,674 (53.4%)
Increase 0.5 27 (79.4%)
27 / 34
 Decrease 3 80 (80.8%)
80 / 99
Liberal Democrats 20,812 (30.3%)
Increase 1.8 7 (20.6%)
7 / 34
 Increase 3 19 (19.2%)
19 / 99
Conservative Party 8,050 (11.7%)
Decrease 1.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Green Party 2,717 (3.9%)
Increase 0.5 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent 150 (0.2%)
Increase 0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Socialist Labour 142 (0.2%)
Decrease 1.3 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent Labour 42 (0.0%)
Decrease 0.5 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent Liberal 22 (0.0%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Communist League 19 (0.0%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
↓
80 19

Ward results

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Ardwick

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Ardwick[2]
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 704 66.0 +11.9
Turnout 1,066 13.6
Labour hold Swing +5.9

Baguley

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Baguley[2]
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 875 55.3 +5.0
Turnout 1,583 19.2
Labour hold Swing +2.5

Barlow Moor

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Barlow Moor[2]
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 581 20.0 −10.8
Turnout 2,902 26.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -2.0

Benchill

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Benchill[2]
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 679 68.5 +8.5
Turnout 991 13.6
Labour hold Swing +4.7

Beswick and Clayton

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Beswick and Clayton[2]
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 318 17.5 +9.0
Turnout 1,814 24.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +4.5

Blackley

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Blackley[2]
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 508 31.7 −20.7
Turnout 1,604 19.0
Labour hold Swing -10.5

Bradford

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Bradford[2]
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 217 12.1 −11.7
Turnout 1,792 24.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +18.0

Brooklands

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Brooklands[2]
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 527 27.4 +5.6
Turnout 1,923 20.0
Labour hold Swing +2.8

Burnage

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Burnage[2]
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 866 41.2 −3.2
Turnout 2,100 21.3
Labour hold Swing -1.6

Central

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Central[2]
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 384 34.7 −29.5
Turnout 1,108 13.2
Labour hold Swing -14.9

Charlestown

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Charlestown[2]
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 609 36.9 −9.1
Turnout 1,652 19.2
Labour hold Swing -4.5

Cheetham

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Cheetham[2]
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 917 31.9 +29.6
Turnout 2,879 31.8
Labour hold Swing +14.8

Chorlton

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Chorlton[2]
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 963 28.8 +6.2
Turnout 3,547 28.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +3.1

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall[2]
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 1,158 52.2 +1.8
Turnout 2,217 23.7
Labour hold Swing +0.8

Didsbury

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Didsbury[2]
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 488 12.0 −4.6
Turnout 4,066 35.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +14.8

Fallowfield

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Fallowfield[2]
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 666 39.1 +1.6
Turnout 1,703 13.6
Labour hold Swing +0.7

Gorton North

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Gorton North[2]
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 370 14.2 +8.2
Turnout 2,605 26.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.1

Gorton South

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Gorton South[2]
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 563 25.1 −3.9
Turnout 2,245 25.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.0

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey[2]
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 556 46.6 +6.6
Turnout 1,192 15.3
Labour hold Swing +3.3

Hulme

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Hulme[2]
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 414 35.5 −14.4
Turnout 1,165 13.6
Labour hold Swing -8.4

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme[2]
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 701 26.7 −2.3
Turnout 2,628 25.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.2

Lightbowne

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Lightbowne[2]
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 961 55.9 −1.3
Turnout 1,718 20.1
Labour hold Swing -0.6

Longsight

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Longsight[2]
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
Independent Comrade Ibraham 12 0.4 +0.4
Majority 652 23.4 −17.2
Turnout 2,790 22.3
Labour hold Swing -10.3

Moss Side

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Moss Side[2]
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 980 68.2 +1.9
Turnout 1,438 16.5
Labour hold Swing +0.3

Moston

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Moston[2]
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 1,123 52.6 +6.4
Turnout 2,137 21.9
Labour hold Swing +2.4

Newtown Heath

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Newton Heath[2]
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 989 69.0 −1.3
Turnout 1,433 17.5
Labour hold Swing -0.6

Northenden

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Northenden[2]
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 838 41.3 −1.2
Turnout 2,031 21.1
Labour hold Swing -0.1

Old Moat

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Old Moat[2]
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 277 8.6 −4.4
Turnout 3,233 25.6
Labour hold Swing -2.2

Rusholme

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Rusholme[2]
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 31 1.2 −10.4
Turnout 2,546 21.4
Labour hold Swing -5.2

Sharston

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Sharston[2]
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 724 57.5 −5.1
Turnout 1,260 16.7
Labour hold Swing -2.6

Whalley Range

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Whalley Range[2]
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 792 27.4 −2.7
Turnout 2,888 28.9
Labour hold Swing -3.4

Withington

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Withington[2]
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 803 25.7 −6.5
Turnout 3,126 26.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -3.2

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park[2]
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 827 66.0 +21.6
Turnout 1,253 15.9
Labour hold Swing +10.8

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

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Benchill By-Election 10 June 1999[3]
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 201 14.9 −53.6
Turnout 1,347 18.3 +4.7
Labour hold Swing -26.8
Central By-Election 26 August 1999[3]
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 83 5.5 −29.2
Turnout 1,514 18.0 +4.8
Labour hold Swing -14.6

References

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  1. ^ Manchester Evening News, 7 May 1999.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Manchester 1999 council election results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b "By-election past results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
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