1999 Manchester City Council election

1999 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1999 Manchester City Council election England Arms of the City of Manchester.svg parliamentary no 1998 Manchester City Council election 1998 1999 05 06 y 2000 Manchester City Council election 2000 34 of 99 seats to Manchester City Council 50 Manchester 1999.png Map of results of 1999 election Leader of the Council Richard Leese Labour Party (UK) Leader of the Council after election Richard Leese Labour Party (UK) Richard Leese Labour Party (UK) 30 seats,52.9% Crumpsall 83 27 80 3 36,674 53.4% 0.5% Simon Ashley Liberal Democrats (UK) Gorton South 5 seats,28.5% 16 7 19 3 20,812 30.3% 1.8% 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.Manchester Evening News, 7 May 1999. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/local/1999.htm Manchester 1999 council election results manchester.gov.uk 2012-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20020626192525/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/local/1999.htm 2002-06-26 Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party36,674 (53.4%)53.4 Labour Party (UK) 0.527 (79.4%)27 34 Labour Party (UK) 3 80 (80.8%)80 99 Labour Party (UK)Liberal Democrats20,812 (30.3%)30.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1.8 7 (20.6%)7 34 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 19 (19.2%)19 99 Liberal Democrats (UK)Conservative Party8,050 (11.7%)11.7 Conservative Party (UK) 1.10 (0.0%)0 34 Conservative Party (UK) 0 (0.0%)0 99 Conservative Party (UK)Green Party2,717 (3.9%)3.9 Green Party of England and Wales 0.5 0 (0.0%)0 34 Green Party of England and Wales 0 (0.0%)0 99 Green Party of England and WalesIndependent150 (0.2%)0.2 Independent (politician) 0.1 0 (0.0%)0 34 Independent (politician) 0 (0.0%)0 99 Independent (politician)Socialist Labour142 (0.2%)0.2 Socialist Labour Party (UK) 1.3 0 (0.0%)0 34 Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 (0.0%)0 99 Socialist Labour Party (UK)Independent Labour42 (0.0%)0.0 Independent Labour 0.5 0 (0.0%)0 34 Independent Labour 0 (0.0%)0 99 Independent LabourIndependent Liberal22 (0.0%)0.0 Independent Liberal 0 (0.0%)0 34 Independent Liberal 0 (0.0%)0 99 Independent LiberalCommunist League19 (0.0%)0.0 Communist League (UK, 1988) N/A 0 (0.0%)0 34 Communist League (UK, 1988) N/A 0 (0.0%)0 99 Communist League (UK, 1988) + ↓ 80 19 Ward results Ardwick Ardwick Labour Party (UK) Bernard Priest* 813 76.3 +10.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Maloney 109 10.2 -1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Fanny Davenport 97 9.1 -1.6 Green Party of England and Wales Bruce Bingham 47 4.4 -1.3 704 66.0 +11.9 1,066 13.6 Labour Party (UK) +5.9 Baguley Baguley Labour Party (UK) Gerald Jones* 1,151 72.7 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Ruby Byrom 276 17.4 -2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Fisher 156 9.9 -0.9 875 55.3 +5.0 1,583 19.2 Labour Party (UK) +2.5 Barlow Moor Barlow Moor Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Powell 1,611 55.5 -2.3 Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Bloch* 1,030 35.5 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Bumby 159 5.5 -0.7 Green Party of England and Wales Brian Candeland 102 3.5 +3.5 581 20.0 -10.8 2,902 26.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) -2.0 Benchill Benchill Labour Party (UK) Niel Warren* 790 79.7 +3.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janice Redmond 111 11.2 -5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Birchenough 90 9.1 +2.4 679 68.5 +8.5 991 13.6 Labour Party (UK) +4.7 Beswick and Clayton Beswick and Clayton Labour Party (UK) Michael Carmody 1,024 56.4 +4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Dobson* 706 38.9 -5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Walsh 84 4.6 +1.0 318 17.5 +9.0 1,814 24.8 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +4.5 Blackley Blackley Labour Party (UK) Anna Trotman 960 59.9 -8.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Connell 452 28.2 +12.6 Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy Keller 192 12.0 -4.0 508 31.7 -20.7 1,604 19.0 Labour Party (UK) -10.5 Bradford Bradford Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Fairhurst 978 54.6 +20.1 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Smith* 761 42.5 -15.9 Conservative Party (UK) Joyce Haycock 53 3.0 -4.1 217 12.1 -11.7 1,792 24.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +18.0 Brooklands Brooklands Labour Party (UK) Susan Murphy* 1,106 57.5 +3.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Bradshaw 579 30.1 -2.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Rothery 238 12.4 -0.4 527 27.4 +5.6 1,923 20.0 Labour Party (UK) +2.8 Burnage Burnage Labour Party (UK) Michael Green* 1,274 60.7 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Schofield 408 19.4 +0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Harrison 321 15.3 +0.1 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Shaw 72 3.4 +0.1 Independent Labour Michael Robinson 25 1.2 +1.2 866 41.2 -3.2 2,100 21.3 Labour Party (UK) -1.6 Central Central Labour Party (UK) Bill Egerton 676 61.0 -15.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marcus Ramsbottom 292 26.4 +14.6 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Davis 93 8.4 +8.4 Green Party of England and Wales William Kearns 47 4.2 -7.8 384 34.7 -29.5 1,108 13.2 Labour Party (UK) -14.9 Charlestown Charlestown Labour Party (UK) Eric Hobin* 1,023 61.9 -3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rodney Isherwood 414 25.1 +5.6 Conservative Party (UK) Vivienne Clarke 215 13.0 -2.7 609 36.9 -9.1 1,652 19.2 Labour Party (UK) -4.5 Cheetham Cheetham Labour Party (UK) Imran Rizvi 1,799 62.5 +15.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammed Sabir 882 30.6 -13.8 Conservative Party (UK) Adam Gibson 132 4.6 -2.5 Green Party of England and Wales Paddy McCloy 53 1.8 +1.8 Independent (politician) Ahmed Zubair 13 0.5 -1.2 917 31.9 +29.6 2,879 31.8 Labour Party (UK) +14.8 Chorlton Chorlton Labour Party (UK) Sheila Newman 1,723 48.6 +5.1 Labour Party (UK) Valerie Stevens* 1,666 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Cleall-Hill 703 19.8 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Paley 691 Green Party of England and Wales Julian Parry 675 19.0 +5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Catherine Hall 446 12.6 -0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Mellor 355 963 28.8 +6.2 3,547 28.4 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +3.1 Crumpsall Crumpsall Labour Party (UK) Thomas Lister 1,525 68.8 +0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Rowland 367 16.6 -1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Gordon 248 11.2 -3.1 Green Party of England and Wales Christopher Middleton 77 3.5 +3.5 1,158 52.2 +1.8 2,217 23.7 Labour Party (UK) +0.8 Didsbury Didsbury Liberal Democrats (UK) David Sandiford 1,813 44.6 +18.8 Labour Party (UK) Frances Ives 1,325 32.6 -10.9 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Hilton 928 22.8 -4.1 488 12.0 -4.6 4,066 35.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +14.8 Fallowfield Fallowfield Labour Party (UK) Bernice Reid* 1,005 59.0 +5.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shakeel Ahmed 339 19.9 +4.1 Conservative Party (UK) David Saville 257 15.1 -0.6 Green Party of England and Wales Hannah Berry 85 5.0 +0.1 Independent Labour Thomas Kelly 17 1.0 -5.4 666 39.1 +1.6 1,703 13.6 Labour Party (UK) +0.7 Gorton North Gorton North Liberal Democrats (UK) Jacqueline Pearcey* 1,419 54.5 +4.5 Labour Party (UK) Elaine O'Connor 1,049 40.3 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Davenport 137 5.3 +1.4 370 14.2 +8.2 2,605 26.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) +4.1 Gorton South Gorton South Liberal Democrats (UK) James Ashley* 1,368 60.9 +0.1 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Strath 805 35.9 +4.1 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Hodkinson 72 3.2 -0.2 563 25.1 -3.9 2,245 25.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) -2.0 Harpurhey Harpurhey Labour Party (UK) Nilofar Siddiqi* 799 67.0 +3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daniel Campbell 243 20.4 -3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Keller 150 12.6 +0.2 556 46.6 +6.6 1,192 15.3 Labour Party (UK) +3.3 Hulme Hulme Labour Party (UK) John Flanagan 644 55.3 -8.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Phylip Mahler 230 19.7 +8.7 Green Party of England and Wales John Poole 202 17.3 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) David Conway 67 5.8 -1.9 Independent Liberal Charles Lyn-Lloyd 22 1.9 -0.2 414 35.5 -14.4 1,165 13.6 Labour Party (UK) -8.4 Levenshulme Levenshulme Liberal Democrats (UK) David Hennigan 1,504 57.2 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Macgregor 803 30.6 +1.9 Independent (politician) John Howard 125 4.8 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Kierman 98 3.7 -1.8 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Daw 79 3.0 0 Communist League (UK, 1988) Paul Galloway 19 0.7 +0.7 701 26.7 -2.3 2,628 25.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) -1.2 Lightbowne Lightbowne Labour Party (UK) Paul Murphy 1,231 71.7 -0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Teresa Skorzewski 270 15.7 +1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elsie Slater 217 12.6 -1.3 961 55.9 -1.3 1,718 20.1 Labour Party (UK) -0.6 Longsight Longsight Labour Party (UK) Sajjad Hussain 1,369 49.1 -6.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rashid Ahmed 717 25.7 +13.9 Green Party of England and Wales Spencer Fitzgibbon 455 16.3 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) John Davenport 237 8.5 -3.2 Independent (politician) Comrade Ibraham 12 0.4 +0.4 652 23.4 -17.2 2,790 22.3 Labour Party (UK) -10.3 Moss Side Moss Side Labour Party (UK) Claire Nangle* 1,111 77.3 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Barnes 131 9.1 +0.3 Green Party of England and Wales Vanessa Hall 98 6.8 +3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Jinks 98 6.8 -3.2 980 68.2 +1.9 1,438 16.5 Labour Party (UK) +0.3 Moston Moston Labour Party (UK) Henry Cooper* 1,478 69.2 +4.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joyce Laslett 355 16.6 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Gregory Skorzewski 304 14.2 -4.2 1,123 52.6 +6.4 2,137 21.9 Labour Party (UK) +2.4 Newton Heath Newton Heath Labour Party (UK) Damien O'Connor* 1,126 78.6 -1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Wattenbach 137 9.6 -0.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Rodgers 135 9.4 -0.1 Green Party of England and Wales Cae Gests 35 2.4 +2.4 989 69.0 -1.3 1,433 17.5 Labour Party (UK) -0.6 Northenden Northenden Labour Party (UK) Michael Kane* 1,198 60.0 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Richard West 360 17.7 +2.1 Green Party of England and Wales Lance Crookes 246 12.1 -3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeanette McKay 227 11.2 +0.5 838 41.3 -1.2 2,031 21.1 Labour Party (UK) -0.1 Old Moat Old Moat Labour Party (UK) Jeffrey Smith* 1,603 49.6 -0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Yasmin Zalzala 1,326 41.0 +4.2 Conservative Party (UK) Lynda Whetton 173 5.4 -2.2 Green Party of England and Wales Jonathan Rummery 131 4.1 -1.7 277 8.6 -4.4 3,233 25.6 Labour Party (UK) -2.2 Rusholme Rusholme Labour Party (UK) Zafar Mir 1,153 45.3 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Shannon 1,122 44.1 +12.1 Conservative Party (UK) Karen Abbad 152 6.0 -3.1 Green Party of England and Wales Bernard Ekbery 119 4.7 +1.3 31 1.2 -10.4 2,546 21.4 Labour Party (UK) -5.2 Sharston Sharston Labour Party (UK) Joyce Keller* 905 71.8 -1.6 Conservative Party (UK) John Nelson 181 14.4 +3.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Karen Farnen 136 10.8 -5.0 Green Party of England and Wales Steven Anderson 38 3.0 +3.0 724 57.5 -5.1 1,260 16.7 Labour Party (UK) -2.6 Whalley Range Whalley Range Labour Party (UK) Paul Cruthers 1,456 50.4 -1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sadek Hamid 664 23.0 +5.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Kershaw 626 21.7 +0.4 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Steven Wynn 142 4.9 -0.2 792 27.4 -2.7 2,888 28.9 Labour Party (UK) -3.4 Withington Withington Liberal Democrats (UK) Brendon Jones 1,793 57.4 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Simcock* 990 31.7 +2.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Smith 181 5.8 -1.2 Green Party of England and Wales Jane Hutchings 162 5.2 +5.2 803 25.7 -6.5 3,126 26.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) -3.2 Woodhouse Park Woodhouse Park Labour Party (UK) Brian O'Neil* 969 77.3 +5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony McGarr 142 11.3 -16.5 Conservative Party (UK) Bessie O'Connor 142 11.3 +11.3 827 66.0 +21.6 1,253 15.9 Labour Party (UK) +10.8 By-elections between 1999 and 2000 Benchill By-Election 10 June 1999 http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/types/byres.htm By-election past results manchester.gov.uk 2012-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20030427063625/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/types/byres.htm 2003-04-27 Labour Party (UK) Isobel Freeman 730 54.2 -25.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Bradshaw 529 39.3 +28.1 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Birchenough 88 6.5 -2.6 201 14.9 -53.6 1,347 18.3 +4.7 Labour Party (UK) -26.8 Central By-Election 26 August 1999 Labour Party (UK) James Battle 758 50.1 -11.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marc Ramsbottom 675 44.6 +18.2 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Davis 57 3.8 -4.5 Green Party of England and Wales William Kearns 24 1.6 -2.6 83 5.5 -29.2 1,514 18.0 +4.8 Labour Party (UK) -14.6 References expanded Category:1999 English local elections 1999 Category:1990s in Manchester