Manchester City Council election, 2000

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.^[1][2]

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 Democrat	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

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas O'Callaghan*	776	76.3	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Farnen	95	9.3	-0.9
	Conservative	Paul Kierman	90	8.8	-0.3
	Green	Bruce Bingham	56	5.5	+1.1
Majority			681	67.0	+1.0
Turnout			1,017	13.3	-0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

Baguley

Baguley[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Burns*	971	65.4	-7.3
	Conservative	Ralph Ellerton	297	20.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	William Fisher	183	12.3	+2.4
	Green	Gareth Pittam	33	2.2	+2.2
Majority			674	45.4	-9.9
Turnout			1,484	18.3	-0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.9

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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			684	30.6	+10.6
Turnout			2,237	21.0	-5.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+5.2

Benchill

Benchill[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Myers*	556	69.3	-10.4
	Liberal Democrat	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			447	55.7	-12.8
Turnout			802	11.7	-1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.4

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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			25	1.5	-16.0
Turnout			1,738	25.2	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+9.5

Blackley

Blackley[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Barnes*	934	56.3	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Connell	445	26.8	-1.4
	Conservative	Dorothy Keller	238	14.4	+2.4
	Green	Michael Shaw	41	2.5	+2.5
Majority			489	29.5	-2.2
Turnout			1,658	20.7	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

Bradford

Bradford[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	842	50.6	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Boyes	697	41.9	-12.7
	Conservative	Brian Birchenough	97	5.8	+2.8
	Green	Robert Allen	28	1.7	+1.7
Majority			145	8.7	-3.4
Turnout			1,664	24.0	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.4

Brooklands

Brooklands[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Cooley*	948	50.8	-6.7
	Conservative	John Kenny	733	39.3	+9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Rothery	133	7.1	-5.3
	Green	Zoe Whiteman	53	2.8	+2.8
Majority			215	11.5	-15.9
Turnout			1,867	23.0	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.9

Burnage

Burnage[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Robinson*	956	45.4	-15.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Cameron	567	26.9	+11.6
	Conservative	Peter Schofield	372	17.7	-1.7
	Green	Adrian Crawford	210	10.0	+6.6
Majority			389	18.5	-22.7
Turnout			2,105	21.9	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.4

Central

Central[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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			361	20.5	-14.2
Turnout			1,758	19.0	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+27.6

Charlestown

Charlestown[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hackett*	924	57.0	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Isherwood	605	37.3	+12.2
	Green	Claudia French	92	5.7	+5.7
Majority			319	19.7	-17.2
Turnout			1,621	19.6	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.5

Cheetham

Cheetham[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Khan	1,602	52.0	-10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Qassim Afzal*	1,382	44.9	+14.3
	Green	Ashleigh Vincent	96	3.1	+1.3
Majority			220	7.1	-24.8
Turnout			3,080	35.8	+4.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	-12.4

Chorlton

Chorlton[2]
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 Democrat	Antony Bethell	474	14.9	+2.3
Majority			849	26.8	-2.0
Turnout			3,171	27.0	-1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

Crumpsall

Crumpsall[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Leese	1,447	66.4	-2.4
	Conservative	Jacqueline Rowland	444	20.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Steele	210	9.6	-1.6
	Green	Julian Parry	78	3.6	+0.1
Majority			1,003	46.0	-6.2
Turnout			2,179	24.6	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.1

Didsbury

Didsbury[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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			494	12.9	+0.9
Turnout			3,832	34.1	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+0.5

Fallowfield

Fallowfield[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Royle*	1,013	62.3	+3.3
	Conservative	Simon Davenport	275	16.9	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Lynne Williams	217	13.3	-6.6
	Green	Hannah Berry	122	7.5	+2.5
Majority			738	45.4	+6.3
Turnout			1,627	13.8	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

Gorton North

Gorton North[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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			118	5.1	-9.1
Turnout			2,301	24.8	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-4.5

Gorton South

Gorton South[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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			553	28.7	+3.6
Turnout			1,925	21.8	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+1.8

Harpurhey

Harpurhey[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Green*	725	63.7	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Campbell	198	17.4	-3.0
	Conservative	Rodney Keller	180	15.8	+3.2
	Green	Olive Bowers	36	3.2	+3.2
Majority			527	46.3	-0.3
Turnout			1,139	15.3	-0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.1

Hulme

Hulme[2]
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			145	15.1	-20.4
Turnout			959	10.6	-3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.4

Levenshulme

Levenshulme[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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			726	30.0	+3.3
Turnout			2,423	24.9	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+1.7

Moston

Lightbowne[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Risby*	987	64.6	-7.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Gordon	428	28.0	+15.4
	Green	Simon Chislett	114	7.5	+7.5
Majority			559	36.6	-19.3
Turnout			1,529	19.2	-0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.2

Longsight

Longsight[2]
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 Democrat	Rashid Ahmed	233	9.9	-15.8
	Independent	Comrade Ibrahim	8	0.3	-0.1
Majority			1,079	45.9	+22.5
Turnout			2,352	18.1	-4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.5

Moss Side

Moss Side[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fergal McCullough	989	75.2	-2.1
	Conservative	Mary Barnes	134	10.2	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Jinks	113	8.6	+1.8
	Green	Michelle Allen	79	6.0	-0.8
Majority			855	65.0	-3.2
Turnout			1,315	15.8	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.6

Moston

Moston[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Mullins*	1,004	59.3	-9.9
	Liberal Democrat	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			450	26.6	-26.0
Turnout			1,693	17.6	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.0

Newton Heath

Newton Heath[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Carroll	836	70.3	-8.3
	Conservative	Albert Walsh	191	16.1	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Rodgers	115	9.7	+0.3
	Green	Rachel Harper	47	4.0	+1.6
Majority			645	54.2	-14.8
Turnout			1,189	15.0	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.4

Northenden

Northenden[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Conquest	945	50.9	-9.1
	Conservative	Helen Goldthorpe	458	24.7	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Redmond	231	12.5	+1.3
	Green	Lance Crookes	221	11.9	-0.2
Majority			487	26.3	-15.0
Turnout			1,855	19.6	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

Old Moat

Old Moat[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Harrison*	1,523	47.1	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	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			110	3.4	-5.2
Turnout			3,234	26.0	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

Rusholme

Rusholme[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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			683	24.6	+23.4
Turnout			2,774	22.3	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+12.9

Sharston

Sharston[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Griffith Berry*	683	62.7	-9.1
	Conservative	David Russell	214	19.7	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Kierman	148	13.6	+2.8
	Green	Steven Anderson	44	4.0	+1.0
Majority			469	43.1	-14.4
Turnout			1,089	14.9	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.2

Whalley Range

Whalley Range[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Fry*	1,482	56.3	+5.9
	Conservative	John Kershaw	716	27.2	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Toity	261	9.9	-13.1
	Green	Mary Candeland	175	6.6	+6.6
Majority			766	29.1	+1.7
Turnout			2,634	26.8	-2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Withington

Withington[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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			991	38.3	+12.6
Turnout			2,588	21.9	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+6.3

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leo Collins*	757	69.3	-8.0
	Conservative	Ruby Raynor	159	14.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Mellor	141	12.9	+1.6
	Green	Barbara Lally	36	3.3	+3.3
Majority			598	54.7	-11.3
Turnout			1,093	14.3	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.6

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Baguley By-Election 25 January 2001[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward McCulley	685	60.0	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	William Fisher	241	21.1	+8.8
	Conservative	David Timson	216	18.9	-1.1
Majority			444	38.9	-6.5
Turnout			1,142	13.0	-5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.1

Beswick and Clayton 10 June 2001[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Loughman	1,850	61.9	+15.5
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Boyes	988	33.0	-14.9
	Conservative	Richard West	153	5.1	+0.1
Majority			862	28.9	+27.4
Turnout			2,991
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.2

Sharston By-Election 10 June 2001[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Judge	2,170	69.8	+7.1
	Conservative	David Timson	497	16.0	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Kierman	440	14.2	+0.6
Majority			1,673	53.8	+10.7
Turnout			3,107
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.4

Whalley Range By-Election 10 June 2001[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Dale	3,266	62.4	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Grant	1,221	23.3	+13.4
	Conservative	John Kershaw	744	14.2	-13.0
Majority			2,045	39.1	+10.0
Turnout			5,231
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

References

1. Manchester Evening News, 5 May 2000.
2. "Manchester 2000 council election results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2002-06-26. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
3. "By-election past results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2003-04-27. Retrieved 2012-01-19.