title: 1999 Manchester City Council election
text: # 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 | |
  