1995 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1995. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1999. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.^[1]

Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1995

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30	5	1	+4	88.2	63.2	57,270	+4.0%
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	2	-1	11.7	20.7	18,759	-3.3%
	Conservative	0	0	2	-2	0.0	11.7	10,636	-1.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	1,753	0.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	1,690	+1.0%
	Independent Labour	0	0	1	-1	0.0	0.4	371	+0.2%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	129	+0.1%
	Natural Law	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	19	0.0%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party		Seats	+/-
	Labour	83	+4
	Liberal Democrats	14	-1
	Conservative	2	-2
	Independent Labour	0	-1
	Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Summers	1,222	77.4	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	S. Oliver	157	9.9	-8.2
	Conservative	Ann Hodkinson	102	6.5	-0.2
	Independent	S. O'Sullivan	97	6.1	+6.1
Majority			1,065	67.5	+10.3
Turnout			1,578
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Baguley

Baguley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Jones	1,836	77.9	+6.1
	Conservative	Trevor Roberts	286	12.1	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	V. Purcell	188	8.0	-5.0
	Independent	Emma Hamilton	46	2.0	+2.0
Majority			1,550	65.8	+9.1
Turnout			2,356
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.5

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Bloch	1,775	53.6	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	V. Bingham	1,126	34.0	-4.4
	Conservative	M. Higginbottom	268	8.1	-0.2
	Green	Robin Goater	142	4.3	-0.5
Majority			649	19.6	+9.5
Turnout			3,311
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+4.7

Benchill

Benchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niel Warren*	1,455	86.1	+15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Redmond	189	11.2	+1.2
	Independent	J. Pickering	45	2.7	+2.7
Majority			1,266	75.0	+16.8
Turnout			1,689
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

Beswick and Clayton

Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Dobson	1,622	58.6	+3.3
	Labour	D. Parkes	1,073	38.8	-2.7
	Conservative	Richard West	60	2.2	-1.0
	Independent	H. Woodcock	13	0.5	+0.5
Majority			549	19.8	+6.0
Turnout			2,768
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+3.0

Blackley

Blackley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen Kelly*	1,953	76.5	+1.6
	Conservative	A. Slack	307	12.0	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Matthews	246	9.6	-2.2
	Independent	Cath Hall	46	1.8	+1.8
Majority			1,646	64.5	+2.9
Turnout			2,552
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Smith*	1,408	70.3	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fairhurst	417	20.8	+1.1
	Conservative	K. Hyde	119	5.9	-2.0
	Green	Elaine Brown	58	2.9	+2.9
Majority			991	49.5	-2.6
Turnout			2,002
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.3

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Calloway	1,783	67.1	+8.5
	Conservative	Gladys Parry	564	21.2	-7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony McGarr	269	10.1	-3.1
	Independent	P. Styles	42	1.6	+1.6
Majority			1,219	45.9	+15.6
Turnout			2,658
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.7

Burnage

Burnage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Green	2,260	71.6	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Parkinson	464	14.7	-0.4
	Conservative	Jeffrey Leach	353	11.2	-8.6
	Independent	Z. Elford	78	2.5	-2.6
Majority			1,796	56.9	+16.7
Turnout			3,155
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Conquest*	1,296	82.1	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	L. Dunn	110	7.0	-6.3
	Conservative	A. Keller	108	6.8	-2.3
	Independent	P. Lawrence	50	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	C. Morris	15	0.9	+0.9
Majority			1,186	75.1	+10.7
Turnout			1,579
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.3

Charlestown

Charlestown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Hobin	1,873	76.4	+5.3
	Conservative	Christine Saunders	320	13.1	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert West	212	8.7	-4.6
	Independent	J. Miller	45	1.8	+1.8
Majority			1,553	63.4	+8.0
Turnout			2,450
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McGuinness	1,806	78.4	-1.1
	Conservative	Rodney Keller	166	7.2	-2.8
	Liberal	Richard Wilson	129	5.6	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Clayton	106	4.6	-5.9
	Independent	George Taylor	69	3.0	+3.0
	Green	D. Wild	27	1.2	+1.2
Majority			1,640	71.2	+2.3
Turnout			2,303
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.8

Chorlton

Chorlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Stevens	2,903	67.9	+9.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Smith	651	15.2	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Fisher	440	10.3	-3.6
	Green	Brian Candeland	279	6.5	-0.8
Majority			2,252	52.7	+13.6
Turnout			4,273
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.8

Crumpsall

Crumpsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Edwards*	2,079	74.6	+9.9
	Conservative	Gregory Skorsewski	389	14.0	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	J. Spurway	248	8.9	-6.5
	Independent	Melanie Jarman	71	2.5	+2.5
Majority			1,690	60.6	+15.7
Turnout			2,787
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.8

Didsbury

Didsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Masztalerz	2,179	43.4	+3.3
	Conservative	William Aikman*	1,452	28.9	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lawley	1,323	26.3	+0.5
	Independent	P. Howell	71	1.4	+1.4
Majority			727	14.5	+6.3
Turnout			5,025
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.1

Fallowfield

Fallowfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernice Reid	1,519	57.9	-5.7
	Labour	David Royle	1,462
	Conservative	Simon Davenport	314	12.0	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Harrison	277	10.6	-2.2
	Green	Micheal Daw	277	10.6	+5.9
	Conservative	P. Newlove	268
	Independent	E. Fiander	234	8.9	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Totty	234
	Independent	P. Williamson	114
Majority			1,205	45.9	-2.9
Turnout			2,621
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.4

Gorton North

Gorton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Pearcey*	1,865	51.0	-0.4
	Labour	Colin Brierley	1,626	44.5	+1.7
	Conservative	Paul Davies	123	3.4	-0.9
	Independent	A. Cooper	43	1.2	+1.2
Majority			239	6.5	-2.1
Turnout			3,657
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-1.0

Gorton South

Gorton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Ashley*	1,494	49.7	-4.1
	Labour	B. Whitehead	1,393	46.3	+5.6
	Conservative	D. Davenport	91	3.0	-0.7
	Independent	C. Walsh	31	1.0	+1.0
Majority			101	3.4	-9.7
Turnout			3,009
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.8

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nilofar Siddiqi*	1,237	69.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	B. Kerrigan	341	19.1	-1.7
	Conservative	Vivienne Clarke	205	11.5	+1.0
Majority			896	50.3	+2.5
Turnout			1,783
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Hulme

Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Dungey*	832	79.3	+8.6
	Conservative	Paul Kierman	62	5.9	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	A. Rogers	58	5.5	-4.2
	Independent	A. Jones	39	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Rachel Harper	36	3.4	+3.4
	Independent	Charles Lyn-Lloyd	22	2.1	+2.1
Majority			770	73.4	+13.4
Turnout			1,049
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.8

Levenshulme

Levenshulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Rowles*	2,050	57.9	-3.3
	Labour	Christopher Lowe	1,236	34.9	+4.4
	Conservative	S. Peel	135	3.8	-0.7
	Independent	K. Harkavy	87	2.5	+2.5
	Natural Law	P. Mitchell	19	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	D. Delange	16	0.5	+0.5
Majority			814	23.0	-7.7
Turnout			3,543
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-3.8

Lightbowne

Lightbowne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cath Inchbold*	1,853	73.8	-1.4
	Conservative	Henry Coombes	344	13.7	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Gordon	242	9.6	-2.2
	Green	A. Salter	73	2.9	+2.9
Majority			1,509	60.1	-2.1
Turnout			2,512
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Strath*	1,922	57.5	-11.1
	Conservative	Muhammed Naqui	890	26.6	+13.6
	Green	Spencer Fitzgibbon	275	8.2	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Dunn	257	7.7	-5.3
Majority			1,032	30.9	-24.7
Turnout			3,344
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.3

Moss Side

Moss Side

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Nangle*	1,701	76.2	-2.5
	Conservative	Mary Barnes	183	8.2	+1.3
	Green	C. Collis	152	6.8	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lauriston Ford	117	5.2	-2.8
	Independent	M. Miller	80	3.6	+3.6
Majority			1,518	68.0	-2.7
Turnout			2,233
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

Moston

Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Cooper*	2,444	76.1	+5.8
	Conservative	Dorothy Keller	463	14.4	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Towers	270	8.4	-4.9
	Independent	J. Bird	33	1.0	+1.0
Majority			1,981	61.7	+7.8
Turnout			3,210
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

Newton Heath

Newton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Damien O'Connor	1,867	83.0	+9.5
	Conservative	E. Fisher	212	9.4	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	C. Turner	140	6.2	-7.2
	Independent	H. Routh	31	1.4	+1.4
Majority			1,655	73.6	+13.5
Turnout			2,250
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.6

Northenden

Northenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Kane*	2,190	69.9	+2.7
	Conservative	K. McKenna	487	15.5	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Lightowler	392	12.5	-0.8
	Independent	Lance Crookes	66	2.1	+2.1
Majority			1,703	54.3	+6.7
Turnout			3,135
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

Old Moat

Old Moat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Spencer*	2,325	70.8	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Yasmen Zalzala	422	12.9	-7.8
	Conservative	Graham Betton	381	11.6	-0.6
	Green	Teresa Romagnuolo	154	4.7	+0.5
Majority			1,903	58.0	+21.9
Turnout			3,282
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.9

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jawaid Chaudhry	1,270	42.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Ramsbottom	1,014	33.9	-1.8
	Independent Labour	Margaret Manning*	371	12.4	+12.4
	Independent	Micheal Robinson	248	8.3	+5.4
	Conservative	R. Norris	86	2.9	-12.3
Majority			256	8.6	+5.0
Turnout			2,989
	Independent Labour		Swing	+2.5

Sharston

Sharston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Keller*	1,593	79.3	+9.0
	Conservative	I. Hollins	201	10.0	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Cath Hall	179	8.9	-3.1
	Independent	R. Garside	36	1.8	+1.8
Majority			1,392	69.3	+12.0
Turnout			2,009
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

Whalley Range

Whalley Range

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Rathbone	1,901	55.7	-6.5
	Conservative	John Kershaw	964	28.3	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Leech	392	11.5	-5.5
	Green	Bruce Bingham	154	4.5	+4.5
Majority			937	27.5	-15.5
Turnout			3,411
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.8

Withington

Withington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Simcock	1,816	44.4	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Sandiford*	1,760	43.1	-6.1
	Conservative	J. Callaghan	350	8.6	+1.0
	Green	Bernard Ekbery	162	4.0	+0.0
Majority			56	1.4	-8.4
Turnout			4,088
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+5.6

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Neil	1,644	81.5	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	William Fisher	372	18.5	-4.3
Majority			1,272	63.1	+17.6
Turnout			2,016
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.7

By-elections between 1995 and 1996

Moston By-Election 27 July 1995^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Mullin	1,445	69.0	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Leech	381	18.2	+9.8
	Conservative	Gregory Skorsewski	267	12.7	-1.7
Majority			1,064	50.8	-10.9
Turnout			2,093
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.4

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