1991 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 2 May 1991. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1995. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council. [1]

Election result

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Manchester Council Election Result 1991
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 27 8 1 +7 79.4 50.3 59,144 -8.3%
  Liberal Democrats 5 2 1 +1 14.7 19.6 23,004 +4.7%
  Conservative 2 0 6 -6 5.9 24.3 28,622 +5.0%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.2 4,966 -2.4%
  Ind. Conservative 0 0 1 -1 0.0 1.1 1,346 +1.1%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 432 -0.0%

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

Party Seats   +/-  
Labour 85 +7
Liberal Democrats 9 +1
Conservative 5 -6
Independent Conservative 0 -1
Independent Liberal Democrat 0 -1
Labour hold

Ward results

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Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. I. Finley* 1,443 70.9 −7.8
Conservative D. K. Lawrence 252 12.4 +3.6
Liberal Democrats R. A. J. Axtell 235 11.5 +5.7
Green P. E. Harrison 106 5.2 −1.5
Majority 1,191 58.5 −11.5
Turnout 2,036 25.5
Labour hold Swing -5.7

Baguley

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Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Smith* 2,065 65.2 +2.0
Conservative V. C. Kirby 1,100 34.8 +12.3
Majority 965 30.5 −10.2
Turnout 3,165 34.3
Labour hold Swing -5.1

Barlow Moor

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Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats S. A. Gluck* 1,799 45.9 +10.4
Labour A. Harland 1,258 32.1 −10.2
Conservative J. P. Baldwin 624 15.9 +0.1
Green H. F. Bramwell 238 6.1 −0.3
Majority 541 13.8 +7.0
Turnout 3,919 38.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +10.3

Benchill

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Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Warren* 1,714 71.8 −0.1
Liberal Democrats A. Bradshaw 349 14.6 +7.8
Conservative C. Roberts 323 13.5 +6.4
Majority 1,365 57.2 −3.7
Turnout 2,386 28.4
Labour hold Swing -3.8

Beswick and Clayton

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Beswick and Clayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. C. Silverman* 1,517 65.8 −13.8
Conservative D. V. Russell 440 19.1 +8.7
Liberal Democrats C. W. Turner 264 11.4 +4.9
Independent F. Wolstencroft 86 3.7 +3.7
Majority 1,077 46.7 −22.5
Turnout 2,307 31.2
Labour hold Swing -11.2

Blackley

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Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Kelly* 1,872 56.3 −10.4
Conservative L. M. Brandolani 786 23.6 +2.5
Liberal Democrats A. D. Kay 669 20.1 +13.1
Majority 1,086 32.6 −13.1
Turnout 3,327 36.3
Labour hold Swing -6.4

Bradford

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Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. S. Smith* 1,657 70.4 −7.7
Conservative K. Hyde 366 15.5 +3.7
Liberal Democrats J. R. Bridges 270 11.5 +4.8
Green A. H. Kahan 61 2.6 −0.8
Majority 1,291 54.8 −11.5
Turnout 2,354 27.8
Labour hold Swing -5.7

Brooklands

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Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. B. Beaugeard 2,001 45.6 +7.1
Labour A. S. Wood 1,799 41.0 −9.9
Liberal Democrats S. A. Oliver 435 9.9 +2.8
Green R. Clancy 156 3.6 0
Majority 202 4.6 −7.8
Turnout 4,391 45.4
Conservative hold Swing +8.5

Burnage

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Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Boyle 1,968 46.5 −7.0
Conservative J. Leach* 1,491 35.2 +6.2
Liberal Democrats R. Harrison 611 14.4 +2.3
Green J. Foster 166 3.9 −1.5
Majority 477 11.3 −13.2
Turnout 4,236 41.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -6.6

Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Conquest* 1,286 72.3 −7.4
Liberal Democrats K. H. Lambert 198 11.1 +5.9
Conservative A. E. W. Hudson 195 11.0 +1.9
Green P. J. Boast 100 5.6 −0.3
Majority 1,088 61.2 −9.4
Turnout 1,779 26.3
Labour hold Swing -6.6

Charlestown

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Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Tilley 1,835 55.3 −8.4
Conservative F. D. Borg 898 27.0 +4.2
Liberal Democrats J. Laslett 587 17.7 +9.7
Majority 937 28.2 −12.7
Turnout 3,320 35.0
Labour hold Swing -6.3

Cheetham

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Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Harris* 1,938 73.3 −8.2
Conservative D. K. Shenoy 299 11.3 +11.3
Liberal Democrats V. Towers 267 10.1 −8.4
Green B. J. A. Doherty 139 5.3 +5.3
Majority 1,639 62.0 −0.9
Turnout 2,643 28.1
Labour hold Swing -9.7

Chorlton

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Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. M. Rogers 2,187 39.8 −12.4
Labour B. D. Selby 1,979
Conservative J. Bradshaw 1,829 33.3 +2.2
Conservative W. I. Bradshaw 1,816
Green B. A. Candeland 751 13.7 +3.1
Liberal Democrats H. D. McKay 723 13.2 +7.1
Liberal Democrats J. Redmond 512
Majority 150 6.5 −14.6
Turnout 5,490 48.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing -7.3

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Edwards 1,782 46.2 −4.7
Conservative A. E. Walsh 1,474 38.2 +2.1
Liberal Democrats D. I. Gordon 408 10.6 +4.7
Green P. R. Lewis 190 4.9 −2.1
Majority 308 8.0 −6.8
Turnout 3,854 41.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -3.4

Didsbury

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Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. H. Aikman 3,003 51.5 +4.5
Labour G. Bridson 1,893 32.4 −6.6
Liberal Democrats E. Allen 692 11.9 +3.5
Green R. W. Goater 248 4.2 −1.3
Majority 1,110 19.0 +11.0
Turnout 5,836 52.0
Conservative hold Swing +5.5

Fallowfield

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Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. N. Y. Khan 1,624 50.9 −7.5
Conservative D. Smith 890 27.9 +8.0
Liberal Democrats B. Jones 399 12.5 +3.3
Green M. J. Daw 278 8.7 −3.8
Majority 734 23.0 −15.5
Turnout 3,191 29.1
Labour hold Swing -7.7

Gorton North

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Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats J. Pearcey 2,619 53.0 +11.2
Labour A. Unwin* 1,621 32.8 −9.0
Independent T. Mooney 346 7.0 +7.0
Conservative A. Bourne 305 6.2 −0.6
Green M. R. Shaw 49 1.0 −1.5
Majority 998 20.2 +13.1
Turnout 4,940 45.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +10.1

Gorton South

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Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats J. Ashley* 2,125 52.7 +19.4
Labour B. Whitehead 1,606 39.8 −14.3
Conservative D. Jones 212 5.3 −3.3
Green T. E. Romagnuolo 88 2.2 −1.8
Majority 519 12.9 −7.8
Turnout 4,031 40.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +16.8

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Siddiqi* 1,546 58.3 −11.5
Conservative D. H. Keller 574 21.6 +4.9
Liberal Democrats N. Towers 405 15.3 +6.6
Green S. S. Fitzgibbon 128 4.8 0
Majority 972 36.6 −16.6
Turnout 2,653 31.1
Labour hold Swing -8.2

Hulme

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Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. R. Dungey 1,183 68.3 −4.1
Green V. Greenfield 225 13.0 −2.6
Conservative A. Pollitt 170 9.8 +3.0
Liberal Democrats D. P. Rudge 155 8.9 +3.7
Majority 958 55.3 −1.5
Turnout 1,733 25.5
Labour hold Swing -0.7

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats M. T. Rowles 2,911 61.6 +6.6
Labour H. Smith 1,235 26.1 −7.7
Conservative A. Malpas 366 7.7 +2.2
Green P. N. Thompson 211 4.5 −1.2
Majority 1,676 35.5 +14.3
Turnout 4,723 46.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Ind. Lib Dem Swing -7.1

Lightbowne

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Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. M. Inchbold 2,081 54.3 −11.1
Conservative M. P. Steadman 1,054 27.5 +8.9
Liberal Democrats P. G. Matthews 700 18.3 +7.4
Majority 1,027 26.8 −20.0
Turnout 3,835 39.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -10.0

Longsight

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Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. S. Strath* 2,107 52.1 −12.1
Conservative M. Naqui 1,013 25.4 +10.7
Green J. E. Denham 453 11.3 −3.1
Liberal Democrats B. I. Pierce 421 10.5 +3.9
Majority 1,094 27.4 −22.1
Turnout 3,994 35.5
Labour hold Swing -11.4

Moss Side

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Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. M. M. Nangle 2,382 82.8 +8.9
Conservative M. G. Barnes 274 9.5 0
Liberal Democrats I. C. Donaldson 220 7.6 +1.6
Majority 2,108 73.3 +8.9
Turnout 2,876 30.4
Labour hold Swing +4.4

Moston

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Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Cooper 2,167 49.9 −7.1
Conservative F. Frost 1,549 35.7 +3.9
Liberal Democrats E. L. B. Slater 624 14.4 +7.0
Majority 618 14.2 −11.0
Turnout 4,340 43.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -5.5

Newton Heath

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Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Rathbone 1,820 64.0 −13.0
Conservative R. Caddick 559 19.6 +6.9
Liberal Democrats K. W. Wadsworth 353 12.4 +6.6
Green S. Boulton 113 4.0 −0.5
Majority 1,261 44.3 −20.0
Turnout 2,845 30.2
Labour hold Swing -9.9

Northenden

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Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Kane 2,233 47.7 −8.0
Ind. Conservative A. A. Carroll* 1,346 28.8 +28.8
Conservative G. Parry 701 15.0 −18.6
Liberal Democrats J. P. Spurway 301 6.4 −0.3
Green G. Otten 96 2.1 −1.8
Majority 887 19.0 −3.1
Turnout 4,677 47.8
Labour gain from Ind. Conservative Swing -18.4

Old Moat

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Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. J. Spencer* 2,158 48.7 −7.6
Conservative G. H. Betton 1,360 30.7 +7.6
Liberal Democrats M. J. Sowemimo 651 14.7 +3.3
Green J. G. Booty 260 5.9 −3.2
Majority 798 18.0 −15.2
Turnout 4,429 40.8
Labour hold Swing -7.6

Rusholme

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Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Manning 1,848 53.3 −11.4
Liberal Democrats C. F. L. McGrath 742 21.4 +1.8
Conservative R. S. Norris 460 13.3 +13.3
Green B. S. Bingham 418 12.1 −3.6
Majority 1,106 31.9 −13.1
Turnout 3,468 35.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -6.6

Sharston

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Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. E. Keller 1,746 54.2 +0.1
Conservative T. J. Roberts 819 25.4 +5.3
Liberal Democrats I. G. Davies 472 14.6 +1.8
Green G. A. Lawson 186 5.8 −7.1
Majority 927 28.8 −5.2
Turnout 3,223 35.7
Labour hold Swing -2.6

Whalley Range

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Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Johnson 2,058 49.2 −4.9
Conservative J. Kershaw* 1,731 41.3 +9.1
Liberal Democrats S. C. Ashley 398 9.5 +3.2
Majority 327 7.8 −14.1
Turnout 4,187 45.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -7.0

Withington

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Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats D. J. Sandiford* 2,001 42.3 −1.1
Labour G. Betney 1,606 33.9 −2.6
Conservative P. W. Davies 823 17.4 +3.4
Green B. J. Ekbery 306 6.5 +0.3
Majority 395 8.3 +1.4
Turnout 4,736 44.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.7

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Bullows* 1,909 73.7 −0.9
Conservative L. Maguire 681 26.3 +26.3
Majority 1,228 47.4 −9.7
Turnout 2,590 29.8
Labour hold Swing -13.6

References

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  1. ^ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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