1995_Manchester_City_Council_election

1995 Manchester City Council election

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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]

Ward results

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Manchester Evening News, 5 May 1995.

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"By-election past results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

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	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%

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

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

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

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

1995_Manchester_City_Council_election

1995 Manchester City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Ardwick

Baguley

Barlow Moor

Benchill

Beswick and Clayton

Blackley

Bradford

Brooklands

Burnage

Central

Charlestown

Cheetham

Chorlton

Crumpsall

Didsbury

Fallowfield

Gorton North

Gorton South

Harpurhey

Hulme

Levenshulme

Lightbowne

Longsight

Moss Side

Moston

Newton Heath

Northenden

Old Moat

Rusholme

Sharston

Whalley Range

Withington

Woodhouse Park

By-elections between 1995 and 1996

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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

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
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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing	+2.5

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

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

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

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

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