1992 Manchester City Council election
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Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1996. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council. [1]
Election result[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 27 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 79.4 | 48.9 | 43,405 | -1.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 14.7 | 18.8 | 16,727 | -0.8% | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 29.1 | 25,841 | +4.8% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2,562 | -1.3% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 262 | -0.1% |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 80 | -3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 12 | +3 | |
Conservative | 5 | 0 | |
Independent Labour | 2 | 0 | |
Labour hold |
Ward results[]
Ardwick[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Hopkins* | 1,010 | 72.6 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | M. Payne | 206 | 14.8 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Ford | 115 | 8.3 | -3.2 | |
Green | A. Salter | 61 | 4.4 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 804 | 57.8 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,392 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.3 |
Baguley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Burns* | 1,285 | 53.3 | -11.9 | |
Conservative | V. Kirby | 912 | 37.8 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Leech | 170 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Green | J. Booty | 45 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 373 | 15.5 | -15.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,412 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Barlow Moor[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | S. Wheale | 1,644 | 48.5 | +2.6 | |
Labour | G. Betney | 1,128 | 33.3 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | N. Murphy | 489 | 14.4 | -1.5 | |
Green | H. Bramwell | 127 | 3.7 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 516 | 15.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,388 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +0.7 |
Benchill[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V. Myers* | 979 | 67.8 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | T. Roberts | 311 | 21.5 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Dunn | 154 | 10.7 | -3.9 | |
Majority | 668 | 46.3 | -10.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,444 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.0 |
Beswick and Clayton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Flanagan* | 1,182 | 63.1 | -2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | K. Dobson | 376 | 20.1 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | D. Russell | 315 | 16.8 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 806 | 43.0 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,873 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.7 |
Blackley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Barnes* | 1,228 | 54.4 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | K. Potter | 792 | 35.1 | +11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | K. Wadsworth | 239 | 10.6 | -9.5 | |
Majority | 436 | 19.3 | -13.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,259 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.7 |
Bradford[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Kelly | 992 | 62.9 | -7.5 | |
Conservative | C. Birchenough | 373 | 23.7 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Dunican | 163 | 10.3 | -1.2 | |
Green | M. Daw | 48 | 3.0 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 619 | 39.3 | -15.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,576 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.8 |
Brooklands[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Cummins* | 2,033 | 54.3 | +8.7 | |
Labour | A. Harding | 1,426 | 38.1 | -2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | H. McKay | 207 | 5.5 | -4.4 | |
Green | R. Cooke | 76 | 2.0 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 607 | 16.2 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,742 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.8 |
Burnage[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Williams | 1,363 | 43.0 | -3.5 | |
Conservative | J. Leach | 1,282 | 40.5 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Harrison | 418 | 13.2 | -1.2 | |
Green | P. Thompson | 104 | 3.3 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 81 | 3.0 | -8.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,167 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 |
Central[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Conquest* | 883 | 72.5 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | A. Hudson | 172 | 14.1 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Bridges | 111 | 9.1 | -2.0 | |
Green | P. Harrison | 52 | 4.3 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 711 | 58.4 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,218 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 |
Charlestown[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Hackett | 1,294 | 53.5 | -1.8 | |
Labour | E. Curley* | 1,288 | |||
Conservative | V. Clarke | 892 | 36.9 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | H. Coombes | 800 | |||
Liberal Democrats | J. Laslett | 231 | 9.6 | -8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Thornhill | 200 | |||
Majority | 396 | 16.6 | -11.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,417 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.8 |
Cheetham[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Eko | 1,201 | 68.8 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | K. Hyde | 339 | 19.4 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Clayton | 205 | 11.7 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 862 | 49.4 | -12.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,745 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.3 |
Chorlton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Langford | 2,214 | 50.7 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | I. Bradshaw | 1,548 | 35.5 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Oliver | 310 | 7.1 | -6.1 | |
Green | B. Candeland | 294 | 6.7 | -7.0 | |
Majority | 666 | 15.3 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,366 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Crumpsall[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Leese* | 1,575 | 52.0 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | P. Wells | 1,224 | 40.4 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Gordon | 231 | 7.6 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 351 | 11.6 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,030 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Didsbury[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Hilton* | 2,514 | 50.2 | -1.3 | |
Labour | G. Bridson | 1,586 | 31.7 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Lawley | 778 | 15.5 | +3.6 | |
Green | R. Goater | 131 | 2.6 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 928 | 18.5 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,009 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.3 |
Fallowfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Done | 1,329 | 56.2 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | J. Nelson | 638 | 27.0 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Jones | 396 | 17.0 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 691 | 29.2 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,363 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Gorton North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | I. Donaldson | 1,763 | 50.5 | -2.5 | |
Labour | T. Hamnett* | 1,403 | 40.2 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | R. West | 278 | 8.0 | +1.8 | |
Green | S. Fitzgibbon | 45 | 1.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 360 | 10.3 | -9.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,489 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -4.9 |
Gorton South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | S. Ashley | 1,559 | 49.5 | -3.2 | |
Labour | B. Stone* | 1,331 | 42.2 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | R. Ignatowicz | 188 | 6.0 | +0.7 | |
Green | M. Shaw | 73 | 2.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 228 | 7.2 | -5.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,151 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -2.8 |
Harpurhey[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Stringer* | 1,096 | 53.9 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | D. Keller | 486 | 23.9 | +2.3 | |
Independent | A. Shannon | 262 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | V. Towers | 189 | 9.3 | -6.0 | |
Majority | 610 | 30.0 | -6.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,033 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Hulme[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Rowswell | 763 | 68.3 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | D. Williams | 150 | 13.4 | +3.6 | |
Green | P. Williamson | 117 | 10.5 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | I. Newton | 87 | 7.8 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 613 | 54.9 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,117 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Levenshulme[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | J. Commons* | 2,105 | 56.6 | -5.0 | |
Labour | J. Brown | 1,024 | 27.5 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | A. Soane | 408 | 11.0 | +3.3 | |
Green | L. Crookes | 185 | 5.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,081 | 29.0 | -6.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,722 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Lightbowne[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Risby* | 1,709 | 58.4 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | M. Steadman | 929 | 31.7 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Matthews | 288 | 9.8 | -8.5 | |
Majority | 780 | 26.7 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,926 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.0 |
Longsight[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Robinson* | 1,673 | 54.0 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | M. Naqui | 976 | 31.5 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Pierce | 265 | 8.6 | -1.9 | |
Green | J. Denham | 184 | 5.9 | -5.4 | |
Majority | 697 | 22.5 | -4.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,098 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Moss Side[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V. Young* | 1,331 | 74.4 | -8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Neal | 308 | 17.2 | +9.6 | |
Green | P. Boast | 149 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 1,023 | 57.2 | -16.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,788 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.0 |
Moston[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Enderby | 1,546 | 50.4 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | F. Frost | 1,269 | 41.3 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | N. Towers | 254 | 8.3 | -6.1 | |
Majority | 277 | 9.0 | -5.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,069 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.5 |
Newton Heath[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Smith* | 1,153 | 63.6 | -0.4 | |
Conservative | P. Leach | 469 | 25.9 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Turner | 192 | 10.6 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 684 | 37.7 | -6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,814 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Northenden[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Bracegirdle | 1,733 | 49.9 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | R. Caddick | 1,426 | 41.0 | +26.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Ford | 240 | 6.9 | +0.5 | |
Green | G. Otten | 76 | 2.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 307 | 8.8 | -10.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,475 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.9 |
Old Moat[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Harrison* | 1,828 | 51.3 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | G. Betton | 1,096 | 30.7 | +0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Johnston | 450 | 12.6 | -2.1 | |
Green | S. Buchan | 191 | 5.4 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 732 | 20.5 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,565 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Rusholme[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Y. Mambu* | 1,104 | 43.5 | -9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Chowdhury | 799 | 31.5 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | R. Norris | 444 | 17.5 | +4.2 | |
Green | B. Bingham | 192 | 7.6 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 305 | 12.0 | -19.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,539 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.9 |
Sharston[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Berry* | 1,149 | 47.3 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | A. Bourne | 943 | 38.8 | +13.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Toole | 235 | 9.7 | -4.9 | |
Green | G. Lawson | 104 | 4.3 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 206 | 8.5 | -20.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,431 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.1 |
Whalley Range[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Fry* | 1,763 | 49.7 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | J. Kershaw | 1,454 | 41.0 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. West | 224 | 6.3 | -3.2 | |
Green | C. Collis | 109 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 309 | 8.7 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,550 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Withington[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | A. Firth* | 1,642 | 44.5 | +2.2 | |
Labour | H. Smith | 1,078 | 29.2 | -4.7 | |
Conservative | P. Davies | 769 | 20.9 | +3.5 | |
Green | B. Ekbery | 199 | 5.4 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 564 | 15.3 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,688 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Woodhouse Park[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V. Dunn | 1,046 | 53.9 | -19.8 | |
Conservative | A. Langan | 516 | 26.6 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | W. Ford | 379 | 19.5 | +19.5 | |
Majority | 530 | 27.3 | -20.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,941 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.0 |
References[]
- ^ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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- 1992 English local elections
- Manchester City Council elections
- 1990s in Manchester