1999 Manchester City Council election explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

Election result

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

Party		Seats	+/-
		80	-3
		19	+3
	Labour hold

Ward results

Woodhouse Park

Notes and References

1. Manchester Evening News, 7 May 1999.
2. Web site: Manchester 1999 council election results . manchester.gov.uk . 2012-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020626192525/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/local/1999.htm . 2002-06-26.