Salford City Council election, 2002

Elections to Salford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council.^[1] Overall turnout was 25.07%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	1	1	0	90.0	52.9	21,254	+9.0%
	Liberal Democrat	2	1	0	+1	10.0	25.5	10,247	+1.0%
	Conservative	0	0	1	-1	0	17.8	7,162	-9.9%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	645	-0.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	596	+1.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	141	+0.4%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	119	+0.3%

Ward results

Barton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jolley	1,097	66.1	+10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Mathieson	308	18.6	-1.8
	Conservative	Leslie Taylor	255	15.4	-8.6
Majority			789	47.5	+16.0
Turnout			1,660	22.1	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackfriars
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Murphy	840	73.6	+14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Riding	209	18.3	-22.2
	Liberal	Paul Rigby	92	8.1	+8.1
Majority			631	55.3	+34.3
Turnout			1,141	19.9	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Merry	963	70.7	-2.5
	Independent	Sydney Hastings	222	16.3	+16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jatinder Seehra	177	13.0	-13.8
Majority			739	54.4	+8.0
Turnout			1,362	24.0	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadishead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Mann	938	50.2
	Conservative	Thomas Holt	603	32.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Wenham	163	8.7
	Independent	Neil Taylor	163	8.7
Majority			335	17.9
Turnout			1,867	28.7	+5.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Perkins	1,531	56.4	+7.7
	Labour	Peter Wheeler	1,185	43.6	+15.1
Majority			346	12.8	-7.4
Turnout			2,716	28.1	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Eccles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Broughton	1,395	56.1	+10.5
	Conservative	Michael Edwards	619	24.9	-10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Lomax	473	19.0	+0.1
Majority			776	31.2	+21.1
Turnout			2,487	27.7	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Irlam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Kean	922	49.5	-0.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	596	32.0	-4.7
	Independent	Nicholas Wood	182	9.8	+9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Wenham	164	8.8	-4.4
Majority			326	17.5	+4.1
Turnout			1,864	25.4	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Kersal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Connor	1,576	73.2	+16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Carson	578	26.8	+12.5
Majority			998	46.4	+12.7
Turnout			2,154	25.3	+7.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Langworthy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Salmon	545	48.4	+6.1
	Liberal	Christopher Barnes	290	25.7	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Flint	257	22.8	-1.4
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Hayes	35	3.1	+3.1
Majority			255	22.7	+13.9
Turnout			1,127	21.1	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Hulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Fernandez	885	66.2	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Blainey	230	17.2	+2.6
	Conservative	Walter Edwards	222	16.6	-3.7
Majority			655	49.0	+4.2
Turnout			1,337	19.1	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Slater	520	60.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Gibbons	257	29.7	+20.3
	Liberal	Philippa Hanley	60	6.9	-1.4
	Independent	Sheilah Wallace	29	3.3	+3.3
Majority			263	30.3	+6.0
Turnout			866	17.4	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendlebury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Warner	1,589	63.3	+12.8
	Liberal Democrat	James Gregory	471	18.8	-4.0
	Conservative	Marjorie Weston	449	17.9	-8.8
Majority			1,118	44.5	+20.7
Turnout			2,509	24.4	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hulmes	916	68.6	+12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Lynn Drake	335	25.1	+11.9
	Socialist Alliance	James Knowles	84	6.3	+6.3
Majority			581	43.5	+4.3
Turnout			1,335	20.3	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Antrobus	1,298	58.5	+9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Gregory	477	21.5	-0.4
	Conservative	Wendy Powell	445	20.0	-9.4
Majority			821	37.0	+17.6
Turnout			2,220	24.9	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cullen	1,216	45.3	+8.4
	Conservative	Peter Allcock	912	34.0	-8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Gregory	555	20.7	+0.3
Majority			304	11.3	+5.5
Turnout			2,683	27.5	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Pennington	1,251	70.6	+19.3
	Conservative	Declan Harrington	261	14.7	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Ogden	260	14.7	+6.1
Majority			990	55.9	+28.5
Turnout			1,772	21.9	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Burgoyne	1,341	45.2	+5.2
	Conservative	John Mosley	961	32.4	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Brown	663	22.4	+0.4
Majority			380	12.8	+5.7
Turnout			2,965	24.6	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Weaste & Seedley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Ullman	969	46.4	+13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Powls	916	43.9	-1.4
	Liberal	Andrew Priest	203	9.7	+9.7
Majority			53	2.5	-9.7
Turnout			2,088	28.8	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Winton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Wilkinson	1,172	58.5	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sara Bradbury	451	22.5	-3.5
	Conservative	Judith Tope	379	18.9	-5.1
Majority			721	36.0	+12.0
Turnout			2,002	22.6	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley & Boothstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Boyd	1,772	44.2	+2.3
	Conservative	Beryl Howard	1,460	36.4	-9.0
	Labour	Warren Coates	636	15.9	+3.2
	Green	Ian Davies	141	3.5	+3.5
Majority			312	7.8	+4.3
Turnout			4,009	35.9	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

1 2 "Salford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-15.

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