Salford City Council election, 2007
Elections to Salford Council were held on 3 May 2007 One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout was 28.1%.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 44
- Conservative 8
- Liberal Democrat 8
Election result
| Salford Local Election Result 2007 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Labour | 42 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 70 | 42.7 | 19,067 | |||
| Conservative | 10 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 16.7 | 29.6 | 14,163 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.3 | 25.8 | 10,484 | |||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 1,372 | |||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 708 | |||
| Community Action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1,185 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 517 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 234 | |||
| English Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 210 | |||
Ward results
| Barton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Norbert Potter* | 1,026 | 44.2 | ||
| Conservative | Abdul Mannan | 498 | 21.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Ronald Benjamin | 453 | 19.5 | ||
| UKIP | Alan Valentine | 345 | 14.9 | ||
| Majority | 528 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,322 | 26.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Boothstown and Ellenbrook | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robin Garrido* | 1,520 | 58.9 | ||
| Labour | Philip Cusack | 518 | 20.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Matthew Drake | 404 | 15.7 | ||
| Green | Roy Battersby | 137 | 5.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,002 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,579 | 34.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Broughton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Charles McIntyre | 1,196 | 61.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Bernard Carson | 471 | 24.4 | ||
| Conservative | Colin Moore | 266 | 13.8 | ||
| Majority | 725 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,933 | 25.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Cadishead | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 895 | 36.8 | ||
| Labour | Christine Hudson* | 888 | 36.5 | ||
| Community Action | Chris Dickenson | 496 | 20.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Linda Fernley | 155 | 6.4 | ||
| Majority | 7 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,434 | 33.3 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Claremont | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Janice Taylor | 995 | 37.6 | ||
| Labour | Peter Wheeler | 845 | 31.9 | ||
| Conservative | Tim Perkins | 492 | 18.6 | ||
| BNP | Edward O'Sullivan | 316 | 11.9 | ||
| Majority | 150 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,648 | 32.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Eccles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ann Davies | 1,303 | 43.8 | ||
| Labour | Eddie Sheehy* | 1,180 | 39.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Mariska Jones | 489 | 16.5 | ||
| Majority | 123 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,972 | 35.9 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Irlam | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Joseph Kean* | 846 | 38.9 | ||
| Community Action | Rick Houlton | 689 | 31.7 | ||
| Conservative | Joyce Collins | 482 | 22.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Melanie Owen | 159 | 7.3 | ||
| Majority | 157 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,176 | 30 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Irwell Riverside | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Joseph Murphy* | 1,051 | 56.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Kenneth McKelvey | 399 | 21.4 | ||
| BNP | Anthony Healey | 212 | 11.4 | ||
| Conservative | Nicolette Turner | 202 | 10.8 | ||
| Majority | 652 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,864 | 21.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Kersal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | George Wilson* | 1,059 | 42.2 | ||
| Conservative | Shneur Odze | 1,025 | 40.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Harold Kershner | 426 | 17.0 | ||
| Majority | 34 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,510 | 31.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Langworthy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gina Loveday* | 1,038 | 48.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Lynn Drake | 830 | 38.5 | ||
| Conservative | Helen Vernon | 288 | 13.4 | ||
| Majority | 208 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,156 | 24.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Little Hulton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alice Smyth* | 1,050 | 53.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | David Cowpe | 337 | 17.0 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Cheetham | 321 | 16.2 | ||
| BNP | Vinnie Coleman | 275 | 13.9 | ||
| Majority | 713 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,983 | 22.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Ordsall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Dobbs* | 688 | 55.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Plaister | 242 | 19.4 | ||
| Conservative | Yan Cockayne | 207 | 16.6 | ||
| UKIP | Duran O'Dwyer | 110 | 8.8 | ||
| Majority | 446 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,247 | 20.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Pendlebury | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Maureen Lea* | 1,167 | 46.1 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Allcock | 592 | 23.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Katherine Ferrer | 429 | 16.9 | ||
| BNP | Wayne Taylor | 344 | 13.6 | ||
| Majority | 575 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,532 | 28.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Swinton North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | James Dawson* | 1,295 | 50.3 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Edwards | 652 | 25.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Tamara Cooke | 629 | 24.4 | ||
| Majority | 643 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,576 | 30.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Swinton South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Steve Cooke | 1,114 | 41.6 | ||
| Labour | John Cullen* | 750 | 28.0 | ||
| Conservative | Christine Allcock | 372 | 13.9 | ||
| Independent | Dave Kelly | 234 | 8.7 | ||
| English Democrats | Chris Roscoe | 210 | 7.8 | ||
| Majority | 364 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,680 | 32.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Walkden North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | William Pennington* | 1,123 | 49.6 | ||
| Conservative | Judith Tope | 609 | 26.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Pauline Ogden | 279 | 12.3 | ||
| UKIP | Bernard Gill | 253 | 11.2 | ||
| Majority | 514 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,264 | 27.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Walkden South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Iain Lindley* | 1,578 | 51.0 | ||
| Labour | Adrian Brocklehurst | 839 | 27.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Susan Carson | 274 | 8.9 | ||
| BNP | Tommy Cavanagh | 225 | 7.3 | ||
| Green | Simon Battersby | 179 | 5.8 | ||
| Majority | 739 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,095 | 38.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Weaste & Seedley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Ainsworth* | 1,086 | 45.0 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Race | 997 | 41.4 | ||
| Conservative | Hilary Brunyee | 328 | 13.6 | ||
| Majority | 89 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,411 | 29.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Winton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Paula Boshell | 941 | 41.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | John Pooley* | 886 | 39.0 | ||
| Conservative | Gary Green | 447 | 19.7 | ||
| Majority | 55 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,274 | 26.2 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Worsley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian MacDonald* | 2,086 | 63.5 | ||
| Labour | Warren Coates | 570 | 17.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Christine Corry | 427 | 13.0 | ||
| Green | Diana Battersby | 201 | 6.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,516 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,284 | 40.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Results for the election held on 3 May 2007". Salford City Council. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
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