Salford City Council election, 2008

Elections to Salford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party lost six seats but stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.3%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	16	0	6	-6	50.0	34.8	17,899	-4.7%
	Conservative	2	3	0	+3	25.0	34.0	17,472	+4.6%
	Liberal Democrat	2	2	0	+2	20.0	21.3	10,949	-0.4%
	Community Action	0	1	0	+1	5.0	3.5	1,805
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	1,871
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	1,238
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	149

Ward results

Barton ward

Barton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mullen	1,039	41.0	-3.2
	Conservative	Abdul Mannan	701	27.7	+6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Benjamin	489	19.3	-0.2
	Independent	Alan Valentine	303	12.0	-2.9
Majority			338	13.3
Turnout				28.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Boothstown And Ellenbrook ward

Boothstown And Ellenbrook ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Cheetham	1,867	67.7	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Connett	452	16.4	+0.7
	Labour	Abdul Shahid	437	15.9	-4.2
Majority			1,415	51.3
Turnout				36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broughton ward

Broughton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jim King	1,185	58.1	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Bernard Carson	472	23.1	-1.2
	Conservative	David Wolfson	383	18.8	+5.0
Majority			713	35.0
Turnout				26.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Cadishead ward

Cadishead ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lyn Bramer-Kelly	1,047	38.9	+2.0
	Labour	Jimmy Hunt	865	32.1	-4.4
	Community Action	Chris Dickenson	653	24.2	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Melanie Owen	130	4.8	-1.6
Majority			182	6.8
Turnout				36.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Claremont ward

Claremont ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Owen	1,277	42.8	+5.2
	Labour	Peter Wheeler	737	24.7	-7.2
	Conservative	Chris Allcock	525	17.6	-1.0
	BNP	Edward O’Sullivan	295	9.9	-2.0
	UKIP	Robert Wakefield	149	5.0	N/A
Majority			540	18.1
Turnout				36.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eccles ward

Eccles ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Tope	1,422	46.7	+2.9
	Labour	Alan Broughton	1,144	37.6	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Ferrer	479	15.7	-0.7
Majority			278	9.1
Turnout				36.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Irlam ward

Irlam ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Rick Houlton	1,152	41.2	+9.6
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	832	29.8	+7.6
	Labour	Roger Jones	650	23.3	-15.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mariska Jones	161	5.8	-1.6
Majority			320	11.4
Turnout				38.4
	Community Action gain from Labour		Swing

Irwell Riverside ward

Irwell Riverside ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Coen	888	50.9	-5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Mckelvey	337	19.3	-2.1
	Conservative	David Lewis	286	16.4	+5.6
	BNP	Anthony Healey	233	13.4	+2.0
Majority			551	31.6
Turnout				20.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Kersal ward

Kersal ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Connor	1,385	49.7	+7.5
	Conservative	Shneur Odze	1,046	37.5	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Harold Kershner	356	12.8	-4.2
Majority			339	12.2
Turnout				34.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Langworthy ward

Langworthy ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lynn Drake	1,049	46.5	+8.0
	Labour	Andy, Salmon	878	38.9	-9.2
	Conservative	Helen Vernon	330	14.6	+1.3
Majority			171	7.6
Turnout				24.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Little Hulton ward

Little Hulton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Ryan	1,021	46.8	-6.2
	Conservative	Elaine West	488	22.4	+6.2
	BNP	Vinnie Coleman	404	18.5	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Carson	270	12.4	-4.6
Majority			533	24.4
Turnout				23.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordsall ward

Ordsall ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Mashiter	860	54.9	-0.3
	Conservative	Yan Cockayne	358	22.9	+6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Liam Starkey	348	22.2	+2.8
Majority			502	32.0
Turnout				23.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendlebury ward

Pendlebury ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Warner	975	36.9	-9.2
	Conservative	Peter Allcock	826	31.2	+7.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Corry	375	14.2	-2.8
	BNP	Wayne Taylor	352	13.3	-0.3
	Independent	Stuart Cremins	117	4.4	(+4.4)
Majority			149	5.7
Turnout				29.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton North ward

Swinton North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Antrobus	1,122	41.7	-8.6
	Conservative	Shirley Walsh	947	35.2	+9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Tamara Cooke	624	23.2	-1.3
Majority			175	6.5
Turnout				31.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton South ward

Swinton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Martin O’Neill	1,150	43.1	+1.6
	Labour	Valerie Burgoyne	642	24.1	-3.9
	Conservative	Hilary Brunyee	527	19.8	+5.9
	Independent	Dave Kelly	347	13.0	+4.3
Majority			508	19.0
Turnout				32.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Walkden North ward

Walkden North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Devine	1,033	47.3	-2.3
	Conservative	Eileen MacDonald	756	34.6	+7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Fernley	395	18.1	+5.8
Majority			277	12.7
Turnout				26.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden South ward

Walkden South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicky Turner	1,649	50.6	-0.4
	Labour	Brendan Ryan	815	25.0	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Ogden	458	14.1	+5.2
	BNP	Tommy Cavanagh	336	10.3	+3.0
Majority			834	25.6
Turnout				40.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Weaste And Seedley ward

Weaste And Seedley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Heywood	1,282	52.5	+7.5
	Labour Co-op	Tony Harold	682	27.9	-13.4
	Conservative	Heather Grant	478	19.6	+6.0
Majority			600	24.6
Turnout				29.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Winton ward

Winton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lancaster	959	36.3	-5.1
	Conservative	Gary Green	593	22.4	+2.8
	Independent	Paul Doyle	471	17.8	(+17.8)
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Plaister	369	14.0	-25.0
	BNP	Thomas Williams	251	9.5	(+9.5)
Majority			366	13.9
Turnout				30.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley ward

Worsley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Garrido	2,411	69.5	+6.0
	Labour	John Ferguson	582	16.8	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Mulleady	476	13.7	+0.7
Majority			1,829	52.7
Turnout				42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Council elections in Greater Manchester

Bolton	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Bury	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Manchester	1945 1946 1947 1949 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Oldham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Rochdale	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Salford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Stockport	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tameside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Trafford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Wigan	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Greater Manchester	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2007 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2008 (→ 2009)

Metropolitan borough elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Derby Durham Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Northumberland Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham

District councils	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Craven Crawley Daventry Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Purbeck Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest

Welsh councils	Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taff Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham

Mayoral elections	London

Regional assembly elections	London Assembly

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, December 06, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.