Salford City Council elections

One third of Salford City Council in Greater Manchester, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	since 1973

Council elections

Borough result maps

2012 results map

By-election results

Cadishead By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		2,654	62.3	−21.1
	Conservative		1,141	26.8	+26.8
	Liberal Democrat		466	10.9	−5.7
Majority			1,512	35.5
Turnout			4,261
	Labour hold		Swing

Winton By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		3,963	68.3	−7.4
	Conservative		1,034	17.8	−4.7
	Liberal Democrat		807	13.9	+2.6
Majority			2,929	50.5
Turnout			5,804
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden North By-Election 4 December 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		705	78.6	−4.1
	Liberal Democrat		108	12.0	+4.8
	Conservative		84	9.4	−0.7
Majority			597	66.6
Turnout			897	10.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Barton By-Election 7 June 2001^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neville Clarke	2,070	64.1	+8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Powis	594	18.4	−2.0
	Conservative	Judith Tope	564	17.5	−6.6
Majority			1,476	45.7
Turnout			3,228	42.8	+24.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordsall By-Election 7 June 2001^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Slater	1,025	58.7	−6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Gibbons	587	33.6	+8.6
	Independent	Sheila Wallace	81	4.6	+4.6
	Socialist Alliance	Gary Duke	54	3.1	+3.1
Majority			438	25.1
Turnout			1,747
	Labour hold		Swing

Eccles By-Election 25 November 2004^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Murphy	842	40.4	+1.3
	Conservative	Michael Edwards	677	32.5	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah Rushton	566	27.1	−4.9
Majority			165	7.9
Turnout			2,085	26.3	−12.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Langworthy By-Election 10 March 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gina Loveday	720	55.4	+13.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Deas	410	31.6	+9.1
	Conservative	Jeremiah Horgan	169	13.0	−2.8
Majority			310	23.8
Turnout			1,303	14.8	−16.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordsall By-Election 10 March 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Harold	439	59.9	+21.3
	Liberal Democrat	Bernard Carson	144	19.6	−11.1
	Conservative	Johnathan Thomason	96	13.1	−3.6
	Green	Jadwiga Irksa	32	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Alan Valentine	22	3.0	−11.0
Majority			295	40.3
Turnout			734	12.6	−15.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton South By-Election 10 March 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Burgoyne	643	34.9	−2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph O'Neill	579	31.5	−0.8
	Conservative	Christopher Davies	543	29.5	+0.0
	Green	Ian Davies	76	4.1	+4.1
Majority			64	3.4
Turnout			1,843	22.1	−14.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Barton By-Election 29 September 2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norbert Potter	676	45.6	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Laurence	389	26.2	−4.1
	Conservative	Judith Tope	189	12.7	−13.0
	UKIP	Bernard Gill	137	9.2	+9.2
	Independent	Alan Valentine	93	6.3	+6.3
Majority			287	19.4
Turnout			1,489	17.1	−15.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendlebury By-Election 19 March 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ferguson	1,055	38.2	+1.3
	Conservative	Jillian Collinson	874	31.6	+0.4
	BNP	Eddy O'Sullivan	373	13.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Gregory	368	13.3	-0.9
	Independent	Stuart Cremins	49	1.8	-2.6
	Green	Diana Battersby	43	1.6	+1.6
Majority			181	6.6
Turnout			2,762	30.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Irwell Riverside By-Election 21 May 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Mold	606	37.6	-13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Middleton	293	18.2	-1.1
	BNP	Gary Tumulty	276	17.1	+3.8
	Conservative	Chris Bates	189	11.7	-4.7
	Green	Rob Mitchell	125	7.8	+7.8
	UKIP	Duran O'Dwyer	123	7.6	+7.6
Majority			313	19.4
Turnout			1,612	17.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Eccles By-election, 20 October 2011^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Wheeler	1,227	54.46
	Conservative	Nicholas Johnson	701	31.11
	BNP	Kay Pollitt	147	6.52
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Kelly	125	5.54
	Independent	Alan Dominic Valentine	53	2.35
Majority			526
Turnout			2,253

Weaste and Seedley By-election, 20 June 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Wilson	785	44.4	-10.3
	UKIP	Glyn Wright	401	22.7	+22.7
	Conservative	Adam Kennaugh	260	14.7	+2.0
	Green	Mary Ferrer	80	4.5	+4.5
	BNP	Kay Pollitt	74	4.2	-4.5
	Independent	Matt Simpson	64	3.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Kelly	58	3.3	-15.4
	TUSC	Terry Simmons	30	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Alan Valentine	15	0.8	+0.8
Majority			384
Turnout			1778	19.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Election followed the death of Councillor Janet Rochford (Labour).

Swinton South By-election, 7 January 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Blower	661	45.1	-0.5
	Conservative	Anne Broomhead	298	20.3	+4.3
	UKIP	Robert Wakefield	215	14.7	+14.7
	Green	Joe O'Neill	196	13.4	-3.4
	English Democrats	Paul Whitelegg	54	3.7	-1.1
	TUSC	Steve Cullen	43	2.9	+2.9
Majority			363
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Election followed the death of Councillor Norbert Potter (Labour).

References

↑ "Councillors". Salford City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
↑ "Salford". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
↑ "Salford City Council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
1 2 "Salford District Election Results - 7 June 2001". Salford City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
↑ "Results for the Eccles by-election: 25 November 2004". Salford City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
1 2 3 "Results for the by-elections: 10 March 2005". Salford City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
↑ "By-election: 29 September 2005". Salford City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
↑ "By-election results: 19 March 2009". Salford City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
↑ "By-election results: 21 May 2009". Salford City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
↑ http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/regional/vote-kay-pollitt-%E2%80%93-eccles-election-thursday-20-october

By-election results

External links

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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

Metropolitan districts of England

Districts	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

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