Salford City Council elections

Salford City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Salford City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2020, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Political control

From 1889 to 1974 Salford was a county borough, independent of any county council.^[2] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with Greater Manchester County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Salford became a unitary authority. The Labour Party has held a majority of the seats on the city council since the reforms of 1974:^[3][4]

Party		Period
	Labour	1974–present

Leadership

Main article: Mayor of Salford

Prior to 2012, political leadership was provided by the leader of the council. The leaders from 1974 to 2012 were:^[5]

Councillor	Party		From	To
Les Hough^[6]		Labour	1974	26 Apr 1987
Ken Edwards^[7]		Labour	20 May 1987	May 1988
Bill Hinds^[8]^[9]		Labour	May 1988	May 2003
John Merry		Labour	May 2003	6 May 2012

In 2012 the council changed to having a directly elected mayor. The mayors since 2012 have been:

Mayor	Party		From	To
Ian Stewart		Labour	7 May 2012	8 May 2016
Paul Dennett		Labour	9 May 2016

Council elections

• 1998
• 1999
• 2000
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004 (boundary changes took place for this election)^[10]
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2018
• 2019
• 2021 (boundary changes took place for this election)^[1]
• 2022
• 2023

Borough result maps

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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map

By-election results

May 1996 to May 1998

Cadishead By-election 1 May 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		2,654	62.3	−21.1
	Conservative		1,141	26.8	+26.8
	Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats		108	12.0	+4.8
	Conservative		84	9.4	−0.7
Majority			597	66.6
Turnout			897	10.5
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2000 to May 2002

Barton By-election 7 June 2001^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neville Clarke	2,070	64.1	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	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^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Slater	1,025	58.7	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	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

May 2004 to May 2006

Eccles By-election 25 November 2004^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Murphy	842	40.4	+1.3
	Conservative	Michael Edwards	677	32.5	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Rushton	566	27.1	−4.9
Majority			165	7.9
Turnout			2,085	26.3	−12.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Langworthy By-election 10 March 2005^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gina Loveday	720	55.4	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	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^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Harold	439	59.9	+21.3
	Liberal Democrats	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^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Burgoyne	643	34.9	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	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^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norbert Potter	676	45.6	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	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

May 2008 to May 2010

Pendlebury by-election 19 March 2009^[15][16]

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 Democrats	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^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Mold	606	37.6	-13.3
	Liberal Democrats	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

May 2010 to May 2011

Walkden North by-election, 3 March 2011^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brendan Patrick Ryan	1,291
	Conservative	Chris Bates	209
	English Democrat	Laurence Depares	125
	BNP	Keith Fairhurst	92
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carson	62
Majority			1,082
Turnout			1,786	20.9
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2011 to May 2012

Eccles By-election, 20 October 2011^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Wheeler	1,227	54.46
	Conservative	Nicholas Johnson	701	31.11
	BNP	Kay Pollitt	147	6.52
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Kelly	125	5.54
	Independent	Alan Dominic Valentine	53	2.35
Majority			526
Turnout			2,253	25.15

May 2012 to May 2014

Weaste and Seedley By-election, 20 June 2013^[20]

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 Democrats	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).

Weaste and Seedley By-election, 10 October 2013^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Hesling	803	52.9
	UKIP	Glyn Wright	280	18.4
	Conservative	Adam Kennaugh	240	15.8
	Independent	Matt Simpson	96	6.3
	Green	Andrew Olsen	42	2.8
	BNP	Kay Pollitt	29	1.9
	TUSC	Terry Simmons	24	1.4
Majority			523	34.5
Turnout			1,518	16.6
	Labour hold		Swing

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 Democrat	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).

May 2016 to May 2018

Kersal By-election, 2 March 2017^[22][23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arnold Saunders	850	42.0	-1.4
	Labour	Mike Pevitt	553	27.3	-21.5
	Independent	Jonny Wineberg	354	17.5	+17.5
	UKIP	Christopher Barnes	182	9.0	+9.0
	Green	Jason Reading	48	2.4	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Slack	39	1.9	+1.9
Majority			297	14.6
Turnout			2,033	24.12
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Election followed the death of Councillor Harry Davies (Labour).

Claremont By-election, 8 June 2017^[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Andrew Reynolds	3,300	61.58
	Conservative	Charlotte Woods	1,455	27.15
	Liberal Democrats	Stef Lorenz	319	5.95
	Green	Daniel Towers	236	4.40
	The Republic Party	Stuart Cremins	49	0.91
Majority			1,845	34.43
Turnout			5,384	65
	Labour hold		Swing

Election follows the resignation of Councillor Sareda Dirir (Labour).

Claremont By-election, 5 October 2017^[27][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Pevitt	718	46.50
	Conservative	Charlotte Woods	447	28.95
	Independent	Mary Ferrer	171	11.08
	Liberal Democrats	Stef Lorenz	162	10.49
	Green	Daniel Towers	46	2.98
Majority			271	17.55
Turnout			1,550	18.53
	Labour hold		Swing

Election followed the death of Councillor Joe Murphy (Labour).

Langworthy By-election, 14 December 2017^[29][30][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilson Nkurunziza	601	57.7
	Conservative	James Ian Mount	183	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Overend	125	12.0
	Green	Ian Pattinson	72	6.9
	Independent	Michael James Felse	55	5.3
Majority			476	45.7
Turnout			1,041	11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Election followed the death of Councillor Paul Longshaw (Labour).

May 2018 to May 2019

Eccles By-election, 27 September 2018^[32][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike McCusker*	1,071	54.5
	Conservative	Andrew Darlington	474	24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Overend	156	7.9
	Green	Helen Alker	123	6.2
	UKIP	Keith Hallam	100	5.1
	Women's Equality	Caroline Stephanie Dean	39	2
Majority			597	30.4
Turnout			1966	20.92
	Labour hold		Swing

Election followed the resignation of Councillor Peter Wheeler (Labour).

May 2021 to May 2022

Blackfriars and Trinity By-election, 4 November 2021^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roseanna Wain	408	51.8	-2.3
	Green	David Jones	160	20.3	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Allen	152	19.3	+13.0
	Conservative	Christopher Bates	68	8.6	+0.8
Majority			248	31.5
Turnout			788	10.1
	Labour hold		Swing	2.1

Election followed the death of Councillor Raymond Walker (Labour).

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• By-election results 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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