Elections-1998
*Denotes Retiring Councillor
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CADISHEAD WARD
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Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 6,600
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Tony Gillings
|
Liberal Democrat
|
130
|
|
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*Arnold Holt
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Labour
|
878
|
Elected
|
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Thomas E Holt
|
Conservative
|
410
|
|
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Percentage poll 21.48%
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|
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Total votes cast: 1,404
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IRLAM WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 7,171
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Joseph M Kean
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Labour
|
1128
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Elected
|
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Julie Wenham
|
Liberal Democrat
|
276
|
|
|
Percentage poll 19.58%
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|
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Total votes cast 1,601
|
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WINTON WARD
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Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 9,305
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Patricia Kershaw
|
Conservative
|
267
|
|
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*Vincent Prior
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Labour
|
1113
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Elected
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William J Wain
|
Liberal Democrat
|
221
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|
|
Percentage poll 17.21%
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|
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Total votes cast 1,601
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BARTON WARD
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Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 7,842
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|
Ruth N Brook
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Conservative
|
179
|
|
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*Robert B Carter
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Labour
|
1100
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Elected
|
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David A Cowpe
|
Liberal Democrat
|
144
|
|
|
Percentage poll 18.15%
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|
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Total votes cast 1,423
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ECCLES WARD
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Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 9,191
|
|
Graham Bates
|
Liberal Democrat
|
335
|
|
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*Charles E Johnson
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Labour
|
1163
|
Elected
|
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John J Marshall
|
Conservative
|
410
|
|
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Percentage poll 20.76%
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|
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Total votes cast 1,908
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SWINTON SOUTH WARD
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Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 9,921
|
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Paul J Gregory
|
Liberal Democrat
|
339
|
|
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Keith Mann
|
Labour
|
997
|
Elected
|
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Christine G Upton
|
Conservative
|
672
|
|
|
Percentage poll 19.79%
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|
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Total votes cast 1,963
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PENDLEBURY WARD
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Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 10,728
|
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Christine Kay
|
Liberal Democrat
|
244
|
|
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Barry Warner
|
Labour
|
1466
|
Elected
|
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Marjorie E Weston
|
Conservative
|
300
|
|
|
Percentage poll 18.96%
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|
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Total votes cast 2,010
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SWINTON NORTH WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 9,109
|
|
*Derek Antrobus
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Labour
|
1209
|
Elected
|
|
Neil Levay
|
Conservative
|
301
|
|
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Nina N Richards
|
Liberal Democrat
|
245
|
|
|
Percentage poll 19.27%
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Total votes cast 1,755
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WORSLEY & BOOTHSTOWN WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 11,043
|
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*Robert D Boyd
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1820
|
Elected
|
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Eric Burgoyne
|
Labour
|
557
|
|
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Karen M Garrido
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Conservative
|
902
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|
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Percentage poll 29.69%
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|
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Total votes cast 3,279
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WALKDEN SOUTH WARD
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Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 11,860
|
|
*Valerie M Burgoyne
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Labour
|
1296
|
Elected
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Adrian P McDermott
|
Liberal Democrat
|
490
|
|
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John G Mosley
|
Conservative
|
582
|
|
|
Percentage poll 19.97
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|
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Total votes cast 2,368
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WALKDEN NORTH WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 8,570
|
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Philip A Hall
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Conservative
|
158
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|
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*William B Pennington
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Labour
|
1185
|
Elected
|
|
Michael R Wilde
|
Liberal Democrat
|
149
|
|
|
Percentage poll 17.41%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,492
|
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LITTLE HULTON WARD
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Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 7.688
|
|
Edward Dippnall
|
Liberal Democrat
|
109
|
|
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Yvonne Dippnall
|
Liberal Democrat
|
117
|
|
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Doris Fernandez
|
Labour
|
859
|
Elected
|
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Robert McHale
|
Conservative
|
209
|
|
|
David Stirrup
|
Conservative
|
226
|
|
|
*Marion Wordsworth
|
Labour
|
755
|
Elected
|
|
Percentage poll 16.97%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 2,275
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KERSAL WARD
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Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 8,715
|
|
*Peter Connor
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Labour
|
1321
|
Elected
|
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Lynn E Drake
|
Liberal Democrat
|
130
|
|
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Rufus Heron
|
Conservative
|
474
|
|
|
Percentage poll 22.09%
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|
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Total votes cast 1,925
|
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BROUGHTON WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 6,232
|
|
Robert Marshall
|
Conservative
|
141
|
|
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*John D Merry
|
Labour
|
818
|
Elected
|
|
Sheilah H Wallace
|
Liberal Democrat
|
132
|
|
|
Percentage poll 17.51%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,091
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BLACKFRIARS WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 5,864
|
|
Susan C Carson
|
Liberal Democrat
|
107
|
|
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*Joseph Murphy
|
Labour
|
622
|
Elected
|
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Wendy Powell
|
Conservative
|
61
|
|
|
Percentage poll 13.47%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 790
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ORDSALL WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 5,285
|
|
David D Mitchell
|
Conservative
|
48
|
|
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Neil Ratcliffe
|
Liberal Democrat
|
50
|
|
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*Sydney Turner
|
Labour
|
486
|
Elected
|
|
Percentage poll 11.05%
|
|
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Total votes cast 584
|
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LANGWORTHY WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 6,649
|
|
Bernard R Carson
|
Liberal Democrat
|
122
|
|
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John D Copeland
|
No Confidence Group
|
95
|
|
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Ian J Matthews
|
Conservative
|
66
|
|
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Andrew I Salmon
|
Labour
|
723
|
Elected
|
|
Percentage poll 15.15%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,006
|
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PENDLETON WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 7,331
|
|
John N Gray
|
Liberal Democrat
|
167
|
|
|
*James Hulmes
|
Labour
|
890
|
Elected
|
|
Hillary C Lingard
|
Conservative
|
117
|
|
|
Percentage poll 16.01%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,174
|
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CLAREMONT WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 9,939
|
|
*Peter Grimshaw
|
Labour
|
995
|
|
|
George S Herrick
|
Conservative
|
369
|
Elected
|
|
Norman J Owen
|
Liberal Democrat
|
774
|
|
|
Percentage poll 21.51%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 2,138
|
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WEASTE & SEEDLEY WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 7,718
|
|
Sydney Cooper
|
Conservative
|
345
|
|
|
Neville A Rogers
|
Liberal Democrat
|
387
|
|
|
*Anthony D Ullman
|
Labour
|
944
|
Elected
|
|
Percentage poll 21.72%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,676
|
Percentage
poll for the whole city: 19.39%
This page was last updated on 05 July 2007
