Elections-2000
The Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties both gained seats but Labour retained
overall control, in Thursday 4 May elections in Salford.
The Conservatives won three seats - in Cadishead, Worsley and Boothstown and Swinton
South.
The Liberal Democrats won two seats - in Weaste and Seedley, and Claremont.
Labour lost four seats on the night, but comfortably stayed in control.
The balance of the 60-seat city council is now Labour 52, Liberal Democrats 5 and
Conservatives 3.
*Denotes Retiring Councillor
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CADISHEAD WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 6,509
|
|
Thomas E Holt
|
Conservative
|
632
|
Elected
|
|
*Christine Hudson
|
Labour
|
736
|
Elected
|
|
Emma Rogers
|
Liberal Democrat
|
148
|
|
|
Neville Rogers
|
Liberal Democrat
|
136
|
|
|
Leslie G Taylor
|
Conservative
|
536
|
|
|
Charles N Wood
|
Labour
|
595
|
|
|
Percentage poll 23.24%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 2,783
|
|
IRLAM WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 7,324
|
|
Elizabeth A Hill
|
Conservative
|
596
|
|
|
*Roger W Lightup
|
Labour
|
814
|
Elected
|
|
Julie Wenham
|
Liberal Democrat
|
214
|
|
|
Percentage poll 22.17%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,624
|
|
WINTON WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 9,094
|
|
*David Eglin
|
Labour
|
838
|
Elected
|
|
Pauline O Ogden
|
Liberal Democrat
|
436
|
|
|
Judith A Tope
|
Conservative
|
402
|
|
|
Percentage poll 18.43
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,676
|
|
BARTON WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 7,677
|
|
Ruth N Brook
|
Conservative
|
340
|
|
|
*Kenneth Memory
|
Labour
|
786
|
Elected
|
|
Margaret J Powls
|
Liberal Democrat
|
289
|
|
|
Percentage poll 18.43
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,415
|
|
ECCLES WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 9,101
|
|
Michael R Edwards
|
Conservative
|
791
|
|
|
Christine A Lomax
|
Liberl Democrat
|
422
|
|
|
*Edmund Sheehy
|
Labour
|
1015
|
Elected
|
|
Percentage poll 24.48%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 2,228
|
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SWINTON SOUTH WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 9,881
|
|
Paul J Gregory
|
Liberal Democrat
|
469
|
|
|
James Short
|
Labour
|
851
|
|
|
Christine G Upton
|
Conservative
|
984
|
Elected
|
|
Percentage poll 23.31%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 2,304
|
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PENDLEBURY WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 10.53
|
|
Valerie A Gregory
|
Liberal Democrat
|
461
|
|
|
*Patricia M Lea
|
Labour
|
1023
|
Elected
|
|
Marjorie E Weston
|
Conservative
|
540
|
|
|
Percentage poll 19.22%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 2,024
|
|
SWINTON NORTH WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 8,988
|
|
*Charles W V Hinds
|
Labour
|
915
|
Elected
|
|
Neil Levay
|
Conservative
|
551
|
|
|
Lynda Revell
|
Liberal Democrat
|
410
|
|
|
Percentage poll 20.87%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,876
|
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WORSLEY & BOOTHSTOWN WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 11,246
|
|
Sara P Bradbury
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1474
|
|
|
Karen M Garrido
|
Conservative
|
1597
|
Elected
|
|
Peter J Wheeler
|
Labour
|
447
|
|
|
Percentage poll 31.28%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 3,518
|
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WALKDEN SOUTH WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 12,052
|
|
Audrey Hunt
|
Liberal Democrat
|
554
|
|
|
Peter McHale
|
Independent
|
128
|
|
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John G Mosley
|
Conservative
|
830
|
|
|
*Stanley A Witkowski
|
Labour
|
1008
|
Elected
|
|
Percentage poll 20.91%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 2,520
|
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WALKDEN NORTH WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 8,368
|
|
Lisa M Dugmore
|
Conservative
|
279
|
|
|
Melvyn Higson
|
Re-elect
|
411
|
|
|
*Elizabeth Payne
|
Labour
|
880
|
Elected
|
|
Barbara M Wolstencroft
|
Liberal Democrat
|
147
|
|
|
Percentage poll 20.52%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,717
|
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LITTLE HULTON WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 7,295
|
|
Jean Blainey
|
Liberal Democrat
|
163
|
|
|
Jane E McInnes
|
Conservative
|
226
|
|
|
*Alice Smyth
|
Labour
|
725
|
Elected
|
|
Percentage poll 15.27
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,114
|
|
KERSAL WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 8,614
|
|
Cameron U Barlow
|
Salford Liberal Party
|
88
|
|
|
Hillary C Lingard
|
Conservative
|
362
|
|
|
Davina A Miller
|
Labour
|
890
|
Elected
|
|
Samuel L Portnoy
|
Liberal Democrat
|
223
|
|
|
Percentage poll 18.14%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,563
|
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BROUGHTON WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 5,941
|
|
Susan C Carson
|
Liberal Democrat
|
304
|
|
|
*James King
|
Labour & Cooperative Party
|
832
|
Elected
|
|
Percentage poll 19.12%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,136
|
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BLACKFRIARS WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 5,700
|
|
*John W Hincks
|
Labour
|
455
|
Elected
|
|
Marshall Peach
|
Liberal Democrat
|
310
|
|
|
Percentage poll 13.42%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 765
|
|
ORDSALL WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 5,191
|
|
Charles Broadhurst
|
Salford Liberal Party
|
66
|
|
|
Peter W Dobbs
|
Labour
|
426
|
Elected
|
|
Ann Gibbons
|
Save Markendale Nursery
|
232
|
|
|
Mariska W Jones
|
Liberal Democrat
|
75
|
|
|
Percentage poll 15.39%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 799
|
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LANGWORTHY WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 5,692
|
|
Christopher Barnes
|
Salford Liberal Party
|
323
|
|
|
Christopher Beaumont
|
Labour
|
407
|
Elected
|
|
Barrie Jones
|
Liberal Democrat
|
233
|
|
|
Percentage poll 16.92%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 963
|
|
PENDLETON WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 6,762
|
|
Lynn E Drake
|
Liberal Democrat
|
152
|
|
|
*Joseph Holt
|
Labour
|
652
|
Elected
|
|
Edith Moores
|
Conservative
|
200
|
|
|
Andrew Priest
|
Salford Liberal Party
|
149
|
|
|
Percentage poll 17.05%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,153
|
|
CLAREMONT WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 9,796
|
|
Bernard R Carson
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1224
|
Elected
|
|
Christopher L Davies
|
Conservative
|
574
|
|
|
*Barbara Miller
|
Labour
|
717
|
|
|
Percentage poll 25.66%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 2,515
|
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WEASTE & SEEDLEY WARD
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Electorate 7,408
|
|
Sydney Cooper
|
Conservative
|
415
|
|
|
Janice Heywood
|
Liberal Democrat
|
868
|
Elected
|
|
*David H Jolley
|
Labour
|
634
|
|
|
Percenrage poll 25.88%
|
|
|
Total votes cast 1,917
|
Percentage
poll for the whole city: 21.04%
This page was last updated on 05 July 2007
