Elections-2003

Salford electors’ cast their vote by post at this year’s elections held on 1st May. For the first time, all Salford’s 158,000 eligible voters were able to fill in their ballot papers in the comfort of their own home, and mail them back to the Civic Centre.

The actual number of votes cast was 64,425.

Salford City Council Election Results - 1 May 2003

Final results published 00.56

On 1 May electors throughout the country took part in elections for thousands of council seats across England and Scotland. There were also separate elections for the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. The poll was widely regarded as the most significant test of public opinion between the last and next general election.

Salford electors were involved in the biggest-ever experiment in postal voting to date, the city council joining with 58 other local authorities which offered some 6.5 million electors new voting opportunities.
In Salford the election was conducted entirely by post, with electors being invited to return their marked ballot paper to the city council between 14 April and 1 May.

Labour Hold

Party 2003 Election Previous Change
Labour 51 51 No change
Liberal Democrat 5 6 -1
Conservative 3 2 +1
Independent 1 1 No change
2003: one third election      

Wards: Barton | Blackfriars | Broughton | Cadishead | Claremont | Eccles | Irlam | Kersal | Langworthy | Little Hulton | Ordsall | Pendlebury | Pendleton | Swinton North | Swinton South | Walkden North | Walkden South | Weaste and Seedley | Winton | Worsley and Boothstown

BARTON WARD

    Electorate 7,477
Neville Eamonn Clark Labour 1,697
Ian Mathieson Liberal Democrat 588
Leslie George Taylor Conservative 575
Rejected votes   23
Percentage poll: 38.56% (2002: 22.9%) Total votes cast 2,883

BLACKFRIARS WARD

    Electorate 5,681
Benjamin Wallsworth Labour 1258
Robert Kinnon Brettle Liberal Democrat 374
Nicholas Roy Garside Conservative 268
Rejected votes   20
Percentage poll 33.80% (2002: 19.89%) Total votes cast 1,920

BROUGHTON WARD

    Electorate 5,474
Bernard Peter Murphy Labour 1425
Susan Cecilia Carson Liberal Democrat 589
Rejected votes   19
Percentage poll 37.14% (2002: 23.95%) Total votes cast 2,033

CADISHEAD WARD

    Electorate 6,430
Elizabeth Ann Hill Conservative 799
James Anthony Hunt Labour 1723
Patricia Carole Gower Liberal Democrat 361
Rejected votes   12
Percentage poll 45.02% (2002: 28.70%) Total votes cast 2,895

CLAREMONT WARD

    Electorate 9,482
Norman Joseph Owen Liberal Democrat 1904
Peter Joseph Wheeler Labour 1646
Jeremiah Patrick Horgan Conservative 513
Rejected votes   29
Percentage poll 43.16% (2002: 28.14%) Total votes cast 4,092

ECCLES WARD

    Electorate 8,908
Margaret Ann Morris Labour 1859
Michael Reginald Edwards Conservative 995
Edward Brian Minty Liberal Democrat 938
Rejected votes   26
Percentage poll 42.86% (2002: 27.73%) Total votes cast 3,818

IRLAM WARD

    Electorate 7,272
William John Dixon Conservative 739
John Roger Jones Labour 1576
Christine Lomax Liberal Democrat 357
Nicholas Wood Independent 428
Rejected votes   14
Percentage poll 42.82% (2002: 25.37%) Total votes cast 3,114

KERSAL WARD

    Electorate 8,507
Eric Martin Sievers Liberal Democrat 978
George William Wilson Labour 1552
Sydney Cooper Conservative 595
Rejected votes   31
Percentage poll 37.10% (2002: 25.34%) Total votes cast 3,156

LANGWORTHY WARD

    Electorate 5,062
Stephen Michael Cooke Liberal Democrat 631
Andrew Leaston Labour 1078
Rejected votes   14
Percentage poll 34.04% (2002: 21.08%) Total votes cast 1,723

LITTLE HULTON WARD

    Electorate 6,919
David Allan Cowpe Liberal Democrat 467
John Graham Mosley Conservative 406
Eric Burgoyne Labour 1777
Rejected votes   25
Percentage poll 38.66% (2002: 19.09%) Total votes cast 2,675

ORDSALL WARD

    Electorate 4,864
Ann Gibbons Liberal Democrat 539
Charles McIntyre Labour 1036
Gary Mark Green Conservative 168
Rejected votes   16
Percentage poll 36.16% (2002: 17.43%) Total votes cast 1,759

PENDLEBURY WARD

    Electorate 10,131
Bernard James Lea Labour 2691
Marjorie Elizabeth Weston Conservative 1211
Rejected votes   37
Percentage poll 38.88% (2002: 24.43%) Total votes cast 3,943

PENDLETON WARD

    Electorate 6,460
Lynn Elizabeth Drake Liberal Democrat 498
John David Warmisham Labour 1373
Anthony Healey Conservative 287
Rejected votes   25
Percentage poll 33.79% (2002: 20.29%) Total votes cast 2,183

SWINTON NORTH WARD

    Electorate 8,918
James Brian Dawson Labour 2401
Neil Levay Conservative 1190
Rejected votes   38
Percentage poll 40.69% (2002: 28.47%) Total votes cast 3,629

SWINTON SOUTH WARD

    Electorate 9,666
Peter Gregory Allcock Conservative 1832
Douglas Daniels Labour 2253
Rejected votes   43
Percentage poll 42.71% (2002: 27.47%) Total votes cast 4,128

WALKDEN NORTH

    Electorate 8,000
Walter Edwards Conservative 590
Deborah Rushton Liberal Democrat 468
Vincent Devine Labour 2164
Rejected votes   32
Percentage poll 40.68% (2002: 21.93%) Total votes cast 3,254

WALKDEN SOUTH WARD

    Electorate 11,965
Pauline Olive Ogden Liberal Democrat 1076
Norbert Potter Labour 1790
Declan Iain Harringotn Conservative 1301
David Christopher Bowers Independent 912
Rejected votes   31
Percentage poll 42.71% (2002: 24.58%) Total votes cast 5,110

WEASTE & SEEDLEY WARD

    Electorate 7,236
Rick Powell Liberal Democrat 1020
Alan Booth Independent 216
Alan Lewis Clague Labour 1381
Robin John Garrido Conservative 4221
Rejected votes   22
Percentage poll 42.29% (2002: 28.79%) Total votes cast 3,060

WINTON WARD

    Electorate 8,799
Sara Patricia Bradbury Liberal Democrat 855
Judith Ann Tope Conservative 742
David Anthony Lancaster Labour 1867
Rejected votes   30
Percentage poll 39.71% (2002: 22.64%) Total votes cast 3,494

WORSLEY & BOOTHSTOWN WARD

    Electorate 11,122
Gary Riding Liberal Democrat 1761
Warren Terry Coates Labour 1169
Ian Michael Davies The Green Party 290
Beryl Howard Conservative 2318
Rejected votes   22
Percentage poll 49.99% (2002: 35.87%) Total votes cast 5,560

PERCENTAGE POLL FOR WHOLE CITY 40.7% (2002: 25.07%)

BBC Vote 2003

The BBC web site carries full details of all results from the May 2003 council, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections, plus news, comment and analysis of the vote:

This page was last updated on 05 July 2007

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