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]

PartyPeriod
Labour1974–present

Leadership

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

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Les Hough[6] Labour197426 Apr 1987
Ken Edwards[7] Labour20 May 1987May 1988
Bill Hinds[8][9] LabourMay 1988May 2003
John Merry LabourMay 20036 May 2012

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

MayorPartyFromTo
Ian Stewart Labour7 May 20128 May 2016
Paul Dennett Labour9 May 2016

Council elections

Borough result maps

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 Increase2.1

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

References

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