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]
Council elections
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the Labour Party.[2][3][4]
Year | Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems | Independent | Community Action | |||||
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2024 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2023 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2022 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2021 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2019 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2018 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2016 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2015 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2014 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2012 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2011 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||
2010 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||
2008 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||||
2007 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2006 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2004 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2003 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2002 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2000 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1999 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1998 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1997 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1996 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1995 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1994 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1993 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1992 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1991 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1990 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Borough result maps
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2016 results map
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2018 results map
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2019 results map
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2021 results map
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2022 results map
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2023 results map
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2024 results map
By-election results
May 1996 to May 1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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).
May 2023 to May 2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Heilbron | 540 | 54.8 | +17.4 | |
Labour | Elizabeth McCoy | 321 | 32.6 | −12.6 | |
Green | Andrea Romero O'Brien | 124 | 12.6 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 219 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 985 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Election followed the resignation of Councillor Alex Warren (Liberal Democrats).
May 2024 to May 2026
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Elizabeth McCoy | 951 | 51.2 | −11.2 | |
Conservative | Daniel Whitehouse | 426 | 23.0 | +6.4 | |
Green | Sara Laing | 261 | 14.1 | +0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian McKinlay | 142 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
TUSC | Sally Griffiths | 76 | 4.1 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 525 | 28.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,856 | ||||
Labour (UK) hold | Swing |
Election followed the resignation of Councillor Sharmina August (Labour).
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