2007 Salford City Council election
Appearance
The 2007 Salford City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout was 28.1%.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 44 | 0 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 8 | 0 |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | | Liberal Democrat | 8 | 0 |
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 42 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 70 | 42.7 | 19,067 | ||
Conservative | 10 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 16.7 | 29.6 | 14,163 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.3 | 25.8 | 10,484 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 1,372 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 708 | ||
Community Action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1,185 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 517 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 234 | ||
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 210 |
Ward results
Barton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norbert Potter* | 1,026 | 44.2 | ||
Conservative | Abdul Mannan | 498 | 21.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Benjamin | 453 | 19.5 | ||
UKIP | Alan Valentine | 345 | 14.9 | ||
Majority | 528 | ||||
Turnout | 2,322 | 26.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Boothstown and Ellenbrook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robin Garrido* | 1,520 | 58.9 | ||
Labour | Philip Cusack | 518 | 20.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Drake | 404 | 15.7 | ||
Green | Roy Battersby | 137 | 5.3 | ||
Majority | 1,002 | ||||
Turnout | 2,579 | 34.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broughton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles McIntyre | 1,196 | 61.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Carson | 471 | 24.4 | ||
Conservative | Colin Moore | 266 | 13.8 | ||
Majority | 725 | ||||
Turnout | 1,933 | 25.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cadishead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 895 | 36.8 | ||
Labour | Christine Hudson* | 888 | 36.5 | ||
Community Action | Chris Dickenson | 496 | 20.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Linda Fernley | 155 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 7 | ||||
Turnout | 2,434 | 33.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Claremont
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Janice Taylor | 995 | 37.6 | ||
Labour | Peter Wheeler | 845 | 31.9 | ||
Conservative | Tim Perkins | 492 | 18.6 | ||
BNP | Edward O'Sullivan | 316 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 150 | ||||
Turnout | 2,648 | 32.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Eccles
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ann Davies | 1,303 | 43.8 | ||
Labour | Eddie Sheehy* | 1,180 | 39.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mariska Jones | 489 | 16.5 | ||
Majority | 123 | ||||
Turnout | 2,972 | 35.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Irlam
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Kean* | 846 | 38.9 | ||
Community Action | Rick Houlton | 689 | 31.7 | ||
Conservative | Joyce Collins | 482 | 22.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Melanie Owen | 159 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 157 | ||||
Turnout | 2,176 | 30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Irwell Riverside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Murphy* | 1,051 | 56.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth McKelvey | 399 | 21.4 | ||
BNP | Anthony Healey | 212 | 11.4 | ||
Conservative | Nicolette Turner | 202 | 10.8 | ||
Majority | 652 | ||||
Turnout | 1,864 | 21.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kersal
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Wilson* | 1,059 | 42.2 | ||
Conservative | Shneur Odze | 1,025 | 40.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Harold Kershner | 426 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 34 | ||||
Turnout | 2,510 | 31.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Langworthy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gina Loveday* | 1,038 | 48.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lynn Drake | 830 | 38.5 | ||
Conservative | Helen Vernon | 288 | 13.4 | ||
Majority | 208 | ||||
Turnout | 2,156 | 24.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Little Hulton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Smyth* | 1,050 | 53.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Cowpe | 337 | 17.0 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Cheetham | 321 | 16.2 | ||
BNP | Vinnie Coleman | 275 | 13.9 | ||
Majority | 713 | ||||
Turnout | 1,983 | 22.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ordsall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Dobbs* | 688 | 55.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Plaister | 242 | 19.4 | ||
Conservative | Yan Cockayne | 207 | 16.6 | ||
UKIP | Duran O'Dwyer | 110 | 8.8 | ||
Majority | 446 | ||||
Turnout | 1,247 | 20.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pendlebury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Lea* | 1,167 | 46.1 | ||
Conservative | Peter Allcock | 592 | 23.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Ferrer | 429 | 16.9 | ||
BNP | Wayne Taylor | 344 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 575 | ||||
Turnout | 2,532 | 28.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Swinton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Dawson* | 1,295 | 50.3 | ||
Conservative | Michael Edwards | 652 | 25.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tamara Cooke | 629 | 24.4 | ||
Majority | 643 | ||||
Turnout | 2,576 | 30.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Swinton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Steve Cooke | 1,114 | 41.6 | ||
Labour | John Cullen* | 750 | 28.0 | ||
Conservative | Christine Allcock | 372 | 13.9 | ||
Independent | Dave Kelly | 234 | 8.7 | ||
English Democrat | Chris Roscoe | 210 | 7.8 | ||
Majority | 364 | ||||
Turnout | 2,680 | 32.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Walkden North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Pennington* | 1,123 | 49.6 | ||
Conservative | Judith Tope | 609 | 26.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Ogden | 279 | 12.3 | ||
UKIP | Bernard Gill | 253 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | 514 | ||||
Turnout | 2,264 | 27.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walkden South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iain Lindley* | 1,578 | 51.0 | ||
Labour | Adrian Brocklehurst | 839 | 27.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Carson | 274 | 8.9 | ||
BNP | Tommy Cavanagh | 225 | 7.3 | ||
Green | Simon Battersby | 179 | 5.8 | ||
Majority | 739 | ||||
Turnout | 3,095 | 38.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Weaste & Seedley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Ainsworth* | 1,086 | 45.0 | ||
Labour | Stephen Race | 997 | 41.4 | ||
Conservative | Hilary Brunyee | 328 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 89 | ||||
Turnout | 2,411 | 29.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Winton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paula Boshell | 941 | 41.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Pooley* | 886 | 39.0 | ||
Conservative | Gary Green | 447 | 19.7 | ||
Majority | 55 | ||||
Turnout | 2,274 | 26.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Worsley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian MacDonald* | 2,086 | 63.5 | ||
Labour | Warren Coates | 570 | 17.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Corry | 427 | 13.0 | ||
Green | Diana Battersby | 201 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 1,516 | ||||
Turnout | 3,284 | 40.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Results for the election held on 3 May 2007". Salford City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2009.