2015 Salford City Council election
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The 2015 Salford City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Salford City Council in England.[1] This was the same day as other local elections, and the 2015 United Kingdom general election. The last time these seats were contested was in 2011.
The composition of the Council following the 2015 elections:
| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 52 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 8 | 0 | |
Wards
[edit]The electoral division results listed below[1] are based on the changes from the 2014 elections,[2] not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections. Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election.
Barton ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michele Barnes | 2,656 | 57.1 | −3.9 | |
| Conservative | Robert Bingham | 1,015 | 21.8 | +2.0 | |
| Green | Linda Margaret Davies | 435 | 9.4 | N/A | |
| BNP | Wayne Peter Tomlinson | 271 | 5.8 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Andrew Carrs | 226 | 4.9 | −14.3 | |
| Majority | 1,641 | 35.3 | |||
| Turnout | 4,652 | 53.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Boothstown & Ellenbrook ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robin Garrido* | 2,924 | 57.8 | +15.7 | |
| Labour | Lee Colin Rowbotham | 1,580 | 31.2 | +3.9 | |
| Green | Linda Margaret Davies | 410 | 8.1 | −1.6 | |
| TUSC | Wayne Peter Tomlinson | 109 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,344 | 26.5 | −15.6 | ||
| Turnout | 5,063 | 67.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Broughton ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Charlie Mcintyre* | 2,918 | 66.5 | +6.6 | |
| Conservative | Yonie Saunders | 720 | 16.4 | +9.8 | |
| Green | David Jones | 444 | 10.1 | +3.3 | |
| TUSC | Alan Metcalfe | 229 | 5.2 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 2,198 | 50.1 | +14.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,391 | 47.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Cadishead ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jimmy Hunt* | 2,506 | 55.6 | −10.0 | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Chapman | 1,315 | 29.2 | +8.1 | |
| Green | Alan Dominic Valentine | 405 | 9.0 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Diane Natalie Cawood | 244 | 5.4 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 1,191 | 26.4 | −7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 4,505 | 55.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Claremont ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joe Murphy* | 2,335 | 45.1 | +3.2 | |
| UKIP | Mary Ferrer | 1,124 | 21.7 | −9.1 | |
| Conservative | Bob Goodall | 1,014 | 19.6 | +4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ronnie Benjamin | 315 | 6.1 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Rene Iacopini | 305 | 5.9 | +0.4 | |
| TUSC | Matt Kilsby | 80 | 1.5 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 1,221 | 23.4 | +12.3 | ||
| Turnout | 5,173 | 62.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Eccles ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lisa Margaret Stone* | 2,612 | 48.3 | −14.3 | |
| Conservative | Linda Goodall | 1,347 | 24.9 | −14.1 | |
| UKIP | Robert Wakefield | 739 | 13.7 | N/A | |
| Green | Emma Van Dyke | 327 | 6.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Val Kelly | 257 | 4.8 | −4.8 | |
| TUSC | Sally Griffiths | 122 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,265 | 23.4 | −11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5404 | 62.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Irlam ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Taylor | 1,935 | 50.0 | −6.4 | |
| UKIP | Brian Norman Robinson | 910 | 23.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Noel Gaskell | 727 | 18.8 | 0.0 | |
| Green | Paul Scott Hardwick | 215 | 5.6 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Eric Thorpe | 47 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Jackie Anderson | 25 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,208 | 31.2 | −6.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,871 | 55.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Irwell Riverside ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Stuart Ord* | 2,124 | 54.8 | +5.5 | |
| UKIP | Katherine Alder | 617 | 15.9 | −6.0 | |
| Green | Wendy Olsen | 537 | 13.8 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Jessica Taberner | 472 | 12.2 | +3.0 | |
| TUSC | Jamie Carr | 92 | 2.4 | −2.8 | |
| BNP | Carl Lawson | 37 | 1.0 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 1,507 | 38.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,879 | 53.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Kersal ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Davies | 2,110 | 48.5 | −6.2 | |
| Conservative | Arnold Saunders | 1,872 | 43.0 | +25.2 | |
| Green | Jason Reading | 250 | 5.7 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Farid Norat | 89 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 238 | 5.5 | −21.6 | ||
| Turnout | 4,355 | 51.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Langworthy ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gina Claire Reynolds* | 2,424 | 54.9 | −3.0 | |
| UKIP | Andy Olsen | 1,065 | 24.1 | −16.8 | |
| Conservative | Nicky Turner | 460 | 10.4 | +0.8 | |
| Green | Ian Pattinson | 341 | 7.7 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Sean Warren | 98 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,359 | 30.8 | +13.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,412 | 52.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Little Hulton ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kate Lewis | 2,281 | 52.9 | −7.8 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Ferrer | 1,038 | 24.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Nathan Ian James | 669 | 15.5 | −2.8 | |
| TUSC | Terry Simmons | 159 | 3.7 | −17.3 | |
| Green | Kieren John Luke King | 150 | 3.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,243 | 28.8 | −10.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,312 | 46.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ordsall ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter William Dobbs* | 2,950 | 50.6 | −4.8 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Boot | 1,224 | 21.0 | +3.7 | |
| Green | Jim Alayo-Arnabat | 825 | 14.1 | −5.5 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Barnes | 665 | 11.4 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Stephanie Vickers | 146 | 2.5 | −5.3 | |
| Majority | 1,726 | 29.6 | −6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 5,832 | 52.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Pendlebury ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | John Ferguson* | 2,501 | 48.5 | −0.7 | |
| UKIP | Stacey Olsen | 1,295 | 25.1 | −6.4 | |
| Conservative | Glenis Purcell | 1,024 | 19.9 | +5.1 | |
| Green | Chrissy Brand | 235 | 4.6 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Jake Newton | 78 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,206 | 23.4 | +5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5,156 | 57.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Swinton North ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim Dawson* | 2,716 | 54.3 | +4.8 | |
| UKIP | John Mark Deas | 1,066 | 21.3 | −7.2 | |
| Conservative | Sharon Bulmer | 1,035 | 20.7 | +3.0 | |
| TUSC | Norma Frances Parkinson-Green | 163 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,650 | 33.0 | +12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,006 | 59.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Swinton South ward
[edit]Councillor Neil Blower subsequently became an Independent in February 2016.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Blower* | 2,228 | 46.7 | +5.2 | |
| UKIP | Joe O'Neill | 1,086 | 22.8 | −13.3 | |
| Conservative | Anne Broomhead | 1,054 | 22.1 | +4.1 | |
| Green | Sean Anthony Fairbrother | 264 | 5.5 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Jill Royle | 111 | 2.3 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 1,142 | 24.0 | +18.6 | ||
| Turnout | 4,767 | 57.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Walkden North ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Samantha Bellamy | 2,263 | 49.7 | −14.1 | |
| UKIP | Bernie Gill | 1,094 | 24.0 | +16.5 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Hill | 866 | 19 | +3.6 | |
| Green | Usama Absar Ahmed | 188 | 4.2 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Andrew Carrs | 118 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,169 | 25.7 | −22.7 | ||
| Turnout | 4,550 | 53.4 | +23.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Walkden South ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Iain Lindley* | 2,162 | 41.4 | −8.3 | |
| Labour | Rob Sharpe | 1,969 | 37.7 | −0.6 | |
| UKIP | Albert Redshaw | 749 | 14.4 | +9.8 | |
| Green | Thomas Dylan | 238 | 4.6 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Tom Thurman | 76 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 193 | 3.7 | −7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 5,219 | 65.2 | +20.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Weaste & Seedley ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Ronald Wilson* | 2,279 | 46.0 | −11.0 | |
| UKIP | Barrie Fallows | 1,080 | 21.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Adam Charles Edward Kennaugh | 813 | 16.4 | −7.0 | |
| Green | Peter John Mulleady | 353 | 7.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Vaughan | 285 | 5.8 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Paul Quinn | 122 | 2.5 | −17.2 | |
| Majority | 1,199 | 24.2 | −9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 4,952 | 55.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Winton ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paula Boshell* | 2,693 | 56.1 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | George Andrew Darlington | 1,020 | 21.2 | +5.7 | |
| Independent | Paul Doyle | 533 | 11.1 | −9.0 | |
| Green | Helen Margaret Alker | 330 | 6.9 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Stephen Cullen | 182 | 3.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,673 | 34.8 | +2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,802 | 55.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Worsley ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Chris Clarkson* | 3,054 | 52.5 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | John Roberts | 1,533 | 26.4 | −4.4 | |
| UKIP | Andrew Townsend | 770 | 13.2 | +4.3 | |
| Green | Chris Bertenshaw | 380 | 6.5 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Kit Watson | 44 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,521 | 26.2 | +10.5 | ||
| Turnout | 5,814 | 71.1 | +27.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Salford City Council elections". Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Election results: 7 May 2015". Salford City Council. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Keeling, Neal (5 February 2016). "Army veteran quits as Labour councillor saying party members accused him of faking mental illness". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
