2004 Salford City Council election

The 2004 Salford City Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes having taken place since the last election in 2003. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 35.53%.

Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	/−
	Labour	44			-7	73.3	48.2	59,925	-4.6%
	Liberal Democrats	8			3	13.3	27.4	34,068	6.4%
	Conservative	8			5	13.3	23.0	28,654	-0.4%
	Liberal	0			0	0	0.8	964	0.8%
	Independent	0			-1	0	0.4	463	-2.0%
	BNP	0			0	0	0.2	304	0.2%

Ward results

Barton

Barton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mullen	1,238
	Labour	Neville Clark	1,135
	Labour	David Jolley	984
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Patten	855
	Conservative	Renee Holt	725
	Conservative	Alan Nicholls	692
Turnout			5,629	32.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Boothstown and Ellenbrook

Boothstown and Ellenbrook (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Howard	1,458
	Conservative	Robin Garrido	1,363
	Conservative	Christine Gray	1,309
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dunn	986
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Riding	912
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Higgin	691
	Labour	Neville Gregory	526
	Labour	Michael Felse	474
	Labour	Andrew Nicol	464
Turnout			8,183	40.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Broughton

Broughton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James King	1,263
	Labour	Bernard Murphy	1,241
	Labour	John Merry	1,133
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carson	744
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Benjamin	615
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Ferrnley	577
Turnout			5,573	28.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cadishead

Cadishead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hunt	1,140
	Labour	Christine Hudson	1,119
	Labour	Keith Mann	949
	Conservative	Leslie Taylor	780
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	766
	Liberal Democrats	Mariska Jones	559
Turnout			5,313	36.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Claremont

Claremont (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Owen	1,505
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cooke	1,166
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Perkins	1,074
	Labour	Louise Baxter	964
	Labour	Peter Wheeler	848
	Labour	James Short	830
	Conservative	Sydney Cooper	764
Turnout			7,151	39.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Eccles

Eccles (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Broughton	1,247
	Labour	Edmund Sheehy	1,167
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hayes	1,019
	Labour	Jane Murphy	928
	Conservative	Michael Edwards	919
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Lomax	814
	Conservative	Christine Upton	785
Turnout			6,879	39.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Irlam

Irlam (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Jones	1,073
	Labour	Joseph Kean	922
	Labour	Roger Lightup	842
	Conservative	Joyce Collins	679
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Race	606
Turnout			4,122	32.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Irwell Riverside

Irwell Riverside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Holt	925
	Labour	Joseph Murphy	868
	Labour	James Hulmes	819
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Corry	616
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Drake	573
	Liberal Democrats	James Eisen	536
	Conservative	Edith Moores	324
	BNP	Anthony Wentworth	304
Turnout			4,965	28.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kersal

Kersal (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Connor	1,615
	Labour	George Wilson	1,196
	Labour	Ann-Marie Humphreys	1,128
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Sievers	1,105
	Liberal Democrats	Harold Kershner	1,101
	Conservative	Jeremiah Horgan	791
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Carson	612
Turnout			7,548	40.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Langworthy

Langworthy (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Salmon	1,195
	Labour	Jane Hepworth	973
	Labour	John Warmisham	917
	Liberal Democrats	John Deas	639
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Laurence	599
	Liberal	Christopher Barnes	552
	Conservative	Anthony Healey	448
	Liberal	Robin Radnell	412
Turnout			5,735	30.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Little Hulton

Little Hulton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Fernandez	1,300
	Labour	Alice Smyth	1,256
	Labour	Eric Burgoyne	1,234
	Liberal Democrats	David Cowpe	523
	Conservative	William MacDonald	493
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Ogden	484
	Conservative	David Owen	455
	Conservative	Elaine West	425
Turnout			6,170	30.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Ordsall

Ordsall (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Slater	665
	Labour	Peter Dobbs	639
	Labour	Alan Clague	541
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bowers	530
	Conservative	Jonathan Thomason	288
	Independent	Alan Valentine	241
Turnout			2,904	28.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pendlebury

Pendlebury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Warner	1,207
	Labour	Patricia Lea	1,096
	Labour	Bernard Lea	1,000
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Ferrer	872
	Conservative	John Booth	707
	Conservative	Bridie Madden	674
Turnout			5,556	35.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Swinton North

Swinton North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Antrobus	1,326
	Labour	James Dawson	1,286
	Labour	Charles William Hinds	1,147
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Gregory	1,039
	Conservative	Patricia Mills	798
Turnout			5,596	35.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Swinton South

Swinton South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Daniels	1,158
	Labour	John Cullen	1,102
	Labour	Charles McIntyre	1,016
	Liberal Democrats	Karl Henshall	1,006
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph O'Neill	992
	Conservative	Catherine Edwards	954
	Conservative	George Woods	597
Turnout			6,825	36.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Walkden North

Walkden North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Devine	1,349
	Labour	William Pennington	1,288
	Labour	Barbara Miller	1,162
	Conservative	Walter Edwards	617
	Liberal Democrats	Daryll Toone	599
	Conservative	Eileen MacDonald	566
	Conservative	Graham Bedingham	508
Turnout			6,089	34.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Walkden South

Walkden South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Witkowski	1,031
	Conservative	Iain Lindley	1,010
	Conservative	David Lewis	1,008
	Conservative	Glenis Purcell	978
	Labour	Valerie Burgoyne	928
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Rushton	921
	Labour	Norbert Potter	858
	Liberal Democrats	John Grant	855
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Brown	825
	Independent	David Bowers	222
Turnout			8,636	40.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Weaste & Seedley

Weaste and Seedley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Heywood	1,298
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Ainsworth	1,264
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Powell	1,158
	Labour	James Harold	916
	Labour	Bernadette Wright	907
	Labour	Stephen Coen	796
	Conservative	Nicholas Wakefield	538
Turnout			6,877	37.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Winton

Winton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lancaster	1,194
	Liberal Democrats	John Pooley	1,029
	Labour	Margaret Morris	1,014
	Labour	Michelle Wilkinson	981
	Conservative	Gary Green	754
	Conservative	Judith Tope	728
Turnout			5,700	34.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Worsley

Worsley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Garrido	1,725
	Conservative	James McDonald	1,567
	Conservative	Graham Compton	1,461
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Boyd	1,230
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Bradbury	837
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gregory	700
	Labour	Alan Brocklehurst	485
	Labour	Warren Coates	483
	Labour	Philip Cusack	437
Turnout			8,925	50.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)