2024 Salford City Council election
The 2024 Salford City Council elections took place on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. Twenty-one seats on Salford City Council were up for election; one in each ward, and one additional seat in Ordsall to fill a casual vacancy.
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The Labour Party retained control of the council.[2] The incumbent Labour mayor, Paul Dennett, was also re-elected to the post of Mayor of Salford at the mayoral election held on the same day.
Background
editIn the most recent council election in 2022, Labour won 15 seats, with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats winning two seats each and an independent politician winning one.[3]
As the Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries for Manchester ahead of the 2021 election, meaning that all councillors were elected before returning to electing by thirds, candidates up for re-election in 2024 are those who came first in each ward in 2021.
Changes since last election
editIn November 2023 Liberal Democrats councillor Alex Warren (Quays ward) resigned after he took up a politically restricted role.[4] A by-election was held on 11 January 2024 which was won by Paul Heilbron for the Lib Dems.[5]
During the 2023 local elections, Chris Twells, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Ordsall since 2022, sought to simultaneously become a councillor in Cotswold District Council, standing in the Tetbury with Upton ward.[6] He subsequently won both seats, with the Cotswold one being an upset victory in a previously safe Conservative seat.[7] Twells resigned his Ordsall seat on March 15, 2024. The seat was therefore vacant and a by-election was held on the same day as the 2024 local elections.[8]
Electoral process
editThe council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[9][10] The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Salford aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.
Results
editLabour retained its majority on the council, making a net gain of one seat.[11]
Election result
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | /− | ||
Labour | 18 | 1 | 85.7 | 32 | 50 | 83.3 | 30,566 | 58.3 | 1.0 | |
Conservative | 2 | 1 | 9.5 | 5 | 7 | 11.7 | 10,837 | 20.7 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 1 | 2 | 3.3 | 2,952 | 5.6 | −2.6 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,555 | 12.5 | 3.9 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 642 | 1.2 | 0.3 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
Women's Equality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0.1 | N/A |
Ward Results
editSalford City Council released the list of candidates in early April.[12][13]
Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.
Source:[14]
Barton and Winton Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jacqui Fahy | 1,633 | 61.6 | −6.5 | |
Green | Jack Smith | 386 | 14.6 | 3.2 | |
Conservative | Janet Meades-Smith | 375 | 14.2 | 0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antony Duke | 228 | 8.6 | 2.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 28 | 1.1 | |||
Majority | 1247 | 47.1 | |||
Turnout | 2650 | 24.7 | |||
Registered electors | 10,729 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blackfriars & Trinity
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jane Hamilton* | 1,433 | 60.5 | 0.5 | |
Green | David Jones | 587 | 24.8 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | Craig Walsh | 164 | 6.9 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Oxbrow | 139 | 5.9 | 3.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 47 | 2.0 | |||
Majority | 846 | 35.7 | |||
Turnout | 2370 | 25.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,439 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Boothstown & Ellenbrook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Clarke* | 2,339 | 61.4 | 5.6 | |
Labour | Darren Matthews | 1092 | 28.7 | −3.1 | |
Green | Diana Battersby | 263 | 6.9 | 1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Chisnall | 82 | 2.2 | −4.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 33 | 0.9 | |||
Majority | 1247 | 32.7 | |||
Turnout | 3809 | 39.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,705 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broughton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maria Brabiner* | 1,440 | 69.1 | −0.9 | |
Green | David Henry | 271 | 13.0 | 2.8 | |
Conservative | Saqib Aftab | 213 | 10.2 | −4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Web | 120 | 5.8 | 1.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 39 | 1.9 | |||
Majority | 1169 | 56.1 | |||
Turnout | 2083 | 20.9 | 5.76 | ||
Registered electors | 9,951 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cadishead & Lower Irlam
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lewis Nelson* | 2,024 | 80.8 | 7.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Richman | 287 | 11.5 | −8.4 | |
Green | Jane Ransley | 156 | 6.2 | 0.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 38 | 1.5 | |||
Majority | 1737 | 69.3 | |||
Turnout | 2505 | 26.5 | |||
Registered electors | 9,437 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Claremont
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Bentham* | 1,991 | 66.5 | 5.0 | |
Green | Christopher Seed | 458 | 15.3 | 3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian McKinlay | 255 | 8.5 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Alima Husain | 245 | 8.2 | −7.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 43 | 1.4 | |||
Majority | 1533 | 51.2 | |||
Turnout | 2992 | 30.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,860 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Eccles
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sharmina August* | 2,121 | 62.4 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Worcester | 565 | 16.6 | 1.0 | |
Green | Nicola Smith | 479 | 14.1 | 2.0 | |
TUSC | Sally Griffiths | 198 | 5.8 | 2.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.1 | |||
Majority | 1556 | 45.8 | |||
Turnout | 3400 | 30.7 | |||
Registered electors | 11,069 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Higher Irlam & Peel Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tracy Kelly* | 1,431 | 66.9 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Chapman | 349 | 16.3 | −1.9 | |
Green | Nathan Ashmall | 322 | 15.0 | 5.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 38 | 1.8 | |||
Majority | 1082 | 50.6 | |||
Turnout | 2140 | 22.0 | |||
Registered electors | 9,716 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kersal & Broughton Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arnie Saunders* | 1,289 | 53.8 | −4.4 | |
Labour | Muhammad Kashif | 779 | 32.5 | 5.5 | |
Green | Nel Scroggie | 183 | 7.6 | 2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Thomas | 115 | 4.8 | 1.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 31 | 1.3 | |||
Majority | 510 | 21.3 | |||
Turnout | 2397 | 24.9 | |||
Registered electors | 9,615 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Little Hulton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Davies | 1,173 | 68.6 | 0.6 | |
Conservative | Myrella Saunders | 285 | 16.7 | −3.0 | |
Green | Jane Wood | 227 | 13.3 | 6.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 25 | 1.5 | |||
Majority | 888 | 51.9 | |||
Turnout | 1710 | 18.6 | |||
Registered electors | 9,203 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ordsall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tanya Burch* | 1,292 | 58.3 | 10.2 | |
Labour | Brendan Kerville | 1,127 | 50.8 | 2.7 | |
Green | Jack Owens | 391 | 17.6 | 7.5 | |
Green | Michael Scantlebury | 361 | 16.3 | 6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Grant | 335 | 15.1 | −20.8 | |
Conservative | Charlie Ng | 202 | 9.1 | 3.7 | |
Conservative | Jay Talukdar | 135 | 6.1 | 0.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 2217[15] | 23.9 | |||
Registered electors | 9,285 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Independent |
Pendlebury & Clifton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Su Matthews | 1,341 | 60.2 | 1.2 | |
Conservative | Angela Grant | 517 | 23.2 | −0.7 | |
Green | Kathleen Allen | 330 | 14.8 | 3.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 41 | 1.8 | |||
Majority | 824 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 2229 | 24.7 | |||
Registered electors | 9,020 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pendleton & Charlestown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michele Barnes* | 1,367 | 62.9 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Adam Carney | 330 | 15.2 | 1.0 | |
Green | Adam Skyrme | 278 | 12.8 | 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Thompson | 158 | 7.3 | −0.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 39 | 1.8 | |||
Majority | 1037 | 47.7 | |||
Turnout | 2172 | 22.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,843 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Quays
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Moore | 794 | 39.1 | 1.9 | |
Labour | Liz McCoy | 756 | 37.2 | −7.8 | |
Green | Andrea Romero O'Brien | 312 | 15.4 | 6.3 | |
Conservative | Derek Meades | 161 | 7.9 | −0.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.5 | -0.1 | ||
Majority | 38 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 2033 | 24.2 | 2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,398 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
- Compared with 2023
Swinton & Wardley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Dawson* | 1,818 | 64.8 | 1.2 | |
Conservative | Jackie Mountaine | 381 | 13.6 | −0.6 | |
Independent | Joseph O'Neill | 331 | 11.8 | 1.8 | |
Green | Liam Waite | 246 | 8.8 | 1.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 28 | 1.0 | |||
Majority | 1437 | 51.2 | |||
Turnout | 2804 | 29.6 | |||
Registered electors | 9,473 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Swinton Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Heather Fletcher* | 1,671 | 59.5 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | Glenn Croston | 558 | 19.9 | 1.6 | |
Green | Lisa Swarbrick | 311 | 11.1 | 2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John McLellan | 230 | 8.2 | −1.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 39 | 1.4 | |||
Majority | 1113 | 39.6 | |||
Turnout | 2809 | 29.6 | |||
Registered electors | 9,507 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walkden North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adrian Brocklehurst* | 1,351 | 62.4 | 6.9 | |
Reform UK | Craig Birtwistle | 321 | 14.8 | 11.8 | |
Conservative | Kausar George | 230 | 10.6 | ±0.0 | |
Green | Frederick Battersby | 177 | 8.2 | 1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Scott Turner-Preece | 73 | 3.4 | −1.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.6 | |||
Majority | 1030 | 47.6 | |||
Turnout | 2165 | 22.5 | |||
Registered electors | 9,614 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walkden South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joshua Brooks* | 1,575 | 51.9 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Christopher Bates | 740 | 24.4 | −5.4 | |
Independent | Paul Whitelegg | 311 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Green | Tom Dylan | 244 | 8.0 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rowan Blessing | 140 | 4.6 | −2.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 24 | 0.8 | |||
Majority | 835 | 27.5 | |||
Turnout | 3034 | 33.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,178 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Weaste & Seedley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phil Cusak* | 1,595 | 59.9 | −5.9 | |
Green | Andrew Nadin | 327 | 12.3 | 4.5 | |
Conservative | Dan Whitehouse | 271 | 10.2 | −1.0 | |
Women's Equality | Carmen Wood-Hope | 240 | 9.0 | 4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ninad Oak | 112 | 4.2 | −3.5 | |
Communist | Chris Neville | 77 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 41 | 1.5 | |||
Majority | 1268 | 47.6 | |||
Turnout | 2663 | 24.0 | |||
Registered electors | 11,090 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worsley & Westwood Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Prady | 1,556 | 48.6 | 8.2 | |
Conservative | Lewis Ormston | 1201 | 37.5 | −10.7 | |
Green | Sara Laing | 246 | 7.7 | 1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Blessing | 171 | 5.3 | 1.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 26 | 0.8 | |||
Majority | 355 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 3200 | 35.8 | |||
Registered electors | 8,952 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
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