2000 Salford City Council election

Elections to Salford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 21.04%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 52
• Liberal Democrat 5
• Conservative 3

Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2000

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	/−
	Labour	16	0	4	-4	76.2	43.9	15,646	-15.2
	Conservative	3	3	0	3	14.3	27.7	9,855	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	1	1	9.5	24.5	8,712	2.4
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	626	1.8
	Re-elect	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	411	1.2
	Save Markendale Nursey	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	232	0.7
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	128	0.4

Ward results

Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Memory	786	55.5	−18.0
	Conservative	Ruth Brook	340	24.0	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Powis	289	20.4	8.9
Majority			346	31.5	−27.1
Turnout			1,415	18.4	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackfriars

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hincks	455	59.5	−15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Marshall Peach	310	40.5	15.7
Majority			145	19.0	−31.4
Turnout			765	13.4	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Broughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James King	832	73.2	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carson	304	26.8	4.2
Majority			528	46.4	−8.4
Turnout			1,136	19.1	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadishead (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Hudson	736
	Conservative	Thomas Holt	632
	Labour	Charles Wood	595
	Conservative	Leslie Taylor	536
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Rogers	148
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Rogers	136
Turnout			2,783	23.2	−2.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Carson	1,224	48.7	5.6
	Labour	Barbara Miller	717	28.5	−13.0
	Conservative	Christopher Davies	574	22.8	7.4
Majority			507	20.2	18.6
Turnout			2,515	25.7	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Eccles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edmund Sheehy	1,015	45.6	−10.7
	Conservative	Michael Edwards	791	35.5	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Lomax	422	18.9	2.8
Majority			224	10.1	−18.6
Turnout			2,228	24.5	−0.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Irlam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Lightup	814	50.1	−11.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	596	36.7	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Wenham	214	13.2	3.9
Majority			218	13.4	−19.3
Turnout			1,624	22.2	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Kersal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Davina Miller	890	56.9	−4.9
	Conservative	Hillary Lingard	362	23.2	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Portnoy	223	14.3	1.0
	Liberal	Cameron Barlow	88	5.6	5.6
Majority			528	33.7	−3.1
Turnout			1,563	18.1	0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Langworthy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Beaumont	407	42.3	−15.7
	Liberal	Christopher Barnes	323	33.5	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie Jones	233	24.2	−7.8
Majority			84	8.8	−27.2
Turnout			963	16.9	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Hulton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Smyth	725	65.1	−7.7
	Conservative	Jane McInnes	226	20.3	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Blainey	163	14.6	3.2
Majority			499	44.8	−12.2
Turnout			1,114	15.3	2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Dobbs	426	53.3	−24.7
	Save Markendale Nursey	Ann Gibbons	232	29.0	29.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mariska Jones	75	9.4	−12.6
	Liberal	Charles Broadhurst	66	8.3	8.3
Majority			194	24.3	−31.7
Turnout			799	15.4	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Lea	1,023	50.5	−21.2
	Conservative	Marjorie Weston	540	26.7	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Gregory	461	22.8	6.5
Majority			483	23.8	−21.4
Turnout			2,024	19.2	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Holt	652	56.5	−17.7
	Conservative	Edith Moores	200	17.3	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Drake	152	13.2	−1.5
	Liberal	Andrew Priest	149	12.9	12.9
Majority			452	39.2	−20.3
Turnout			1,153	17.1	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles William Hinds	915	48.8	−17.3
	Conservative	Neil Levay	551	29.4	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Revell	410	21.9	10.0
Majority			364	19.4	−27.8
Turnout			1,876	20.9	−1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Upton	984	42.7	10.7
	Labour	James Short	851	36.9	−15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gregory	469	20.4	4.5
Majority			131	5.8	−14.3
Turnout			2,304	23.3	0.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Walkden North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Payne	880	51.3	−31.7
	Re-elect	Melvyn Higson	411	23.9	23.9
	Conservative	Lisa Dugmore	279	16.2	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Wolstencroft	147	8.6	−8.4
Majority			469	27.4	−38.6
Turnout			1,717	20.5	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Witkowski	1,008	40.0	−14.2
	Conservative	John Mosley	830	32.9	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Hunt	554	22.0	0.6
	Independent	Peter McHale	128	5.1	5.1
Majority			178	7.1	−22.7
Turnout			2,520	20.9	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Weaste & Seedley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Heywood	868	45.3	22.5
	Labour	David Jolley	634	33.1	−28.7
	Conservative	Sydney Cooper	415	21.6	6.1
Majority			234	12.2	−26.8
Turnout			1,917	25.9	4.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Winton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Eglin	838	50.0	−18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Ogden	436	26.0	−6.0
	Conservative	Judith Tope	402	24.0	24.0
Majority			402	24.0	−12.0
Turnout			1,676	18.4	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley & Boothstown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Garrido	1,597	45.4	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Bradbury	1,474	41.9	−5.0
	Labour	Peter Wheeler	447	12.7	−4.8
Majority			123	3.5	−7.8
Turnout			3,518	31.3	−2.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing