2007 Salford City Council election

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 29.36%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	42	0
	Conservative	10	0
	Liberal Democrat	8	0

Election result[]

Salford Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	1	3	-2	60	39.77	19,067	-2.90
	Conservative	5	2	0	+2	25	29.54	14,163	-0.09
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	1	0	15	21.87	10,484	-3.89
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	1,372	+1.94
	Community Action	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	1,185	New
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	708	New
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	517	+0.59
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	234	-0.04
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	210	New

Ward results[]

Barton[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

Weaste and 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[]

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[]

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

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