Salford City Council

Salford City Council
Salford City Council
Executive mayor elected every four years; Third of council elected three years out of four
	Coat of arms
	Council logo
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough council of the City of Salford
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 April 1974; 47 years ago
Leadership
Civic mayor	Paul Dennett, Labour ; since 6 May 2016
Ceremonial mayor	Cllr Charlie McIntyre, Labour ; since 15 May 2019
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr Les Turner, Conservative
Chief executive	Jim Taylor ; since 11 April 2014
Structure
Seats	60
Council political groups	Administration (52) Labour (52) Opposition (8) Conservative (7) Liberal Democrats (1)
Joint committees	Greater Manchester Combined Authority; Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel
Elections
Council voting system	First past the post
Mayor voting system	Supplementary vote
Council last election	2021 (all councillors due to boundary changes); 2019 (one third of councillors); 2018 (one third of councillors)
Council next election	(one third of councillors); (one third of councillors); (one third of councillors)
Motto
	Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law
Meeting place
	Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton
Website
	www.salford.gov.uk

Salford City Council is the local authority of the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Salford. It is a constituent council of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

The directly elected mayor is Paul Dennett^[2] and the civic mayor for 2019-2020 is Councillor Charlie McIntyre.^[3]

The council is based at Salford Civic Centre with additional offices in Eccles.

Some services, including property, highways and infrastructure, planning and building control were provided by Urban Vision, a public-private partnership formed in 2005 between SCC, Capita and Galliford Try.^[4] Services returned to the council after the contract with Urban Vision finished on 31 January 2020.^[5]

Political composition[]

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the Labour Party.^[6]

Year		Labour		Conservative		Lib Dems		Independent		Community Action
2021	52		7		1		0		0
2019	51		8		0		1		0
2018	50		9		0		1		0
Sept 2017	49		9		0		2		0
2016	50		9		0		1		0
2015	52		8		0		0		0
2014	52		8		0		0		0
2012	52		8		0		0		0
2011	44		11		3		2		0
2010	39		13		5		1		2
2008	36		13		10		0		1
2007	44		8		8		0		0
2006	44		8		8		0		0
2004	44		8		8		0		0
2003	51		3		5		1		0
2002	52		2		6		0		0
2000	52		3		5		0		0
1999	56		0		4		0		0
1998	57		0		3		0		0

Wards & councillors[]

Council wards
1 Little Hulton
2 Walkden North
3 Walkden South
4 Boothstown and Ellenbrook
5 Worsley
6 Winton
7 Barton
8 Irlam
9 Cadishead
10 Pendlebury
11 Swinton North
12 Swinton South
13 Claremont
14 Irwell Riverside
15 Eccles
16 Weaste and Seedley
17 Langworthy
18 Ordsall
19 Kersal
20 Broughton

Each ward is represented by three councillors.^[7]

Parliamentary constituency	Ward	Councillor		Term of office
Blackley and Broughton constituency	Broughton	John Merry	Labour	2018-20
		Charles McIntyre	Labour	2019-20
		Jim King	Labour Co-op	2016-20
	Kersal	Ari Leitner	Conservative	2018-20
		Arnold Saunders	Conservative	2019-20
		Peter Connor	Labour	2016-20
Salford and Eccles constituency	Claremont	Neil Reynolds	Labour	2018-20
		Mike Pevitt	Labour	2019-20
		Barbara Bentham	Labour	2016-20
	Eccles	Michael Wheeler	Labour	2018-20
		Sharmina August	Labour	2019-20
		Mike McCusker	Labour	2016-20
	Irwell Riverside	Jane Hamilton	Labour	2018-20
		Ray Walker	Labour	2019-20
		Stephen Coen	Labour	2016-20
	Langworthy	John Warmisham	Labour	2018-20
		Gina Reynolds	Labour	2019-20
		Wilson Nkurunziza	Labour	2016-20
	Ordsall	Tanya Burch	Labour	2018-20
		Ann-Marie Humphreys	Labour	2019-20
		Ray Mashiter	Labour	2016-20
	Pendlebury	Sophia Linden	Labour	2018-20
		John Ferguson	Labour Co-op	2019-20
		Barry Warner	Labour	2016-20
	Swinton North	Bill Hinds	Labour	2018-20
		Jim Dawson	Labour	2019-20
		Derek Antrobus	Labour Co-op	2016-20
	Swinton South	Stuart Dickman	Labour	2018-20
		Jim Cammell	Labour	2019-20
		Heather Fletcher	Labour	2016-20
	Weaste & Seedley	Ronnie Wilson	Labour Co-op	2018-20
		Madeline Wade	Labour	2019-20
		Stephen Hesling	Labour	2016-20
Worsley and Eccles South constituency	Barton	David Jolley	Labour	2018-20
		Michele Barnes	Labour	2019-20
		John Mullen	Labour	2016-20
	Boothstown and Ellenbrook	Jillian Collinson	Conservative	2018-20
		Darren Ward	Conservative	2019-20
		Bob Clarke	Conservative	2016-20
	Cadishead	Joan Walsh	Labour	2018-20
		Lewis Nelson	Labour	2019-20
		John Walsh	Labour	2016-20
	Irlam	Roger Jones	Labour Co-op	2018-20
		Darren Goulden	Independent	2019-20
		Tracy Kelly	Labour	2016-20
	Little Hulton	Colette Weir	Labour	2018-20
		Kate Lewis	Labour	2019-20
		Rob Sharpe	Labour	2016-20
	Walkden North	Adrian Brocklehurst	Labour Co-op	2018-20
		Samantha Bellamy	Labour	2019-20
		Brendan Ryan	Labour	2016-20
	Walkden South	Laura Edwards	Labour	2018-20
		Joshua Brooks	Labour	2019-20
		Richard Critchley	Labour	2016-20
	Winton	Margaret Morris	Labour	2018-20
		Paula Boshell	Labour	2019-20
		David Lancaster	Labour	2016-20
	Worsley	Les Turner	Conservative	2018-20
		Robin Garrido	Conservative	2019-20
		Karen Garrido	Conservative	2016-20

References[]

^ "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^ "Councillor Paul Dennett". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
^ "Ceremonial Mayor of Salford". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
^ "About us". urbanvision.org.uk. Urban Vision.
^ "Urban Vision". salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council.
^ "Salford". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
^ "Your Councillors". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

External links[]

Salford City Council

[opencouncildata.co.uk-1] "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[2] "Councillor Paul Dennett". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

[3] "Ceremonial Mayor of Salford". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

[4] "About us". urbanvision.org.uk. Urban Vision.

[5] "Urban Vision". salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council.

[change-6] "Salford". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2009.

[7] "Your Councillors". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

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