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.
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 | |
| Houses | Unicameral |
Term limits | None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Leadership | |
Gina Reynolds, Labour since May 2023 | |
Leader of the Opposition | Robin Garrido, Conservative |
Chief executive | Tom Stannard since 1 February 2021 [1] |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 60[2] |
 | |
Council political groups |
|
Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel |
| Elections | |
Council voting system | First past the post |
Mayor voting system | Supplementary vote |
Last Council election | 2024 (one third of councillors) 2023 (one third of councillors) 2022 (one third of councillors) 2021 (all 60 councillors) |
Next Council election | 2026 (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 | |
The directly elected mayor is Paul Dennett[3] and the civic mayor for 2023-2024 is Gina Reynolds.[4]
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.[5] Services returned to the council after the contract with Urban Vision finished on 31 January 2020.[6]
Political composition
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the Labour Party.[7]
| Year | Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems | Independent | Community Action | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 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
This section's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. The reason given is: boundary changes and an all-out election in 2021. (November 2021) |
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.[8]
| Parliamentary constituency | Ward | Councillor | Party | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackley and Broughton constituency |
Broughton | John Merry | Labour | 2022-26 | |
| Jim King | Labour Co-op | 2023-27 | |||
| Maria Brabiner | Labour Co-op | 2024-28 | |||
| Kersal and Broughton Park | Avrohom Walters | Independent | 2022-26 | ||
| Ari Leitner | Conservative | 2023-27 | |||
| Arnold Saunders | Conservative | 2024-28 | |||
| Salford and Eccles constituency |
Blackfriars and Trinity | Roseanna Wain | Labour | 2022-26 | |
| Emma Cammell | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Jane Hamilton | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Claremont | Neil Reynolds | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Mike Pevitt | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Barbara Bentham | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Eccles | Nathaniel Tetteh | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Mike McCusker | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Sharmina August | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Ordsall | Benjamin Grogan | Labour | 2023-27 | ||
| Brendan Kerville | Labour | 2024-26 | |||
| Tanya Burch | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Pendlebury and Clifton | Chioma Mgbeokwere | Labour | 2023-26 | ||
| Barry Warner | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Su Matthews | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Pendleton and Charlestown | John Warmisham | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Wilson Nkurunziza | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Michelle Barnes | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Quays | Jake Rowland | Labour | 2023-27 | ||
| Paul Heilbron | Liberal Democrats | 2024-26 | |||
| Jonathan Moore | Liberal Democrats | 2024-28 | |||
| Swinton and Wardley | Gina Reynolds | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Bill Hinds | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Jim Dawson | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Swinton Park | Stuart Dickman | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Jim Cammell | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Heather Fletcher | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Weaste & Seedley | Alexis Shama | Labour Co-op | 2022-26 | ||
| Charlotte Youd | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Philip Cusack | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Worsley and Eccles South constituency |
Barton and Winton | John Mullen | Labour | 2022-26 | |
| David Lancaster | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Jacqui Fahy | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Boothstown and Ellenbrook | Les Turner | Conservative | 2022-26 | ||
| Darren Ward | Conservative | 2023-27 | |||
| Bob Clarke | Conservative | 2024-28 | |||
| Cadishead and Lower Irlam | Yolande Amana-Ghola | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Hannah Robinson-Smith | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Lewis Nelson | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Higher Irlam and Peel Green | Mishal Saeed | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| John David Walsh | Labour Co-op | 2023-27 | |||
| Tracy Kelly | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Little Hulton | Teresa Pepper | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Rob Sharpe | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Tony Davies | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Walkden North | Jack Youd | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Samantha Bellamy | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Adrian Brocklehurst | Labour Co-op | 2024-28 | |||
| Walkden South | Irfan Syed | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Hilaria Asumu | Labour | 2023-27 | |||
| Joshua Brooks | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
| Worsley and Westwood Park | Adam Kealey | Conservative | 2022-26 | ||
| Robin Garrido | Conservative | 2023-27 | |||
| James Prady | Labour | 2024-28 | |||
References
- ^ "Salford City Council appoints new chief executive". salford.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "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 22 October 2021.
- ^ "About us". urbanvision.org.uk. Urban Vision. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Urban Vision". salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Salford". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ "Your Councillors". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 6 October 2017.