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2023 Salford City Council election
← 2022 4 May 2023 2024 →
21 of 60 seats on Salford City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout24.2%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Paul Dennett Robin Garrido Alex Warren
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 15 seats (53.7%) 2 seats (20.9%) 2 seats (12.7%)
Seats before 49 8 2
Seats won 18 3 0
Seats after 49 8 2
Seat change 0 0 0
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Salford City Council election
Council control before election

Paul Dennett
Labour

Subsequent council control

Paul Dennett
Labour

The 2023 Salford City Council elections were held on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of seats (20) on Salford City Council were up for election, with an additional seat being contested in a by-election in Pendlebury & Clifton.

Labour retained its majority on the council.[1][2]

Background

History

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Salford was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[3] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[4]

Since its formation, Salford City Council has continuously been under Labour control. In 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.[5]

As the Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries for Manchester ahead of the 2021 election, meaning that the 2021 elections were all-out, with all councillors being elected before returning to electing by thirds, candidates up for re-election in 2023 are those who came second in each ward in 2021.

Electoral process

The 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.[6][7] 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.

Summary

Election result

2023 Salford City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 18 Steady 85.7 31 49 81.7 26,746 57.3 Increase 3.6
  Conservative 3 Steady 14.3 5 8 13.3 10,979 23.5 Increase 2.6
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 2 2 3.3 3,830 8.2 Decrease 4.5
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 1.7 411 0.9 Decrease 3.4
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,023 8.6 Increase 2.1
  Britain First 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 405 0.9 Decrease 0.2
  Women's Equality 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 109 0.2 Decrease 0.4
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 93 0.2 Steady 0.0
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 68 0.1 N/A
  SDP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 40 0.1 N/A

Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.[8]

Barton & Winton

Barton and Winton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Anthony Lancaster* 1,561 68.1 −3.7
Conservative Bernard Goldfine 320 14.0 −5.8
Green Daniel Towers 262 11.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Antony Duke 135 5.9 −1.7
Majority 1,241 54.2
Rejected ballots 13 0.6
Turnout 2,291 21.5
Registered electors 10,666
Labour hold Swing

Blackfriars & Trinity

Blackfriars and Trinity[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Louise Cammell 1,025 60.0 −5.4
Green David Jones 455 26.7 +7.1
Conservative Charlie Ng 150 8.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Scott James Turner-Preece 62 2.6 −10.8
Majority 570 33.4
Rejected ballots 15 0.9
Turnout 1,707 19.5
Registered electors 8,772
Labour hold Swing

Boothstown & Ellenbrook

Boothstown and Ellenbrook[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Darren Ward* 1,874 55.8 +7.4
Labour Su Matthews 1,065 31.8 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Leslie Chisnall 222 6.6 −3.9
Green Diana Joy Battersby 180 5.4 −3.4
Majority 809 24.0
Rejected ballots 12 0.4
Turnout 3,353
Registered electors 9,691
Conservative hold Swing

Broughton

Broughton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jim King* 1,333 70.0 +6.0
Conservative Patience Assam 273 14.3 +3.0
Green David Joseph Henry 194 10.2 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Ben Web 83 4.4 −4.8
Majority 1,060 55.7
Rejected ballots 20 1.1
Turnout 1,903 19.6
Registered electors 9,714
Labour hold Swing

Cadishead & Lower Irlam

Cadishead and Lower Irlam[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hannah Jane Robinson-Smith* 1,562 73.4 +13.7
Conservative Jackie Mountaine 424 19.9 −0.4
Liberal Democrats Ninad Vivek Oak 120 5.6 −12.8
Majority 1,138 53.5
Rejected ballots 22 1.0
Turnout 2,128 22.6
Registered electors 9,399
Labour hold Swing

Claremont

Claremont[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Thomas Pevitt* 1,606 61.5 +3.9
Conservative Myrella Saunders 397 15.2 +1.1
Green Christopher Seed 316 12.1 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Alexander McKinlay 279 10.7 +4.0
Majority 1,209 46.3
Rejected ballots 12 0.5
Turnout 2,610 26.8
Registered electors 9,748
Labour hold Swing

Eccles

Eccles[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike McCusker* 2,022 65.5 +5.6
Conservative Karim Benze 482 15.6 −6.7
Green Nicola Smith 373 12.1 +4.0
TUSC Sally Griffiths 93 3.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Richard Bridges 92 3.0 −3.3
Majority 1,540 49.9
Rejected ballots 23 0.7
Turnout 3,085 28.1
Registered electors 10,983
Labour hold Swing

Higher Irlam & Peel Green

Higher Irlam and Peel Green[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John David Walsh 1,280 65.3 +2.1
Conservative Paul Worcester 357 18.2 −0.1
Green Jack Smith 193 9.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Spencer Martin Fairbrother 116 5.9 −11.6
Majority 923 47.1
Rejected ballots 14 0.7
Turnout 1,960 20.3
Registered electors 9,670
Labour hold Swing

Kersal & Broughton Park

Kersal & Broughton Park[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ari Leitner* 1,629 58.2 +28.2
Labour Philip Wilson-Marks 756 27.0 +0.6
Independent Yirmiyahu Harari 157 5.6 N/A
Green James Thomas Bullen 137 4.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jamie Twells 102 3.6 −1.5
Majority 873 31.2
Rejected ballots 16 0.6
Turnout 2,797 29.5
Registered electors 9,491
Conservative hold Swing

Little Hulton

Little Hulton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Andrew Sharpe* 1,048 68.0 +4.3
Conservative Dorothy Chapman 304 19.7 −3.9
Green Stuart Oxbrow 100 6.5 −0.3
Liberal Democrats Stuart Michael Robbins 79 5.1 −0.2
Majority 744 48.3
Rejected ballots 11 0.7
Turnout 1,542 16.8
Registered electors 9,164
Labour hold Swing

Ordsall

Ordsall[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Benjamin Grogan 931 48.1 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Darren Heilbron 695 35.9 −9.8
Green Jane Ransley 195 10.1 −2.6
Conservative Emma Wade-Gledhill 105 5.4 N/A
Majority 236 12.2
Rejected ballots 11 0.6
Turnout 1,937 22.5
Registered electors 8,618
Labour hold Swing

Pendlebury & Clifton

Pendlebury & Clifton (2 seats due to by-election)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Warner* 1,234 59.0 −2.9
Labour Chioma Mgbeokwere 1,071 51.2 −10.7
Conservative Adam Carney 499 23.9 −2.1
Conservative Chris Cunliffe 334 16.0 −10.0
Green Kathleen Frances Allen 245 11.7 N/A
Green Tamara Reilly 180 8.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kenneth William Thompson 161 7.7 −3.5
Rejected ballots 3
Turnout 2,094 23.2
Registered electors 9,039
Labour hold
Labour hold

Pendleton & Charlestown

Pendleton & Charlestown[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wilson Nkurunziza* 1,134 65.0 −1.4
Conservative Martin Christopher Goodman 248 14.2 −1.1
Green Adam John Smithson 210 12.0 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Benjamin James Thomas 131 7.5 +0.6
Majority 886 50.8
Rejected ballots 22 1.3
Turnout 1,745 18.6
Registered electors 9,388
Labour hold Swing

Quays

Quays[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jake Rowland* 741 45.0 +14.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Moore 613 37.2 −22.9
Green Andrew Nadin 150 9.1 +0.8
Conservative Dan Swift 135 8.2 N/A
Majority 128 7.8
Rejected ballots 9 0.5
Turnout 1,648 22.1
Registered electors 7,456
Labour hold Swing

Swinton & Wardley

Swinton & Wardley[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Hinds* 1,621 63.6 +2.4
Conservative Sarah Wanjiku 361 14.2 −2.0
Independent Joe O'Neill 254 10.0 N/A
Green Liam James Cantona Waite 180 7.1 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Gareth Joseph Watkins 120 4.7 +0.6
Majority 1,260 49.4
Rejected ballots 13 0.5
Turnout 2,549 27.2
Registered electors 9,383
Labour hold Swing

Swinton Park

Swinton Park[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Cammell* 1,590 63.2 +5.9
Conservative Miranda Friedman 459 18.3 −0.3
Liberal Democrats John Howard McLellan 236 9.4 +1.5
Green Lisa Swarbrick 216 8.6 +1.7
Majority 1,131 44.9
Rejected ballots 14 0.6
Turnout 2,515 26.7
Registered electors 9,418
Labour hold Swing

Walkden North

Walkden North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sammie Bellamy* 1,244 55.5 +4.0
Britain First Ashlea Simon 405 18.1 −3.5
Conservative Derek Barry Meades 238 10.6 −0.8
Green Frederick Roy Battersby 162 7.2 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Vanessa Lewis 113 5.0 −1.1
Reform UK Craig Birtwistle 68 3.0 N/A
Majority 839 37.4
Rejected ballots 10 0.4
Turnout 2,240 23.6
Registered electors 9,490
Labour hold Swing

Walkden South

Walkden South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Hilaria Asumu 1,318 52.1 +5.3
Conservative Janet Hainey 754 29.8 +5.2
Green Anna Elizabeth Mackinlay Totterdill 257 10.2 −7.8
Liberal Democrats Rowan Cerys Blessing 178 7.0 −2.9
Majority 564 22.3
Rejected ballots 25 1.0
Turnout 2,532 28.1
Registered electors 9,001
Labour hold Swing

Weaste & Seedley

Weaste & Seedley[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charlotte Youd 1,438 65.8 +2.1
Conservative Alan Lederberger 244 11.2 N/A
Green Andrea Romero O'Brien 170 7.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Grant 169 7.7 −13.6
Women's Equality Donna-Maree Louise Humphery 109 5.0 −8.0
SDP Stephen James Lewthwaite 40 1.8 N/A
Majority 1,194 54.6
Rejected ballots 14 0.6
Turnout 2,184 20.1
Registered electors 10,842
Labour hold Swing

Worsley & Westwood Park

Worsley & Westwood Park[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin John Garrido* 1,392 48.2 +0.2
Labour Michelle Mullen 1,166 40.4 −2.6
Green Christopher Bertenshaw 193 6.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Karl Blessing 124 4.3 −4.0
Majority 226 7.8
Rejected ballots 12 0.4
Turnout 2,887 32.4
Registered electors 8,922
Conservative hold Swing

Changes since this election

Quays by-election

A by-election was held on 11 January 2024 following the resignation of Alex Warren after he took up a politically-restricted role.[10]

Changes below are with the 2023 elections, not the 2022 election when the incumbent councillor was elected.

Quays by-election[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Heilbron 540 54.8 +17.6
Labour Elizabeth McCoy 321 32.6 −12.4
Green Andrea O'Brien 124 12.6 +3.5
Majority 219 22.2
Total valid votes 985
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 993 12.3 −9.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +15.0

References

  1. ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour replace Tories as Bolton's biggest party". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ Wilkinson, Damon (5 May 2023). "Salford local council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  4. ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Salford result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Salford City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Election results". Salford City Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Salford Quay's only Lib Dem councillor quits for new role". BBC News. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  11. ^ Carey, Declan (12 January 2024). "What Salford's newest Lib Dem councillor plans to do for city after key by-election win". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Quays by-election result: Thursday 11 January". Salford City Council. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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