Salford Council election 1999

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Elections to Salford Council were held on 6th May, 1999. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the councill. Overall turnout was 21.85%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 56
Liberal Democrat 4

[edit] Election result

Salford Local Election Result 1999
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	18	0	1	-1	90	59.1	21,332	-2.4%
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	+1	10	22.1	7,967	+2.6%
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	18.7	6,741	+0.0%
	Public Transport Users	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	62	+0.2%

[edit] Ward results

Barton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Collins	1,173	73.5	-3.8
	Conservative	Ruth Brook	238	14.9	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Brown	184	11.5	+1.4
Majority			935	58.6	-6.1
Turnout			1,595	20.4	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackfriars
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Wallsworth	694	75.2	-3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Carson	229	24.8	+11.3
Majority			465	50.4	-14.8
Turnout			923	15.8	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Murphy	955	77.4	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sheilah Wallace	279	22.6	+10.5
Majority			676	54.8	-7.3
Turnout			1,234	19.8	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadishead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hunt	993	58.1	-3.8
	Conservative	Thomas Holt	588	34.4	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Dippnall	129	7.5	-1.7
Majority			405	23.7	-9.3
Turnout			1,710	26.1	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Owen	1,114	43.1	+6.9
	Labour	James Short	1,071	41.5	-5.0
	Conservative	Sydney Cooper	397	15.4	-1.9
Majority			43	1.6
Turnout			2,582	26.3	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Eccles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Morris	1,259	56.3	-4.7
	Conservative	Michael Edwards	618	27.6	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Bradbury	359	16.1	-1.5
Majority			641	28.7	-10.8
Turnout			2,236	24.5	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Irlam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Jones	1,112	61.7	-18.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	522	29.0	+29.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Wenham	167	9.3	-10.4
Majority			590	32.7	-27.9
Turnout			1,801	24.9	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Kersal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Wilson	965	61.8	-6.8
	Conservative	George Herrick	390	25.0	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Gray	207	13.3	+6.5
Majority			575	36.8	-7.2
Turnout			1,562	17.9	-4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Langworthy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Leaston	654	68.0	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Rogers	308	32.0	+19.9
Majority			346	36.0	-23.8
Turnout			962	15.3	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Hulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marion Wordsworth	963	72.8
	Conservative	Robert McHale	209	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Dippnall	151	11.4
Majority			754	57.0
Turnout			1,323	17.5	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Miller	594	78.0	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Barnes	168	22.0	+13.4
Majority			426	56.0	-18.6
Turnout			762	14.8	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendlebury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Burgoyne	1,566	71.7	-1.2
	Conservative	Marjorie Weston	310	16.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Gregory	308	16.3	+4.2
Majority			1,258	55.2	-2.8
Turnout			2,184	20.7	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Warmisham	1,002	74.2	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Drake	199	14.7	+0.5
	Conservative	Hillary Lingard	150	11.1	+1.1
Majority			803	59.5	-2.1
Turnout			1,351	19.2	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dawson	1,333	66.1	-2.8
	Conservative	Neil Levay	381	18.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nina Richards	240	11.9	-2.1
	Public Transport Users	Robin Polack	62	3.1	+3.1
Majority			952	47.2	-4.5
Turnout			2,016	22.3	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Daniels	1,197	52.1	+2.4
	Conservative	Christine Upton	736	32.0	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gregory	366	15.9	-1.0
Majority			461	20.1	+3.9
Turnout			2,299	23.3	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Devine	1,426	83.0	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Hunt	292	17.0	+7.0
Majority			1,134	66.0	-2.8
Turnout			1,718	20.4	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Judge	1,424	54.2	-0.5
	Conservative	John Mosley	642	24.4	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Cowpe	563	21.4	+0.7
Majority			782	29.8	-0.3
Turnout			2,629	21.8	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Weaste & Seedley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Clague	1,014	61.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Rogers	374	22.8	-0.3
	Conservative	Wendy Powell	254	15.5	-5.1
Majority			640	39.0	+5.8
Turnout			1,642	21.7	-0.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Winton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lancaster	1,295	68.0	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carson	610	32.0	+18.2
Majority			685	36.0	-16.8
Turnout			1,905	20.8	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley & Boothstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Holt	1,720	46.9	-8.6
	Conservative	Karen Garrido	1,306	35.6	+8.1
	Labour	Ronald Carney	642	17.5	+0.5
Majority			414	11.3	-16.7
Turnout			3,668	33.0	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Preceded by: Salford Council election 1998	Salford local elections	Succeeded by: Salford Council election 2000

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