Salford Council election 2000

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Elections to Salford Council were held on 4th May, 2000. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 21.04%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2000
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 16 0 4 -4 76.2 43.9 15,646 -15.2%
  Conservative 3 3 0 +3 14.3 27.7 9,855 +9.0%
  Liberal Democrats 2 2 1 +1 9.5 24.5 8,712 +2.4%
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 626 +1.8%
  Re-elect 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 411 +1.2%
  Save Markendale Nursey 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 232 +0.7%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 128 +0.4%

[edit] Ward results

Barton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Memory 786 55.5 -18.0
Conservative Ruth Brook 340 24.0 +9.1
Liberal Democrats Margaret Powis 289 20.4 +8.9
Majority 346 31.5 -27.1
Turnout 1,415 18.4 -2.0
Labour hold Swing
Blackfriars
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Hincks 455 59.5 -15.7
Liberal Democrats Marshall Peach 310 40.5 +15.7
Majority 145 19.0 -31.4
Turnout 765 13.4 -2.4
Labour hold Swing
Broughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James King 832 73.2 -4.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Carson 304 26.8 +4.2
Majority 528 46.4 -8.4
Turnout 1,136 19.1 -0.7
Labour hold Swing
Cadishead (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Hudson 736
Conservative Thomas Holt 632
Labour Charles Wood 595
Conservative Leslie Taylor 536
Liberal Democrats Emma Rogers 148
Liberal Democrats Neville Rogers 136
Turnout 2,783 23.2 -2.9
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Claremont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bernard Carson 1,224 48.7 +5.6
Labour Barbara Miller 717 28.5 -13.0
Conservative Christopher Davies 574 22.8 +7.4
Majority 507 20.2 +18.6
Turnout 2,515 25.7 -0.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Eccles
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edmund Sheehy 1,015 45.6 -10.7
Conservative Michael Edwards 791 35.5 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Lomax 422 18.9 +2.8
Majority 224 10.1 -18.6
Turnout 2,228 24.5 -0.0
Labour hold Swing
Irlam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Lightup 814 50.1 -11.6
Conservative Elizabeth Hill 596 36.7 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Julie Wenham 214 13.2 +3.9
Majority 218 13.4 -19.3
Turnout 1,624 22.2 -2.7
Labour hold Swing
Kersal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Davina Miller 890 56.9 -4.9
Conservative Hillary Lingard 362 23.2 -1.8
Liberal Democrats Samuel Portnoy 223 14.3 +1.0
Liberal Cameron Barlow 88 5.6 +5.6
Majority 528 33.7 -3.1
Turnout 1,563 18.1 +0.2
Labour hold Swing
Langworthy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Beaumont 407 42.3 -15.7
Liberal Christopher Barnes 323 33.5 +33.5
Liberal Democrats Barrie Jones 233 24.2 -7.8
Majority 84 8.8 -27.2
Turnout 963 16.9 +1.6
Labour hold Swing
Little Hulton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice Smyth 725 65.1 -7.7
Conservative Jane McInnes 226 20.3 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Jean Blainey 163 14.6 +3.2
Majority 499 44.8 -12.2
Turnout 1,114 15.3 +2.2
Labour hold Swing
Ordsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Dobbs 426 53.3 -24.7
Save Markendale Nursey Ann Gibbons 232 29.0 +29.0
Liberal Democrats Mariska Jones 75 9.4 -12.6
Liberal Charles Broadhurst 66 8.3 +8.3
Majority 194 24.3 -31.7
Turnout 799 15.4 +0.6
Labour hold Swing
Pendlebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Lea 1,023 50.5 -21.2
Conservative Marjorie Weston 540 26.7 +11.2
Liberal Democrats Valerie Gregory 461 22.8 +6.5
Majority 483 23.8 -21.4
Turnout 2,024 19.2 -1.5
Labour hold Swing
Pendleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Holt 652 56.5 -17.7
Conservative Edith Moores 200 17.3 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Lynn Drake 152 13.2 -1.5
Liberal Andrew Priest 149 12.9 +12.9
Majority 452 39.2 -20.3
Turnout 1,153 17.1 -2.1
Labour hold Swing
Swinton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Hinds 915 48.8 -17.3
Conservative Neil Levay 551 29.4 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Lynda Revell 410 21.9 +10.0
Majority 364 19.4 -27.8
Turnout 1,876 20.9 -1.4
Labour hold Swing
Swinton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Upton 984 42.7 +10.7
Labour James Short 851 36.9 -15.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Gregory 469 20.4 +4.5
Majority 131 5.8 -14.3
Turnout 2,304 23.3 +0.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Walkden North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Payne 880 51.3 -31.7
Re-elect Melvyn Higson 411 23.9 +23.9
Conservative Lisa Dugmore 279 16.2 +16.2
Liberal Democrats Barbara Wolstencroft 147 8.6 -8.4
Majority 469 27.4 -38.6
Turnout 1,717 20.5 +0.1
Labour hold Swing
Walkden South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Witkowski 1,008 40.0 -14.2
Conservative John Mosley 830 32.9 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Audrey Hunt 554 22.0 +0.6
Independent Peter McHale 128 5.1 +5.1
Majority 178 7.1 -22.7
Turnout 2,520 20.9 -0.9
Labour hold Swing
Weaste & Seedley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Heywood 868 45.3 +22.5
Labour David Jolley 634 33.1 -28.7
Conservative Sydney Cooper 415 21.6 +6.1
Majority 234 12.2 -26.8
Turnout 1,917 25.9 +4.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Winton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Eglin 838 50.0 -18.0
Liberal Democrats Pauline Ogden 436 26.0 -6.0
Conservative Judith Tope 402 24.0 +24.0
Majority 402 24.0 -12.0
Turnout 1,676 18.4 -2.4
Labour hold Swing
Worsley & Boothstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Garrido 1,597 45.4 +9.8
Liberal Democrats Sara Bradbury 1,474 41.9 -5.0
Labour Peter Wheeler 447 12.7 -4.8
Majority 123 3.5 -7.8
Turnout 3,518 31.3 -2.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing


Preceded by
Salford Council election 1999		 Salford local elections Succeeded by
Salford Council election 2002
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