Salford Council election, 2002

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Elections to Salford Council were held on 2nd May, 2002. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 25.07%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2002
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 18 1 1 0 90.0 52.9 21,254 +9.0%
  Liberal Democrat 2 1 0 +1 10.0 25.5 10,247 +1.0%
  Conservative 0 0 1 -1 0 17.8 7,162 -9.9%
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 645 -0.2%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 596 +1.1%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 141 +0.4%
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 119 +0.3%

[edit] Ward results

Barton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Jolley 1,097 66.1 +10.6
Liberal Democrat Ian Mathieson 308 18.6 -1.8
Conservative Leslie Taylor 255 15.4 -8.6
Majority 789 47.5 +16.0
Turnout 1,660 22.1 +3.7
Labour hold Swing
Blackfriars
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Murphy 840 73.6 +14.1
Liberal Democrat Gary Riding 209 18.3 -22.2
Liberal Paul Rigby 92 8.1 +8.1
Majority 631 55.3 +34.3
Turnout 1,141 19.9 +6.5
Labour hold Swing
Broughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Merry 963 70.7 -2.5
Independent Sydney Hastings 222 16.3 +16.3
Liberal Democrat Jatinder Seehra 177 13.0 -13.8
Majority 739 54.4 +8.0
Turnout 1,362 24.0 +4.9
Labour hold Swing
Cadishead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Mann 938 50.2
Conservative Thomas Holt 603 32.3
Liberal Democrat John Wenham 163 8.7
Independent Neil Taylor 163 8.7
Majority 335 17.9
Turnout 1,867 28.7 +5.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Claremont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Timothy Perkins 1,531 56.4 +7.7
Labour Peter Wheeler 1,185 43.6 +15.1
Majority 346 12.8 -7.4
Turnout 2,716 28.1 +2.4
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Eccles
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Broughton 1,395 56.1 +10.5
Conservative Michael Edwards 619 24.9 -10.6
Liberal Democrat Christine Lomax 473 19.0 +0.1
Majority 776 31.2 +21.1
Turnout 2,487 27.7 +3.2
Labour hold Swing
Irlam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Kean 922 49.5 -0.6
Conservative Elizabeth Hill 596 32.0 -4.7
Independent Nicholas Wood 182 9.8 +9.8
Liberal Democrat Julie Wenham 164 8.8 -4.4
Majority 326 17.5 +4.1
Turnout 1,864 25.4 +3.2
Labour hold Swing
Kersal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Connor 1,576 73.2 +16.3
Liberal Democrat Susan Carson 578 26.8 +12.5
Majority 998 46.4 +12.7
Turnout 2,154 25.3 +7.2
Labour hold Swing
Langworthy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Salmon 545 48.4 +6.1
Liberal Christopher Barnes 290 25.7 -7.8
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Flint 257 22.8 -1.4
Socialist Alliance Peter Hayes 35 3.1 +3.1
Majority 255 22.7 +13.9
Turnout 1,127 21.1 +4.2
Labour hold Swing
Little Hulton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doris Fernandez 885 66.2 +1.1
Liberal Democrat Jean Blainey 230 17.2 +2.6
Conservative Walter Edwards 222 16.6 -3.7
Majority 655 49.0 +4.2
Turnout 1,337 19.1 +3.8
Labour hold Swing
Ordsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Slater 520 60.0 +6.7
Liberal Democrat Ann Gibbons 257 29.7 +20.3
Liberal Philippa Hanley 60 6.9 -1.4
Independent Sheilah Wallace 29 3.3 +3.3
Majority 263 30.3 +6.0
Turnout 866 17.4 +2.0
Labour hold Swing
Pendlebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Warner 1,589 63.3 +12.8
Liberal Democrat James Gregory 471 18.8 -4.0
Conservative Marjorie Weston 449 17.9 -8.8
Majority 1,118 44.5 +20.7
Turnout 2,509 24.4 +5.2
Labour hold Swing
Pendleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hulmes 916 68.6 +12.1
Liberal Democrat Lynn Drake 335 25.1 +11.9
Socialist Alliance James Knowles 84 6.3 +6.3
Majority 581 43.5 +4.3
Turnout 1,335 20.3 +3.2
Labour hold Swing
Swinton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Antrobus 1,298 58.5 +9.7
Liberal Democrat Valerie Gregory 477 21.5 -0.4
Conservative Wendy Powell 445 20.0 -9.4
Majority 821 37.0 +17.6
Turnout 2,220 24.9 +4.0
Labour hold Swing
Swinton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cullen 1,216 45.3 +8.4
Conservative Peter Allcock 912 34.0 -8.7
Liberal Democrat Paul Gregory 555 20.7 +0.3
Majority 304 11.3 +5.5
Turnout 2,683 27.5 +4.2
Labour hold Swing
Walkden North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Pennington 1,251 70.6 +19.3
Conservative Declan Harrington 261 14.7 -1.5
Liberal Democrat Pauline Ogden 260 14.7 +6.1
Majority 990 55.9 +28.5
Turnout 1,772 21.9 +1.4
Labour hold Swing
Walkden South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Valerie Burgoyne 1,341 45.2 +5.2
Conservative John Mosley 961 32.4 -0.5
Liberal Democrat Peter Brown 663 22.4 +0.4
Majority 380 12.8 +5.7
Turnout 2,965 24.6 +3.7
Labour hold Swing
Weaste & Seedley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Ullman 969 46.4 +13.3
Liberal Democrat Margaret Powls 916 43.9 -1.4
Liberal Andrew Priest 203 9.7 +9.7
Majority 53 2.5 -9.7
Turnout 2,088 28.8 +2.9
Labour hold Swing
Winton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Wilkinson 1,172 58.5 +8.5
Liberal Democrat Sara Bradbury 451 22.5 -3.5
Conservative Judith Tope 379 18.9 -5.1
Majority 721 36.0 +12.0
Turnout 2,002 22.6 +4.2
Labour hold Swing
Worsley & Boothstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Robert Boyd 1,772 44.2 +2.3
Conservative Beryl Howard 1,460 36.4 -9.0
Labour Warren Coates 636 15.9 +3.2
Green Ian Davies 141 3.5 +3.5
Majority 312 7.8 +4.3
Turnout 4,009 35.9 +4.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing


Preceded by
Salford Council election, 2000		 Salford local elections Succeeded by
Salford Council election, 2003