Salford Council election, 2007

Elections to Salford Council were held on 3 May 2007 One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1] Overall turnout was 28.1%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	42	1	3	-2	70	42.7	19,067
	Conservative	10	2	0	+2	16.7	29.6	14,163
	Liberal Democrat	3	1	1	0	13.3	25.8	10,484
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	1,372
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	708
	Community Action	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	1,185
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	517
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	234
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	210

Ward results

Barton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norbert Potter*	1,026
	Conservative	Abdul Mannan	498
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Benjamin	453
	UKIP	Alan Valentine	345
Majority			528
Turnout			2,322	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Boothstown and Ellenbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Garrido*	1,520
	Labour	Philip Cusack	518
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Drake	404
	Green	Roy Battersby	137
Majority			1,002
Turnout			2,579	34.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles McIntyre	1,196
	Liberal Democrat	Bernard Carson	471
	Conservative	Colin Moore	266
Majority			725
Turnout			1,933	25.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadishead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	895
	Labour	Christine Hudson*	888
	Community Action	Chris Dickenson	496
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Fernley	155
Majority			7
Turnout			2,434	33.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Taylor	995
	Labour	Peter Wheeler	845
	Conservative	Tim Perkins	492
	BNP	Edward O'Sullivan	316
Majority			150
Turnout			2,648	32.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eccles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Davies	1,303
	Labour	Eddie Sheehy*	1,180
	Liberal Democrat	Mariska Jones	489
Majority			123
Turnout			2,972	35.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Irlam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Kean*	846
	Community Action	Rick Houlton	689
	Conservative	Joyce Collins	482
	Liberal Democrat	Melanie Owen	159
Majority			157
Turnout			2,176	30
	Labour hold		Swing

Irwell Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Murphy*	1,051
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth McKelvey	399
	BNP	Anthony Healey	212
	Conservative	Nicolette Turner	202
Majority			652
Turnout			1,864	21.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Kersal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Wilson*	1,059
	Conservative	Shneur Odze	1,025
	Liberal Democrat	Harold Kershner	426
Majority			34
Turnout			2,510	31.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Langworthy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gina Loveday*	1,038
	Liberal Democrat	Lynn Drake	830
	Conservative	Helen Vernon	288
Majority			208
Turnout			2,156	24.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Hulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Smyth*	1,050
	Liberal Democrat	David Cowpe	337
	Conservative	Andrew Cheetham	321
	BNP	Vinnie Coleman	275
Majority			713
Turnout			1,983	22.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Dobbs*	688
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Plaister	242
	Conservative	Yan Cockayne	207
	UKIP	Duran O'Dwyer	110
Majority			446
Turnout			1,247	20.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendlebury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Lea*	1,167
	Conservative	Peter Allcock	592
	Liberal Democrat	Katherine Ferrer	429
	BNP	Wayne Taylor	344
Majority			575
Turnout			2,532	28.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dawson*	1,295
	Conservative	Michael Edwards	652
	Liberal Democrat	Tamara Cooke	629
Majority			643
Turnout			2,576	30.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Cooke	1,114
	Labour	John Cullen*	750
	Conservative	Christine Allcock	372
	Independent	Dave Kelly	234
	English Democrats	Chris Roscoe	210
Majority			364
Turnout			2,680	32.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Walkden North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Pennington*	1,123
	Conservative	Judith Tope	609
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Ogden	279
	UKIP	Bernard Gill	253
Majority			514
Turnout			2,264	27.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Lindley*	1,578
	Labour	Adrian Brocklehurst	839
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Carson	274
	BNP	Tommy Cavanagh	225
	Green	Simon Battersby	179
Majority			739
Turnout			3,095	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weaste & Seedley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Ainsworth*	1,086
	Labour	Stephen Race	997
	Conservative	Hilary Brunyee	328
Majority			89
Turnout			2,411	29.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Winton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Boshell	941
	Liberal Democrat	John Pooley*	886
	Conservative	Gary Green	447
Majority			55
Turnout			2,274	26.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Worsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian MacDonald*	2,086
	Labour	Warren Coates	570
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Corry	427
	Green	Diana Battersby	201
Majority			1,516
Turnout			3,284	40.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Results for the election held on 3 May 2007". Salford City Council. http://www.salford.gov.uk/elections-2007.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-23.

Preceded by Salford Council election, 2006	Salford local elections	Succeeded by Salford Council election, 2008