Salford City Council election, 2000
Elections to Salford Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout was 21.04%.
After the election, the composition of the council was
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 Democrat |
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% |
Ward results
Barton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kenneth Memory |
786 |
55.5 |
-18.0 |
|
Conservative |
Ruth Brook |
340 |
24.0 |
+9.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
Susan Carson |
304 |
26.8 |
+4.2 |
Majority |
528 |
46.4 |
-8.4 |
Turnout |
1,136 |
19.1 |
-0.7 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Claremont |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat 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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Winton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
David Eglin |
838 |
50.0 |
-18.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
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