2023 Salford City Council election

2023 Salford City Council election
21 of 60 seats on Salford City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	24.2%
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Salford City Council election
Council control before election; Paul Dennett; Labour	Subsequent council control ; Paul Dennett; Labour

The 2023 Salford City Council elections were held on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of seats (20) on Salford City Council were up for election, with an additional seat being contested in a by-election in Pendlebury & Clifton.

Labour retained its majority on the council.^[1]^[2]

Background

History

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Salford was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.^[3] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.^[4]

Since its formation, Salford City Council has continuously been under Labour control. In the most recent council election in 2022, Labour won 15 seats, with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats winning two seats each and an independent politician winning one.^[5]

As the Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries for Manchester ahead of the 2021 election, meaning that the 2021 elections were all-out, with all councillors being elected before returning to electing by thirds, candidates up for re-election in 2023 are those who came second in each ward in 2021.

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.^[6]^[7] The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Salford aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Summary

Election result

2023 Salford City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	18		85.7	31	49	81.7	26,746	57.3	3.6
	Conservative	3		14.3	5	8	13.3	10,979	23.5	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	2	2	3.3	3,830	8.2	4.5
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.7	411	0.9	3.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,023	8.6	2.1
	Britain First	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	405	0.9	0.2
	Women's Equality	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	109	0.2	0.4
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	93	0.2	0.0
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	68	0.1	N/A
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	40	0.1	N/A

Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.^[8]

Barton & Winton

Barton and Winton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Anthony Lancaster*	1,561	68.1	−3.7
	Conservative	Bernard Goldfine	320	14.0	−5.8
	Green	Daniel Towers	262	11.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Duke	135	5.9	−1.7
Majority			1,241	54.2
Rejected ballots			13	0.6
Turnout			2,291	21.5
Registered electors			10,666
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackfriars & Trinity

Blackfriars and Trinity^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Louise Cammell	1,025	60.0	−5.4
	Green	David Jones	455	26.7	+7.1
	Conservative	Charlie Ng	150	8.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Scott James Turner-Preece	62	2.6	−10.8
Majority			570	33.4
Rejected ballots			15	0.9
Turnout			1,707	19.5
Registered electors			8,772
	Labour hold		Swing

Boothstown & Ellenbrook

Boothstown and Ellenbrook^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Ward*	1,874	55.8	+7.4
	Labour	Su Matthews	1,065	31.8	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Leslie Chisnall	222	6.6	−3.9
	Green	Diana Joy Battersby	180	5.4	−3.4
Majority			809	24.0
Rejected ballots			12	0.4
Turnout			3,353
Registered electors			9,691
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broughton

Broughton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jim King*	1,333	70.0	+6.0
	Conservative	Patience Assam	273	14.3	+3.0
	Green	David Joseph Henry	194	10.2	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Web	83	4.4	−4.8
Majority			1,060	55.7
Rejected ballots			20	1.1
Turnout			1,903	19.6
Registered electors			9,714
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadishead & Lower Irlam

Cadishead and Lower Irlam^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Jane Robinson-Smith*	1,562	73.4	+13.7
	Conservative	Jackie Mountaine	424	19.9	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ninad Vivek Oak	120	5.6	−12.8
Majority			1,138	53.5
Rejected ballots			22	1.0
Turnout			2,128	22.6
Registered electors			9,399
	Labour hold		Swing

Claremont

Claremont^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Thomas Pevitt*	1,606	61.5	+3.9
	Conservative	Myrella Saunders	397	15.2	+1.1
	Green	Christopher Seed	316	12.1	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Alexander McKinlay	279	10.7	+4.0
Majority			1,209	46.3
Rejected ballots			12	0.5
Turnout			2,610	26.8
Registered electors			9,748
	Labour hold		Swing

Eccles

Eccles^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike McCusker*	2,022	65.5	+5.6
	Conservative	Karim Benze	482	15.6	−6.7
	Green	Nicola Smith	373	12.1	+4.0
	TUSC	Sally Griffiths	93	3.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Bridges	92	3.0	−3.3
Majority			1,540	49.9
Rejected ballots			23	0.7
Turnout			3,085	28.1
Registered electors			10,983
	Labour hold		Swing

Higher Irlam & Peel Green

Higher Irlam and Peel Green^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John David Walsh	1,280	65.3	+2.1
	Conservative	Paul Worcester	357	18.2	−0.1
	Green	Jack Smith	193	9.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Spencer Martin Fairbrother	116	5.9	−11.6
Majority			923	47.1
Rejected ballots			14	0.7
Turnout			1,960	20.3
Registered electors			9,670
	Labour hold		Swing

Kersal & Broughton Park

Kersal & Broughton Park^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ari Leitner*	1,629	58.2	+28.2
	Labour	Philip Wilson-Marks	756	27.0	+0.6
	Independent	Yirmiyahu Harari	157	5.6	N/A
	Green	James Thomas Bullen	137	4.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Twells	102	3.6	−1.5
Majority			873	31.2
Rejected ballots			16	0.6
Turnout			2,797	29.5
Registered electors			9,491
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Hulton

Little Hulton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Andrew Sharpe*	1,048	68.0	+4.3
	Conservative	Dorothy Chapman	304	19.7	−3.9
	Green	Stuart Oxbrow	100	6.5	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Michael Robbins	79	5.1	−0.2
Majority			744	48.3
Rejected ballots			11	0.7
Turnout			1,542	16.8
Registered electors			9,164
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordsall

Ordsall^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Grogan	931	48.1	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Darren Heilbron	695	35.9	−9.8
	Green	Jane Ransley	195	10.1	−2.6
	Conservative	Emma Wade-Gledhill	105	5.4	N/A
Majority			236	12.2
Rejected ballots			11	0.6
Turnout			1,937	22.5
Registered electors			8,618
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendlebury & Clifton

Pendlebury & Clifton (2 seats due to by-election)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Warner*	1,234	59.0	−2.9
	Labour	Chioma Mgbeokwere	1,071	51.2	−10.7
	Conservative	Adam Carney	499	23.9	−2.1
	Conservative	Chris Cunliffe	334	16.0	−10.0
	Green	Kathleen Frances Allen	245	11.7	N/A
	Green	Tamara Reilly	180	8.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth William Thompson	161	7.7	−3.5
Rejected ballots			3
Turnout			2,094	23.2
Registered electors			9,039
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Pendleton & Charlestown

Pendleton & Charlestown^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilson Nkurunziza*	1,134	65.0	−1.4
	Conservative	Martin Christopher Goodman	248	14.2	−1.1
	Green	Adam John Smithson	210	12.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin James Thomas	131	7.5	+0.6
Majority			886	50.8
Rejected ballots			22	1.3
Turnout			1,745	18.6
Registered electors			9,388
	Labour hold		Swing

Quays

Quays^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jake Rowland*	741	45.0	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Moore	613	37.2	−22.9
	Green	Andrew Nadin	150	9.1	+0.8
	Conservative	Dan Swift	135	8.2	N/A
Majority			128	7.8
Rejected ballots			9	0.5
Turnout			1,648	22.1
Registered electors			7,456
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton & Wardley

Swinton & Wardley^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Hinds*	1,621	63.6	+2.4
	Conservative	Sarah Wanjiku	361	14.2	−2.0
	Independent	Joe O'Neill	254	10.0	N/A
	Green	Liam James Cantona Waite	180	7.1	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Joseph Watkins	120	4.7	+0.6
Majority			1,260	49.4
Rejected ballots			13	0.5
Turnout			2,549	27.2
Registered electors			9,383
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton Park

Swinton Park^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Cammell*	1,590	63.2	+5.9
	Conservative	Miranda Friedman	459	18.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Howard McLellan	236	9.4	+1.5
	Green	Lisa Swarbrick	216	8.6	+1.7
Majority			1,131	44.9
Rejected ballots			14	0.6
Turnout			2,515	26.7
Registered electors			9,418
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden North

Walkden North^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sammie Bellamy*	1,244	55.5	+4.0
	Britain First	Ashlea Simon	405	18.1	−3.5
	Conservative	Derek Barry Meades	238	10.6	−0.8
	Green	Frederick Roy Battersby	162	7.2	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Vanessa Lewis	113	5.0	−1.1
	Reform UK	Craig Birtwistle	68	3.0	N/A
Majority			839	37.4
Rejected ballots			10	0.4
Turnout			2,240	23.6
Registered electors			9,490
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden South

Walkden South^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Hilaria Asumu	1,318	52.1	+5.3
	Conservative	Janet Hainey	754	29.8	+5.2
	Green	Anna Elizabeth Mackinlay Totterdill	257	10.2	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rowan Cerys Blessing	178	7.0	−2.9
Majority			564	22.3
Rejected ballots			25	1.0
Turnout			2,532	28.1
Registered electors			9,001
	Labour hold		Swing

Weaste & Seedley

Weaste & Seedley^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlotte Youd	1,438	65.8	+2.1
	Conservative	Alan Lederberger	244	11.2	N/A
	Green	Andrea Romero O'Brien	170	7.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Grant	169	7.7	−13.6
	Women's Equality	Donna-Maree Louise Humphery	109	5.0	−8.0
	SDP	Stephen James Lewthwaite	40	1.8	N/A
Majority			1,194	54.6
Rejected ballots			14	0.6
Turnout			2,184	20.1
Registered electors			10,842
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley & Westwood Park

Worsley & Westwood Park^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin John Garrido*	1,392	48.2	+0.2
	Labour	Michelle Mullen	1,166	40.4	−2.6
	Green	Christopher Bertenshaw	193	6.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Karl Blessing	124	4.3	−4.0
Majority			226	7.8
Rejected ballots			12	0.4
Turnout			2,887	32.4
Registered electors			8,922
	Conservative hold		Swing

Changes since this election

Quays by-election

A by-election was held on 11 January 2024 following the resignation of Alex Warren after he took up a politically-restricted role.^[10]

Changes below are with the 2023 elections, not the 2022 election when the incumbent councillor was elected.

Quays by-election^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Heilbron	540	54.8	+17.6
	Labour	Elizabeth McCoy	321	32.6	−12.4
	Green	Andrea O'Brien	124	12.6	+3.5
Majority			219	22.2
Total valid votes			985
Rejected ballots			8
Turnout			993	12.3	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+15.0

References

^ "Local elections 2023: Labour replace Tories as Bolton's biggest party". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ Wilkinson, Damon (5 May 2023). "Salford local council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ "Salford result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Salford City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Election results". Salford City Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ "Salford Quay's only Lib Dem councillor quits for new role". BBC News. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
^ Carey, Declan (12 January 2024). "What Salford's newest Lib Dem councillor plans to do for city after key by-election win". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Quays by-election result: Thursday 11 January". Salford City Council. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[1] "Local elections 2023: Labour replace Tories as Bolton's biggest party". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

[2] Wilkinson, Damon (5 May 2023). "Salford local council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

[guide-3] Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.

[4] "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[5] "Salford result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[6] "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[7] "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).

[8] "Statement of Persons Nominated". Salford City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

[council-results-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Election results". Salford City Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[10] "Salford Quay's only Lib Dem councillor quits for new role". BBC News. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

[11] Carey, Declan (12 January 2024). "What Salford's newest Lib Dem councillor plans to do for city after key by-election win". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[12] "Quays by-election result: Thursday 11 January". Salford City Council. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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