The 2015 Salford City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Salford City Council in England.[1] This was the same day as other local elections, and the 2015 United Kingdom general election. The last time these seats were contested was in 2011.
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The composition of the Council following the 2015 elections:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 52 | 0 | |
Conservative | 8 | 0 |
Wards
editThe electoral division results listed below[1] are based on the changes from the 2014 elections,[2] not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections. Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election.
Barton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michele Barnes | 2,656 | 57.1 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | Robert Bingham | 1,015 | 21.8 | +2.0 | |
Green | Linda Margaret Davies | 435 | 9.4 | N/A | |
BNP | Wayne Peter Tomlinson | 271 | 5.8 | N/A | |
TUSC | Andrew Carrs | 226 | 4.9 | -14.3 | |
Majority | 1,641 | 35.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,652 | 53.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Boothstown & Ellenbrook ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robin Garrido* | 2,924 | 57.8 | +15.7 | |
Labour | Lee Colin Rowbotham | 1,580 | 31.2 | +3.9 | |
Green | Linda Margaret Davies | 410 | 8.1 | -1.6 | |
TUSC | Wayne Peter Tomlinson | 109 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,344 | 26.5 | -15.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,063 | 67.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broughton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charlie Mcintyre* | 2,918 | 66.5 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Yonie Saunders | 720 | 16.4 | +9.8 | |
Green | David Jones | 444 | 10.1 | +3.3 | |
TUSC | Alan Metcalfe | 229 | 5.2 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 2,198 | 50.1 | +14.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,391 | 47.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cadishead ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jimmy Hunt* | 2,506 | 55.6 | -10.0 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Chapman | 1,315 | 29.2 | +8.1 | |
Green | Alan Dominic Valentine | 405 | 9.0 | N/A | |
TUSC | Diane Natalie Cawood | 244 | 5.4 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 1,191 | 26.4 | -7.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,505 | 55.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Claremont ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Murphy* | 2,335 | 45.1 | +3.2 | |
UKIP | Mary Ferrer | 1,124 | 21.7 | -9.1 | |
Conservative | Bob Goodall | 1,014 | 19.6 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronnie Benjamin | 315 | 6.1 | +1.3 | |
Green | Rene Iacopini | 305 | 5.9 | +0.4 | |
TUSC | Matt Kilsby | 80 | 1.5 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 1,221 | 23.4 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,173 | 62.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Eccles ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lisa Margaret Stone* | 2,612 | 48.3 | -14.3 | |
Conservative | Linda Goodall | 1,347 | 24.9 | -14.1 | |
UKIP | Robert Wakefield | 739 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Green | Emma Van Dyke | 327 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Val Kelly | 257 | 4.8 | -4.8 | |
TUSC | Sally Griffiths | 122 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,265 | 23.4 | -11.4 | ||
Turnout | 5404 | 62.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Irlam ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Taylor | 1,935 | 50.0 | -6.4 | |
UKIP | Brian Norman Robinson | 910 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Noel Gaskell | 727 | 18.8 | 0.0 | |
Green | Paul Scott Hardwick | 215 | 5.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Eric Thorpe | 47 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Jackie Anderson | 25 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,208 | 31.2 | -6.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,871 | 55.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Irwell Riverside ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Stuart Ord* | 2,124 | 54.8 | +5.5 | |
UKIP | Katherine Alder | 617 | 15.9 | -6.0 | |
Green | Wendy Olsen | 537 | 13.8 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Jessica Taberner | 472 | 12.2 | +3.0 | |
TUSC | Jamie Carr | 92 | 2.4 | -2.8 | |
BNP | Carl Lawson | 37 | 1.0 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 1,507 | 38.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,879 | 53.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kersal ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Davies | 2,110 | 48.5 | -6.2 | |
Conservative | Arnold Saunders | 1,872 | 43.0 | +25.2 | |
Green | Jason Reading | 250 | 5.7 | N/A | |
TUSC | Farid Norat | 89 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 238 | 5.5 | -21.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,355 | 51.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Langworthy ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gina Claire Reynolds* | 2,424 | 54.9 | -3.0 | |
UKIP | Andy Olsen | 1,065 | 24.1 | -16.8 | |
Conservative | Nicky Turner | 460 | 10.4 | +0.8 | |
Green | Ian Pattinson | 341 | 7.7 | N/A | |
TUSC | Sean Warren | 98 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,359 | 30.8 | +13.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,412 | 52.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Little Hulton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Lewis | 2,281 | 52.9 | -7.8 | |
UKIP | Stephen Ferrer | 1,038 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nathan Ian James | 669 | 15.5 | -2.8 | |
TUSC | Terry Simmons | 159 | 3.7 | -17.3 | |
Green | Kieren John Luke King | 150 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,243 | 28.8 | -10.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,312 | 46.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ordsall ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter William Dobbs* | 2,950 | 50.6 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Boot | 1,224 | 21.0 | +3.7 | |
Green | Jim Alayo-Arnabat | 825 | 14.1 | -5.5 | |
UKIP | Christopher Barnes | 665 | 11.4 | N/A | |
TUSC | Stephanie Vickers | 146 | 2.5 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 1,726 | 29.6 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,832 | 52.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pendlebury ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | John Ferguson* | 2,501 | 48.5 | -0.7 | |
UKIP | Stacey Olsen | 1,295 | 25.1 | -6.4 | |
Conservative | Glenis Purcell | 1,024 | 19.9 | +5.1 | |
Green | Chrissy Brand | 235 | 4.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Jake Newton | 78 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,206 | 23.4 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,156 | 57.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Swinton North ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Dawson* | 2,716 | 54.3 | +4.8 | |
UKIP | John Mark Deas | 1,066 | 21.3 | -7.2 | |
Conservative | Sharon Bulmer | 1,035 | 20.7 | +3.0 | |
TUSC | Norma Frances Parkinson-Green | 163 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,650 | 33.0 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,006 | 59.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Swinton South ward
editCouncillor Neil Blower subsequently became an Independent in February 2016.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Blower* | 2,228 | 46.7 | +5.2 | |
UKIP | Joe O'Neill | 1,086 | 22.8 | -13.3 | |
Conservative | Anne Broomhead | 1,054 | 22.1 | +4.1 | |
Green | Sean Anthony Fairbrother | 264 | 5.5 | N/A | |
TUSC | Jill Royle | 111 | 2.3 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 1,142 | 24.0 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,767 | 57.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walkden North ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samantha Bellamy | 2,263 | 49.7 | -14.1 | |
UKIP | Bernie Gill | 1,094 | 24.0 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel Hill | 866 | 19 | +3.6 | |
Green | Usama Absar Ahmed | 188 | 4.2 | N/A | |
TUSC | Andrew Carrs | 118 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,169 | 25.7 | -22.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,550 | 53.4 | +23.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walkden South ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iain Lindley* | 2,162 | 41.4 | -8.3 | |
Labour | Rob Sharpe | 1,969 | 37.7 | -0.6 | |
UKIP | Albert Redshaw | 749 | 14.4 | +9.8 | |
Green | Thomas Dylan | 238 | 4.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Tom Thurman | 76 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 193 | 3.7 | -7.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,219 | 65.2 | +20.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Weaste & Seedley ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Ronald Wilson* | 2,279 | 46.0 | -11.0 | |
UKIP | Barrie Fallows | 1,080 | 21.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Adam Charles Edward Kennaugh | 813 | 16.4 | -7.0 | |
Green | Peter John Mulleady | 353 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Vaughan | 285 | 5.8 | N/A | |
TUSC | Paul Quinn | 122 | 2.5 | -17.2 | |
Majority | 1,199 | 24.2 | -9.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,952 | 55.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Winton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paula Boshell* | 2,693 | 56.1 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | George Andrew Darlington | 1,020 | 21.2 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Paul Doyle | 533 | 11.1 | -9.0 | |
Green | Helen Margaret Alker | 330 | 6.9 | N/A | |
TUSC | Stephen Cullen | 182 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,673 | 34.8 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,802 | 55.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worsley ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Clarkson* | 3,054 | 52.5 | +6.1 | |
Labour | John Roberts | 1,533 | 26.4 | -4.4 | |
UKIP | Andrew Townsend | 770 | 13.2 | +4.3 | |
Green | Chris Bertenshaw | 380 | 6.5 | N/A | |
TUSC | Kit Watson | 44 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,521 | 26.2 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,814 | 71.1 | +27.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ a b "Salford City Council elections". Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Election results: 7 May 2015". Salford City Council. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Keeling, Neal (5 February 2016). "Army veteran quits as Labour councillor saying party members accused him of faking mental illness". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 16 May 2019.