The 2008 Salford City Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party lost six seats but stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.3%.
The composition of the Council following the 2008 elections:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 36 | -6 | |
Conservative | 13 | +3 | |
Liberal Democrat | 10 | +2 | |
Community Action | 1 | +1 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 10 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 50.0 | 34.8 | 17,899 | -4.7% | |
Conservative | 5 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 25.0 | 34.0 | 17,472 | +4.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 10,949 | -0.4% | |
Community Action | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 1,805 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 1,871 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1,238 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 149 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Mullen | 1,039 | 41.0 | −3.2 | |
Conservative | Abdul Mannan | 701 | 27.7 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Benjamin | 489 | 19.3 | −0.2 | |
Independent | Alan Valentine | 303 | 12.0 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 338 | 13.3 | |||
Turnout | 28.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Cheetham | 1,867 | 67.7 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Connett | 452 | 16.4 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Abdul Shahid | 437 | 15.9 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 1,415 | 51.3 | |||
Turnout | 36.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Jim King | 1,185 | 58.1 | −3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Carson | 472 | 23.1 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | David Wolfson | 383 | 18.8 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 713 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 26.4 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lyn Bramer-Kelly | 1,047 | 38.9 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Jimmy Hunt | 865 | 32.1 | −4.4 | |
Community Action | Chris Dickenson | 653 | 24.2 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Melanie Owen | 130 | 4.8 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 182 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 36.9 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Norman Owen | 1,277 | 42.8 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Peter Wheeler | 737 | 24.7 | −7.2 | |
Conservative | Chris Allcock | 525 | 17.6 | −1.0 | |
BNP | Edward O’Sullivan | 295 | 9.9 | −2.0 | |
UKIP | Robert Wakefield | 149 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 540 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 36.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Judith Tope | 1,422 | 46.7 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Alan Broughton | 1,144 | 37.6 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Ferrer | 479 | 15.7 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 278 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 36.2 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | Rick Houlton | 1,152 | 41.2 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Stephen Fitzsimmons | 832 | 29.8 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Roger Jones | 650 | 23.3 | −15.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mariska Jones | 161 | 5.8 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 320 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 38.4 | ||||
Community Action gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Coen | 888 | 50.9 | −5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Mckelvey | 337 | 19.3 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | David Lewis | 286 | 16.4 | +5.6 | |
BNP | Anthony Healey | 233 | 13.4 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 551 | 31.6 | |||
Turnout | 20.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Connor | 1,385 | 49.7 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Shneur Odze | 1,046 | 37.5 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harold Kershner | 356 | 12.8 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 339 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 34.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lynn Drake | 1,049 | 46.5 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Andy, Salmon | 878 | 38.9 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | Helen Vernon | 330 | 14.6 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 171 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 24.9 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Ryan | 1,021 | 46.8 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Elaine West | 488 | 22.4 | +6.2 | |
BNP | Vinnie Coleman | 404 | 18.5 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Carson | 270 | 12.4 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 533 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 23.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ray Mashiter | 860 | 54.9 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Yan Cockayne | 358 | 22.9 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liam Starkey | 348 | 22.2 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 502 | 32.0 | |||
Turnout | 23.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barry Warner | 975 | 36.9 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Allcock | 826 | 31.2 | +7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Corry | 375 | 14.2 | −2.8 | |
BNP | Wayne Taylor | 352 | 13.3 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Stuart Cremins | 117 | 4.4 | (+4.4) | |
Majority | 149 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 29.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Antrobus | 1,122 | 41.7 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | Shirley Walsh | 947 | 35.2 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tamara Cooke | 624 | 23.2 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 175 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 31.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin O’Neill | 1,150 | 43.1 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Valerie Burgoyne | 642 | 24.1 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Hilary Brunyee | 527 | 19.8 | +5.9 | |
Independent | Dave Kelly | 347 | 13.0 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 508 | 19.0 | |||
Turnout | 32.3 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vincent Devine | 1,033 | 47.3 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Eileen MacDonald | 756 | 34.6 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Fernley | 395 | 18.1 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 277 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 26.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicky Turner | 1,649 | 50.6 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Brendan Ryan | 815 | 25.0 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Ogden | 458 | 14.1 | +5.2 | |
BNP | Tommy Cavanagh | 336 | 10.3 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 834 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 40.3 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Janice Heywood | 1,282 | 52.5 | +7.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Tony Harold | 682 | 27.9 | −13.4 | |
Conservative | Heather Grant | 478 | 19.6 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 600 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 29.4 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lancaster | 959 | 36.3 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Gary Green | 593 | 22.4 | +2.8 | |
Independent | Paul Doyle | 471 | 17.8 | +17.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Plaister | 369 | 14.0 | −25.0 | |
BNP | Thomas Williams | 251 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 366 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 30.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karen Garrido | 2,411 | 69.5 | +6.0 | |
Labour | John Ferguson | 582 | 16.8 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Mulleady | 476 | 13.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,829 | 52.7 | |||
Turnout | 42.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |