2016 Salford City Council election

2016 local election results in Salford

The 2016 Salford City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the Salford Mayoral election.[1] In April 2016, it was revealed that the Liberal Democrats would not be fielding any candidates in Salford.[2]

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[3][4]

Party  | Previous council  | New council

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| Labour  | 50  | 50
| Conservative  | 9  | 9
| Independent  | 1  | 1
Total  | 60  | 60
Working majority  |  40 |  40

## Ward results[edit]

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election.

### Barton[edit]

Barton Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | John Anthony Mullen*  | 1,398  | 60.3  | +3.2
| UKIP | Glyn Alan Wright  | 445  | 19.2  | N/A
| Conservative | Hilary Brunyee  | 287  | 12.4  | -9.4
| Green | Daniel Towers  | 124  | 5.4  | -4.0
| TUSC | Susan Katrina Wright  | 46  | 2.0  | -2.9
| British Resistance  | Wayne Tomlinson  | 17  | 0.7  | N/A
Majority  | 953  | 41.1  | +5.8
Turnout | 2317  | 26.8  | -26.5
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Boothstown and Ellenbrook[edit]

Boothstown and Ellenbrook Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Bob Clarke  | 1,389  | 50.6  | -7.2
| Labour | Lee Colin Rowbotham  | 739  | 26.9  | -4.3
| UKIP | Joseph William Evans  | 386  | 14.1  | N/A
| Green | Lauren Amy Barnes  | 192  | 7.0  | -1.1
| TUSC | Kit Watson  | 23  | 0.8  | -1.4
Majority  | 650  | 23.7  | -2.8
Turnout | 2744  | 36.8  | -30.7
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Broughton[edit]

Broughton Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Jim King*  | 1,580  | 64.4  | -2.1
| UKIP | Shneur Zalman  | 368  | 15.0  | N/A
| Conservative | Yonie Saunders  | 280  | 11.4  | -5.0
| Green | David Jones  | 159  | 6.5  | -3.6
| TUSC | Andrew Sherratt  | 39  | 1.6  | -3.6
Majority  | 1212  | 49.4  | -0.7
Turnout | 2452  | 26.1  | -21.0
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing |  |

### Cadishead[edit]

Cadishead Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | John David Walsh  | 1,220  | 55.2  | -0.4
| UKIP | Stephen Ferrer  | 409  | 18.5  | N/A
| Conservative | Dorothy Chapman  | 367  | 16.6  | -12.6
| Green | Diane Cawood  | 158  | 7.2  | -1.8
| TUSC | Melissa Andrews  | 38  | 1.7  | -3.7
Majority  | 811  | 36.7  | +10.3
Turnout | 2209  | 27.6  | -27.8
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Claremont[edit]

Claremont Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Barbara Anne Bentham  | 1,294  | 47.7  | +2.6
| UKIP | Mary Ferrer  | 666  | 24.6  | +2.9
| Conservative | Bob Goodall  | 489  | 18.0  | -1.6
| Green | Dane Alexander Yates  | 245  | 9.0  | +3.1
Majority  | 628  | 23.2  | -0.2
Turnout | 2712  | 33.4  | -29.4
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Eccles[edit]

Eccles Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Peter Wheeler*  | 1,873  | 61.7  | +13.4
| Conservative | Jonathan Alan Boot  | 707  | 23.3  | -1.6
| Green | Helen Margaret Alker  | 284  | 9.4  | +3.3
| TUSC | Sally Griffiths  | 173  | 5.7  | +3.4
Majority  | 1166  | 38.4  | +15
Turnout | 3037  | 34.9  | -27.1
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Irlam[edit]

Irlam Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Tracy Jane Kelly*  | 1,118  | 58.3  | +8.3
| UKIP | Brian Norman Robinson  | 435  | 22.7  | -0.8
| Conservative | Noel Gaskell  | 248  | 12.9  | -5.9
| Green | Barry Woodling  | 58  | 3.0  | -2.6
| TUSC | Michelle Joy O'Mahoney  | 43  | 2.2  | +1.0
Majority  | 683  | 35.6  | +4.4
Turnout | 1917  | 27.8  | -27.4
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Irwell Riverside[edit]

Irwell Riverside Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Stephen Coen*  | 1,055  | 58.0  | +3.2
| UKIP | Katherine Alder  | 316  | 17.4  | +1.5
| Green | Wendy Kay Olsen  | 233  | 12.8  | -1.0
| Conservative | Thomas Richard Chambers  | 180  | 9.9  | -2.3
| TUSC | Benjamin Wilkes  | 35  | 1.9  | -0.5
Majority  | 739  | 40.6  | +1.7
Turnout | 1819  | 25.5  | -13.4
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Kersal[edit]

Kersal Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Peter Connor*  | 1,219  | 46.7  | -1.8
| Conservative | Arnold Saunders  | 942  | 36.1  | -6.9
| UKIP | Seamus Martin  | 283  | 10.8  | N/A
| Green | Jason Peter Reading  | 113  | 4.3  | -1.4
| TUSC | Alan Metcalfe  | 31  | 1.2  | -0.8
Majority  | 277  | 10.6  | +5.1
Turnout | 2611  | 31.5  | -20.1
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

There was a by-election held on 2 March 2017 following the resignation of the incumbent councillor. The ward was gained by the Conservative Party candidate, a local rabbi.[5]

### Langworthy[edit]

Langworthy Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Paul Anthony Longshaw  | 1,142  | 48.5  | -6.4
| UKIP | Christopher Barnes  | 586  | 24.9  | +0.8
| Independent | Mark Breeze  | 264  | 11.2  | N/A
| Conservative | Ian Macdoland  | 151  | 6.4  | -4.0
| Green | Ian Pattinson  | 139  | 5.9  | -1.8
| TUSC | Andrew Carss  | 45  | 1.9  | -0.3
Majority  | 556  | 23.6  | -7.2
Turnout | 2353  | 27.6  | -24.4
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Little Hulton[edit]

Little Hulton (2 seats)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Robert Andrew Sharpe  | 1,171  | 30.6  |
| Labour | Colette Weir  | 837  | 21.7  |
| UKIP | Phil Bridge  | 648  | 16.9  |
| UKIP | Bod Skoczypec  | 416  | 10.9  |
| Conservative | Nathan Ian James  | 317  | 8.3  |
| Conservative | Matthew William Lightfoot  | 229  | 6.0  |
| Green | Frederick Roy Battersby  | 210  | 5.5  |
Turnout | 3828  | 21.0  | -25.9
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Ordsall[edit]

Ordsall Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Ray Mashiter*  | 1,521  | 58.9  | +6.0
| Conservative | Adam Robert Carney  | 370  | 14.3  | -6.7
| Green | Emma Sarah Louise Van Dyke  | 331  | 12.8  | -1.3
| UKIP | Owen Martin Hammond  | 280  | 10.8  | -0.6
| TUSC | Ashley Jade Taylor  | 48  | 1.9  | -0.6
Majority  | 1151  | 44.6  | +15.0
Turnout | 2583  | 24.6  | -28.3
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Pendlebury[edit]

Pendlebury Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
|
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| Labour | Barry Warner*  | 1,287  | 48.4  | -0.1
| UKIP | Andy Olsen  | 728  | 27.4  | +2.3
| Conservative | Jonathan Grosskopf  | 373  | 14.0  | -5.9
| Green | Paul Brighouse  | 161  | 6.1  | +1.5
| TUSC | Sean Warren  | 77  | 2.9  | +1.4
| Republic Party  | Stuart Cremins  | 21  | 0.8  | N/A
Majority  | 559  | 21.0  | -2.4
Turnout | 2660  | 29.9  | -27.2
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Swinton North[edit]

Swinton North Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Derek Antrobus*  | 1,340  | 61.6  | +7.3
| UKIP | Stacey Olsen  | 619  | 23.2  | +1.9
| Conservative | Sharon Bulmer  | 500  | 18.8  | -1.9
| Green | Steven John Willett  | 137  | 5.1  | N/A
| TUSC | Norma Frances Parkinson-Green  | 67  | 2.5  | -0.8
Majority  | 721  | 27.1  | -5.9
Turnout | 2663  | 31.8  | -27.5
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing |  |

### Swinton South[edit]

Swinton South Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
|
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| Labour | Heather Fletcher  | 1,105  | 46.3  | -0.4
| UKIP | Joe O'Neill  | 579  | 24.2  | +1.4
| Conservative | Nicky Turner  | 443  | 18.5  | -3.6
| Green | Nicola Smith  | 161  | 6.7  | +1.2
| TUSC | Matt Kilsby  | 49  | 2.1  | -0.2
| English Democrat | Craig Holmes  | 43  | 1.8  | N/A
| British Resistance  | Eddy O'Sullivan  | 9  | 0.4  | N/A
Majority  | 526  | 22.0  | -2.0
Turnout | 2389  | 29.3  | -28.3
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Walkden North[edit]

Walkden North Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
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| Labour | Brendan Patrick Ryan*  | 1,146  | 54.1  | +4.4
| UKIP | Bernard Gill  | 526  | 24.8  | +0.8
| Conservative | Shazia Qayyum  | 243  | 11.5  | -7.5
| Green | Diana Joy Battersby  | 130  | 6.1  | +1.9
| TUSC | Terry Simmons  | 60  | 2.8  | +0.2
Majority  | 620  | 29.3  | +3.6
Turnout | 2118  | 25.2  | -28.2
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Walkden South[edit]

Walkden South Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
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| Labour | Richard John Critchley*  | 1,421  | 43.4  | +5.7
| Conservative | Anne Susan Broomhead  | 1266  | 38.6  | -2.8
| UKIP | Ann Lord  | 390  | 11.9  | -2.5
| Green | Thomas Matthew Dylan  | 149  | 4.5  | +0.1
| TUSC | Jamie Carr  | 29  | 0.9  | -0.6
Majority  | 155  | 4.7  |
Turnout | 3276  | 41.8  | -23.4
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Weaste & Seedley[edit]

Weaste and Seedley Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
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| Labour | Stephen Hesling*  | 1,268  | 51.5  | +5.5
| UKIP | Barrie Michael Fallows  | 591  | 24.0  | +2.2
| Conservative | Adam Charles Edward Kennaugh  | 342  | 13.9  | -2.5
| Green | Rob Stephenson  | 172  | 7.0  | -0.1
| TUSC | Becci Heagney  | 65  | 2.6  | +0.1
Majority  | 677  | 27.5  | +3.3
Turnout | 2460  | 28.2  | -27.6
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Winton[edit]

Winton Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
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| Labour | David Anthony Lancaster*  | 1,381  | 58.3  | +2.2
| Conservative | George Andrew Darlington  | 404  | 17.0  | -4.2
| Independent | Paul Michael Doyle  | 271  | 11.4  | +0.3
| Green | Susan Mary O'Shea  | 171  | 7.2  | +0.3
| TUSC | Rob Royle  | 143  | +6.0  | +2.2
Majority  | 977  | 41.2  | +6.4
Turnout | 2370  | 27.3  | -28.2
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Worsley[edit]

Worsley Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
|
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| Conservative | Karen Garrido*  | 1,833  | 56.0  | +3.5
| Labour | Stuart James Dickman  | 846  | 25.8  | -0.6
| UKIP | Andrew Townsend  | 372  | 11.4  | -1.8
| Green | Christopher Bertenshaw  | 179  | 5.5  | -1.0
| TUSC | Thomas James Alexander Thurman  | 26  | 0.8  | 0.0
Majority  | 987  | 30.1  | +3.9
Turnout | 3274  | 40.5  | -30.6
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Local election - Thursday 5 May 2016". Salford City Council. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
2. ^ "Liberal Democrats will not field any candidates in Salford's local elections". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
3. ^ "Political composition of the council". Salford City Council. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
4. ^ "2016 election results, Salford". Salford Council. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016.
5. ^ "Rabbi wins surprise victory for Tories in Salford by-election". Manchester Evening News. 3 March 2017.

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