2002 Salford City Council election

Elections to Salford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 25.07%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 52
• Liberal Democrat 6
• Conservative 2

Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	1	1	0	90.0	52.9	21,254	+9.0%
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	+1	10.0	25.5	10,247	+1.0%
	Conservative	0	0	1	-1	0	17.8	7,162	-9.9%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	645	-0.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	596	+1.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	141	+0.4%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	119	+0.3%

Ward results

Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jolley	1,097	66.1	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Mathieson	308	18.6	−1.8
	Conservative	Leslie Taylor	255	15.4	−8.6
Majority			789	47.5	+16.0
Turnout			1,660	22.1	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackfriars

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Murphy	840	73.6	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Riding	209	18.3	−22.2
	Liberal	Paul Rigby	92	8.1	+8.1
Majority			631	55.3	+34.3
Turnout			1,141	19.9	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Broughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Merry	963	70.7	−2.5
	Independent	Sydney Hastings	222	16.3	+16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jatinder Seehra	177	13.0	−13.8
Majority			739	54.4	+8.0
Turnout			1,362	24.0	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadishead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Mann	938	50.2
	Conservative	Thomas Holt	603	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Wenham	163	8.7
	Independent	Neil Taylor	163	8.7
Majority			335	17.9
Turnout			1,867	28.7	+5.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Claremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Perkins	1,531	56.4	+7.7
	Labour	Peter Wheeler	1,185	43.6	+15.1
Majority			346	12.8	−7.4
Turnout			2,716	28.1	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Eccles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Broughton	1,395	56.1	+10.5
	Conservative	Michael Edwards	619	24.9	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Lomax	473	19.0	+0.1
Majority			776	31.2	+21.1
Turnout			2,487	27.7	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Irlam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Kean	922	49.5	−0.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	596	32.0	−4.7
	Independent	Nicholas Wood	182	9.8	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Wenham	164	8.8	−4.4
Majority			326	17.5	+4.1
Turnout			1,864	25.4	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Kersal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Connor	1,576	73.2	+16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carson	578	26.8	+12.5
Majority			998	46.4	+12.7
Turnout			2,154	25.3	+7.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Langworthy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Salmon	545	48.4	+6.1
	Liberal	Christopher Barnes	290	25.7	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Flint	257	22.8	−1.4
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Hayes	35	3.1	+3.1
Majority			255	22.7	+13.9
Turnout			1,127	21.1	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Hulton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Fernandez	885	66.2	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Blainey	230	17.2	+2.6
	Conservative	Walter Edwards	222	16.6	−3.7
Majority			655	49.0	+4.2
Turnout			1,337	19.1	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Slater	520	60.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Gibbons	257	29.7	+20.3
	Liberal	Philippa Hanley	60	6.9	−1.4
	Independent	Sheilah Wallace	29	3.3	+3.3
Majority			263	30.3	+6.0
Turnout			866	17.4	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Warner	1,589	63.3	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Gregory	471	18.8	−4.0
	Conservative	Marjorie Weston	449	17.9	−8.8
Majority			1,118	44.5	+20.7
Turnout			2,509	24.4	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hulmes	916	68.6	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Drake	335	25.1	+11.9
	Socialist Alliance	James Knowles	84	6.3	+6.3
Majority			581	43.5	+4.3
Turnout			1,335	20.3	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Antrobus	1,298	58.5	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Gregory	477	21.5	−0.4
	Conservative	Wendy Powell	445	20.0	−9.4
Majority			821	37.0	+17.6
Turnout			2,220	24.9	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cullen	1,216	45.3	+8.4
	Conservative	Peter Allcock	912	34.0	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gregory	555	20.7	+0.3
Majority			304	11.3	+5.5
Turnout			2,683	27.5	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Pennington	1,251	70.6	+19.3
	Conservative	Declan Harrington	261	14.7	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Ogden	260	14.7	+6.1
Majority			990	55.9	+28.5
Turnout			1,772	21.9	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Burgoyne	1,341	45.2	+5.2
	Conservative	John Mosley	961	32.4	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Brown	663	22.4	+0.4
Majority			380	12.8	+5.7
Turnout			2,965	24.6	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Weaste & Seedley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Ullman	969	46.4	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Powls	916	43.9	−1.4
	Liberal	Andrew Priest	203	9.7	+9.7
Majority			53	2.5	−9.7
Turnout			2,088	28.8	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Winton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Wilkinson	1,172	58.5	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Bradbury	451	22.5	−3.5
	Conservative	Judith Tope	379	18.9	−5.1
Majority			721	36.0	+12.0
Turnout			2,002	22.6	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley & Boothstown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Boyd	1,772	44.2	+2.3
	Conservative	Beryl Howard	1,460	36.4	−9.0
	Labour	Warren Coates	636	15.9	+3.2
	Green	Ian Davies	141	3.5	+3.5
Majority			312	7.8	+4.3
Turnout			4,009	35.9	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing