Salford Council election, 1998

Elections to Salford Council were held on 7th May, 1998. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 19.39%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 57
*Liberal Democrat 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 20
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 95.2
votes % = 61.5
votes = 20,505
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 4.8
votes % = 19.5
votes = 6,488
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 18.7
votes = 6,237
plus/minus =Election Summary
party = No Confidence Group
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 95
plus/minus =

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Carter
votes = 1,100
percentage = 77.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ruth Brook
votes = 179
percentage = 12.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Cowpe
votes = 144
percentage = 10.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 921
percentage = 64.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,423
percentage = 18.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Murphy
votes = 622
percentage = 78.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Carson
votes = 107
percentage = 13.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Wendy Powell
votes = 61
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 515
percentage = 65.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 790
percentage = 13.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Merry
votes = 818
percentage = 75.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Marshall
votes = 141
percentage = 12.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sheilah Wallace
votes = 132
percentage = 12.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 677
percentage = 62.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,091
percentage = 17.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arnold Holt
votes = 878
percentage = 61.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Holt
votes = 410
percentage = 28.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tony Gillings
votes = 130
percentage = 9.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 468
percentage = 33.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,404
percentage = 21.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Grimshaw
votes = 995
percentage = 46.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Norman Owen
votes = 774
percentage = 36.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Herrick
votes = 369
percentage = 17.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 221
percentage = 10.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,138
percentage = 21.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Johnson
votes = 1,163
percentage = 61.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Marshall
votes = 410
percentage = 21.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Graham Bates
votes = 335
percentage = 17.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 753
percentage = 39.5
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,908
percentage = 20.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Kean
votes = 1,128
percentage = 80.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julie Wenham
votes = 276
percentage = 19.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 852
percentage = 60.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,404
percentage = 19.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Connor
votes = 1,321
percentage = 68.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rufus Heron
votes = 474
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lynn Drake
votes = 130
percentage = 6.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 847
percentage = 44.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,925
percentage = 22.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Salmon
votes = 723
percentage = 71.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bernard Carson
votes = 122
percentage = 12.1
change = Election box candidate
party = No Confidence Group
candidate = John Copeland
votes = 95
percentage = 9.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Matthews
votes = 66
percentage = 6.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 601
percentage = 59.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,006
percentage = 15.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Doris Fernandez
votes = 859
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Wordsworth
votes = 755
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Stirrup
votes = 226
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert McHale
votes = 209
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Yvonne Dippnall
votes = 117
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Dippnall
votes = 109
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,275
percentage = 17.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney Turner
votes = 486
percentage = 83.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Neil Ratcliffe
votes = 50
percentage = 8.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Mitchell
votes = 48
percentage = 8.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 436
percentage = 74.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 584
percentage = 11.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Warner
votes = 1,466
percentage = 72.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marjorie Weston
votes = 300
percentage = 14.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Kay
votes = 244
percentage = 12.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,166
percentage = 58.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,010
percentage = 19.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Hulmes
votes = 890
percentage = 75.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Gray
votes = 167
percentage = 14.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hillary Lingard
votes = 117
percentage = 10.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 723
percentage = 61.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,174
percentage = 16.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Antrobus
votes = 1,209
percentage = 68.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Levay
votes = 301
percentage = 17.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nina Richards
votes = 245
percentage = 14.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 908
percentage = 51.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,755
percentage = 19.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Mann
votes = 997
percentage = 49.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Upton
votes = 672
percentage = 33.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Gregory
votes = 339
percentage = 16.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 325
percentage = 16.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,008
percentage = 20.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Pennington
votes = 1,185
percentage = 79.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Phillip Hall
votes = 158
percentage = 10.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Wilde
votes = 149
percentage = 10.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,027
percentage = 68.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,492
percentage = 17.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Burgoyne
votes = 1,296
percentage = 54.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Mosley
votes = 582
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Adrian McDermott
votes = 490
percentage = 20.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 806
percentage = 30.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,368
percentage = 20.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Ullman
votes = 944
percentage = 56.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Neville Rogers
votes = 387
percentage = 23.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney Cooper
votes = 345
percentage = 20.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 557
percentage = 33.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,676
percentage = 21.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Vincent Prior
votes = 1,113
percentage = 69.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Kershaw
votes = 267
percentage = 16.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Williiam Wain
votes = 221
percentage = 13.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 846
percentage = 52.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,601
percentage = 17.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Boyd
votes = 1,820
percentage = 55.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Karen Garrido
votes = 902
percentage = 27.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Burgoyne
votes = 557
percentage = 17.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 918
percentage = 28.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,279
percentage = 29.7
change =

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