Salford Council election, 2000

Elections to Salford Council were held on 4th May, 2000. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 21.04%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 52
*Liberal Democrat 5
*Conservative 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 16
gain = 0
loss = 4
net = -4
seats % = 76.2
votes % = 43.9
votes = 15,646
plus/minus = -15.2%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 3
loss = 0
net = +3
seats % = 14.3
votes % = 27.7
votes = 9,855
plus/minus = +9.0%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 2
loss = 1
net = +1
seats % = 9.5
votes % = 24.5
votes = 8,712
plus/minus = +2.4%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.8
votes = 626
plus/minus = +1.8%Election Summary
party = Re-elect
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.2
votes = 411
plus/minus = +1.2%Election Summary
party = Save Markendale Nursey
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 232
plus/minus = +0.7%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 128
plus/minus = +0.4%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Memory
votes = 786
percentage = 55.5
change = -18.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ruth Brook
votes = 340
percentage = 24.0
change = +9.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Powis
votes = 289
percentage = 20.4
change = +8.9Election box majority
votes = 346
percentage = 31.5
change = -27.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,415
percentage = 18.4
change = -2.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Hincks
votes = 455
percentage = 59.5
change = -15.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marshall Peach
votes = 310
percentage = 40.5
change = +15.7Election box majority
votes = 145
percentage = 19.0
change = -31.4Election box turnout
votes = 765
percentage = 13.4
change = -2.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James King
votes = 832
percentage = 73.2
change = -4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Carson
votes = 304
percentage = 26.8
change = +4.2Election box majority
votes = 528
percentage = 46.4
change = -8.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,136
percentage = 19.1
change = -0.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Hudson
votes = 736
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Holt
votes = 632
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Wood
votes = 595
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Taylor
votes = 536
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Emma Rogers
votes = 148
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Neville Rogers
votes = 136
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,783
percentage = 23.2
change = -2.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bernard Carson
votes = 1,224
percentage = 48.7
change = +5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Miller
votes = 717
percentage = 28.5
change = -13.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Davies
votes = 574
percentage = 22.8
change = +7.4Election box majority
votes = 507
percentage = 20.2
change = +18.6Election box turnout
votes = 2,515
percentage = 25.7
change = -0.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edmund Sheehy
votes = 1,015
percentage = 45.6
change = -10.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Edwards
votes = 791
percentage = 35.5
change = +7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Lomax
votes = 422
percentage = 18.9
change = +2.8Election box majority
votes = 224
percentage = 10.1
change = -18.6Election box turnout
votes = 2,228
percentage = 24.5
change = -0.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Lightup
votes = 814
percentage = 50.1
change = -11.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Hill
votes = 596
percentage = 36.7
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julie Wenham
votes = 214
percentage = 13.2
change = +3.9Election box majority
votes = 218
percentage = 13.4
change = -19.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,624
percentage = 22.2
change = -2.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Davina Miller
votes = 890
percentage = 56.9
change = -4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hillary Lingard
votes = 362
percentage = 23.2
change = -1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Samuel Portnoy
votes = 223
percentage = 14.3
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Cameron Barlow
votes = 88
percentage = 5.6
change = +5.6Election box majority
votes = 528
percentage = 33.7
change = -3.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,563
percentage = 18.1
change = +0.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Beaumont
votes = 407
percentage = 42.3
change = -15.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Christopher Barnes
votes = 323
percentage = 33.5
change = +33.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barrie Jones
votes = 233
percentage = 24.2
change = -7.8Election box majority
votes = 84
percentage = 8.8
change = -27.2Election box turnout
votes = 963
percentage = 16.9
change = +1.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alice Smyth
votes = 725
percentage = 65.1
change = -7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jane McInnes
votes = 226
percentage = 20.3
change = +4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jean Blainey
votes = 163
percentage = 14.6
change = +3.2Election box majority
votes = 499
percentage = 44.8
change = -12.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,114
percentage = 15.3
change = +2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Dobbs
votes = 426
percentage = 53.3
change = -24.7Election box candidate
party = Save Markendale Nursey
candidate = Ann Gibbons
votes = 232
percentage = 29.0
change = +29.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mariska Jones
votes = 75
percentage = 9.4
change = -12.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Charles Broadhurst
votes = 66
percentage = 8.3
change = +8.3Election box majority
votes = 194
percentage = 24.3
change = -31.7Election box turnout
votes = 799
percentage = 15.4
change = +0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Lea
votes = 1,023
percentage = 50.5
change = -21.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marjorie Weston
votes = 540
percentage = 26.7
change = +11.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Valerie Gregory
votes = 461
percentage = 22.8
change = +6.5Election box majority
votes = 483
percentage = 23.8
change = -21.4Election box turnout
votes = 2,024
percentage = 19.2
change = -1.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Holt
votes = 652
percentage = 56.5
change = -17.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edith Moores
votes = 200
percentage = 17.3
change = +6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lynn Drake
votes = 152
percentage = 13.2
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Andrew Priest
votes = 149
percentage = 12.9
change = +12.9Election box majority
votes = 452
percentage = 39.2
change = -20.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,153
percentage = 17.1
change = -2.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Hinds
votes = 915
percentage = 48.8
change = -17.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Levay
votes = 551
percentage = 29.4
change = +10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lynda Revell
votes = 410
percentage = 21.9
change = +10.0Election box majority
votes = 364
percentage = 19.4
change = -27.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,876
percentage = 20.9
change = -1.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Upton
votes = 984
percentage = 42.7
change = +10.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Short
votes = 851
percentage = 36.9
change = -15.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Gregory
votes = 469
percentage = 20.4
change = +4.5Election box majority
votes = 131
percentage = 5.8
change = -14.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,304
percentage = 23.3
change = +0.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Payne
votes = 880
percentage = 51.3
change = -31.7Election box candidate
party = Re-elect
candidate = Melvyn Higson
votes = 411
percentage = 23.9
change = +23.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lisa Dugmore
votes = 279
percentage = 16.2
change = +16.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barbara Wolstencroft
votes = 147
percentage = 8.6
change = -8.4Election box majority
votes = 469
percentage = 27.4
change = -38.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,717
percentage = 20.5
change = +0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Witkowski
votes = 1,008
percentage = 40.0
change = -14.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Mosley
votes = 830
percentage = 32.9
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Audrey Hunt
votes = 554
percentage = 22.0
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter McHale
votes = 128
percentage = 5.1
change = +5.1Election box majority
votes = 178
percentage = 7.1
change = -22.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,520
percentage = 20.9
change = -0.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janice Heywood
votes = 868
percentage = 45.3
change = +22.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Jolley
votes = 634
percentage = 33.1
change = -28.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney Cooper
votes = 415
percentage = 21.6
change = +6.1Election box majority
votes = 234
percentage = 12.2
change = -26.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,917
percentage = 25.9
change = +4.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Eglin
votes = 838
percentage = 50.0
change = -18.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pauline Ogden
votes = 436
percentage = 26.0
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Tope
votes = 402
percentage = 24.0
change = +24.0Election box majority
votes = 402
percentage = 24.0
change = -12.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,676
percentage = 18.4
change = -2.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Karen Garrido
votes = 1,597
percentage = 45.4
change = +9.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sara Bradbury
votes = 1,474
percentage = 41.9
change = -5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Wheeler
votes = 447
percentage = 12.7
change = -4.8Election box majority
votes = 123
percentage = 3.5
change = -7.8Election box turnout
votes = 3,518
percentage = 31.3
change = -2.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

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