Salford Council election, 2002

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

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 18
gain = 1
loss = 1
net = 0
seats % = 90.0
votes % = 52.9
votes = 21,254
plus/minus = +9.0%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 10.0
votes % = 25.5
votes = 10,247
plus/minus = +1.0%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 0
votes % = 17.8
votes = 7,162
plus/minus = -9.9%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.6
votes = 645
plus/minus = -0.2%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.5
votes = 596
plus/minus = +1.1%Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 141
plus/minus = +0.4%Election Summary Party
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 119
plus/minus = +0.3%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Jolley
votes = 1,097
percentage = 66.1
change = +10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Mathieson
votes = 308
percentage = 18.6
change = -1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Taylor
votes = 255
percentage = 15.4
change = -8.6Election box majority
votes = 789
percentage = 47.5
change = +16.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,660
percentage = 22.1
change = +3.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Murphy
votes = 840
percentage = 73.6
change = +14.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gary Riding
votes = 209
percentage = 18.3
change = -22.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Paul Rigby
votes = 92
percentage = 8.1
change = +8.1Election box majority
votes = 631
percentage = 55.3
change = +34.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,141
percentage = 19.9
change = +6.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Merry
votes = 963
percentage = 70.7
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sydney Hastings
votes = 222
percentage = 16.3
change = +16.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jatinder Seehra
votes = 177
percentage = 13.0
change = -13.8Election box majority
votes = 739
percentage = 54.4
change = +8.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,362
percentage = 24.0
change = +4.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Mann
votes = 938
percentage = 50.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Holt
votes = 603
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Wenham
votes = 163
percentage = 8.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Neil Taylor
votes = 163
percentage = 8.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 335
percentage = 17.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,867
percentage = 28.7
change = +5.5Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Timothy Perkins
votes = 1,531
percentage = 56.4
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Wheeler
votes = 1,185
percentage = 43.6
change = +15.1Election box majority
votes = 346
percentage = 12.8
change = -7.4Election box turnout
votes = 2,716
percentage = 28.1
change = +2.4Election 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 = Alan Broughton
votes = 1,395
percentage = 56.1
change = +10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Edwards
votes = 619
percentage = 24.9
change = -10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Lomax
votes = 473
percentage = 19.0
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 776
percentage = 31.2
change = +21.1Election box turnout
votes = 2,487
percentage = 27.7
change = +3.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Kean
votes = 922
percentage = 49.5
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Hill
votes = 596
percentage = 32.0
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Nicholas Wood
votes = 182
percentage = 9.8
change = +9.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julie Wenham
votes = 164
percentage = 8.8
change = -4.4Election box majority
votes = 326
percentage = 17.5
change = +4.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,864
percentage = 25.4
change = +3.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Connor
votes = 1,576
percentage = 73.2
change = +16.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Carson
votes = 578
percentage = 26.8
change = +12.5Election box majority
votes = 998
percentage = 46.4
change = +12.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,154
percentage = 25.3
change = +7.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Salmon
votes = 545
percentage = 48.4
change = +6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Christopher Barnes
votes = 290
percentage = 25.7
change = -7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeffrey Flint
votes = 257
percentage = 22.8
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Peter Hayes
votes = 35
percentage = 3.1
change = +3.1Election box majority
votes = 255
percentage = 22.7
change = +13.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,127
percentage = 21.1
change = +4.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Doris Fernandez
votes = 885
percentage = 66.2
change = +1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jean Blainey
votes = 230
percentage = 17.2
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Edwards
votes = 222
percentage = 16.6
change = -3.7Election box majority
votes = 655
percentage = 49.0
change = +4.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,337
percentage = 19.1
change = +3.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Slater
votes = 520
percentage = 60.0
change = +6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ann Gibbons
votes = 257
percentage = 29.7
change = +20.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Philippa Hanley
votes = 60
percentage = 6.9
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sheilah Wallace
votes = 29
percentage = 3.3
change = +3.3Election box majority
votes = 263
percentage = 30.3
change = +6.0Election box turnout
votes = 866
percentage = 17.4
change = +2.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Warner
votes = 1,589
percentage = 63.3
change = +12.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Gregory
votes = 471
percentage = 18.8
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marjorie Weston
votes = 449
percentage = 17.9
change = -8.8Election box majority
votes = 1,118
percentage = 44.5
change = +20.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,509
percentage = 24.4
change = +5.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Hulmes
votes = 916
percentage = 68.6
change = +12.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lynn Drake
votes = 335
percentage = 25.1
change = +11.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = James Knowles
votes = 84
percentage = 6.3
change = +6.3Election box majority
votes = 581
percentage = 43.5
change = +4.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,335
percentage = 20.3
change = +3.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Antrobus
votes = 1,298
percentage = 58.5
change = +9.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Valerie Gregory
votes = 477
percentage = 21.5
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Wendy Powell
votes = 445
percentage = 20.0
change = -9.4Election box majority
votes = 821
percentage = 37.0
change = +17.6Election box turnout
votes = 2,220
percentage = 24.9
change = +4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Cullen
votes = 1,216
percentage = 45.3
change = +8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Allcock
votes = 912
percentage = 34.0
change = -8.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Gregory
votes = 555
percentage = 20.7
change = +0.3Election box majority
votes = 304
percentage = 11.3
change = +5.5Election box turnout
votes = 2,683
percentage = 27.5
change = +4.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Pennington
votes = 1,251
percentage = 70.6
change = +19.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Declan Harrington
votes = 261
percentage = 14.7
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pauline Ogden
votes = 260
percentage = 14.7
change = +6.1Election box majority
votes = 990
percentage = 55.9
change = +28.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,772
percentage = 21.9
change = +1.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Burgoyne
votes = 1,341
percentage = 45.2
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Mosley
votes = 961
percentage = 32.4
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Brown
votes = 663
percentage = 22.4
change = +0.4Election box majority
votes = 380
percentage = 12.8
change = +5.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,965
percentage = 24.6
change = +3.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Ullman
votes = 969
percentage = 46.4
change = +13.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Powls
votes = 916
percentage = 43.9
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Andrew Priest
votes = 203
percentage = 9.7
change = +9.7Election box majority
votes = 53
percentage = 2.5
change = -9.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,088
percentage = 28.8
change = +2.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michelle Wilkinson
votes = 1,172
percentage = 58.5
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sara Bradbury
votes = 451
percentage = 22.5
change = -3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Tope
votes = 379
percentage = 18.9
change = -5.1Election box majority
votes = 721
percentage = 36.0
change = +12.0Election box turnout
votes = 2,002
percentage = 22.6
change = +4.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Boyd
votes = 1,772
percentage = 44.2
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Beryl Howard
votes = 1,460
percentage = 36.4
change = -9.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Warren Coates
votes = 636
percentage = 15.9
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Ian Davies
votes = 141
percentage = 3.5
change = +3.5Election box majority
votes = 312
percentage = 7.8
change = +4.3Election box turnout
votes = 4,009
percentage = 35.9
change = +4.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

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