Salford Council election, 2006

Elections to Salford Council were held on 4th May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 28.1%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 44
*Conservative 8
*Liberal Democrat 8

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 16
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 66.7
votes % = 42.7
votes = 19,634
plus/minus = -5.5%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 12.5
votes % = 29.6
votes = 13,632
plus/minus = +6.6%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 12.5
votes % = 25.8
votes = 11,854
plus/minus = -1.6%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.9
votes = 424
plus/minus = +0.7%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.5
votes = 244
plus/minus = +0.1%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.5
votes = 224
plus/minus = +0.5%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Jolley
votes = 971
percentage = 45.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roy Laurence
votes = 511
percentage = 23.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Green
votes = 416
percentage = 19.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Valentine
votes = 244
percentage = 11.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 460
percentage = 21.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,142
percentage = 25.1
change = -7.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Gray
votes = 1,354
percentage = 54.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Cusack
votes = 615
percentage = 24.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ronald Benjamin
votes = 300
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Roy Battersby
votes = 224
percentage = 9.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 739
percentage = 29.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,493
percentage = 33.3
change = -7.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Merry
votes = 1,077
percentage = 56.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Carson
votes = 557
percentage = 29.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hilary Brunyee
votes = 278
percentage = 14.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 520
percentage = 27.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,912
percentage = 26.4
change = -1.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Mann
votes = 1,118
percentage = 53.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Hill
votes = 982
percentage = 46.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 136
percentage = 6.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,100
percentage = 30.1
change = -6.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Ferrer
votes = 1,162
percentage = 44.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Wheeler
votes = 707
percentage = 26.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Edward O'Sullivan
votes = 424
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Catherine Edwards
votes = 331
percentage = 12.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 455
percentage = 17.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,624
percentage = 33.2
change = -6.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Murphy
votes = 1,038
percentage = 39.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Davies
votes = 975
percentage = 36.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Lomax
votes = 632
percentage = 23.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 63
percentage = 2.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,645
percentage = 33.6
change = -5.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Lightup
votes = 905
percentage = 49.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joyce Collins
votes = 585
percentage = 32.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mariska Jones
votes = 334
percentage = 18.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 320
percentage = 17.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,824
percentage = 25.9
change = -6.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Hulmes
votes = 716
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Coen
votes = 675
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kenneth McKelvey
votes = 611
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edith Moores
votes = 284
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Stockford
votes = 173
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,459
percentage = 20.4
change = -7.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann-Marie Humphreys
votes = 1,077
percentage = 47.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Harold Hershner
votes = 642
percentage = 28.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Moore
votes = 563
percentage = 24.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 435
percentage = 19.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,282
percentage = 29.9
change = -11.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Warmisham
votes = 890
percentage = 46.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lynn Drake
votes = 758
percentage = 39.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney Cooper
votes = 253
percentage = 13.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 132
percentage = 6.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,901
percentage = 23.5
change = -7.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Burgoyne
votes = 890
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Ryan
votes = 862
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Cowpe
votes = 375
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicolette Turner
votes = 341
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Thomas Fernley
votes = 296
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elaine West
votes = 274
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,038
percentage = 19.8
change = -11.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Clague
votes = 584
percentage = 52.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Plaister
votes = 287
percentage = 25.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Grant
votes = 243
percentage = 21.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 297
percentage = 26.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,114
percentage = 21.1
change = -7.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Lea
votes = 1,143
percentage = 49.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Allcock
votes = 643
percentage = 27.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Corry
votes = 543
percentage = 23.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 500
percentage = 21.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,329
percentage = 27.4
change = -7.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Hinds
votes = 1,107
percentage = 46.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Edward
votes = 662
percentage = 28.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Gregory
votes = 596
percentage = 25.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 455
percentage = 18.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,365
percentage = 28.6
change = -6.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joseph O'Neill
votes = 965
percentage = 40.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles McIntyre
votes = 842
percentage = 35.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Allcock
votes = 584
percentage = 24.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 123
percentage = 5.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,391
percentage = 29.1
change = -7.4Election 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 = Barbara Miller
votes = 1,062
percentage = 55.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Edwards
votes = 542
percentage = 28.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margita Shevchikova
votes = 319
percentage = 16.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 520
percentage = 27.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,923
percentage = 24.0
change = -10.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Turner
votes = 1,385
percentage = 47.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Brocklehurst
votes = 900
percentage = 30.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pauline Ogden
votes = 632
percentage = 21.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 485
percentage = 16.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,917
percentage = 38.9
change = -1.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Deas
votes = 1,003
percentage = 44.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Race
votes = 888
percentage = 39.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Thomason
votes = 345
percentage = 15.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 115
percentage = 5.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,236
percentage = 28.9
change = -8.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Morris
votes = 994
percentage = 47.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Philip Ward
votes = 682
percentage = 32.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Tope
votes = 439
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 555
percentage = 14.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,115
percentage = 25.0
change = -9.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Compton
votes = 1,980
percentage = 61.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Gregory
votes = 649
percentage = 20.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Warren Coates
votes = 573
percentage = 17.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,331
percentage = 41.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,202
percentage = 37.8
change = -12.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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