The 2024 Salford City Council elections are scheduled to be held on 2 May 2024 alongside the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election, 2024 Salford mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom. Twenty-one seats on Salford City Council are up for election; one in each ward, and one additional seat in Ordsall to fill a casual vacancy.
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21 of 60 seats on Salford City Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 26%  -2.20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Labour Party retained control of the council.[1]
Background edit
History edit
The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Salford was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[2] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[3] One member from each district council in Greater Manchester, conventionally their leader, sits on the combined authority alongside the mayor.
Since its formation, Salford City Council has continuously been under Labour control. In the most recent council election in 2022, Labour won 15 seats, with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats winning two seats each and an independent politician winning one.[4]
As the Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries for Manchester ahead of the 2021 election, meaning that all councillors were elected before returning to electing by thirds, candidates up for re-election in 2024 are those who came first in each ward in 2021.
Changes since last election edit
In November 2023 Liberal Democrats councillor Alex Warren (Quays ward) resigned after he took up a politically restricted role.[5] A by-election was held on 11 January 2024 which was won by Paul Heilbron for the Lib Dems.[6]
During the 2023 local elections, a minor controversy emerged when Chris Twells, a Liberal Democrat councillor for Salford Ordsall since 2022, sought to simultaneously become a councillor in Cotswold District Council, standing in the Tetbury with Upton ward over 150 miles away from Salford.[7] He subsequently won in a surprise upset,[8] although the Liberal Democrats soon suspended him.[9] Chris Twells resigned from his Ordsall seat on March 15, 2024, remaining on the Cotswold council as an independent councillor. The Ordsall seat has remained vacant until this election.[10]
Electoral process edit
The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[11][12] The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Salford aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.
Results edit
Election result edit
| 2024 Salford City Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 18 |  1
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85.7% | 32 | 50 | 83.3% | 30,566 | 58.3% | +1.0% | |
| Conservative | 2 | 1
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9.5% | 5 | 7 | 11.7% | 10,837 | 20.7% | −2.8% | |
| Green | 0 |  0
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0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 6,555 | 12.5% | +3.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0
|
4.8% | 1 | 2 | 3.3% | 2,952 | 5.6% | −2.6% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0
|
0% | 1 | 1 | 1.7% | 642 | 1.2% | +0.3% | |
| Reform UK | 0 | 0
|
0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 321 | 0.6% | +0.5% | |
| Women's Equality | 0 | 0
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0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 240 | 0.5% | +0.3% | |
| TUSC | 0 | 0
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0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 198 | 0.4% | +0.2% | |
| Communist | 0 | 0
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0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 77 | 0.1% | N/A | |
Candidates edit
Salford City Council released the list of candidates in early April.[13][14] Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.
Barton and Winton Ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Janet Meades-Smith | 375 | |||
| Green | Jack Smith | 386 | |||
| Labour | Jacqui Fahy | 1633 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Antony Duke | 228 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 28 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2650 | 24.7% | |||
Blackfriars & Trinity edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Craig Walsh | 164 | |||
| Green | David Jones | 587 | |||
| Labour | Jane Hamilton* | 1433 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Oxbrow | 139 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 47 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2370 | 25.11% | |||
Boothstown & Ellenbrook edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bob Clarke* | 2339 | |||
| Green | Diana Battersby | 263 | |||
| Labour | Darren Matthews | 1092 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Chisnall | 82 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 33 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3809 | 39.25% | |||
Broughton edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Saqib Aftab | 213 | |||
| Green | David Henry | 271 | |||
| Labour | Maria Brabiner* | 1440 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Web | 120 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 39 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2083 | 20.93% | |||
Cadishead & Lower Irlam edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Richman | 287 | |||
| Green | Jane Ransley | 156 | |||
| Labour | Lewis Nelson* | 2024 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 38 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2505 | 26.54% | |||
Claremont edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alima Husain | 245 | |||
| Green | Christopher Seed | 458 | |||
| Labour | Barbara Bentham* | 1991 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian McKinlay | 255 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 43 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2992 | 30.34% | |||
Eccles edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Worcester | 565 | |||
| Green | Nicola Smith | 479 | |||
| Labour | Sharmina August* | 2121 | |||
| TUSC | Sally Griffiths | 198 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 37 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3400 | 30.72% | |||
Higher Irlam & Peel Green edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dorothy Chapman | 349 | |||
| Green | Nathan Ashmall | 322 | |||
| Labour | Tracy Kelly* | 1431 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 38 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2140 | 22.03% | |||
Kersal & Broughton Park edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arnie Saunders* | 1289 | |||
| Green | Nel Scroggie | 183 | |||
| Labour | Muhammad Kashif | 779 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Thomas | 115 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 31 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2397 | 24.93% | |||
Little Hulton edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Myrella Saunders | 285 | |||
| Green | Jane Wood | 227 | |||
| Labour | Tony Davies | 1173 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 25 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1710 | 18.58% | |||
Ordsall edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tanya Burch* | 1292 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Grant | 335 | |||
| Labour | Brendan Kerville | 1127 | |||
| Conservative | Charlie Ng | 202 | |||
| Green | Jack Owens | 391 | |||
| Green | Michael Scantlebury | 361 | |||
| Conservative | Jay Talukdar | 135 | ' | ||
| Turnout | 23.88% | ||||
Pendlebury & Clifton edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Kathleen Allen | 330 | |||
| Conservative | Angela Grant | 517 | |||
| Labour | Su Matthews | 1341 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 41 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2229 | 24.71% | |||
Pendleton & Charlestown edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Adam Carney | 330 | |||
| Green | Adam Skyrme | 278 | |||
| Labour | Michele Barnes* | 1367 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Thompson | 158 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 39 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2172 | 22.07% | |||
Quays edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Liz McCoy | 756 | 37.19% | -7.78% | |
| Conservative | Derek Meades | 161 | 7.92% | -0.27% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Moore | 794 | 39.06% | +1.86% | |
| Green | Andrea Romero O'Brien | 312 | 15.35% | +6.24% | |
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.49% | -0.05% | ||
| Majority | 38 | 1.87% | |||
| Turnout | 2033 | 24.21% | +2.11% | ||
- Compared with 2023
Swinton & Wardley edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jackie Mountaine | 381 | |||
| Green | Liam Waite | 246 | |||
| Independent | Joseph O'Neill | 331 | |||
| Labour | Jim Dawson* | 1818 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 28 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2804 | 29.60% | |||
Swinton Park edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Glenn Croston | 558 | |||
| Green | Lisa Swarbrick | 311 | |||
| Labour | Heather Fletcher* | 1671 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John McLellan | 230 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 39 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2809 | 29.55% | |||
Walkden North edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kausar George | 230 | |||
| Green | Frederick Battersby | 177 | |||
| Labour | Adrian Brocklehurst* | 1351 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Scott Turner-Preece | 73 | |||
| Reform UK | Craig Birtwistle | 321 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2165 | 22.52% | |||
Walkden South edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christopher Bates | 740 | |||
| Green | Tom Dylan | 244 | |||
| Independent | Paul Whitelegg | 311 | |||
| Labour | Joshua Brooks* | 1575 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rowan Blessing | 140 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 24 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3034 | 33.06% | |||
Weaste & Seedley edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist | Chris Neville | 77 | |||
| Conservative | Dan Whitehouse | 271 | |||
| Green | Andrew Nadin | 327 | |||
| Labour | Phil Cusak* | 1595 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ninad Oak | 112 | |||
| Women's Equality | Carmen Wood-Hope | 240 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 41 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2663 | 24.01% | |||
Worsley & Westwood Park edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lewis Ormston | 1201 | |||
| Green | Sara Laing | 246 | |||
| Labour | James Prady | 1556 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | James Blessing | 171 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 26 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3200 | 35.75% | |||
References edit
- ^ "Labour retains Salford City Council". BBC News. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
- ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Salford result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Salford Quay's only Lib Dem councillor quits for new role". BBC News. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Carey, Declan (12 January 2024). "What Salford's newest Lib Dem councillor plans to do for city after key by-election win". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Cotswolds election candidate is already a councillor 153 miles away in Greater Manchester". Gloucestershire Live. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Salford councillor who won second seat 160 miles away says he will resign". The Guardian. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Lib Dem who won two seats 150 miles apart suspended". BBC. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "King Charles III's republican Cotswold councillor reveals date he'll quit other council he sits on 160 miles away in Greater Manchester". Gloucestershire Live. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated: Local elections•Salford City Council". Salford City Council. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Carey, Declan (8 April 2024). "Salford council local elections 2024 candidates list in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 April 2024.