2012 Salford City Council election
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The 2012 Salford City Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of
election for mayor,[1] and other local elections
on the same date.
The composition of the Council following the 2012 elections is:[2]
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 52 | +8 | |
Conservative | 8 | -3 | |
Liberal Democrat | 0 | –3 | |
Community Action | 0 | -2 |
Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Vote share changes compared with corresponding 2008 election.
Barton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Mullen | 1,347 | 61.2 | +24.9 | |
Independent
|
Josephine Crawford | 475 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Abdul Mannan | 282 | 12.8 | −11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Benjamin | 101 | 4.6 | −12.5 | |
Majority | 872 | 39.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,241 | 24.8 | −7.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Boothstown & Ellenbrook ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andy Cheetham* | 1,179 | 49.4 | −18.4 | |
Labour | Mike Pevitt | 778 | 32.6 | +16.7 | |
UKIP | Paul Woodburn | 181 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Green | Tom Dylan | 134 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | James Gregory | 115 | 4.8 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 401 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,404 | 31.3 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broughton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim King* | 1,291 | 53.8 | −4.3 | |
UKIP
|
Shneur Odze | 829 | 34.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Antony Yates | 118 | 4.9 | −13.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Carson | 81 | 3.4 | −2.8 | |
Green | David Joseph Henry
|
80 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 462 | 19.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,420 | 27.9 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cadishead ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Walsh | 1,419 | 65.6 | +33.5 | |
Conservative | Marvin Herron | 378 | 17.5 | −21.4 | |
BNP | Brenda Leather | 277 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Deas | 90 | 4.2 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 1,041 | 48.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,178 | 27.5 | −9.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Claremont ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Pugh | 1,310 | 47.5 | +22.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Norman Owen* | 697 | 25.3 | −17.5 | |
Conservative | Chris Bates | 250 | 9.1 | −8.5 | |
UKIP | Glyn Wright | 234 | 8.5 | +3.5 | |
BNP | Eddy O'Sullivan | 198 | 7.2 | −2.7 | |
Community Action | Matthew Andrews | 69 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 613 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,785 | 34.0 | −2.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Eccles ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Wheeler | 1,462 | 53.3 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Johnson | 662 | 24.1 | −22.6 | |
UKIP | Alan Wright | 281 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Val Kelly | 212 | 7.7 | −8.0 | |
Independent
|
Kyle Wells | 127 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 800 | 29.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,778 | 30.7 | −5.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Irlam ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tracy Kelly | 1,415 | 75.2 | +54.3 | |
Conservative | Hilary Brunyee | 343 | 18.2 | −8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Boyd | 124 | 6.6 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,072 | 57.0 | 3115 | ||
Turnout | 1,919 | 26.5 | −11.9 | ||
Labour gain from Community Action | Swing |
Irwell Riverside ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Coen* | 1,208 | 70.3 | +19.4 | |
BNP | Gary Tumulty | 202 | 11.8 | −1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Middleton | 158 | 9.2 | −10.1 | |
Conservative | David Lewis | 150 | 8.7 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 1,006 | 58.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,734 | 18.4 | −2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kersal ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Connor* | 1,519 | 67.5 | +17.8 | |
Conservative | David Wolfson | 548 | 24.4 | −13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harold Kershner | 183 | 8.1 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 971 | 43.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,275 | 26.8 | −7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Langworthy ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Dennett | 1,269 | 60.0 | +21.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynn Drake* | 416 | 19.7 | −26.8 | |
BNP | David Spencer | 282 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Christopher Davies | 147 | 7.0 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 853 | 40.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,159 | 22.8 | −2.1 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Little Hulton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Ryan* | 1,288 | 75.1 | +28.3 | |
Conservative | Con Wright | 272 | 15.9 | −6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Cowpe | 155 | 9.0 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 1,016 | 59.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,755 | 19.1 | −4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ordsall ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ray Mashiter* | 1,079 | 60.3 | +5.4 | |
TUSC | George Tapp | 335 | 18.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dave Morgan | 225 | 12.6 | −10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Middleton | 151 | 8.4 | −13.8 | |
Majority | 744 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,812 | 17.9 | −5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pendlebury ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barry Warner* | 1,496 | 58.6 | +21.7 | |
Conservative | Christine Gray | 396 | 15.5 | −15.7 | |
BNP | Wayne Taylor | 240 | 9.4 | −3.9 | |
Community Action | Gillian Welsh | 174 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Green | Stuart Cremins | 129 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Corry | 119 | 4.7 | −9.5 | |
Majority | 1,100 | 43.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,578 | 27.5 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Swinton North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Antrobus* | 1,336 | 50.5 | +8.8 | |
Community Action | Michael Moulding | 541 | 20.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Shirley Walsh | 326 | 12.3 | −22.8 | |
English Democrat | Paul Officer | 176 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Gregory | 157 | 5.9 | −17.2 | |
Green | Reg Howard | 110 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 795 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,669 | 30.5 | −0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Swinton South ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gena Merrett | 1,072 | 45.6 | +21.5 | |
Green | Joe O'Neill | 394 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jonathon Taylor | 376 | 16.0 | −3.8 | |
BNP | Kay Pollitt | 172 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Seed | 141 | 6.0 | −37.1 | |
English Democrat | John Mulcahy | 112 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Community Action | Geoff Ashall | 86 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 678 | 28.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,373 | 28.1 | −4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walkden North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brendan Ryan | 1,183 | 61.4 | +14.1 | |
UKIP | Bernard Gill | 329 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ian Macdonald | 232 | 12.0 | −22.6 | |
English Democrat | Laurence Depares | 101 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Ogden | 82 | 4.3 | −13.8 | |
Majority | 854 | 44.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,945 | 22.6 | −3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walkden South ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Critchley | 1,169 | 40.1 | +15.1 | |
Conservative | Anne Broomhead | 1,116 | 38.3 | −12.3 | |
UKIP | Albert Redshaw | 269 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Green | Diana Battersby | 159 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Carson | 105 | 3.6 | −10.5 | |
English Democrat | Paul Whitelegg | 88 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 53 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,943 | 35.9 | −4.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Weaste & Seedley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
Thomas Murphy | 1,240 | 54.7 | +32.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Ferrer | 424 | 18.7 | −23.4 | |
Conservative | Adam Kennaugh | 287 | 12.7 | −3.1 | |
BNP | Tommy Williams | 197 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Community Action | Jo Russell | 119 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 816 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,267 | 25.8 | −7.5 | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats
|
Swing |
Winton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lancaster* | 1,142 | 50.9 | +14.7 | |
Independent
|
Paul Doyle | 506 | 22.6 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Darlington | 277 | 12.4 | −10.1 | |
BNP | Stuart Henshaw | 210 | 9.4 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Melanie Owen | 107 | 4.8 | −9.2 | |
Majority | 636 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,255 | 25.5 | −5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worsley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karen Garrido* | 1,832 | 58.3 | −11.2 | |
Labour | David Hierons | 770 | 24.5 | +7.7 | |
UKIP | Andrew Townsend | 374 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Ferrer | 167 | 5.3 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 1,062 | 33.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,172 | 38.4 | −3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Your Councillors". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Election results: 3 May 2012". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. 3 May 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.