Salford Council election, 2003

Elections to Salford Council were held on 1st May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 40.7%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 51
*Liberal Democrat 5
*Conservative 3
*Independent 1

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 18
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 90.0
votes % = 52.8
votes = 33,716
plus/minus = -0.1%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 5.0
votes % = 23.4
votes = 14,950
plus/minus = +5.6%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 5.0
votes % = 21.0
votes = 13,404
plus/minus = -4.5%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.4
votes = 1,556
plus/minus = +0.9%Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.5
votes = 290
plus/minus = +0.1%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Neville Clark
votes = 1,697
percentage = 59.3
change = -6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Mathieson
votes = 588
percentage = 20.6
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Taylor
votes = 575
percentage = 20.1
change = +4.7Election box majority
votes = 1,109
percentage = 38.7
change = -8.8Election box turnout
votes = 2,883
percentage = 38.6
change = +16.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Benjamin Wallsworth
votes = 1,258
percentage = 66.2
change = -7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Brettle
votes = 374
percentage = 19.7
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Garside
votes = 268
percentage = 14.1
change = +14.1Election box majority
votes = 884
percentage = 46.5
change = -8.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,920
percentage = 33.8
change = +13.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Murphy
votes = 1,425
percentage = 70.8
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Carson
votes = 589
percentage = 29.2
change = +16.2Election box majority
votes = 836
percentage = 41.6
change = -12.8Election box turnout
votes = 2,033
percentage = 37.1
change = +13.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Hunt
votes = 1,723
percentage = 59.8
change = +9.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Hill
votes = 799
percentage = 27.7
change = -4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Gower
votes = 361
percentage = 12.5
change = +3.8Election box majority
votes = 924
percentage = 32.1
change = +14.2Election box turnout
votes = 2,895
percentage = 45.0
change = +16.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Norman Owen
votes = 1,904
percentage = 46.9
change = -9.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Wheeler
votes = 1,646
percentage = 40.5
change = -3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jeremiah Horgan
votes = 513
percentage = 12.6
change = +12.6Election box majority
votes = 258
percentage = 6.4
change = -6.4Election box turnout
votes = 4,092
percentage = 43.2
change = +15.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Morris
votes = 1,859
percentage = 49.0
change = -7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Edwards
votes = 995
percentage = 26.2
change = +1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Minty
votes = 938
percentage = 24.7
change = +5.7Election box majority
votes = 864
percentage = 22.8
change = -8.4Election box turnout
votes = 3,818
percentage = 42.9
change = +15.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Jones
votes = 1,576
percentage = 50.8
change = +1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Dixon
votes = 739
percentage = 23.8
change = -8.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Nicholas Wood
votes = 428
percentage = 13.8
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Lomax
votes = 357
percentage = 11.5
change = +2.7Election box majority
votes = 837
percentage = 27.0
change = +9.5Election box turnout
votes = 3,114
percentage = 42.8
change = +17.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Wilson
votes = 1,552
percentage = 49.7
change = -23.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eric Sievers
votes = 978
percentage = 31.3
change = +4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney Cooper
votes = 595
percentage = 19.0
change = +19.0Election box majority
votes = 574
percentage = 18.4
change = -18.0Election box turnout
votes = 3,156
percentage = 37.1
change = +11.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Leaston
votes = 1,078
percentage = 63.1
change = +14.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Cooke
votes = 631
percentage = 36.9
change = +14.1Election box majority
votes = 447
percentage = 26.2
change = +3.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,723
percentage = 34.0
change = +12.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Burgoyne
votes = 1,777
percentage = 67.1
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Cowpe
votes = 467
percentage = 17.6
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Mosley
votes = 406
percentage = 15.3
change = -1.3Election box majority
votes = 1,310
percentage = 49.5
change = +0.5Election box turnout
votes = 2,675
percentage = 38.7
change = +19.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles McIntyre
votes = 1,036
percentage = 59.4
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ann Gibbons
votes = 539
percentage = 30.9
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Green
votes = 168
percentage = 9.6
change = +9.6Election box majority
votes = 497
percentage = 28.5
change = -1.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,759
percentage = 36.2
change = +18.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Lea
votes = 2,691
percentage = 69.0
change = +5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marjorie Weston
votes = 1,211
percentage = 31.0
change = +12.2Election box majority
votes = 1,480
percentage = 38.0
change = -6.5Election box turnout
votes = 3,943
percentage = 38.9
change = +14.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Warmisham
votes = 1,373
percentage = 63.6
change = -5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lynn Drake
votes = 498
percentage = 23.1
change = -2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Healey
votes = 287
percentage = 13.3
change = +13.3Election box majority
votes = 875
percentage = 51.2
change = +6.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,183
percentage = 33.8
change = +13.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Dawson
votes = 2,401
percentage = 66.9
change = +8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Levay
votes = 1,190
percentage = 33.1
change = +13.1Election box majority
votes = 1,211
percentage = 33.8
change = -3.2Election box turnout
votes = 3,629
percentage = 40.7
change = +15.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Daniels
votes = 2,253
percentage = 55.2
change = +9.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Allcock
votes = 1,832
percentage = 44.8
change = +10.8Election box majority
votes = 421
percentage = 10.4
change = -0.9Election box turnout
votes = 4,128
percentage = 42.7
change = +15.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Vincent Devine
votes = 2,164
percentage = 67.2
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Edwards
votes = 590
percentage = 18.3
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Deborah Rushton
votes = 468
percentage = 14.5
change = -0.2Election box majority
votes = 1,574
percentage = 48.9
change = -7.0Election box turnout
votes = 3,254
percentage = 40.7
change = +18.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Norbert Potter
votes = 1,790
percentage = 35.2
change = -10.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Declan Harrington
votes = 1,301
percentage = 25.6
change = -6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pauline Ogden
votes = 1,076
percentage = 21.2
change = -1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Bowers
votes = 912
percentage = 18.0
change = +18.0Election box majority
votes = 489
percentage = 9.6
change = -3.2Election box turnout
votes = 5,110
percentage = 42.7
change = +18.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Clague
votes = 1,381
percentage = 45.5
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rick Powell
votes = 1,020
percentage = 33.6
change = -10.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robin Garrido
votes = 421
percentage = 13.9
change = +13.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Booth
votes = 216
percentage = 7.1
change = +7.1Election box majority
votes = 361
percentage = 11.9
change = +9.4Election box turnout
votes = 3,060
percentage = 42.3
change = +13.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Lancaster
votes = 1,867
percentage = 53.9
change = -4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sara Bradbury
votes = 855
percentage = 24.7
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Tope
votes = 742
percentage = 21.4
change = +2.5Election box majority
votes = 1,012
percentage = 29.2
change = -6.8Election box turnout
votes = 3,494
percentage = 39.7
change = +17.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Beryl Howard
votes = 2,318
percentage = 41.9
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gary Riding
votes = 1,761
percentage = 31.8
change = -12.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Warren Coates
votes = 1,169
percentage = 21.1
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Ian Davies
votes = 290
percentage = 5.2
change = +1.7Election box majority
votes = 557
percentage = 10.1
change = +2.3Election box turnout
votes = 5,560
percentage = 50.0
change = +14.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

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