1998 Salford City Council election

The 1998 Salford Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Salford Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. ^[1] Overall turnout was 19.39%. ^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 57
• Liberal Democrat 3 ^[1]

Election result

Salford local election result 1998 ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20			0	95.2	61.5	20,505
	Liberal Democrats	1			0	4.8	19.5	6,488
	Conservative	0			0	0	18.7	6,237
	No Confidence Group	0			0	0	0.3	95

Ward results

Barton ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Carter	1,100	77.3
	Conservative	Ruth Brook	179	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Cowpe	144	10.1
Majority			921	64.7
Turnout			1,423	18.2

Blackfriars ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Murphy	622	78.7
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carson	107	13.5
	Conservative	Wendy Powell	61	7.7
Majority			515	65.2
Turnout			790	13.5

Broughton ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Merry	818	75.0
	Conservative	Robert Marshall	141	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sheilah Wallace	132	12.1
Majority			677	62.1
Turnout			1,091	17.5

Cadishead ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Holt	878	61.9
	Conservative	Thomas Holt	410	28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Gillings	130	9.2
Majority			468	33.0
Turnout			1,404	21.5

Claremont ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Grimshaw	995	46.5
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Owen	774	36.2
	Conservative	George Herrick	369	17.3
Majority			221	10.3
Turnout			2,138	21.5

Eccles ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Johnson	1,163	61.0
	Conservative	John Marshall	410	21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Bates	335	17.6
Majority			753	39.5
Turnout			1,908	20.8

Irlam ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Kean	1,128	80.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Wenham	276	19.7
Majority			852	60.6
Turnout			1,404	19.6

Kersal ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Connor	1,321	68.6
	Conservative	Rufus Heron	474	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Drake	130	6.8
Majority			847	44.0
Turnout			1,925	22.1

Langworthy ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Salmon	723	71.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Carson	122	12.1
	No Confidence Group	John Copeland	95	9.4
	Conservative	Ian Matthews	66	6.6
Majority			601	59.8
Turnout			1,006	15.2

Little Hulton (2) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Fernandez	859
	Labour	Marion Wordsworth	755
	Conservative	David Stirrup	226
	Conservative	Robert McHale	209
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Dippnall	117
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Dippnall	109
Turnout			2,275	17.0

Ordsall ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Turner	486	83.2
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Ratcliffe	50	8.6
	Conservative	David Mitchell	48	8.2
Majority			436	74.6
Turnout			584	11.1

Pendlebury ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Warner	1,466	72.9
	Conservative	Marjorie Weston	300	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Kay	244	12.1
Majority			1,166	58.0
Turnout			2,010	19.0

Pendleton ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hulmes	890	75.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Gray	167	14.2
	Conservative	Hillary Lingard	117	10.0
Majority			723	61.6
Turnout			1,174	16.0

Swinton North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Antrobus	1,209	68.9
	Conservative	Neil Levay	301	17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nina Richards	245	14.0
Majority			908	51.7
Turnout			1,755	19.3

Swinton South ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Mann	997	49.7
	Conservative	Christine Upton	672	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gregory	339	16.9
Majority			325	16.2
Turnout			2,008	20.2

Walkden North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Pennington	1,185	79.4
	Conservative	Phillip Hall	158	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wilde	149	10.0
Majority			1,027	68.8
Turnout			1,492	17.4

Walkden South ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Burgoyne	1,296	54.7
	Conservative	John Mosley	582	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian McDermott	490	20.7
Majority			806	30.1
Turnout			2,368	20.0

Weaste & Seedley ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Ullman	944	56.3
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Rogers	387	23.1
	Conservative	Sydney Cooper	345	20.6
Majority			557	33.2
Turnout			1,676	21.7

Winton ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Prior	1,113	69.5
	Conservative	Patricia Kershaw	267	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	William Wain	221	13.8
Majority			846	52.8
Turnout			1,601	17.2

Worsley & Boothstown ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Boyd	1,820	55.5
	Conservative	Karen Garrido	902	27.5
	Labour	Eric Burgoyne	557	17.0
Majority			918	28.0
Turnout			3,279	29.7

References

1. "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
2. "Salford District Election Results - 7th May 1998". Salford City Council. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
3. "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16.