1998 Salford City Council election

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The 1998 Salford City 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]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Salford Local Election Result 1998 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 20095.261.520,505
  Liberal Democrats 104.819.56,488
  Conservative 000.018.76,237
 No Confidence Group000.00.395

Ward results

Barton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Carter1,10077.3
Conservative Ruth Brook17912.6
Liberal Democrats David Cowpe14410.1
Majority92164.7
Turnout 1,42318.2
Blackfriars [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Murphy62278.7
Liberal Democrats Susan Carson10713.5
Conservative Wendy Powell617.7
Majority51565.2
Turnout 79013.5
Broughton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Merry81875.0
Conservative Robert Marshall14112.9
Liberal Democrats Sheilah Wallace13212.1
Majority67762.1
Turnout 1,09117.5
Cadishead [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arnold Holt87861.9
Conservative Thomas Holt41028.9
Liberal Democrats Tony Gillings1309.2
Majority46833.0
Turnout 1,40421.5
Claremont [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Grimshaw99546.5
Liberal Democrats Norman Owen77436.2
Conservative George Herrick36917.3
Majority22110.3
Turnout 2,13821.5
Eccles [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Johnson1,16361.0
Conservative John Marshall41021.5
Liberal Democrats Graham Bates33517.6
Majority75339.5
Turnout 1,90820.8
Irlam [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Kean1,12880.3
Liberal Democrats Julie Wenham27619.7
Majority85260.6
Turnout 1,40419.6
Kersal [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Connor1,32168.6
Conservative Rufus Heron47424.6
Liberal Democrats Lynn Drake1306.8
Majority84744.0
Turnout 1,92522.1
Langworthy [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Salmon72371.9
Liberal Democrats Bernard Carson12212.1
No Confidence GroupJohn Copeland959.4
Conservative Ian Matthews666.6
Majority60159.8
Turnout 1,00615.2
Little Hulton (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doris Fernandez859
Labour Marion Wordsworth755
Conservative David Stirrup226
Conservative Robert McHale209
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Dippnall117
Liberal Democrats Edward Dippnall109
Turnout 2,27517.0
Ordsall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sydney Turner48683.2
Liberal Democrats Neil Ratcliffe508.6
Conservative David Mitchell488.2
Majority43674.6
Turnout 58411.1
Pendlebury [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Warner1,46672.9
Conservative Marjorie Weston30014.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Kay24412.1
Majority1,16658.0
Turnout 2,01019.0
Pendleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hulmes89075.8
Liberal Democrats John Gray16714.2
Conservative Hillary Lingard11710.0
Majority72361.6
Turnout 1,17416.0
Swinton North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Antrobus1,20968.9
Conservative Neil Levay30117.2
Liberal Democrats Nina Richards24514.0
Majority90851.7
Turnout 1,75519.3
Swinton South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Mann99749.7
Conservative Christine Upton67233.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Gregory33916.9
Majority32516.2
Turnout 2,00820.2
Walkden North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Pennington1,18579.4
Conservative Phillip Hall15810.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Wilde14910.0
Majority1,02768.8
Turnout 1,49217.4
Walkden South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Burgoyne1,29654.7
Conservative John Mosley58224.6
Liberal Democrats Adrian McDermott49020.7
Majority80630.1
Turnout 2,36820.0
Weaste & Seedley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Ullman94456.3
Liberal Democrats Neville Rogers38723.1
Conservative Sydney Cooper34520.6
Majority55733.2
Turnout 1,67621.7
Winton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vincent Prior1,11369.5
Conservative Patricia Kershaw26716.7
Liberal Democrats William Wain22113.8
Majority84652.8
Turnout 1,60117.2
Worsley & Boothstown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Boyd1,82055.5
Conservative Karen Garrido90227.5
Labour Eric Burgoyne55717.0
Majority91828.0
Turnout 3,27929.7

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References

  1. 1 2 "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "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.
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