2000 Salford City Council election

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Elections to Salford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. [1] Overall turnout was 21.04%.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2000
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1604-476.243.915,646-15.2
  Conservative 330+314.327.79,855+9.0
  Liberal Democrats 221+19.524.58,712+2.4
  Liberal 00000.01.8626+1.8
 Re-elect00000.01.2411+1.2
 Save Markendale Nursey00000.00.7232+0.7
  Independent 00000.00.4128+0.4

Ward results

Barton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Memory78655.5-18.0
Conservative Ruth Brook34024.0+9.1
Liberal Democrats Margaret Powis28920.4+8.9
Majority34631.5-27.1
Turnout 1,41518.4-2.0
Labour hold Swing
Blackfriars
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hincks45559.5-15.7
Liberal Democrats Marshall Peach31040.5+15.7
Majority14519.0-31.4
Turnout 76513.4-2.4
Labour hold Swing
Broughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James King83273.2-4.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Carson30426.8+4.2
Majority52846.4-8.4
Turnout 1,13619.1-0.7
Labour hold Swing
Cadishead (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Hudson736
Conservative Thomas Holt632
Labour Charles Wood595
Conservative Leslie Taylor536
Liberal Democrats Emma Rogers148
Liberal Democrats Neville Rogers136
Turnout 2,78323.2-2.9
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Claremont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bernard Carson1,22448.7+5.6
Labour Barbara Miller71728.5-13.0
Conservative Christopher Davies57422.8+7.4
Majority50720.2+18.6
Turnout 2,51525.7-0.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Eccles
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edmund Sheehy1,01545.6-10.7
Conservative Michael Edwards79135.5+7.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Lomax42218.9+2.8
Majority22410.1-18.6
Turnout 2,22824.5-0.0
Labour hold Swing
Irlam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Lightup81450.1-11.6
Conservative Elizabeth Hill59636.7+7.7
Liberal Democrats Julie Wenham21413.2+3.9
Majority21813.4-19.3
Turnout 1,62422.2-2.7
Labour hold Swing
Kersal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Davina Miller89056.9-4.9
Conservative Hillary Lingard36223.2-1.8
Liberal Democrats Samuel Portnoy22314.3+1.0
Liberal Cameron Barlow885.6+5.6
Majority52833.7-3.1
Turnout 1,56318.1+0.2
Labour hold Swing
Langworthy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Beaumont40742.3-15.7
Liberal Christopher Barnes32333.5+33.5
Liberal Democrats Barrie Jones23324.2-7.8
Majority848.8-27.2
Turnout 96316.9+1.6
Labour hold Swing
Little Hulton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Smyth72565.1-7.7
Conservative Jane McInnes22620.3+4.5
Liberal Democrats Jean Blainey16314.6+3.2
Majority49944.8-12.2
Turnout 1,11415.3+2.2
Labour hold Swing
Ordsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Dobbs42653.3-24.7
Save Markendale NurseyAnn Gibbons23229.0+29.0
Liberal Democrats Mariska Jones759.4-12.6
Liberal Charles Broadhurst668.3+8.3
Majority19424.3-31.7
Turnout 79915.4+0.6
Labour hold Swing
Pendlebury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Lea1,02350.5-21.2
Conservative Marjorie Weston54026.7+11.2
Liberal Democrats Valerie Gregory46122.8+6.5
Majority48323.8-21.4
Turnout 2,02419.2-1.5
Labour hold Swing
Pendleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Holt65256.5-17.7
Conservative Edith Moores20017.3+6.2
Liberal Democrats Lynn Drake15213.2-1.5
Liberal Andrew Priest14912.9+12.9
Majority45239.2-20.3
Turnout 1,15317.1-2.1
Labour hold Swing
Swinton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles William Hinds91548.8-17.3
Conservative Neil Levay55129.4+10.5
Liberal Democrats Lynda Revell41021.9+10.0
Majority36419.4-27.8
Turnout 1,87620.9-1.4
Labour hold Swing
Swinton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Upton98442.7+10.7
Labour James Short85136.9-15.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Gregory46920.4+4.5
Majority1315.8-14.3
Turnout 2,30423.3+0.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Walkden North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Payne88051.3-31.7
Re-electMelvyn Higson41123.9+23.9
Conservative Lisa Dugmore27916.2+16.2
Liberal Democrats Barbara Wolstencroft1478.6-8.4
Majority46927.4-38.6
Turnout 1,71720.5+0.1
Labour hold Swing
Walkden South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Witkowski1,00840.0-14.2
Conservative John Mosley83032.9+8.5
Liberal Democrats Audrey Hunt55422.0+0.6
Independent Peter McHale1285.1+5.1
Majority1787.1-22.7
Turnout 2,52020.9-0.9
Labour hold Swing
Weaste & Seedley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Heywood86845.3+22.5
Labour David Jolley63433.1-28.7
Conservative Sydney Cooper41521.6+6.1
Majority23412.2-26.8
Turnout 1,91725.9+4.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Winton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Eglin83850.0-18.0
Liberal Democrats Pauline Ogden43626.0-6.0
Conservative Judith Tope40224.0+24.0
Majority40224.0-12.0
Turnout 1,67618.4-2.4
Labour hold Swing
Worsley & Boothstown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karen Garrido1,59745.4+9.8
Liberal Democrats Sara Bradbury1,47441.9-5.0
Labour Peter Wheeler44712.7-4.8
Majority1233.5-7.8
Turnout 3,51831.3-2.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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