2003 Salford City Council election

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

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1800090.052.833,716-0.1%
  Conservative 110+15.023.414,950+5.6%
  Liberal Democrats 101-15.021.013,404-4.5%
  Independent 000002.41,556+0.9%
  Green 000000.5290+0.1%

Ward results

Barton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neville Clark1,69759.3-6.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Mathieson58820.6+2.0
Conservative Leslie Taylor57520.1+4.7
Majority1,10938.7-8.8
Turnout 2,88338.6+16.5
Labour hold Swing
Blackfriars
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Benjamin Wallsworth1,25866.2-7.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Brettle37419.7+1.4
Conservative Nicholas Garside26814.1+14.1
Majority88446.5-8.8
Turnout 1,92033.8+13.9
Labour hold Swing
Broughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Murphy1,42570.8+0.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Carson58929.2+16.2
Majority83641.6-12.8
Turnout 2,03337.1+13.1
Labour hold Swing
Cadishead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hunt1,72359.8+9.6
Conservative Elizabeth Hill79927.7-4.6
Liberal Democrats Patricia Gower36112.5+3.8
Majority92432.1+14.2
Turnout 2,89545.0+16.3
Labour hold Swing
Claremont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Norman Owen1,90446.9-9.5
Labour Peter Wheeler1,64640.5-3.1
Conservative Jeremiah Horgan51312.6+12.6
Majority2586.4-6.4
Turnout 4,09243.2+15.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Eccles
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Morris1,85949.0-7.1
Conservative Michael Edwards99526.2+1.3
Liberal Democrats Edward Minty93824.7+5.7
Majority86422.8-8.4
Turnout 3,81842.9+15.2
Labour hold Swing
Irlam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Jones1,57650.8+1.3
Conservative William Dixon73923.8-8.2
Independent Nicholas Wood42813.8+4.0
Liberal Democrats Christine Lomax35711.5+2.7
Majority83727.0+9.5
Turnout 3,11442.8+17.4
Labour hold Swing
Kersal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Wilson1,55249.7-23.5
Liberal Democrats Eric Sievers97831.3+4.5
Conservative Sydney Cooper59519.0+19.0
Majority57418.4-18.0
Turnout 3,15637.1+11.8
Labour hold Swing
Langworthy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Leaston1,07863.1+14.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Cooke63136.9+14.1
Majority44726.2+3.5
Turnout 1,72334.0+12.9
Labour hold Swing
Little Hulton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Burgoyne1,77767.1+0.9
Liberal Democrats David Cowpe46717.6+0.4
Conservative John Mosley40615.3-1.3
Majority1,31049.5+0.5
Turnout 2,67538.7+19.6
Labour hold Swing
Ordsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles McIntyre1,03659.4-0.6
Liberal Democrats Ann Gibbons53930.9+1.2
Conservative Gary Green1689.6+9.6
Majority49728.5-1.8
Turnout 1,75936.2+18.8
Labour hold Swing
Pendlebury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Lea2,69169.0+5.7
Conservative Marjorie Weston1,21131.0+12.2
Majority1,48038.0-6.5
Turnout 3,94338.9+14.5
Labour hold Swing
Pendleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Warmisham1,37363.6-5.0
Liberal Democrats Lynn Drake49823.1-2.0
Conservative Anthony Healey28713.3+13.3
Majority87551.2+6.7
Turnout 2,18333.8+13.5
Labour hold Swing
Swinton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Dawson2,40166.9+8.4
Conservative Neil Levay1,19033.1+13.1
Majority1,21133.8-3.2
Turnout 3,62940.7+15.8
Labour hold Swing
Swinton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Daniels2,25355.2+9.9
Conservative Peter Allcock1,83244.8+10.8
Majority42110.4-0.9
Turnout 4,12842.7+15.2
Labour hold Swing
Walkden North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vincent Devine2,16467.2-3.4
Conservative Walter Edwards59018.3+3.6
Liberal Democrats Deborah Rushton46814.5-0.2
Majority1,57448.9-7.0
Turnout 3,25440.7+18.8
Labour hold Swing
Walkden South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norbert Potter1,79035.2-10.0
Conservative Declan Harrington1,30125.6-6.8
Liberal Democrats Pauline Ogden1,07621.2-1.0
Independent David Bowers91218.0+18.0
Majority4899.6-3.2
Turnout 5,11042.7+18.1
Labour hold Swing
Weaste & Seedley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Clague1,38145.5-0.9
Liberal Democrats Rick Powell1,02033.6-10.3
Conservative Robin Garrido42113.9+13.9
Independent Alan Booth2167.1+7.1
Majority36111.9+9.4
Turnout 3,06042.3+13.5
Labour hold Swing
Winton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Lancaster1,86753.9-4.6
Liberal Democrats Sara Bradbury85524.7+2.2
Conservative Judith Tope74221.4+2.5
Majority1,01229.2-6.8
Turnout 3,49439.7+17.1
Labour hold Swing
Worsley & Boothstown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beryl Howard2,31841.9+5.5
Liberal Democrats Gary Riding1,76131.8-12.4
Labour Warren Coates1,16921.1+5.2
Green Ian Davies2905.2+1.7
Majority55710.1+2.3
Turnout 5,56050.0+14.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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