2004 Salford City Council election

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The 2004 Salford City Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes having taken place since the last election in 2003. [1] The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. [1] Overall turnout was 35.53%.

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Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 44-773.348.259,925-4.6%
  Liberal Democrats 8+313.327.434,068+6.4%
  Conservative 8+513.323.028,654-0.4%
  Liberal 0000.8964+0.8%
  Independent 0-100.4463-2.0%
  BNP 0000.2304+0.2%

Ward results

Barton

Barton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mullen 1,238
Labour Neville Clark 1,135
Labour David Jolley 984
Liberal Democrats Alan Patten855
Conservative Renee Holt725
Conservative Alan Nicholls692
Turnout 5,62932.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Boothstown and Ellenbrook

Boothstown and Ellenbrook (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beryl Howard 1,458
Conservative Robin Garrido 1,363
Conservative Christine Gray 1,309
Liberal Democrats Michael Dunn986
Liberal Democrats Gary Riding912
Liberal Democrats Joan Higgin691
Labour Neville Gregory526
Labour Michael Felse474
Labour Andrew Nicol464
Turnout 8,18340.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Broughton

Broughton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James King 1,263
Labour Bernard Murphy 1,241
Labour John Merry 1,133
Liberal Democrats Susan Carson744
Liberal Democrats Ronald Benjamin615
Liberal Democrats Thomas Ferrnley577
Turnout 5,57328.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cadishead

Cadishead (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hunt 1,140
Labour Christine Hudson 1,119
Labour Keith Mann 949
Conservative Leslie Taylor780
Conservative Elizabeth Hill766
Liberal Democrats Mariska Jones559
Turnout 5,31336.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Claremont

Claremont (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Norman Owen 1,505
Liberal Democrats Stephen Cooke 1,166
Liberal Democrats Timothy Perkins 1,074
Labour Louise Baxter964
Labour Peter Wheeler848
Labour James Short830
Conservative Sydney Cooper764
Turnout 7,15139.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Eccles

Eccles (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Broughton 1,247
Labour Edmund Sheehy 1,167
Liberal Democrats Peter Hayes 1,019
Labour Jane Murphy928
Conservative Michael Edwards919
Liberal Democrats Christine Lomax814
Conservative Christine Upton785
Turnout 6,87939.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Irlam

Irlam (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Jones 1,073
Labour Joseph Kean 922
Labour Roger Lightup 842
Conservative Joyce Collins679
Liberal Democrats Christine Race606
Turnout 4,12232.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Irwell Riverside

Irwell Riverside (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Holt 925
Labour Joseph Murphy 868
Labour James Hulmes 819
Liberal Democrats Christine Corry616
Liberal Democrats Lynn Drake573
Liberal Democrats James Eisen536
Conservative Edith Moores324
BNP Anthony Wentworth304
Turnout 4,96528.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Kersal

Kersal (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Connor 1,615
Labour George Wilson 1,196
Labour Ann-Marie Humphreys 1,128
Liberal Democrats Eric Sievers1,105
Liberal Democrats Harold Kershner1,101
Conservative Jeremiah Horgan791
Liberal Democrats Bernard Carson612
Turnout 7,54840.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Langworthy

Langworthy (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Salmon 1,195
Labour Jane Hepworth 973
Labour John Warmisham 917
Liberal Democrats John Deas639
Liberal Democrats Roy Laurence599
Liberal Christopher Barnes552
Conservative Anthony Healey448
Liberal Robin Radnell412
Turnout 5,73530.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Little Hulton

Little Hulton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doris Fernandez 1,300
Labour Alice Smyth 1,256
Labour Eric Burgoyne 1,234
Liberal Democrats David Cowpe523
Conservative William MacDonald493
Liberal Democrats Pauline Ogden484
Conservative David Owen455
Conservative Elaine West425
Turnout 6,17030.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ordsall

Ordsall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Slater 665
Labour Peter Dobbs 639
Labour Alan Clague 541
Liberal Democrats Philip Bowers530
Conservative Jonathan Thomason288
Independent Alan Valentine241
Turnout 2,90428.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Pendlebury

Pendlebury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Warner 1,207
Labour Patricia Lea 1,096
Labour Bernard Lea 1,000
Liberal Democrats Margaret Ferrer872
Conservative John Booth707
Conservative Bridie Madden674
Turnout 5,55635.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Swinton North

Swinton North (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Antrobus 1,326
Labour James Dawson 1,286
Labour Charles William Hinds 1,147
Liberal Democrats Valerie Gregory1,039
Conservative Patricia Mills798
Turnout 5,59635.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Swinton South

Swinton South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Daniels 1,158
Labour John Cullen 1,102
Labour Charles McIntyre 1,016
Liberal Democrats Karl Henshall1,006
Liberal Democrats Joseph O'Neill992
Conservative Catherine Edwards954
Conservative George Woods597
Turnout 6,82536.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Walkden North

Walkden North (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vincent Devine 1,349
Labour William Pennington 1,288
Labour Barbara Miller 1,162
Conservative Walter Edwards617
Liberal Democrats Daryll Toone599
Conservative Eileen MacDonald566
Conservative Graham Bedingham508
Turnout 6,08934.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Walkden South

Walkden South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Witkowski 1,031
Conservative Iain Lindley 1,010
Conservative David Lewis 1,008
Conservative Glenis Purcell978
Labour Valerie Burgoyne928
Liberal Democrats Deborah Rushton921
Labour Norbert Potter858
Liberal Democrats John Grant855
Liberal Democrats Peter Brown825
Independent David Bowers222
Turnout 8,63640.7
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Weaste & Seedley

Weaste and Seedley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Heywood 1,298
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Ainsworth 1,264
Liberal Democrats Rick Powell 1,158
Labour James Harold916
Labour Bernadette Wright907
Labour Stephen Coen796
Conservative Nicholas Wakefield538
Turnout 6,87737.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Winton

Winton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Lancaster 1,194
Liberal Democrats John Pooley 1,029
Labour Margaret Morris 1,014
Labour Michelle Wilkinson981
Conservative Gary Green754
Conservative Judith Tope728
Turnout 5,70034.0
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Worsley

Worsley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karen Garrido 1,725
Conservative James McDonald 1,567
Conservative Graham Compton 1,461
Liberal Democrats Robert Boyd1,230
Liberal Democrats Sara Bradbury837
Liberal Democrats Paul Gregory700
Labour Alan Brocklehurst485
Labour Warren Coates483
Labour Philip Cusack437
Turnout 8,92550.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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