Salford City Council

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Salford City Council
Executive mayor elected every four years
Third of council elected three years out of four
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Coat of arms
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Council logo
Type
Type
Houses Unicameral
Term limits
None
History
Founded1 April 1974;49 years ago (1974-04-01)
Leadership
Paul Dennett, Labour
since 6 May 2016
Anne Marie-Humprheys, Labour
since 22nd May 2022
Leader of the Opposition
Robin Garrido, Conservative
Chief executive
Tom Stannard
since 1 February 2021 [1]
Structure
Seats60 [2]
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Council political groups
Administration (49)
  Labour (49)
Opposition (11)
  Conservative (8)
  Independent (2)
  Lib Dems (1)
Joint committees
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Elections
Council voting system
First past the post
Supplementary vote
Last Council election
2023 (one third of councillors)
2022 (one third of councillors)
2021 (all 60 councillors)
Next Council election
2024 (one third of councillors)
Motto
Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law
Meeting place
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Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton
Website
www.salford.gov.uk

Salford City Council is the local authority of the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Salford. It is a constituent council of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

Contents

The directly elected mayor is Paul Dennett [3] and the civic mayor for 2021-2022 is John Mullen. [4]

The council is based at Salford Civic Centre with additional offices in Eccles.

Some services, including property, highways and infrastructure, planning and building control were provided by Urban Vision, a public-private partnership formed in 2005 between SCC, Capita and Galliford Try. [5] Services returned to the council after the contract with Urban Vision finished on 31 January 2020. [6]

Political composition

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the Labour Party. [7]

Year Labour Conservative Lib Dems Independent Community Action
2023 498210
2022 498210
2021 527100
2019 518010
2018 509010
Sept 2017 499020
2016 509010
2015 528000
2014 528000
2012 528000
2011 4411320
2010 3913512
2008 36131001
2007 448800
2006 448800
2004 448800
2003 513510
2002 522600
2000 523500
1999 560400
1998 570300

Wards & councillors

Council wards (pre-2021 boundary changes)
1 Little Hulton
2 Walkden North
3 Walkden South
4 Boothstown and Ellenbrook
5 Worsley
6 Winton
7 Barton
8 Irlam
9 Cadishead
10 Pendlebury
11 Swinton North
12 Swinton South
13 Claremont
14 Irwell Riverside
15 Eccles
16 Weaste and Seedley
17 Langworthy
18 Ordsall
19 Kersal
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Council wards (pre-2021 boundary changes)
1 Little Hulton
2 Walkden North
3 Walkden South
4 Boothstown and Ellenbrook
5 Worsley
6 Winton
7 Barton
8 Irlam
9 Cadishead
10 Pendlebury
11 Swinton North
12 Swinton South
13 Claremont
14 Irwell Riverside
15 Eccles
16 Weaste and Seedley
17 Langworthy
18 Ordsall
19 Kersal
20 Broughton

Each ward is represented by three councillors. [8]

Parliamentary constituencyWardCouncillorPartyTerm of office
Blackley and Broughton
constituency
Broughton Jim King Labour Co-op 2021-23
Maria Brabiner Labour Co-op 2021-24
John Merry Labour 2022-26
Kersal and Broughton Park Ari Leitner Conservative 2021-23
Arnold Saunders Conservative 2021-24
Avrohom Walters Independent 2022-26
Salford and Eccles
constituency
Blackfriars and Trinity Stephen Coen Labour 2021-23
Jane Hamilton Labour 2021-24
Roseanna Wain Labour 2022-26
Claremont Mike Pevitt Labour 2021-23
Barbara Bentham Labour 2021-24
Neil Reynolds Labour 2022-26
Eccles Mike McCusker Labour 2021-23
Sharmina August Labour 2021-24
Nathaniel Tetteh Labour 2022-26
Ordsall Ray Mashiter Labour 2021-23
Tanya Burch Labour 2021-24
Chris Twells Liberal Democrats 2022-26
Pendlebury and Clifton Barry Warner Labour 2021-23
Damian Bailey Labour 2021-24
Sophia Linden Labour 2022-26
Pendleton and Charlestown Wilson Nkurunziza Labour 2021-23
Michelle Barnes Labour 2021-24
John Warmisham Labour 2022-26
Quays Jake Rowland Labour 2021-23
Ann-Marie Humphreys Labour 2021-24
Alex Warren Liberal Democrats 2022-26
Swinton and Wardley Bill Hinds Labour 2021-23
Jim Dawson Labour 2021-24
Gina Reynolds Labour 2022-26
Swinton Park Jim Cammell Labour 2021-23
Heather Fletcher Labour 2021-24
Stuart Dickman Labour 2022-26
Weaste & Seedley Madeline Wade Labour 2021-23
Philip Cusack Labour 2021-24
Alexis Shama Labour Co-op 2022-26
Worsley and Eccles
South constituency
Barton and Winton David Lancaster Labour 2021-23
Paula Boshell Labour 2021-24
John Mullen Labour 2022-26
Boothstown and Ellenbrook Darren Ward Conservative 2021-23
Bob Clarke Conservative 2021-24
Les Turner Conservative 2022-26
Cadishead and Lower Irlam Hannah Robinson-Smith Labour 2021-23
Lewis Nelson Labour 2021-24
Yolande Amana-Ghola Labour 2022-26
Higher Irlam and Peel Green Roger Jones Labour Co-op 2021-23
Tracy Kelly Labour 2021-24
Mishal Saeed Labour 2022-26
Little Hulton Rob Sharpe Labour 2021-23
Kate Lewis Labour 2021-24
Teresa Pepper Labour 2022-26
Walkden North Samantha Bellamy Labour 2021-23
Adrian Brocklehurst Labour Co-op 2021-24
Jack Youd Labour 2022-26
Walkden South Margaret Morris Labour 2022-23
Joshua Brooks Labour 2021-24
Irfan Syed Labour 2022-26
Worsley and Westwood Park Robin Garrido Conservative 2021-23
Karen Garrido Conservative 2021-24
Adam Kealey Conservative 2022-26

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