Swinton South (ward)

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Swinton South (ward)
Electoral ward
Swinton South (Salford City Council ward).png
Swinton South ward within Salford City Council.
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Motto: 
Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law
Coordinates: 53°30′17″N2°20′07″W / 53.5047°N 2.3354°W / 53.5047; -2.3354
Country United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region North West England
County Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough Salford
CreatedMay 2004
Named for Swinton
Government
  UK Parliament constituency: Salford and Eccles
 • Type Unicameral
 • Body Salford City Council
 •  Mayor of Salford Paul Dennett (Labour)
 • CouncillorStuart Dickman (Labour)
 • CouncillorNeil Watkin (Independent)
 • CouncillorHeather Fletcher (Labour)
Population
 • Total11,458
Ward profile conducted by Salford City Council in 2014. [1]

Swinton South (ward) is an electoral ward of Salford, England. [2] It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP for Salford and Eccles. [3] A profile of the ward conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a population of 11,458. [1]

Contents

The ward is to be abolished following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England [4]

Councillors

The ward is represented by three councillors: Stuart Dickman (Lab), [5] Neil Watkin (Ind), [6] and Heather Fletcher (Lab) [7]

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Charles McIntyre (Lab)Howard Balkind (Lab Co-op)Douglas Daniels (Lab)
2006 Joseph O'Neill (Lib Dem)Howard Balkind (Lab Co-op)Douglas Daniels (Lab)
2007 Joseph O'Neill (Lib Dem)Steve Cooke (Lib Dem)Douglas Daniels (Lab)
2008 Joseph O'Neill (Lib Dem)Steve Cooke (Lib Dem)Martin O’Neill (Lib Dem)
2009Joseph O'Neill (Ind) [8] Steve Cooke (Lib Dem)Martin O’Neill (Lib Dem)
2010 Howard Balkind (Lab Co-op)Steve Cooke (Lib Dem)Martin O’Neill (Lib Dem)
2011 Howard Balkind (Lab Co-op)Norbert Potter (Lab)Martin O’Neill (Lib Dem)
2012 Howard Balkind (Lab Co-op)Norbert Potter (Lab)Gena Merrett (Lab)
By-election
7 January 2014 		Howard Balkind (Lab Co-op)Neil Watkin (Lab) [9] [10] Gena Merrett (Lab)
2014 Howard Balkind (Lab Co-op)Neil Watkin (Lab)Gena Merrett (Lab)
2015 Howard Balkind (Lab Co-op)Neil Watkin (Lab)Gena Merrett (Lab)
February 2016Howard Balkind (Lab Co-op)Neil Watkin (Ind) [11] Heather Fletcher (Lab)
2016 Howard Balkind (Lab Co-op)Neil Watkin (Ind)Heather Fletcher (Lab)
November 2017Howard Balkind (Ind) [12] Neil Watkin (Ind)Heather Fletcher (Lab)
2018 Stuart Dickman (Lab)Neil Watkin (Ind)Heather Fletcher (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat won in by-election.   indicates councillor defected.

Elections in 2010s

May 2018

2018 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stuart Dickman 1,185 53.6
Conservative Adam Carney49122.2
English Democrat Craig Holmes1637.4
Green Nicola Smith1376.2
SDP Joe O’Neill1305.9
Liberal Democrats Jade O’Neil1034.7
Majority69431.4
Turnout 2,54426.56
Labour gain from Independent Swing

May 2016

2016 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Heather Fletcher1,10546.3-0.4
UKIP Joe O'Neill57924.2+1.4
Conservative Nicky Turner44318.5-3.6
Green Nicola Smith1616.7+1.2
TUSC Matt Kilsby492.1-0.2
English Democrat Craig Holmes431.8N/A
British ResistanceEddy O'Sullivan90.4N/A
Majority52622.0-2.0
Turnout 2,38929.3-28.3
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

2015 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Blower*
Independent from 2016 [11] 		2,22846.7+5.2
UKIP Joe O'Neill1,08622.8-13.3
Conservative Anne Broomhead1,05422.1+4.1
Green Sean Anthony Fairbrother2645.5N/A
TUSC Jill Royle1112.3-2.2
Majority1,14224.0+18.6
Turnout 4,76757.6
Labour hold Swing

May 2014

2014 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Howard Saul Balkind1,00441.5
UKIP Joe O'Neill87436.1
Conservative Anne Broomhead43518.0
TUSC Steve Cullen1084.5
Majority1305.4
Turnout 2421
Labour hold Swing

By-election 7 January 2014

By-election 7 January 2014 [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Blower661
Conservative Anne Broomhead298
UKIP Robert Wakefield215
Green Joe O'Neill196
English Democrat Paul Whitelegg54
TUSC Steve Cullen43
Majority363
Turnout 1,47116.24
Labour hold Swing

May 2012

2012 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gena Merrett1,07245.6+21.5
Green Joe O'Neill39416.7N/A
Conservative Jonathon Taylor37616.0−3.8
BNP Kay Pollitt1727.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Seed1416.0−37.1
English Democrat John Mulcahy1124.8N/A
Community Action Geoff Ashall863.7N/A
Majority67828.8
Turnout 2,37328.1−4.2
Labour hold Swing

May 2011

2011 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norbert Potter1,35647.4+19.4
Green Joe O'Neill48116.8N/A
Conservative Christine Allcock55319.3+5.4
Liberal Democrats Valerie Kelly2779.7-31.9
UKIP Angela Duffy1946.8N/A
Majority803
Turnout 2,88234.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

May 2010

2010 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Howard Balkind1,67133.7+9.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Gregory1,35827.4-15.7
Conservative Chris Allcock1,05521.3+1.5
Independent Joe O'Neill*83716.9+16.9
Majority3136.3-12.7
Turnout 4,95460.0+27.7
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Elections in 2000s

2008 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin O’Neill
Independent from 2009 [8] 		1,15043.1+1.6
Labour Valerie Burgoyne64224.1-3.9
Conservative Hilary Brunyee52719.8+5.9
Independent Dave Kelly34713.0+4.3
Majority50819.0
Turnout 32.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
2007 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Cooke1,11441.6
Labour John Cullen*75028.0
Conservative Christine Allcock37213.9
Independent Dave Kelly2348.7
English Democrat Chris Roscoe2107.8
Majority364
Turnout 2,68032.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
2006 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joseph O'Neill96540.4
Labour Charles McIntyre84235.2
Conservative Christine Allcock58424.4
Majority1235.2
Turnout 2,39129.1-7.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
2004 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Daniels1,158
Labour John Cullen1,102
Labour Charles McIntyre1,016
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)

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