# 2012 Salford City Council election

The 2012 Salford City Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election with councillors elected in 2008 Salford Council election defending their seats. Vote shares are calculated against the previous election to the corresponding seat. There was also an election for mayor, and other local elections on the same date.
The composition of the Council following the 2012 elections is:
| Party | Seats | ± |
| Labour | 52 | +8 |
| Conservative | 8 | -3 |
| Liberal Democrat | 0 | –3 |
| Community Action | 0 | -2 |

## Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Vote share changes compared with corresponding 2008 election.

### Barton ward

Barton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Mullen | 1,347 | 61.2 | +24.9 |
| | Independent | Josephine Crawford | 475 | 21.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Abdul Mannan | 282 | 12.8 | −11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Benjamin | 101 | 4.6 | −12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 872 | 39.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,241 | 24.8 | −7.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Boothstown & Ellenbrook ward

Boothstown and Ellenbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andy Cheetham* | 1,179 | 49.4 | −18.4 |
| | Labour | Mike Pevitt | 778 | 32.6 | +16.7 |
| | UKIP | Paul Woodburn | 181 | 7.6 | N/A |
| | Green | Tom Dylan | 134 | 5.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Gregory | 115 | 4.8 | −11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 401 | 16.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,404 | 31.3 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Broughton ward

Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim King* | 1,291 | 53.8 | −4.3 |
| | UKIP | Shneur Odze | 829 | 34.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Antony Yates | 118 | 4.9 | −13.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Carson | 81 | 3.4 | −2.8 |
| | Green | David Joseph Henry | 80 | 3.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 462 | 19.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,420 | 27.9 | +1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cadishead ward

Cadishead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Walsh | 1,419 | 65.6 | +33.5 |
| | Conservative | Marvin Herron | 378 | 17.5 | −21.4 |
| | BNP | Brenda Leather | 277 | 12.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Deas | 90 | 4.2 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,041 | 48.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,178 | 27.5 | −9.4 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Claremont ward

Claremont :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sue Pugh | 1,310 | 47.5 | +22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Owen* | 697 | 25.3 | −17.5 |
| | Conservative | Chris Bates | 250 | 9.1 | −8.5 |
| | UKIP | Glyn Wright | 234 | 8.5 | +3.5 |
| | BNP | Eddy O'Sullivan | 198 | 7.2 | −2.7 |
| | Community Action | Matthew Andrews | 69 | 2.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 613 | 22.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,785 | 34.0 | −2.6 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Eccles ward

Eccles :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Wheeler | 1,462 | 53.3 | +15.7 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Johnson | 662 | 24.1 | −22.6 |
| | UKIP | Alan Wright | 281 | 10.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Val Kelly | 212 | 7.7 | −8.0 |
| | Independent | Kyle Wells | 127 | 4.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 800 | 29.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,778 | 30.7 | −5.6 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Irlam ward

Irlam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tracy Kelly | 1,415 | 75.2 | +54.3 |
| | Conservative | Hilary Brunyee | 343 | 18.2 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Boyd | 124 | 6.6 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,072 | 57.0 | 3115 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,919 | 26.5 | −11.9 |
| | Labour gain from Community Action | Labour gain from Community Action | Swing | | |

### Irwell Riverside ward

Irwell Riverside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Coen* | 1,208 | 70.3 | +19.4 |
| | BNP | Gary Tumulty | 202 | 11.8 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Middleton | 158 | 9.2 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | David Lewis | 150 | 8.7 | −7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,006 | 58.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,734 | 18.4 | −2.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kersal ward

Kersal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Connor* | 1,519 | 67.5 | +17.8 |
| | Conservative | David Wolfson | 548 | 24.4 | −13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harold Kershner | 183 | 8.1 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 971 | 43.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,275 | 26.8 | −7.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Langworthy ward

Langworthy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Dennett | 1,269 | 60.0 | +21.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynn Drake* | 416 | 19.7 | −26.8 |
| | BNP | David Spencer | 282 | 13.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Christopher Davies | 147 | 7.0 | −7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 853 | 40.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,159 | 22.8 | −2.1 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Little Hulton ward

Little Hulton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pat Ryan* | 1,288 | 75.1 | +28.3 |
| | Conservative | Con Wright | 272 | 15.9 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Cowpe | 155 | 9.0 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,016 | 59.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,755 | 19.1 | −4.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ordsall ward

Ordsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ray Mashiter* | 1,079 | 60.3 | +5.4 |
| | TUSC | George Tapp | 335 | 18.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Dave Morgan | 225 | 12.6 | −10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kate Middleton | 151 | 8.4 | −13.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 744 | 41.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,812 | 17.9 | −5.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pendlebury ward

Pendlebury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barry Warner* | 1,496 | 58.6 | +21.7 |
| | Conservative | Christine Gray | 396 | 15.5 | −15.7 |
| | BNP | Wayne Taylor | 240 | 9.4 | −3.9 |
| | Community Action | Gillian Welsh | 174 | 6.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Stuart Cremins | 129 | 5.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Corry | 119 | 4.7 | −9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,100 | 43.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,578 | 27.5 | −2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Swinton North ward

Swinton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Derek Antrobus* | 1,336 | 50.5 | +8.8 |
| | Community Action | Michael Moulding | 541 | 20.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Shirley Walsh | 326 | 12.3 | −22.8 |
| | English Democrat | Paul Officer | 176 | 6.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Gregory | 157 | 5.9 | −17.2 |
| | Green | Reg Howard | 110 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 795 | 30.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,669 | 30.5 | −0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Swinton South ward

Swinton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gena Merrett | 1,072 | 45.6 | +21.5 |
| | Green | Joe O'Neill | 394 | 16.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Jonathon Taylor | 376 | 16.0 | −3.8 |
| | BNP | Kay Pollitt | 172 | 7.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Seed | 141 | 6.0 | −37.1 |
| | English Democrat | John Mulcahy | 112 | 4.8 | N/A |
| | Community Action | Geoff Ashall | 86 | 3.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 678 | 28.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,373 | 28.1 | −4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Walkden North ward

Walkden North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brendan Ryan | 1,183 | 61.4 | +14.1 |
| | UKIP | Bernard Gill | 329 | 17.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Ian Macdonald | 232 | 12.0 | −22.6 |
| | English Democrat | Laurence Depares | 101 | 5.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Ogden | 82 | 4.3 | −13.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 854 | 44.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,945 | 22.6 | −3.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Walkden South ward

Walkden South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Critchley | 1,169 | 40.1 | +15.1 |
| | Conservative | Anne Broomhead | 1,116 | 38.3 | −12.3 |
| | UKIP | Albert Redshaw | 269 | 9.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Diana Battersby | 159 | 5.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Carson | 105 | 3.6 | −10.5 |
| | English Democrat | Paul Whitelegg | 88 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | 1.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,943 | 35.9 | −4.4 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Weaste & Seedley ward

Weaste and Seedley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Thomas Murphy | 1,240 | 54.7 | +32.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Ferrer | 424 | 18.7 | −23.4 |
| | Conservative | Adam Kennaugh | 287 | 12.7 | −3.1 |
| | BNP | Tommy Williams | 197 | 8.7 | N/A |
| | Community Action | Jo Russell | 119 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 816 | 36.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,267 | 25.8 | −7.5 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Winton ward

Winton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Lancaster* | 1,142 | 50.9 | +14.7 |
| | Independent | Paul Doyle | 506 | 22.6 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Darlington | 277 | 12.4 | −10.1 |
| | BNP | Stuart Henshaw | 210 | 9.4 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Melanie Owen | 107 | 4.8 | −9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 636 | 28.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,255 | 25.5 | −5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Worsley ward

Worsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Karen Garrido* | 1,832 | 58.3 | −11.2 |
| | Labour | David Hierons | 770 | 24.5 | +7.7 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Townsend | 374 | 11.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Ferrer | 167 | 5.3 | −8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,062 | 33.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,172 | 38.4 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |