# 2016 Salford City Council election

The 2016 Salford City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the Salford Mayoral election. In April 2016, it was revealed that the Liberal Democrats would not be fielding any candidates in Salford.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Labour | 50 | 50 |
| | Conservative | 9 | 9 |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 40 | 40 |

## Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election.

### Barton

Barton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Anthony Mullen* | 1,398 | 60.3 | +3.2 |
| | UKIP | Glyn Alan Wright | 445 | 19.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Hilary Brunyee | 287 | 12.4 | −9.4 |
| | Green | Daniel Towers | 124 | 5.4 | −4.0 |
| | TUSC | Susan Katrina Wright | 46 | 2.0 | −2.9 |
| | British Resistance | Wayne Tomlinson | 17 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 953 | 41.1 | +5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2317 | 26.8 | −26.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Boothstown and Ellenbrook

Boothstown and Ellenbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bob Clarke | 1,389 | 50.6 | −7.2 |
| | Labour | Lee Colin Rowbotham | 739 | 26.9 | −4.3 |
| | UKIP | Joseph William Evans | 386 | 14.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Lauren Amy Barnes | 192 | 7.0 | −1.1 |
| | TUSC | Kit Watson | 23 | 0.8 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 650 | 23.7 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2744 | 36.8 | −30.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Broughton

Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Jim King* | 1,580 | 64.4 | −2.1 |
| | UKIP | Shneur Zalman | 368 | 15.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Yonie Saunders | 280 | 11.4 | −5.0 |
| | Green | David Jones | 159 | 6.5 | −3.6 |
| | TUSC | Andrew Sherratt | 39 | 1.6 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1212 | 49.4 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2452 | 26.1 | −21.0 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Cadishead

Cadishead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John David Walsh | 1,220 | 55.2 | −0.4 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Ferrer | 409 | 18.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Chapman | 367 | 16.6 | −12.6 |
| | Green | Diane Cawood | 158 | 7.2 | −1.8 |
| | TUSC | Melissa Andrews | 38 | 1.7 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 811 | 36.7 | +10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2209 | 27.6 | −27.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Claremont

Claremont :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barbara Anne Bentham | 1,294 | 47.7 | +2.6 |
| | UKIP | Mary Ferrer | 666 | 24.6 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Bob Goodall | 489 | 18.0 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Dane Alexander Yates | 245 | 9.0 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 628 | 23.2 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2712 | 33.4 | −29.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Eccles

Eccles :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Wheeler* | 1,873 | 61.7 | +13.4 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Alan Boot | 707 | 23.3 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Helen Margaret Alker | 284 | 9.4 | +3.3 |
| | TUSC | Sally Griffiths | 173 | 5.7 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1166 | 38.4 | +15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3037 | 34.9 | −27.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Irlam

Irlam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tracy Jane Kelly* | 1,118 | 58.3 | +8.3 |
| | UKIP | Brian Norman Robinson | 435 | 22.7 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Noel Gaskell | 248 | 12.9 | −5.9 |
| | Green | Barry Woodling | 58 | 3.0 | −2.6 |
| | TUSC | Michelle Joy O'Mahoney | 43 | 2.2 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 683 | 35.6 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1917 | 27.8 | −27.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Irwell Riverside

Irwell Riverside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Coen* | 1,055 | 58.0 | +3.2 |
| | UKIP | Katherine Alder | 316 | 17.4 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Wendy Kay Olsen | 233 | 12.8 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Richard Chambers | 180 | 9.9 | −2.3 |
| | TUSC | Benjamin Wilkes | 35 | 1.9 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | 40.6 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1819 | 25.5 | −13.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kersal

Kersal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Connor* | 1,219 | 46.7 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Arnold Saunders | 942 | 36.1 | −6.9 |
| | UKIP | Seamus Martin | 283 | 10.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Jason Peter Reading | 113 | 4.3 | −1.4 |
| | TUSC | Alan Metcalfe | 31 | 1.2 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 10.6 | +5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2611 | 31.5 | −20.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
There was a by-election held on 2 March 2017 following the resignation of the incumbent councillor. The ward was gained by the Conservative Party candidate, a local rabbi.

### Langworthy

Langworthy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Anthony Longshaw | 1,142 | 48.5 | −6.4 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Barnes | 586 | 24.9 | +0.8 |
| | Independent | Mark Breeze | 264 | 11.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Ian Macdoland | 151 | 6.4 | −4.0 |
| | Green | Ian Pattinson | 139 | 5.9 | −1.8 |
| | TUSC | Andrew Carss | 45 | 1.9 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 556 | 23.6 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2353 | 27.6 | −24.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Little Hulton

Little Hulton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Andrew Sharpe | 1,171 | 30.6 | |
| | Labour | Colette Weir | 837 | 21.7 | |
| | UKIP | Phil Bridge | 648 | 16.9 | |
| | UKIP | Bod Skoczypec | 416 | 10.9 | |
| | Conservative | Nathan Ian James | 317 | 8.3 | |
| | Conservative | Matthew William Lightfoot | 229 | 6.0 | |
| | Green | Frederick Roy Battersby | 210 | 5.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3828 | 21.0 | −25.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ordsall

Ordsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ray Mashiter* | 1,521 | 58.9 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | Adam Robert Carney | 370 | 14.3 | −6.7 |
| | Green | Emma Sarah Louise Van Dyke | 331 | 12.8 | −1.3 |
| | UKIP | Owen Martin Hammond | 280 | 10.8 | −0.6 |
| | TUSC | Ashley Jade Taylor | 48 | 1.9 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1151 | 44.6 | +15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2583 | 24.6 | −28.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pendlebury

Pendlebury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barry Warner* | 1,287 | 48.4 | −0.1 |
| | UKIP | Andy Olsen | 728 | 27.4 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Grosskopf | 373 | 14.0 | −5.9 |
| | Green | Paul Brighouse | 161 | 6.1 | +1.5 |
| | TUSC | Sean Warren | 77 | 2.9 | +1.4 |
| | Republic Party | Stuart Cremins | 21 | 0.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 559 | 21.0 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2660 | 29.9 | −27.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Swinton North

Swinton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Derek Antrobus* | 1,340 | 61.6 | +7.3 |
| | UKIP | Stacey Olsen | 619 | 23.2 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Sharon Bulmer | 500 | 18.8 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Steven John Willett | 137 | 5.1 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Norma Frances Parkinson-Green | 67 | 2.5 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 721 | 27.1 | −5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2663 | 31.8 | −27.5 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Swinton South

Swinton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Heather Fletcher | 1,105 | 46.3 | −0.4 |
| | UKIP | Joe O'Neill | 579 | 24.2 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Nicky Turner | 443 | 18.5 | −3.6 |
| | Green | Nicola Smith | 161 | 6.7 | +1.2 |
| | TUSC | Matt Kilsby | 49 | 2.1 | −0.2 |
| | English Democrat | Craig Holmes | 43 | 1.8 | N/A |
| | British Resistance | Eddy O'Sullivan | 9 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 526 | 22.0 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2389 | 29.3 | −28.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Walkden North

Walkden North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brendan Patrick Ryan* | 1,146 | 54.1 | +4.4 |
| | UKIP | Bernard Gill | 526 | 24.8 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Shazia Qayyum | 243 | 11.5 | −7.5 |
| | Green | Diana Joy Battersby | 130 | 6.1 | +1.9 |
| | TUSC | Terry Simmons | 60 | 2.8 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 620 | 29.3 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2118 | 25.2 | −28.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Walkden South

Walkden South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard John Critchley* | 1,421 | 43.4 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | Anne Susan Broomhead | 1266 | 38.6 | −2.8 |
| | UKIP | Ann Lord | 390 | 11.9 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Thomas Matthew Dylan | 149 | 4.5 | +0.1 |
| | TUSC | Jamie Carr | 29 | 0.9 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3276 | 41.8 | −23.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Weaste & Seedley

Weaste and Seedley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Hesling* | 1,268 | 51.5 | +5.5 |
| | UKIP | Barrie Michael Fallows | 591 | 24.0 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Adam Charles Edward Kennaugh | 342 | 13.9 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Rob Stephenson | 172 | 7.0 | −0.1 |
| | TUSC | Becci Heagney | 65 | 2.6 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 677 | 27.5 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2460 | 28.2 | −27.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Winton

Winton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Anthony Lancaster* | 1,381 | 58.3 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | George Andrew Darlington | 404 | 17.0 | −4.2 |
| | Independent | Paul Michael Doyle | 271 | 11.4 | +0.3 |
| | Green | Susan Mary O'Shea | 171 | 7.2 | +0.3 |
| | TUSC | Rob Royle | 143 | +6.0 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 977 | 41.2 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2370 | 27.3 | −28.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Worsley

Worsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Karen Garrido* | 1,833 | 56.0 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | Stuart James Dickman | 846 | 25.8 | −0.6 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Townsend | 372 | 11.4 | −1.8 |
| | Green | Christopher Bertenshaw | 179 | 5.5 | −1.0 |
| | TUSC | Thomas James Alexander Thurman | 26 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 987 | 30.1 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3274 | 40.5 | −30.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |