# 2015 Salford City Council election

The 2015 Salford City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections, and the 2015 United Kingdom general election. The last time these seats were contested was in 2011.
The composition of the Council following the 2015 elections:
| Party | Party | Seats | ± |
| | Labour | 52 | 0 |
| | Conservative | 8 | 0 |

## Wards

The electoral division results listed below are based on the changes from the 2014 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections. Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election.

### Barton ward

Barton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michele Barnes | 2,656 | 57.1 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | Robert Bingham | 1,015 | 21.8 | +2.0 |
| | Green | Linda Margaret Davies | 435 | 9.4 | N/A |
| | BNP | Wayne Peter Tomlinson | 271 | 5.8 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Andrew Carrs | 226 | 4.9 | −14.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,641 | 35.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,652 | 53.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Boothstown & Ellenbrook ward

Boothstown and Ellenbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robin Garrido* | 2,924 | 57.8 | +15.7 |
| | Labour | Lee Colin Rowbotham | 1,580 | 31.2 | +3.9 |
| | Green | Linda Margaret Davies | 410 | 8.1 | −1.6 |
| | TUSC | Wayne Peter Tomlinson | 109 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,344 | 26.5 | −15.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,063 | 67.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Broughton ward

Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charlie Mcintyre* | 2,918 | 66.5 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | Yonie Saunders | 720 | 16.4 | +9.8 |
| | Green | David Jones | 444 | 10.1 | +3.3 |
| | TUSC | Alan Metcalfe | 229 | 5.2 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,198 | 50.1 | +14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,391 | 47.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cadishead ward

Cadishead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jimmy Hunt* | 2,506 | 55.6 | −10.0 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Chapman | 1,315 | 29.2 | +8.1 |
| | Green | Alan Dominic Valentine | 405 | 9.0 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Diane Natalie Cawood | 244 | 5.4 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,191 | 26.4 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,505 | 55.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Claremont ward

Claremont :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joe Murphy* | 2,335 | 45.1 | +3.2 |
| | UKIP | Mary Ferrer | 1,124 | 21.7 | −9.1 |
| | Conservative | Bob Goodall | 1,014 | 19.6 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronnie Benjamin | 315 | 6.1 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Rene Iacopini | 305 | 5.9 | +0.4 |
| | TUSC | Matt Kilsby | 80 | 1.5 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,221 | 23.4 | +12.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,173 | 62.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Eccles ward

Eccles :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lisa Margaret Stone* | 2,612 | 48.3 | −14.3 |
| | Conservative | Linda Goodall | 1,347 | 24.9 | −14.1 |
| | UKIP | Robert Wakefield | 739 | 13.7 | N/A |
| | Green | Emma Van Dyke | 327 | 6.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Val Kelly | 257 | 4.8 | −4.8 |
| | TUSC | Sally Griffiths | 122 | 2.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,265 | 23.4 | −11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5404 | 62.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Irlam ward

Irlam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Taylor | 1,935 | 50.0 | −6.4 |
| | UKIP | Brian Norman Robinson | 910 | 23.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Noel Gaskell | 727 | 18.8 | 0.0 |
| | Green | Paul Scott Hardwick | 215 | 5.6 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Eric Thorpe | 47 | 1.2 | N/A |
| | Independent | Jackie Anderson | 25 | 0.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,208 | 31.2 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,871 | 55.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Irwell Riverside ward

Irwell Riverside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Stuart Ord* | 2,124 | 54.8 | +5.5 |
| | UKIP | Katherine Alder | 617 | 15.9 | −6.0 |
| | Green | Wendy Olsen | 537 | 13.8 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | Jessica Taberner | 472 | 12.2 | +3.0 |
| | TUSC | Jamie Carr | 92 | 2.4 | −2.8 |
| | BNP | Carl Lawson | 37 | 1.0 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,507 | 38.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,879 | 53.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kersal ward

Kersal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Davies | 2,110 | 48.5 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Arnold Saunders | 1,872 | 43.0 | +25.2 |
| | Green | Jason Reading | 250 | 5.7 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Farid Norat | 89 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 238 | 5.5 | −21.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,355 | 51.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Langworthy ward

Langworthy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gina Claire Reynolds* | 2,424 | 54.9 | −3.0 |
| | UKIP | Andy Olsen | 1,065 | 24.1 | −16.8 |
| | Conservative | Nicky Turner | 460 | 10.4 | +0.8 |
| | Green | Ian Pattinson | 341 | 7.7 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Sean Warren | 98 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,359 | 30.8 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,412 | 52.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Little Hulton ward

Little Hulton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kate Lewis | 2,281 | 52.9 | −7.8 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Ferrer | 1,038 | 24.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Nathan Ian James | 669 | 15.5 | −2.8 |
| | TUSC | Terry Simmons | 159 | 3.7 | −17.3 |
| | Green | Kieren John Luke King | 150 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,243 | 28.8 | −10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,312 | 46.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ordsall ward

Ordsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter William Dobbs* | 2,950 | 50.6 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Boot | 1,224 | 21.0 | +3.7 |
| | Green | Jim Alayo-Arnabat | 825 | 14.1 | −5.5 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Barnes | 665 | 11.4 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Stephanie Vickers | 146 | 2.5 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,726 | 29.6 | −6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,832 | 52.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pendlebury ward

Pendlebury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | John Ferguson* | 2,501 | 48.5 | −0.7 |
| | UKIP | Stacey Olsen | 1,295 | 25.1 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Glenis Purcell | 1,024 | 19.9 | +5.1 |
| | Green | Chrissy Brand | 235 | 4.6 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Jake Newton | 78 | 1.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,206 | 23.4 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,156 | 57.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Swinton North ward

Swinton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim Dawson* | 2,716 | 54.3 | +4.8 |
| | UKIP | John Mark Deas | 1,066 | 21.3 | −7.2 |
| | Conservative | Sharon Bulmer | 1,035 | 20.7 | +3.0 |
| | TUSC | Norma Frances Parkinson-Green | 163 | 3.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,650 | 33.0 | +12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,006 | 59.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Swinton South ward

Councillor Neil Blower subsequently became an Independent in February 2016.
Swinton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil Blower* | 2,228 | 46.7 | +5.2 |
| | UKIP | Joe O'Neill | 1,086 | 22.8 | −13.3 |
| | Conservative | Anne Broomhead | 1,054 | 22.1 | +4.1 |
| | Green | Sean Anthony Fairbrother | 264 | 5.5 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Jill Royle | 111 | 2.3 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,142 | 24.0 | +18.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,767 | 57.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Walkden North ward

Walkden North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Samantha Bellamy | 2,263 | 49.7 | −14.1 |
| | UKIP | Bernie Gill | 1,094 | 24.0 | +16.5 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Hill | 866 | 19 | +3.6 |
| | Green | Usama Absar Ahmed | 188 | 4.2 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Andrew Carrs | 118 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,169 | 25.7 | −22.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,550 | 53.4 | +23.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Walkden South ward

Walkden South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Iain Lindley* | 2,162 | 41.4 | −8.3 |
| | Labour | Rob Sharpe | 1,969 | 37.7 | −0.6 |
| | UKIP | Albert Redshaw | 749 | 14.4 | +9.8 |
| | Green | Thomas Dylan | 238 | 4.6 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Tom Thurman | 76 | 1.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 193 | 3.7 | −7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,219 | 65.2 | +20.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Weaste & Seedley ward

Weaste and Seedley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Ronald Wilson* | 2,279 | 46.0 | −11.0 |
| | UKIP | Barrie Fallows | 1,080 | 21.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Adam Charles Edward Kennaugh | 813 | 16.4 | −7.0 |
| | Green | Peter John Mulleady | 353 | 7.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Vaughan | 285 | 5.8 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Paul Quinn | 122 | 2.5 | −17.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,199 | 24.2 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,952 | 55.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Winton ward

Winton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paula Boshell* | 2,693 | 56.1 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | George Andrew Darlington | 1,020 | 21.2 | +5.7 |
| | Independent | Paul Doyle | 533 | 11.1 | −9.0 |
| | Green | Helen Margaret Alker | 330 | 6.9 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Stephen Cullen | 182 | 3.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,673 | 34.8 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,802 | 55.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Worsley ward

Worsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Chris Clarkson* | 3,054 | 52.5 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | John Roberts | 1,533 | 26.4 | −4.4 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Townsend | 770 | 13.2 | +4.3 |
| | Green | Chris Bertenshaw | 380 | 6.5 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Kit Watson | 44 | 0.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,521 | 26.2 | +10.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,814 | 71.1 | +27.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |