# 2000 Salford City Council election

Elections to Salford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 21.04%.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 52
* Liberal Democrat 5
* Conservative 3

## Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2000 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 16 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 76.2 | 43.9 | 15,646 | -15.2 |
| Conservative | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 14.3 | 27.7 | 9,855 | +9.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 9.5 | 24.5 | 8,712 | +2.4 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 626 | +1.8 |
| Re-elect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 411 | +1.2 |
| Save Markendale Nursey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 232 | +0.7 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 128 | +0.4 |

## Ward results

Barton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Memory | 786 | 55.5 | −18.0 |
| | Conservative | Ruth Brook | 340 | 24.0 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Powis | 289 | 20.4 | +8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 346 | 31.5 | −27.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,415 | 18.4 | −2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Blackfriars :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Hincks | 455 | 59.5 | −15.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marshall Peach | 310 | 40.5 | +15.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 19.0 | −31.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 765 | 13.4 | −2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James King | 832 | 73.2 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Carson | 304 | 26.8 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 528 | 46.4 | −8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,136 | 19.1 | −0.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cadishead (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christine Hudson | 736 | | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Holt | 632 | | |
| | Labour | Charles Wood | 595 | | |
| | Conservative | Leslie Taylor | 536 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma Rogers | 148 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neville Rogers | 136 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,783 | 23.2 | −2.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Claremont :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Carson | 1,224 | 48.7 | +5.6 |
| | Labour | Barbara Miller | 717 | 28.5 | −13.0 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Davies | 574 | 22.8 | +7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 507 | 20.2 | +18.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,515 | 25.7 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Eccles :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edmund Sheehy | 1,015 | 45.6 | −10.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael Edwards | 791 | 35.5 | +7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Lomax | 422 | 18.9 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 224 | 10.1 | −18.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,228 | 24.5 | −0.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Irlam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roger Lightup | 814 | 50.1 | −11.6 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 596 | 36.7 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Wenham | 214 | 13.2 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 218 | 13.4 | −19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,624 | 22.2 | −2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Kersal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Davina Miller | 890 | 56.9 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Hillary Lingard | 362 | 23.2 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Samuel Portnoy | 223 | 14.3 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | Cameron Barlow | 88 | 5.6 | +5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 528 | 33.7 | −3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,563 | 18.1 | +0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Langworthy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christopher Beaumont | 407 | 42.3 | −15.7 |
| | Liberal | Christopher Barnes | 323 | 33.5 | +33.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barrie Jones | 233 | 24.2 | −7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 | 8.8 | −27.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 963 | 16.9 | +1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Little Hulton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alice Smyth | 725 | 65.1 | −7.7 |
| | Conservative | Jane McInnes | 226 | 20.3 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Blainey | 163 | 14.6 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 499 | 44.8 | −12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,114 | 15.3 | +2.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ordsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Dobbs | 426 | 53.3 | −24.7 |
| | Save Markendale Nursey | Ann Gibbons | 232 | 29.0 | +29.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mariska Jones | 75 | 9.4 | −12.6 |
| | Liberal | Charles Broadhurst | 66 | 8.3 | +8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 24.3 | −31.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 799 | 15.4 | +0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Pendlebury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Lea | 1,023 | 50.5 | −21.2 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Weston | 540 | 26.7 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Gregory | 461 | 22.8 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 483 | 23.8 | −21.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,024 | 19.2 | −1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Pendleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joseph Holt | 652 | 56.5 | −17.7 |
| | Conservative | Edith Moores | 200 | 17.3 | +6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynn Drake | 152 | 13.2 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Priest | 149 | 12.9 | +12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 452 | 39.2 | −20.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,153 | 17.1 | −2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Swinton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles William Hinds | 915 | 48.8 | −17.3 |
| | Conservative | Neil Levay | 551 | 29.4 | +10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynda Revell | 410 | 21.9 | +10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 364 | 19.4 | −27.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,876 | 20.9 | −1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Swinton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christine Upton | 984 | 42.7 | +10.7 |
| | Labour | James Short | 851 | 36.9 | −15.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Gregory | 469 | 20.4 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 5.8 | −14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,304 | 23.3 | +0.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Walkden North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Payne | 880 | 51.3 | −31.7 |
| | Re-elect | Melvyn Higson | 411 | 23.9 | +23.9 |
| | Conservative | Lisa Dugmore | 279 | 16.2 | +16.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Wolstencroft | 147 | 8.6 | −8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 469 | 27.4 | −38.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,717 | 20.5 | +0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Walkden South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stanley Witkowski | 1,008 | 40.0 | −14.2 |
| | Conservative | John Mosley | 830 | 32.9 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Audrey Hunt | 554 | 22.0 | +0.6 |
| | Independent | Peter McHale | 128 | 5.1 | +5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | 7.1 | −22.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,520 | 20.9 | −0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Weaste & Seedley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janice Heywood | 868 | 45.3 | +22.5 |
| | Labour | David Jolley | 634 | 33.1 | −28.7 |
| | Conservative | Sydney Cooper | 415 | 21.6 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 234 | 12.2 | −26.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,917 | 25.9 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Winton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Eglin | 838 | 50.0 | −18.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Ogden | 436 | 26.0 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Judith Tope | 402 | 24.0 | +24.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 402 | 24.0 | −12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,676 | 18.4 | −2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Worsley & Boothstown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Karen Garrido | 1,597 | 45.4 | +9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sara Bradbury | 1,474 | 41.9 | −5.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Wheeler | 447 | 12.7 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 123 | 3.5 | −7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,518 | 31.3 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |