# 2002 Salford City Council election

Elections to Salford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 25.07%.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 52
* Liberal Democrat 6
* Conservative 2

## Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 52.9 | 21,254 | +9.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 10.0 | 25.5 | 10,247 | +1.0% |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17.8 | 7,162 | -9.9% |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 645 | -0.2% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 596 | +1.1% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 141 | +0.4% |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 119 | +0.3% |

## Ward results

Barton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Jolley | 1,097 | 66.1 | +10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Mathieson | 308 | 18.6 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Taylor | 255 | 15.4 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 789 | 47.5 | +16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,660 | 22.1 | +3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Blackfriars :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joseph Murphy | 840 | 73.6 | +14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Riding | 209 | 18.3 | −22.2 |
| | Liberal | Paul Rigby | 92 | 8.1 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 631 | 55.3 | +34.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,141 | 19.9 | +6.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Merry | 963 | 70.7 | −2.5 |
| | Independent | Sydney Hastings | 222 | 16.3 | +16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jatinder Seehra | 177 | 13.0 | −13.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | 54.4 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,362 | 24.0 | +4.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cadishead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keith Mann | 938 | 50.2 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Holt | 603 | 32.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Wenham | 163 | 8.7 | |
| | Independent | Neil Taylor | 163 | 8.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 335 | 17.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,867 | 28.7 | +5.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Claremont :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Perkins | 1,531 | 56.4 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | Peter Wheeler | 1,185 | 43.6 | +15.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 346 | 12.8 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,716 | 28.1 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Eccles :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Broughton | 1,395 | 56.1 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael Edwards | 619 | 24.9 | −10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Lomax | 473 | 19.0 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 776 | 31.2 | +21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,487 | 27.7 | +3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Irlam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joseph Kean | 922 | 49.5 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 596 | 32.0 | −4.7 |
| | Independent | Nicholas Wood | 182 | 9.8 | +9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Wenham | 164 | 8.8 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 | 17.5 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,864 | 25.4 | +3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Kersal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Connor | 1,576 | 73.2 | +16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Carson | 578 | 26.8 | +12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 998 | 46.4 | +12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,154 | 25.3 | +7.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Langworthy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Salmon | 545 | 48.4 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal | Christopher Barnes | 290 | 25.7 | −7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Flint | 257 | 22.8 | −1.4 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Peter Hayes | 35 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 22.7 | +13.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,127 | 21.1 | +4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Little Hulton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doris Fernandez | 885 | 66.2 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Blainey | 230 | 17.2 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | Walter Edwards | 222 | 16.6 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 655 | 49.0 | +4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,337 | 19.1 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ordsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Susan Slater | 520 | 60.0 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Gibbons | 257 | 29.7 | +20.3 |
| | Liberal | Philippa Hanley | 60 | 6.9 | −1.4 |
| | Independent | Sheilah Wallace | 29 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 263 | 30.3 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 866 | 17.4 | +2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Pendlebury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barry Warner | 1,589 | 63.3 | +12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Gregory | 471 | 18.8 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Weston | 449 | 17.9 | −8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,118 | 44.5 | +20.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,509 | 24.4 | +5.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Pendleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Hulmes | 916 | 68.6 | +12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynn Drake | 335 | 25.1 | +11.9 |
| | Socialist Alliance | James Knowles | 84 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 581 | 43.5 | +4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,335 | 20.3 | +3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Swinton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Derek Antrobus | 1,298 | 58.5 | +9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Gregory | 477 | 21.5 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | Wendy Powell | 445 | 20.0 | −9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 821 | 37.0 | +17.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,220 | 24.9 | +4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Swinton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Cullen | 1,216 | 45.3 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Allcock | 912 | 34.0 | −8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Gregory | 555 | 20.7 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | 11.3 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,683 | 27.5 | +4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Walkden North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Pennington | 1,251 | 70.6 | +19.3 |
| | Conservative | Declan Harrington | 261 | 14.7 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Ogden | 260 | 14.7 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 990 | 55.9 | +28.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,772 | 21.9 | +1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Walkden South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Valerie Burgoyne | 1,341 | 45.2 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | John Mosley | 961 | 32.4 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Brown | 663 | 22.4 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 380 | 12.8 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,965 | 24.6 | +3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Weaste & Seedley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Ullman | 969 | 46.4 | +13.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Powls | 916 | 43.9 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Priest | 203 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | 2.5 | −9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,088 | 28.8 | +2.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Winton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michelle Wilkinson | 1,172 | 58.5 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sara Bradbury | 451 | 22.5 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | Judith Tope | 379 | 18.9 | −5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 721 | 36.0 | +12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,002 | 22.6 | +4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Worsley & Boothstown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Boyd | 1,772 | 44.2 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Beryl Howard | 1,460 | 36.4 | −9.0 |
| | Labour | Warren Coates | 636 | 15.9 | +3.2 |
| | Green | Ian Davies | 141 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 312 | 7.8 | +4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,009 | 35.9 | +4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |