# 2006 Salford City Council election

The 2006 Salford City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 28.1%.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± |
| Labour | 44 | 0 |
| Conservative | 8 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 8 | 0 |

## Election result

Salford Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 16 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 66.7 | 42.7 | 19,634 | -5.5% |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 29.6 | 13,632 | +6.6% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 12.5 | 25.8 | 11,854 | -1.6% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 424 | +0.7% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.5 | 244 | +0.1% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 224 | +0.5% |

## Ward results
### Barton

Barton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Jolley* | 971 | 45.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Laurence | 511 | 23.9 | |
| | Conservative | Gary Green | 416 | 19.4 | |
| | Independent | Alan Valentine | 244 | 11.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 460 | 21.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,142 | 25.1 | −7.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Boothstown and Ellenbrook

Boothstown and Ellenbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christine Gray* | 1,354 | 54.3 | |
| | Labour | Philip Cusack | 615 | 24.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Benjamin | 300 | 12.0 | |
| | Green | Roy Battersby | 224 | 9.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | 29.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,493 | 33.3 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Broughton

Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Merry* | 1,077 | 56.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Carson | 557 | 29.1 | |
| | Conservative | Hilary Brunyee | 278 | 14.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 520 | 27.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,912 | 26.4 | −1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cadishead

Cadishead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keith Mann* | 1,118 | 53.2 | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | 982 | 46.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 136 | 6.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,100 | 30.1 | −6.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Claremont

Claremont :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Ferrer | 1,162 | 44.3 | |
| | Labour | Peter Wheeler | 707 | 26.9 | |
| | BNP | Edward O'Sullivan | 424 | 16.2 | |
| | Conservative | Catherine Edwards | 331 | 12.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 455 | 17.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,624 | 33.2 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Eccles

Eccles :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jane Murphy | 1,038 | 39.2 | |
| | Conservative | Ann Davies | 975 | 36.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Lomax | 632 | 23.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 63 | 2.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,645 | 33.6 | −5.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Irlam

Irlam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roger Lightup* | 905 | 49.6 | |
| | Conservative | Joyce Collins | 585 | 32.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mariska Jones | 334 | 18.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 320 | 17.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,824 | 25.9 | −6.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Irlam Riverside

Irwell Riverside (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Hulmes* | 716 | | |
| | Labour | Stephen Coen | 675 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth McKelvey | 611 | | |
| | Conservative | Edith Moores | 284 | | |
| | Conservative | Jack Stockford | 173 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,459 | 20.4 | −7.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kersal

Kersal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ann-Marie Humphreys* | 1,077 | 47.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harold Hershner | 642 | 28.1 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Moore | 563 | 24.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 435 | 19.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,282 | 29.9 | −11.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Langworthy

Langworthy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Warmisham* | 890 | 46.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynn Drake | 758 | 39.9 | |
| | Conservative | Sydney Cooper | 253 | 13.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 | 6.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,901 | 23.5 | −7.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Little Hulton

Little Hulton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Burgoyne* | 890 | | |
| | Labour | Patricia Ryan | 862 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Cowpe | 375 | | |
| | Conservative | Nicolette Turner | 341 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Fernley | 296 | | |
| | Conservative | Elaine West | 274 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,038 | 19.8 | −11.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ordsall

Ordsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Clague* | 584 | 52.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Plaister | 287 | 25.8 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Grant | 243 | 21.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 297 | 26.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,114 | 21.1 | −7.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pendlebury

Pendlebury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernard Lea* | 1,143 | 49.1 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Allcock | 643 | 27.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Corry | 543 | 23.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 500 | 21.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,329 | 27.4 | −7.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Swinton North

Swinton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Hinds* | 1,107 | 46.8 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Edward | 662 | 28.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Gregory | 596 | 25.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 455 | 18.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,365 | 28.6 | −6.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Swinton South

Swinton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph O'Neill | 965 | 40.4 | |
| | Labour | Charles McIntyre* | 842 | 35.2 | |
| | Conservative | Christine Allcock | 584 | 24.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 123 | 5.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,391 | 29.1 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Walkden North

Walkden North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barbara Miller* | 1,062 | 55.2 | |
| | Conservative | Walter Edwards | 542 | 28.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margita Shevchikova | 319 | 16.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 520 | 27.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,923 | 24.0 | −10.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Walkden South

Walkden South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Leslie Turner | 1,385 | 47.5 | |
| | Labour | Adrian Brocklehurst | 900 | 30.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Ogden | 632 | 21.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 485 | 16.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,917 | 38.9 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Weaste & Seedley

Weaste and Seedley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Deas | 1,003 | 44.9 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Race | 888 | 39.7 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Thomason | 345 | 15.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 5.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,236 | 28.9 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Winton

Winton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Morris* | 994 | 47.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Ward | 682 | 32.2 | |
| | Conservative | Judith Tope | 439 | 20.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 555 | 14.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,115 | 25.0 | −9.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Worsley

Worsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Compton* | 1,980 | 61.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Gregory | 649 | 20.3 | |
| | Labour | Warren Coates | 573 | 17.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,331 | 41.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,202 | 37.8 | −12.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |