2022 Salford City Council election

The 2022 Salford City Council election is due to take place on 5 May 2022. One third—20 out of 60—of councillors on Salford City Council will be elected. The election will take place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

2022 Salford City Council election
5 May 2022
20 of 60 seats on Salford City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Paul Dennett Les Turner
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 52 seats 9 seats 1 seat
Incumbent council control


Labour


In the previous council election in 2021, the Labour Party maintained its longstanding control of the council, holding 52 of the council's 60 seats. The Conservatives won seven seats and the Liberal Democrats won one.

Background

History

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Salford was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[2]

Since its formation, Salford City Council has continuously been under Labour control. In the most recent council election in 2021, all seats in Salford were up to election due to new boundaries. Labour won fifty-two seats, the Conservatives won seven and the Liberal Democrats won one.[3]

As the Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries for Manchester ahead of the 2021 election, meaning that the 2021 elections were all-out, with all councillors being elected before returning to electing by thirds, candidates up for re-election in 2022 are those who came third in each ward in 2018.

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[4][5] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Salford aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Candidates

Statements of persons nominated were published on 6 April.[6] Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Barton & Winton
Barton and Winton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Antony Duke
Labour John Mullen (*)
Conservative Michael Richman
Majority
Turnout

Blackfriars & Trinity
Blackfriars and Trinity (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joe Allen
Green David Jones
Labour Roseanna Wain (*)
Majority
Turnout

Boothstown & Ellenbrook
Boothstown and Ellenbrook (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Bashir
Green Diana Battersby
Liberal Democrats Ian Chisnall
Conservative Les Turner (*)
Majority
Turnout

Broughton
Broughton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patience Assam
Green David Henry
no party description Eli Leech
Labour John Merry (*)
Liberal Democrats Alexander Wynne
Majority
Turnout

Cadishead & Lower Irlam
Cadishead and Lower Irlam (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yolande Amana-Ghola
Liberal Democrats Jamie Clark
Conservative Amar Farooq
Majority
Turnout

Claremont
Claremont (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mary Ferrar
Conservative Bernard Goldfine
Liberal Democrats Gizella Hughes
Labour Neil Reynolds (*)
Green Christopher Seed
Majority
Turnout

Eccles
Eccles (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Bates
Liberal Democrats Oliver Bradfield
TUSC Sally Griffiths
Green Clive Hamilton
Labour Nathaniel Tetteh
Majority
Turnout

Higher Irlam & Peel Green
Higher Irlam and Peel Green (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Saqib Aftab
Labour Mishal Saeed
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Thompson
Majority
Turnout

Kersal & Broughton Park
Kersal & Broughton Park (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Carney
Labour Chioma Mgbeokwere
Liberal Democrats James Twells
Independent Avrohom Walter (*)
Majority
Turnout

Little Hulton
Little Hulton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorothy Chapman
Green Stuart Oxbrow
Labour Teresa Pepper
Liberal Democrats Stuart Robbins
Majority
Turnout

Ordsall
Ordsall (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Nicola Smith
Liberal Democrats Chris Twells
Labour John Walsh (*)
Majority
Turnout

Pendlebury & Clifton
Pendlebury & Clifton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sophia Linden
Liberal Democrats Ian McKinlay
Conservative Jackie Mountaine
Majority
Turnout

Pendleton & Charlestown
Pendleton & Charlestown (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Miranda Friedman
Green Andrew Nadin
Liberal Democrats Sam Wade
Labour John Warmisham
Majority
Turnout

Quays
Quays (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lucy Staniforth
Labour Phil Tresadern (*)
Liberal Democrats Alex Warren
Majority
Turnout

Swinton & Wardley
Swinton & Wardley (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alima Husain
Labour Gina Reynolds
Independent Mark Sampson
Green Liam Waite
Liberal Democrats Gareth Watkins
Majority
Turnout

Swinton Park
Swinton Park (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Howard Balkind
Labour Stuart Dickman
Liberal Democrats John McLellan
Conservative Derek Meades
Independent Joe O’Neill
Majority
Turnout

Walkden North
Walkden North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Frederick Battersby
Liberal Democrats John Grant
Conservative Adrees Masood
Britain First Ashlea Simon
Labour Jack Youd
Majority
Turnout

Walkden South
Walkden South (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Thomas Dylan
Conservative Azmat Husain
Liberal Democrats Patricia Murphy
Labour Irfan Syed
Majority
Turnout

Weaste & Seedley
Weaste & Seedley (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Heilbron
Women's Equality Donna-Maree Humphery
Labour Alexis Shama
Majority
Turnout

Worsley & Westwood Park
Worsley & Westwood Park (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Blessing
Labour Tony Davies
Conservative Adam Kealey
Majority
Turnout

References
  1. Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  2. "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. Timan, Joseph (6 May 2021). "The Salford local council election 2021 results". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  6. "Local elections Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Salford City Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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