Local authority elections are around the corner and it’s time for a straightforward round-up of what is going on, including deadlines, where to vote and more.
The election is being held on Thursday the 5th of May to decide what councillors will represent the different areas of Salford.
If you are over 16 and a British citizen you’re eligible to cast your vote. However, If you’re not already, you will need to register to vote.
To vote in this election you needed to have been registered by 11:59 pm on 14 April. However, votes occur often so even if you have missed this deadline it’s still worth regiserting. This takes no longer than 5 minutes and can be done here.
Local elections are often seen as a popularity test in the current government – with this one being Boris Johnson’s second election battle. The outcome, while not influencing his power in parliament, will determine how much faith the British population has in the Prime Minister’s abilities. The topics of ‘partygate’, Ukraine and the rising cost of living crisis will all be major talking points in the upcoming weeks leading up to the election.
Local elections often have very low turnouts but can be very impactful to the national political climate. 2019 saw the conservative government take huge losses in protest of Theresa May’s Brexit deal. This election result became a final nail in the coffin for her career as PM, paving the way for the current leader – Boris Johnson. Kier Starmer’s Labour Party has seen little electoral success since he became party leader in January 2020, so he will be looking to capitalise on the remaining party-gate momentum.
How to vote:
If you are unavailable or cannot make it to a polling station on the 5th of May, postal voting is available. However, this deadline ended on April 19th.
You can register to postal vote here or email elections@salford.gov.uk / call 0161 793 2500 with your name and full address, including your postcode. If you forget to send your postal vote back in time, you can hand-deliver it to any polling station in and it will count as a normal vote.
You can also apply for a proxy vote here. This is where someone you trust votes on your behalf if you’re unavailable. The deadline to vote by proxy is 5pm TODAY, so if you plan to vote by proxy, make sure it’s done by today.
5pm today is the deadline to apply for a proxy vote for the local elections. This means appointing someone else to vote on your behalf if you can’t make it to a polling station on Thursday 5 May. More info at https://t.co/qEiQMlJtCU #LocalElection pic.twitter.com/fqKLewHtcx
— Salford City Council (@SalfordCouncil) April 26, 2022
When voting, it’s important to be informed. Study what parties your local candidates represent and see what values they hold. If they’ve already been elected you should check their voting history to make sure their voting record represents your political values. We also recommend following their Twitter accounts to see live updates about their campaign in the run-up to the election.
Last year’s Blackfriars and Trinity Ward by-election results saw Labour’s Roseanna Wain win by 400 votes, more than double greens second place. However, only 10% of the ward’s eligible voters turned out. It’s likely voter turnout in May will be closer to the 25% average of the 2019 local election. Despite this, local elections traditionally have very low turnouts so every vote could have a major impact on the results.
You can find out where your voting ward is here so you’re ready to vote in May. Your polling card will have more information on where your polling station is located. This is posted to your house closer to the election.
Find out who is up for election in your ward (alphabetical):
Barton and Winton Ward –
Antony Ian Duke (Lib Dem)
John Mullen (Lab)
Michael Richman (Con)
As promised, we start our ward-by-ward previews for May's elections with a thread on Barton & Winton, which was created last year by the merger of the separate safe Labour wards of Barton and Winton.
2021 result:
LAB: 1642, 1410, 1305
CON: 496, 425, 404
GRN: 417
LDEM: 225— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 12, 2022
Blackfriars and Trinity Ward –
Joe Allen (Lib Dem)
David Jones (Green)
Roseanna Wain (Lab)
2021 By-election Result:
LAB: 408
GRN: 160
LDEM: 152
CON: 68May 2021 Result:
LAB: 1226, 1205, 946
GRN: 606, 349, 276
CON: 177, 137
LDEM: 142, 96, 61
IND: 118— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 13, 2022
Boothstown and Ellenbrook Ward –
Mohammed Bashir (Lab)
Diana Joy Battersby (Green)
Ian Leslie Chisnall (Lib Dem)
Les Turner (Con)
The next ward to be covered by our previews is Boothstown & Ellenbrook, which was created for the 2004 elections and expanded last year to include Roe Green (formerly in Worsley).
2021 Result:
CON: 2205, 1797, 1345
LAB: 1257, 1209, 750
GRN: 499
LDEM: 354, 140, 130 pic.twitter.com/720c8mpjxv— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 14, 2022
Broughton Ward –
Patience Assam (Con)
David Joseph Henry (Green)
Eli Leech (IND)
John David Merry (Lab)
Alexander Thomas William Wynne (Lib Dem)
Today's preview takes us temporarily across the Irwell into Broughton, a Labour ward since its creation in 1982 on much smaller boundaries than those currently used.
2021 Result:
LAB: 1217, 1209, 1013
CON: 431, 323, 270
GRN: 367
LDEM: 152 pic.twitter.com/R1MHQFqxKP— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 15, 2022
Cadishead and Lower Irlam Ward –
Yolande Amana Ghola (Lab)
Jamie Louis Clark (Lib Dem)
Amar Farooq (Con)
For today's preview, we leap from the urban bustle of Broughton to the expansive greenbelt around Cadishead & Lower Irlam, a ward created in 2021 from the old Cadishead ward and parts of Irlam.
2021 Result:
LAB: 1829, 1199, 1052
IND: 1046
CON: 537, 530 pic.twitter.com/i1G5Bjq25s— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 16, 2022
Claremont Ward –
Mary Ferrer (IND)
Bernard Darrell Goldfine (Con)
Gizella Katalin Hughes (Lib Dem)
Neil Andrew Reynolds (Lab)
Christopher Frederick Seed (Green)
Today's ward preview takes us back into the city to Claremont, which is now the only ward in Salford to have existed continuously since the borough's creation in 1973.
2021 Result:
LAB: 1745, 1413, 1372
CON: 507, 427, 399
GRN: 504
LDEM: 489, 441, 414
IND: 438 pic.twitter.com/SJbFokC3cO— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 17, 2022
Eccles Ward –
Chris Bates (Con)
Oliver William Bradfield (Lib Dem)
Sally Griffiths (Trade Union and Socialist Coailtion)
Clive Peter Hamilton (Green)
Nathaniel Djangmah Tetteh (Lab)
It's that time of the day again, but we don't have to travel far from Claremont at all to get to Eccles, a ward created in 1982 at the heart of the former Eccles Urban District.
2021 Result:
LAB: 2132, 1834, 1451
CON: 819, 754, 507
GRN: 799
LDEM: 379
WEP: 342
TUSC: 173 pic.twitter.com/j55va05z1U— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 18, 2022
Higher Irlam and Peel Green Ward –
Saqib Aftab (Con)
Mishal Saeed (Lab)
Kenneth William Thompson (Lib Dem)
Four our next ward preview, we jump to Higher Irlam & Peel Green, which was created in 2021 with the transfer of Peel Green from the safe Labour ward of Barton to Irlam.
2021 Result:
LAB: 1320, 1251, 1070
IND: 599, 526, 444
CON: 432, 285 pic.twitter.com/p8ZQZI5Wnm— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 19, 2022
Kersal and Broughton Park Ward –
Adam Robert Carney (Con)
Chioma Mgbeokwere (Lab)
James Anthony Twells (Lib Dem)
Avrohom Yitschok Walter (IND)
We leap once again from one side of the city to the other for today's preview focussed on Kersal & Broughton Park, which was created in 2021 from the previous Kersal ward and parts of Broughton.
2021 Result:
CON: 1797, 1679, 711
LDEM: 891
LAB: 721, 707, 559
GRN: 363 pic.twitter.com/Y63zG92byA— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 20, 2022
Little Hulton Ward –
Dorothy Chapman (Con)
Stuart Michael Oxbrow (Green)
Teresa Pepper (Lab)
Stuart Michael Robbins (Lib Dem)
Nestled away in the north-west corner of the city lies Little Hulton, a large, post-war council estate and a ward created in 1982 on significantly smaller boundaries than those in use today.
2021 Result:
LAB: 1115, 905, 709
CON: 438, 236
GRN: 318 pic.twitter.com/5JeFzLAbWP— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 22, 2022
Ordsall Ward –
Nicola Smith (Green)
Chris Twells (Lib Dem)
John David Walsh (Lab)
Continuing our tradition of jumping from one side of Salford to the other, we now move back into the east of the city to Ordsall, a ward created in 1982 but shrunk after being split into three last year.
2021 Result:
LAB: 1229, 934, 758
GRN: 438
CON: 229, 159
LDEM: 162, 109 pic.twitter.com/Mmly9M4Z9X— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 22, 2022
Pendlebury and Clifton Ward –
Sophia Linden (Lab)
Ian Alexander McKinlay (Lib Dem)
Jackie Mountaine (Con)
For today's preview, we travel back into the north of the city to Pendlebury & Clifton, a ward created in 2021 on very similar boundaries to the old Pendlebury ward (1982-2021).
2021 Result:
LAB: 1229, 1113, 1038
CON: 577, 575, 449
GRN: 371
LDEM: 193
IND: 132 pic.twitter.com/bjt7S0B0oN— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 23, 2022
Pendleton and Charlestown Ward –
Miranda Friedman (Con)
Nadin Andrew (Green)
Sam Wade (Lib Dem)
John David Warmisham (Lab)
Just next-door to Pendlebury is Pendleton & Charlestown, a ward created in 2021 from parts of the old Irwell Riverside and Langworthy wards (among others).
2021 Result:
LAB: 1279, 1028, 943
GRN: 430
CON: 328, 270
LDEM: 252
IND: 115
IND: 70 pic.twitter.com/CFhIuPwT06— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 24, 2022
Quays Ward
Lucy Elizabeth Staniforth (Green)
Phil Tresadern (Lab)
Alex Warren (Lib Dem)
We now travel back down to the southern tip of the city, where Quays ward was created in 2021 for the hugely redeveloped waterfront, which had grossly expanded the old Ordsall ward's population.
2021 Result:
LAB: 959, 723, 639
LDEM: 531, 347, 338
GRN: 376, 246
CON: 168, 167, 162 pic.twitter.com/yVg73eceRz— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 26, 2022
Swinton and Wardley Ward –
Alima Husain (Con)
Gina Claire Reynolds (Lab)
Mark Sampson (IND)
Liam James Cantona Waite (Green)
Gareth Joseph Watkins (Lib Dem)
As promised, we head back up to Swinton & Wardley for our next preview, a ward created last year on very similar boundaries to the old Swinton North seat, which had been Labour since its creation in 1982.
2021 Result:
LAB: 1672, 1429, 1245
CON: 701, 568
IND: 300
LDEM: 297 pic.twitter.com/4EXDm0q1AC— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 26, 2022
Swinton Park Ward –
Howard Saul Balkind (Green)
Stuart James Dickman (Lab)
John Howard McLellan (Lib Dem)
Derek Barry Meades (Con)
Joe O’Neill (IND)
A very short wander along the A6 takes us from the Civic Centre into Swinton Park, another new ward created last year as the successor to Swinton South.
2021 Result:
LAB: 1425, 1398, 1282
CON: 631, 453, 426
IND (O'Neill): 555
GRN: 412
IND (Barnes): 272
LDEM: 206 pic.twitter.com/IubQ7vxYNm— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 27, 2022
Walkden North Ward –
Frederick Roy Battersby (Green)
John Brian Frederick Grant (Lib Dem)
Adrees Masood (Con)
Ashlea Simon (Britain First)
Jack Leslie Youd (Lab)
Going back on ourselves along the A6 again brings us to Walkden North, a ward created in 1982 on more or less the same boundaries still in use today.
2021 Result:
LAB: 1365, 1106, 875
CON: 501, 400
GRN: 411
LDEM: 240 pic.twitter.com/bZ0EjAqzqI— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 28, 2022
Walkden South Ward –
Thomas Matthew Dylan (Green)
Azmat Husain (Con)
Patricia Ann Murphy (Lib Dem)
Irfan Syed (Lab)
Our next preview takes to a ward that is geographically very close to yesterday's, but politically, could not be further away. Walkden South was created in 1982, and although its boundaries have changed very little in that time, its elections certainly have. pic.twitter.com/mqosaYYG1p
— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) April 29, 2022
Weaste and Seedley Ward –
Paul Darren Heilbron – (Lib Dem)
Donna-Maree Louise Humphery (Womens Equality Party)
Alexis Murura Shama (Lab)
Our penultimate preview takes us back into the heart of the city to Weaste & Seedley, a ward created in 1982 from the merger of the old Weaste and Seedley wards.
2021 Result:
LAB: 1747, 1423, 1330
CON: 529
LDEM: 398
IND: 365 pic.twitter.com/x06umsJTN3— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) May 1, 2022
Worsley and Westwood Park Ward –
James Karl Blessing (Lib Dem)
Tony Davies (Lab)
Adam Kealey (Con)
Our final ward preview of 2022 is also one of the most interesting, for Worsley & Westwood Park was created in 2021 from parts of staunchly Labour Winton and solid Tory Worsley.
2021 Result:
CON: 1440, 1224, 1082
LAB: 1220, 1007, 850
GRN: 456
LDEM: 275, 209, 130 pic.twitter.com/r6ZiziThh5— City of Salford Votes (@Salford_Votes) May 1, 2022
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