Irlam (ward)
{{Short description|Former electoral ward of Salford, England}}
{{about||the geographic area of Irlam, Salford|Irlam}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Irlam (ward)
| settlement_type = Electoral ward
| image_skyline = Irlam (Salford City Council ward).png
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Irlam ward within Salford City Council.
| image_shield = File:Coat of Arms of Salford City Council.svg
| shield_alt =
| etymology =
| nickname =
| motto = Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law
| coordinates = {{coord|53.4637|-2.4095|region:GB-HCK_type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United Kingdom
| subdivision_type1 = Constituent country
| subdivision_name1 = England
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = North West England
| subdivision_type3 = County
| subdivision_name3 = Greater Manchester
| subdivision_type4 = Metropolitan borough
| subdivision_name4 = Salford
| established_title = Created
| established_date = May 2004
| named_for = Irlam
| government_footnotes = {{space}} UK Parliament constituency: Worsley and Eccles South
| government_type = Unicameral
| governing_body = Salford City Council
| leader_party = Labour
| leader_title = Mayor of Salford
| leader_name = Paul Dennett
| leader_title1 = Councillor
| leader_name1 = Roger Jones (Lab Co-op)
| leader_title2 = Councillor
| leader_name2 = Darren Goulden (Ind)
| leader_title3 = Councillor
| leader_name3 = Tracy Kelly (Lab)
| area_total_sq_mi =
| population_total = 9,857
| footnotes = Ward profile conducted by Salford City Council in 2014{{cite book | title = Irlam Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388906/irlam-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = Salford City Council | date = March 2016 }}
| website =
}}
Irlam was an electoral ward of Salford, England.{{cite web|title=Your Councillors|url=https://sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 | website = sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk | publisher = Salford City Council | access-date = 7 April 2017}} It was represented in Westminster by the constituency of Worsley and Eccles South.{{cite web | title = Barbara Keeley MP | url = http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/barbara-keeley/1588 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = UK Parliament | access-date = 7 April 2017}} A profile of the ward conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a population of 9,857.
Councillors
Between 2004 and 2021 the ward was represented by three councillors, each being elected for a term of four years.
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Election | colspan="2"|Councillor | colspan="2"|Councillor | colspan="2"|Councillor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Roger Lightup (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Joseph Kean (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| John Jones (Lab) | |||
| 2006
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Roger Lightup (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Joseph Kean (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | John Jones (Lab) | |||
| 2007
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Roger Lightup (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Joseph Kean (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | John Jones (Lab) | |||
| 2008
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Roger Lightup (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Joseph Kean (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Community Action Party}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Rick Houlton (Community Action) | |||
| 2010
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Roger Jones (Lab Co-op) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Joseph Kean (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Community Action Party}}" | | Rick Houlton (Community Action) | |||
| 2011
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | | Roger Jones (Lab Co-op) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Joseph Kean (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Community Action Party}}" | | Rick Houlton (Community Action) | |||
| 2012
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | | Roger Jones (Lab Co-op) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Joseph Kean (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Tracy Kelly (Lab) | |||
| 2014
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"|Roger Jones (Lab Co-op) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Joseph Kean (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Tracy Kelly (Lab) | |||
| 2015
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | | Roger Jones (Lab Co-op) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Peter Taylor (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Tracy Kelly (Lab) | |||
| 2016
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | | Roger Jones (Lab Co-op) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Peter Taylor (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Tracy Kelly (Lab) | |||
| 2018
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"|Roger Jones (Lab Co-op) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Peter Taylor (Lab) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Tracy Kelly (Lab) | |||
| 2019
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | |Roger Jones (Lab Co-op) | style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Darren Goulden (Ind) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Tracy Kelly (Lab) | |||
| 2021
|colspan=6|{{center|Ward abolished}} |
{{Color box|#99CCFF|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for re-election.
The ward was abolished at the 2021 Salford City Council election, and was replaced by two new wards: Cadishead and Lower Irlam and Higher Irlam and Peel Green.
Elections in 2010s
= May 2019 =
{{Election box begin |title=2019}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Darren John Goulden
|votes = 856
|percentage = 39.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Taylor*
|votes = 731
|percentage = 34.0
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Brian Norman Robinson
|votes = 281
|percentage = 13.1
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Myrella Saunders
|votes = 173
|percentage = 8.1
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Daniel Towers
|votes = 108
|percentage = 5.0
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 125
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,148
|percentage = 30.07
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= May 2018 =
{{Election box begin | title=2018{{cite web |title= Election results | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180509085218/https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/elections/election-results/ | archive-date = 9 May 2018 |url= https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/elections/election-results/ | website = salford.gov.uk/ |publisher= Salford City Council |accessdate=9 May 2018}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Roger Jones*
|votes = 936
|percentage = 44.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Darren Goulden
|votes = 769
|percentage = 36.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Mount
|votes = 357
|percentage = 16.9
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Blessing
|votes = 48
|percentage = 2.3
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 167
|percentage = 7.9
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,116
|percentage = 30.28
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= May 2016 =
{{Election box begin | title=2016{{cite web | title = Election results: 5 May 2016 | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-5-may-2016/ | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = Salford City Council | access-date = 21 April 2017 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110534/https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-5-may-2016/ | archivedate = 6 April 2017 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tracy Jane Kelly*
|votes = 1,118
|percentage = 58.3
|change = +8.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Brian Norman Robinson
|votes = 435
|percentage = 22.7
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Noel Gaskell
|votes = 248
|percentage = 12.9
|change = -5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Barry Woodling
|votes = 58
|percentage = 3.0
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
|candidate = Michelle Joy O'Mahoney
|votes = 43
|percentage = 2.2
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 683
|percentage = 35.6
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,917
|percentage = 27.8
|change = -27.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= May 2015 =
{{Election box begin | title=2015{{cite web | title = Election results: 7 May 2015 | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-7-may-2015/ | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = Salford City Council | access-date = 21 April 2017 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201406/https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-7-may-2015/ | archivedate = 6 April 2017 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Taylor
|votes = 1,935
|percentage = 50.0
|change = -6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Brian Norman Robinson
|votes = 910
|percentage = 23.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Noel Gaskell
|votes = 727
|percentage = 18.8
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Paul Scott Hardwick
|votes = 215
|percentage = 5.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
|candidate = Eric Thorpe
|votes = 47
|percentage = 1.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jackie Anderson
|votes = 25
|percentage = 0.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,208
|percentage = 31.2
|change = -6.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,871
|percentage = 55.2
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= May 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014{{cite web | title = Election results: 22 May 2014 | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-22-may-2014/ | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = Salford City Council | access-date = 21 April 2017 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201024/https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-22-may-2014/ | archivedate = 6 April 2017 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Roger Jones
|votes = 1,177
|percentage = 56.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Noel Gaskell
|votes = 393
|percentage = 18.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Reality Party
|candidate = Jackie Anderson
|votes = 370
|percentage = 17.7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Glenn Croston
|votes = 147
|percentage = 7.0
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 784
|percentage = 37.6
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,087
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2012 =
{{Election box begin | title=2012{{cite web | title = Election results: 3 May 2012 | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-3-may-2012/ | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = Salford City Council | access-date = 21 April 2017 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110452/https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-3-may-2012/ | archivedate = 6 April 2017 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tracy Kelly
|votes = 1,415
|percentage = 75.2
|change = +54.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hilary Brunyee
|votes = 343
|percentage = 18.2
|change = −8.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Boyd
|votes = 124
|percentage = 6.6
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,072
|percentage = 57.0
|change = 3115
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,919
|percentage = 26.5
|change = −11.9
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Community Action Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2011 =
{{Election box begin | title=2011{{cite web | title = Election results: 5 May 2011 | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-5-may-2011/ | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = Salford City Council | access-date = 21 April 2017 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110537/https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-5-may-2011/ | archivedate = 6 April 2017 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Kean*
|votes = 1,658
|percentage = 67.6
|change = +28.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mandy Unwin
|votes = 484
|percentage = 19.7
|change = -2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jackie Anderson
|votes = 215
|percentage = 8.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Melanie Owen
|votes = 94
|percentage = 3.8
|change = -3.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,174
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,461
|percentage = 34.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2010 =
{{Election box begin | title=2010{{cite web | title = Election results: 6 May 2010 | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-6-may-2010/ | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = Salford City Council | access-date = 21 April 2017 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110622/https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/electoral-services/elections/election-results/archived-results/election-results-6-may-2010/ | archivedate = 6 April 2017 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Roger Jones
|votes = 1,791
|percentage = 44.0
|change = +20.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Chris Bates
|votes = 1,095
|percentage = 26.9
|change = -2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Katriona Middleton
|votes = 663
|percentage = 16.3
|change = +10.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mark Armstrong
|votes = 500
|percentage = 12.3
|change = +12.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 696
|percentage = 17.1
|change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,069
|percentage = 56.4
|change = +18.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Elections in 2000s
{{Election box begin | title=2008{{cite web | title = Local Election Results 2008 | url = http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2008/37/ | website = andrewteale.me.uk | publisher = Local Elections Archive Project | access-date = 21 April 2017}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Rick Houlton
|votes = 1,152
|percentage = 41.2
|change = +9.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Fitzsimmons
|votes = 832
|percentage = 29.8
|change = +7.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Jones
|votes = 650
|percentage = 23.3
|change = -15.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mariska Jones
|votes = 161
|percentage = 5.8
|change = -1.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 320
|percentage = 11.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 38.4
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Community Action Party
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2007{{cite web | title = Local Election Results 2007 | url = http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2007/37/ | website = andrewteale.me.uk | publisher = Local Elections Archive Project | access-date = 21 April 2017}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Kean*
|votes = 846
|percentage = 38.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Rick Houlton
|votes = 689
|percentage = 31.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joyce Collins
|votes = 482
|percentage = 22.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Melanie Owen
|votes = 159
|percentage = 7.3
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 157
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,176
|percentage = 30
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2006{{cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/br.stm | title = Local elections: Salford | work = BBC News | access-date = 21 April 2017}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Lightup
|votes = 905
|percentage = 49.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joyce Collins
|votes = 585
|percentage = 32.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mariska Jones
|votes = 334
|percentage = 18.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 320
|percentage = 17.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,824
|percentage = 25.9
|change = -6.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2004{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3750.stm | title = Salford council | work = BBC News | access-date = 21 April 2017}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Jones
|votes = 1,073
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Kean
|votes = 922
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Lightup
|votes = 842
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joyce Collins
|votes = 679
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christine Race
|votes = 606
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,122
|percentage = 32.1
|change =
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{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
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