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Salford 2024

Local elections held 2 May 2024.

20 ward races

21 seats

3 elected below the proportional quota

14.3% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 20 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 21 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Labour Party	30,566	58.3%	18	85.7%	13	61.9%	+5
Conservative and Unionist Party	10,837	20.7%	2	9.5%	4	19.0%	-2
Green Party	6,555	12.5%	0	0.0%	3	14.3%	-3
Liberal Democrats	2,952	5.6%	1	4.8%	1	4.8%	0
Independent	642	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Reform UK	321	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
WEP	240	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	198	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Communist Party of Britain	77	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	52,388	100.0%	21	100.0%	21	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Quays · 1 seat · won at 39.2% · +10.8 pts below quota
Ordsall · 2 seats · won at 29.3% · +4.0 pts below quota
Worsley and Westwood Park · 1 seat · won at 49.0% · +1.0 pts below quota
Walkden South · 1 seat · won at 52.3% · above quota
Kersal and Broughton Park · 1 seat · won at 54.5% · above quota
Swinton Park · 1 seat · won at 60.3% · above quota
Weaste and Seedley · 1 seat · won at 60.8% · above quota
Pendlebury and Clifton · 1 seat · won at 61.3% · above quota
Blackfriars and Trinity · 1 seat · won at 61.7% · above quota
Boothstown and Ellenbrook · 1 seat · won at 61.9% · above quota
Barton and Winton · 1 seat · won at 62.3% · above quota
Walkden North · 1 seat · won at 62.8% · above quota
Eccles · 1 seat · won at 63.1% · above quota
Pendleton and Charlestown · 1 seat · won at 64.1% · above quota
Swinton and Wardley · 1 seat · won at 65.5% · above quota
Claremont · 1 seat · won at 67.5% · above quota
Higher Irlam and Peel Green · 1 seat · won at 68.1% · above quota
Little Hulton · 1 seat · won at 69.6% · above quota
Broughton · 1 seat · won at 70.5% · above quota
Cadishead and Lower Irlam · 1 seat · won at 82.0% · above quota

Race results

Quays · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +10.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,023

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Moore, J.	Liberal Democrats	794	39.2%	Elected
2	McCoy, L.	Labour Party	756	37.4%
3	Romero O'Brien, A.	Green Party	312	15.4%
4	Meades, D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	161	8.0%

Electorate 8,398 · Ballots cast 2,023 · EC ward code E05013031 · Back to ward index

Ordsall · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 29.3% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +4.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,843

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Burch, T.	Labour Party	1,292	33.6%	Elected
2	Keville, B.	Labour Party	1,127	29.3%	Elected
3	Owens, J.	Green Party	391	10.2%
4	Scantlebury, M.	Green Party	361	9.4%
5	Grant, J.	Liberal Democrats	335	8.7%
6	Ng, C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	202	5.3%
7	Talukdar, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	135	3.5%

Electorate 9,285 · Ballots cast 3,843 · EC ward code E05013028 · Back to ward index

Worsley and Westwood Park · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,174

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Prady, J.	Labour Party	1,556	49.0%	Elected
2	Ormston, L.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,201	37.8%
3	Laing, S.	Green Party	246	7.8%
4	Blessing, J.	Liberal Democrats	171	5.4%

Electorate 8,952 · Ballots cast 3,174 · EC ward code E05013037 · Back to ward index

Walkden South · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.3 pts Valid ballots 3,010

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Brooks, J.	Labour Party	1,575	52.3%	Elected
2	Bates, C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	740	24.6%
3	Whitelegg, P.	Independent	311	10.3%
4	Dylan, T.	Green Party	244	8.1%
5	Blessing, R.	Liberal Democrats	140	4.7%

Electorate 9,178 · Ballots cast 3,010 · EC ward code E05013035 · Back to ward index

Kersal and Broughton Park · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.5 pts Valid ballots 2,366

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Saunders, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,289	54.5%	Elected
2	Kashif, M.	Labour Party	779	32.9%
3	Scroggie, N.	Green Party	183	7.7%
4	Thomas, B.	Liberal Democrats	115	4.9%

Electorate 9,615 · Ballots cast 2,366 · EC ward code E05013026 · Back to ward index

Swinton Park · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.3 pts Valid ballots 2,770

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Fletcher, H.	Labour Party	1,671	60.3%	Elected
2	Croston, G.	Conservative and Unionist Party	558	20.1%
3	Swarbrick, L.	Green Party	311	11.2%
4	McLellan, J.	Liberal Democrats	230	8.3%

Electorate 9,507 · Ballots cast 2,770 · EC ward code E05013033 · Back to ward index

Weaste and Seedley · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.8 pts Valid ballots 2,622

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Cusack, P.	Labour Party	1,595	60.8%	Elected
2	Nadin, A.	Green Party	327	12.5%
3	Whitehouse, D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	271	10.3%
4	Wood-Hope, C.	WEP	240	9.2%
5	Oak, N.	Liberal Democrats	112	4.3%
6	Neville, C.	Communist Party of Britain	77	2.9%

Electorate 11,090 · Ballots cast 2,622 · EC ward code E05013036 · Back to ward index

Pendlebury and Clifton · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.3 pts Valid ballots 2,188

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Matthews, S.	Labour Party	1,341	61.3%	Elected
2	Grant, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	517	23.6%
3	Allen, K.	Green Party	330	15.1%

Electorate 9,020 · Ballots cast 2,188 · EC ward code E05013029 · Back to ward index

Blackfriars and Trinity · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.7 pts Valid ballots 2,323

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hamilton, J.	Labour Party	1,433	61.7%	Elected
2	Jones, D.	Green Party	587	25.3%
3	Walsh, C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	164	7.1%
4	Oxbrow, S.	Liberal Democrats	139	6.0%

Electorate 9,439 · Ballots cast 2,323 · EC ward code E05013019 · Back to ward index

Boothstown and Ellenbrook · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.9 pts Valid ballots 3,776

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Clarke, B.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,339	61.9%	Elected
2	Matthews, D.	Labour Party	1,092	28.9%
3	Battersby, D.	Green Party	263	7.0%
4	Chisnall, I.	Liberal Democrats	82	2.2%

Electorate 9,705 · Ballots cast 3,776 · EC ward code E05013020 · Back to ward index

Barton and Winton · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.3 pts Valid ballots 2,622

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Fahy, J.	Labour Party	1,633	62.3%	Elected
2	Smith, J.	Green Party	386	14.7%
3	Meades-Smith, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	375	14.3%
4	Duke, A.	Liberal Democrats	228	8.7%

Electorate 10,729 · Ballots cast 2,622 · EC ward code E05013018 · Back to ward index

Walkden North · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.8 pts Valid ballots 2,152

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Brocklehurst, A.	Labour Party	1,351	62.8%	Elected
2	Birtwistle, C.	Reform UK	321	14.9%
3	George, K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	230	10.7%
4	Battersby, F.	Green Party	177	8.2%
5	Turner-Preece, S.	Liberal Democrats	73	3.4%

Electorate 9,614 · Ballots cast 2,152 · EC ward code E05013034 · Back to ward index

Eccles · single-seat

Marginal winner 63.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −13.1 pts Valid ballots 3,363

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	August, S.	Labour Party	2,121	63.1%	Elected
2	Worcester, P.	Conservative and Unionist Party	565	16.8%
3	Smith, N.	Green Party	479	14.2%
4	Griffiths, S.	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	198	5.9%

Electorate 11,069 · Ballots cast 3,363 · EC ward code E05013024 · Back to ward index

Pendleton and Charlestown · single-seat

Marginal winner 64.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −14.1 pts Valid ballots 2,133

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Barnes, M.	Labour Party	1,367	64.1%	Elected
2	Carney, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	330	15.5%
3	Skyrme, A.	Green Party	278	13.0%
4	Thompson, K.	Liberal Democrats	158	7.4%

Electorate 9,843 · Ballots cast 2,133 · EC ward code E05013030 · Back to ward index

Swinton and Wardley · single-seat

Marginal winner 65.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −15.5 pts Valid ballots 2,776

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Dawson, J.	Labour Party	1,818	65.5%	Elected
2	Mountaine, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	381	13.7%
3	O'Neill, J.	Independent	331	11.9%
4	Waite, L.	Green Party	246	8.9%

Electorate 9,473 · Ballots cast 2,776 · EC ward code E05013032 · Back to ward index

Claremont · single-seat

Marginal winner 67.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −17.5 pts Valid ballots 2,949

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Bentham, B.	Labour Party	1,991	67.5%	Elected
2	Seed, C.	Green Party	458	15.5%
3	McKinlay, I.	Liberal Democrats	255	8.6%
4	Husain, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	245	8.3%

Electorate 9,860 · Ballots cast 2,949 · EC ward code E05013023 · Back to ward index

Higher Irlam and Peel Green · single-seat

Marginal winner 68.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −18.1 pts Valid ballots 2,102

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Kelly, T.	Labour Party	1,431	68.1%	Elected
2	Chapman, D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	349	16.6%
3	Ashmall, N.	Green Party	322	15.3%

Electorate 9,716 · Ballots cast 2,102 · EC ward code E05013025 · Back to ward index

Little Hulton · single-seat

Marginal winner 69.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −19.6 pts Valid ballots 1,685

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Davies, T.	Labour Party	1,173	69.6%	Elected
2	Saunders, M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	285	16.9%
3	Wood, J.	Green Party	227	13.5%

Electorate 9,203 · Ballots cast 1,685 · EC ward code E05013027 · Back to ward index

Broughton · single-seat

Marginal winner 70.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −20.5 pts Valid ballots 2,044

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Brabiner, M.	Labour Party	1,440	70.5%	Elected
2	Henry, D.	Green Party	271	13.3%
3	Aftab, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	213	10.4%
4	Web, B.	Liberal Democrats	120	5.9%

Electorate 9,951 · Ballots cast 2,044 · EC ward code E05013021 · Back to ward index

Cadishead and Lower Irlam · single-seat

Marginal winner 82.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −32.0 pts Valid ballots 2,467

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Nelson, L.	Labour Party	2,024	82.0%	Elected
2	Richman, M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	287	11.6%
3	Ransley, J.	Green Party	156	6.3%

Electorate 9,437 · Ballots cast 2,467 · EC ward code E05013022 · Back to ward index