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Salford 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

20 ward races

21 seats

20 elected below the proportional quota

95.2% 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 they'd need to clinch the 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 signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar 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 shared out in proportion to votes received (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; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Reform UK	24,290	34.7%	13	61.9%	8	38.1%	+5
Labour Party	19,617	28.0%	3	14.3%	6	28.6%	-3
Green Party	13,597	19.4%	3	14.3%	4	19.0%	-1
Conservative Party	6,868	9.8%	1	4.8%	2	9.5%	-1
Liberal Democrats	3,924	5.6%	0	0.0%	1	4.8%	-1
Independent	1,565	2.2%	1	4.8%	0	0.0%	+1
Advance UK	101	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Your Party	66	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	32	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	70,060	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

Council composition: what this election replaced

Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and immediately before it (2025). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2026 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.

Current (2026)

Previous (2025)

Wards in this council

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

Pendleton and Charlestown · 1 seat · won at 32.7% · −17.3 pts below quota
Broughton · 1 seat · won at 32.7% · −17.3 pts below quota
Weaste and Seedley · 1 seat · won at 33.3% · −16.7 pts below quota
Kersal and Broughton Park · 1 seat · won at 33.5% · −16.5 pts below quota
Boothstown and Ellenbrook · 1 seat · won at 34.6% · −15.4 pts below quota
Worsley and Westwood Park · 1 seat · won at 35.0% · −15.0 pts below quota
Walkden South · 1 seat · won at 36.0% · −14.0 pts below quota
Barton and Winton · 1 seat · won at 37.2% · −12.8 pts below quota
Claremont · 1 seat · won at 38.1% · −11.9 pts below quota
Swinton Park · 1 seat · won at 38.5% · −11.5 pts below quota
Cadishead and Lower Irlam · 2 seats · won at 22.7% · −10.7 pts below quota
Walkden North · 1 seat · won at 39.7% · −10.3 pts below quota
Ordsall · 1 seat · won at 40.1% · −9.9 pts below quota
Swinton and Wardley · 1 seat · won at 42.0% · −8.0 pts below quota
Quays · 1 seat · won at 42.4% · −7.6 pts below quota
Little Hulton · 1 seat · won at 43.4% · −6.6 pts below quota
Eccles · 1 seat · won at 44.2% · −5.8 pts below quota
Higher Irlam and Peel Green · 1 seat · won at 46.3% · −3.7 pts below quota
Pendlebury and Clifton · 1 seat · won at 49.7% · −0.3 pts below quota
Blackfriars and Trinity · 1 seat · won at 52.6% · above quota

Race results

Pendleton and Charlestown · single-seat

Marginal winner 32.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −17.3 pts Valid ballots 2,946

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Daryl Stone-Shaw	Reform UK	963	32.7%	−17.3 pts	Elected
2	Andrew Stephen Behan	Labour Party	807	27.4%	—
3	Matthew Callaghan	Green Party	725	24.6%	—
4	Ayotunde Adedeji Ajibola	Conservative Party	254	8.6%	—
5	Kenneth Thompson	Liberal Democrats	143	4.9%	—
6	Jacob John Allen	Independent	54	1.8%	—

Electorate 10,281 · Ballots cast 2,959 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code local.salford.pendleton-charlestown.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Broughton · single-seat

Marginal winner 32.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −17.3 pts Valid ballots 2,453

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	John Merry	Labour Party	803	32.7%	−17.3 pts	Elected
2	Gary Mark Bardsley	Reform UK	797	32.5%	—
3	Kathleen Frances Allen	Green Party	570	23.2%	—
4	Patience Assam	Conservative Party	156	6.4%	—
5	Ben Thomas	Liberal Democrats	87	3.5%	—
6	Hugh Patrick Caffrey	Independent	40	1.6%	—

Electorate 10,095 · Ballots cast 2,467 · Invalid 14 · EC ward code local.salford.broughton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Weaste and Seedley · single-seat

Marginal winner 33.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −16.7 pts Valid ballots 3,518

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Paul Doyle	Reform UK	1,173	33.3%	−16.7 pts	Elected
2	James Robertson	Green Party	949	27.0%	—
3	Alexis Murura Shama	Labour Party	926	26.3%	—
4	Anne Broomhead	Conservative Party	212	6.0%	—
5	Oliver James Ritchie Scott	Liberal Democrats	192	5.5%	—
6	John David Warmisham	Your Party	66	1.9%	—

Electorate 11,146 · Ballots cast 3,531 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code local.salford.weaste-seedley.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Kersal and Broughton Park · single-seat

Marginal winner 33.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −16.5 pts Valid ballots 3,036

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Andrew Avrohom Yitzchok Walter	Independent	1,016	33.5%	−16.5 pts	Elected
2	Simon Fan	Reform UK	731	24.1%	—
3	Adam Robert Carney	Conservative Party	454	15.0%	—
4	Declan Curtis Murphy	Labour Party	454	15.0%	—
5	Hormoz Ahmadzadeh	Green Party	381	12.5%	—

Electorate 9,670 · Ballots cast 3,049 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code local.salford.kersal-broughton-park.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Boothstown and Ellenbrook · single-seat

Marginal winner 34.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −15.4 pts Valid ballots 4,667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jan Barrington	Conservative Party	1,616	34.6%	−15.4 pts	Elected
2	Terry Mather	Reform UK	1,486	31.8%	—
3	Muhammad Kashif	Labour Party	699	15.0%	—
4	Paige Dawson	Green Party	587	12.6%	—
5	Graham Bates	Liberal Democrats	279	6.0%	—

Electorate 9,679 · Ballots cast 4,674 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code local.salford.boothstown-ellenbrook.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Worsley and Westwood Park · single-seat

Marginal winner 35.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −15.0 pts Valid ballots 3,837

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Kaiden Jason Morrison	Reform UK	1,342	35.0%	−15.0 pts	Elected
2	JP Atley	Labour Party	1,047	27.3%	—
3	Daniel Whitehouse	Conservative Party	635	16.5%	—
4	Seema Azam Rajpura	Green Party	571	14.9%	—
5	James Karl Blessing	Liberal Democrats	242	6.3%	—

Electorate 8,880 · Ballots cast 3,844 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code local.salford.worsley-westwood-park.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Walkden South · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −14.0 pts Valid ballots 3,948

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Ivan Voronov	Reform UK	1,422	36.0%	−14.0 pts	Elected
2	Irfan Syed	Labour Party	1,228	31.1%	—
3	Rachel Lindsey Fitzsimmons	Green Party	679	17.2%	—
4	Guy Muntu	Conservative Party	518	13.1%	—
5	Craig Thomas Birtwistle	Advance UK	101	2.6%	—

Electorate 9,289 · Ballots cast 3,964 · Invalid 16 · EC ward code local.salford.walkden-south.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Barton and Winton · single-seat

Marginal winner 37.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −12.8 pts Valid ballots 3,624

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	John Mullen	Labour Party	1,348	37.2%	−12.8 pts	Elected
2	Yvonne Earnshaw	Reform UK	1,306	36.0%	—
3	Babak Winstanley-Sharples	Green Party	586	16.2%	—
4	Holly Ann Muldoon	Conservative Party	184	5.1%	—
5	Antony Ian Duke	Liberal Democrats	135	3.7%	—
6	Kirsty Anne Downie	Independent	65	1.8%	—

Electorate 10,890 · Ballots cast 3,634 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.salford.barton-winton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Claremont · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −11.9 pts Valid ballots 3,934

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Chris Bates	Reform UK	1,497	38.1%	−11.9 pts	Elected
2	Neil Andrew Reynolds	Labour Party	1,262	32.1%	—
3	Christopher Frederick Seed	Green Party	732	18.6%	—
4	Janet West	Conservative Party	234	5.9%	—
5	Ian Alexander McKinlay	Liberal Democrats	209	5.3%	—

Electorate 9,853 · Ballots cast 3,942 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code local.salford.claremont.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Swinton Park · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −11.5 pts Valid ballots 3,765

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Monika Katarzyna Puchalska	Reform UK	1,450	38.5%	−11.5 pts	Elected
2	Karl Robert Robson	Labour Party	1,160	30.8%	—
3	Farzam Barghian	Green Party	570	15.1%	—
4	Andrew Wong	Conservative Party	333	8.8%	—
5	John McLellan	Liberal Democrats	252	6.7%	—

Electorate 9,571 · Ballots cast 3,776 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.salford.swinton-park.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Cadishead and Lower Irlam · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 22.7% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota −10.7 pts Valid ballots 6,594

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	James Richard Hart	Reform UK	1,626	24.7%	−8.7 pts	Elected
2	Leighton James Medley	Reform UK	1,494	22.7%	−10.7 pts	Elected
3	Bill McLaughlin	Labour Party	1,281	19.4%	—
4	Ceewhy Ochoga	Labour Party	847	12.8%	—
5	Alex Gravener	Green Party	410	6.2%	—
6	Matty Wilson	Green Party	362	5.5%	—
7	Skye Ainscough	Conservative Party	247	3.7%	—
8	Jonathan Thomason	Conservative Party	212	3.2%	—
9	Ninad Vivek Oak	Liberal Democrats	115	1.7%	—

Electorate 9,434 · Ballots cast 6,610 · Invalid 16 · EC ward code local.salford.cadishead-lower-irlam.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Walkden North · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −10.3 pts Valid ballots 3,046

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Miles Alexander Henderson	Reform UK	1,209	39.7%	−10.3 pts	Elected
2	Jack Leslie Youd	Labour Party	953	31.3%	—
3	Adam Kenyon	Green Party	427	14.0%	—
4	Paul Anthony Whitelegg	Independent	276	9.1%	—
5	Arlene Royle	Conservative Party	181	5.9%	—

Electorate 9,539 · Ballots cast 3,056 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.salford.walkden-north.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Ordsall · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −9.9 pts Valid ballots 2,804

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Martyn Stockley	Green Party	1,125	40.1%	−9.9 pts	Elected
2	Brendan Keville	Labour Party	772	27.5%	—
3	Craig Stephen Barclay	Reform UK	428	15.3%	—
4	John Grant	Liberal Democrats	332	11.8%	—
5	Charlie Ng	Conservative Party	147	5.2%	—

Electorate 9,943 · Ballots cast 2,811 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code local.salford.ordsall.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Swinton and Wardley · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −8.0 pts Valid ballots 3,678

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Peter Charles Jones	Reform UK	1,543	42.0%	−8.0 pts	Elected
2	Liz McCoy	Labour Party	980	26.6%	—
3	Anton Strong	Green Party	627	17.0%	—
4	Andy Spratt	Conservative Party	258	7.0%	—
5	Colin Seeney	Liberal Democrats	156	4.2%	—
6	Joe O'Neill	Independent	114	3.1%	—

Electorate 9,457 · Ballots cast 3,688 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.salford.swinton-wardley.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Quays · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −7.6 pts Valid ballots 2,503

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Andrea Romero O'Brien	Green Party	1,062	42.4%	−7.6 pts	Elected
2	Paul Heilbron	Liberal Democrats	874	34.9%	—
3	Daniel Harold	Labour Party	294	11.7%	—
4	Owen Martin Hammond	Reform UK	170	6.8%	—
5	Gary Michael Slawther	Conservative Party	103	4.1%	—

Electorate 9,889 · Ballots cast 2,509 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code local.salford.quays.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Little Hulton · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −6.6 pts Valid ballots 2,580

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Lewis Croden	Reform UK	1,121	43.4%	−6.6 pts	Elected
2	Teresa Christina Pepper	Labour Party	837	32.4%	—
3	Mike Ashdown	Green Party	334	12.9%	—
4	Anne Fasan	Conservative Party	185	7.2%	—
5	Stuart Oxbrow	Liberal Democrats	103	4.0%	—

Electorate 9,410 · Ballots cast 2,586 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code local.salford.little-hulton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Eccles · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −5.8 pts Valid ballots 3,764

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Nathaniel Djangmah Tetteh	Labour Party	1,663	44.2%	−5.8 pts	Elected
2	Denis Allen Adshead	Reform UK	1,207	32.1%	—
3	Janet Reygan Cgn	Conservative Party	338	9.0%	—
4	Sara Laing	Green Party	338	9.0%	—
5	Daniel Lee Wells	Liberal Democrats	186	4.9%	—
6	Sally Griffiths	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	32	0.9%	—

Electorate 11,099 · Ballots cast 3,772 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code local.salford.eccles.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Higher Irlam and Peel Green · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −3.7 pts Valid ballots 3,028

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Christopher Evans	Reform UK	1,403	46.3%	−3.7 pts	Elected
2	Mishal Saeed	Labour Party	938	31.0%	—
3	Andrew Neil Parkinson	Green Party	495	16.3%	—
4	Akiva Kline	Conservative Party	192	6.3%	—

Electorate 9,669 · Ballots cast 3,042 · Invalid 14 · EC ward code local.salford.higher-irlam-peel-green.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Pendlebury and Clifton · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −0.3 pts Valid ballots 3,274

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Natalie Anne Rowland	Reform UK	1,627	49.7%	−0.3 pts	Elected
2	Chichi Mgbeokwere	Labour Party	755	23.1%	—
3	Andrew Nadin	Green Party	456	13.9%	—
4	Angela May Grant	Conservative Party	268	8.2%	—
5	Susan Vanessa Lewis	Liberal Democrats	168	5.1%	—

Electorate 9,043 · Ballots cast 3,280 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code local.salford.pendlebury-clifton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Blackfriars and Trinity · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota +2.6 pts Valid ballots 3,061

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	David Jones	Green Party	1,611	52.6%	+2.6 pts	Elected
2	Darren Matthews	Labour Party	563	18.4%	—
3	Brian Westley	Liberal Democrats	451	14.7%	—
4	Christopher Roscoe	Reform UK	295	9.6%	—
5	Craig Russell Walsh	Conservative Party	141	4.6%	—

Electorate 10,634 · Ballots cast 3,067 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code local.salford.blackfriars-trinity.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index