Salford council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 20 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
13
Reform UK
Seats contested
21
across 20 wards
Turnout
34.6%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 13 +13 24,290 34.4% +33.8
Labour Party 3 -15 19,617 27.8% -30.3
Green Party 3 +3 14,134 20.0% +7.6
Conservative and Unionist Party 1 -1 6,868 9.7% -11.4
Independent 1 +1 1,565 2.2% +1.0
Liberal Democrats 0 -1 3,924 5.6% -0.0
Advance UK 0 +0 101 0.1% —
Your Party 0 +0 66 0.1% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 32 0.0% -0.3

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 21
Conservative and Unionist Party 21
Green Party 21
Labour Party 21
Reform UK 21
Liberal Democrats 16
Independent 6
Advance UK 1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1
Your Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 21 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Barton & Winton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Mullen Elected 1,348 37.2% +4.0
Reform UK Yvonne Earnshaw 1,306 36.0% +1.2
Green Party Babak Winstanley-Sharples 586 16.2% -2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Holly Ann Muldoon 184 5.1% -1.0
Liberal Democrats Antony Ian Duke 135 3.7% -1.1
Independent Kirsty Anne Downie 65 1.8% -0.5
Majority42
Turnout33.4%
Registered electors10,890
Ballots cast3,624

Labour Party gain from Reform UK

Blackfriars & Trinity

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party David Jones Elected 1,611 52.6% +27.4
Labour Party Darren Matthews 563 18.4% -43.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Westley 451 14.7% +8.8
Reform UK Christopher Roscoe 295 9.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Craig Russell Walsh 141 4.6% -2.5
Majority1,048
Turnout28.8%
Registered electors10,634
Ballots cast3,061

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Boothstown & Ellenbrook

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jan Barrington Elected 1,616 34.6% -27.3
Reform UK Terry Mather 1,486 31.8% —
Labour Party Muhammad Kashif 699 15.0% -13.9
Green Party Paige Dawson 587 12.6% +5.6
Liberal Democrats Graham Bates 279 6.0% +3.8
Majority130
Turnout48.3%
Registered electors9,679
Ballots cast4,667

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Broughton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Merry Elected 803 32.7% -37.7
Reform UK Gary Mark Bardsley 797 32.5% —
Green Party Kathleen Frances Allen 570 23.2% +10.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Patience Assam 156 6.4% -4.1
Liberal Democrats Ben Thomas 87 3.5% -2.3
Independent Hugh Patrick Caffrey 40 1.6% —
Majority6
Turnout24.4%
Registered electors10,095
Ballots cast2,453

Labour Party hold

Cadishead & Lower Irlam 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK James Richard Hart Elected 1,626 43.4% —
Reform UK Leighton James Medley Elected 1,494 39.9% —
Labour Party Bill McLaughlin 1,281 34.2% -47.9
Labour Party Ceewhy Ochoga 847 22.6% —
Green Party Alex Gravener 410 10.9% +4.6
Green Party Matty Wilson 362 9.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Skye Ainscough 247 6.6% -5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Thomason 212 5.7% —
Liberal Democrats Ninad Vivek Oak 115 3.1% —
Majority213
Turnout39.9%
Registered electors9,434
Ballots cast3,749

Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain

Claremont

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Chris Bates Elected 1,497 38.1% —
Labour Party Neil Andrew Reynolds 1,262 32.1% -35.4
Green Party Christopher Frederick Seed 732 18.6% +3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Janet West 234 5.9% -2.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Alexander McKinlay 209 5.3% -3.3
Majority235
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors9,853
Ballots cast3,934

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Eccles

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nathaniel Djangmah Tetteh Elected 1,663 38.7% -12.6
Reform UK Denis Allen Adshead 1,207 28.1% —
Green Party Sara Laing 875 20.3% +6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Janet Reygan Cgn 338 7.9% -15.1
Liberal Democrats Daniel Lee Wells 186 4.3% -3.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Sally Griffiths 32 0.7% -3.4
Majority456
Turnout38.8%
Registered electors11,099
Ballots cast4,301

Labour Party hold

Higher Irlam & Peel Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Christopher Evans Elected 1,403 46.3% —
Labour Party Mishal Saeed 938 31.0% -37.1
Green Party Andrew Neil Parkinson 495 16.3% +1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Akiva Kline 192 6.3% -10.3
Majority465
Turnout31.5%
Registered electors9,669
Ballots cast3,028

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Kersal & Broughton Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Andrew Avrohom Yitzchok Walter Elected 1,016 33.5% —
Reform UK Simon Fan 731 24.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Robert Carney 454 15.0% -39.5
Labour Party Declan Curtis Murphy 454 15.0% -18.0
Green Party Hormoz Ahmadzadeh 381 12.5% +4.6
Majority285
Turnout31.5%
Registered electors9,670
Ballots cast3,036

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Little Hulton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Lewis Croden Elected 1,121 43.4% —
Labour Party Teresa Christina Pepper 837 32.4% -37.2
Green Party Mike Ashdown 334 12.9% -0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Fasan 185 7.2% -9.7
Liberal Democrats Stuart Oxbrow 103 4.0% —
Majority284
Turnout27.5%
Registered electors9,410
Ballots cast2,580

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Ordsall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Martyn Stockley Elected 1,125 40.1% +19.8
Labour Party Brendan Keville 772 27.5% -39.7
Reform UK Craig Stephen Barclay 428 15.3% —
Liberal Democrats John Grant 332 11.8% -5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlie Ng 147 5.2% -5.3
Majority353
Turnout28.3%
Registered electors9,943
Ballots cast2,804

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Pendlebury & Clifton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Natalie Anne Rowland Elected 1,627 49.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Chichi Mgbeokwere 755 23.1% -38.2
Green Party Andrew Nadin 456 13.9% -1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Angela May Grant 268 8.2% -15.4
Liberal Democrats Susan Vanessa Lewis 168 5.1% —
Majority872
Turnout36.3%
Registered electors9,043
Ballots cast3,274

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Pendleton & Charlestown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Daryl Stone-Shaw Elected 963 32.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Andrew Stephen Behan 807 27.4% -36.7
Green Party Matthew Callaghan 725 24.6% +11.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Ayotunde Adedeji Ajibola 254 8.6% -6.8
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Thompson 143 4.9% -2.6
Independent Jacob John Allen 54 1.8% —
Majority156
Turnout28.8%
Registered electors10,281
Ballots cast2,946

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Quays

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Andrea Romero O'Brien Elected 1,062 42.4% +27.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Heilbron 874 34.9% -4.3
Labour Party Daniel Harold 294 11.7% -25.6
Reform UK Owen Martin Hammond 170 6.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Michael Slawther 103 4.1% -3.8
Majority188
Turnout25.4%
Registered electors9,889
Ballots cast2,503

Green Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Swinton & Wardley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Peter Charles Jones Elected 1,543 42.0% —
Labour Party Liz McCoy 980 26.6% -38.8
Green Party Anton Strong 627 17.0% +8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Andy Spratt 258 7.0% -6.7
Liberal Democrats Colin Seeney 156 4.2% —
Independent Joe O'Neill 114 3.1% -8.8
Majority563
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors9,457
Ballots cast3,678

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Swinton Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Monika Katarzyna Puchalska Elected 1,450 38.5% —
Labour Party Karl Robert Robson 1,160 30.8% -29.5
Green Party Farzam Barghian 570 15.1% +3.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Wong 333 8.8% -11.3
Liberal Democrats John McLellan 252 6.7% -1.6
Majority290
Turnout39.5%
Registered electors9,571
Ballots cast3,765

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Walkden North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Miles Alexander Henderson Elected 1,209 39.7% +24.8
Labour Party Jack Leslie Youd 953 31.3% -31.5
Green Party Adam Kenyon 427 14.0% +5.8
Independent Paul Anthony Whitelegg 276 9.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Arlene Royle 181 5.9% -4.7
Majority256
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors9,539
Ballots cast3,046

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Walkden South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Ivan Voronov Elected 1,422 36.0% —
Labour Party Irfan Syed 1,228 31.1% -21.2
Green Party Rachel Lindsey Fitzsimmons 679 17.2% +9.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Guy Muntu 518 13.1% -11.5
Advance UK Craig Thomas Birtwistle 101 2.6% —
Majority194
Turnout42.7%
Registered electors9,289
Ballots cast3,948

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Weaste & Seedley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Paul Doyle Elected 1,173 33.3% —
Green Party James Robertson 949 27.0% +14.5
Labour Party Alexis Murura Shama 926 26.3% -34.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Broomhead 212 6.0% -4.3
Liberal Democrats Oliver James Ritchie Scott 192 5.5% +1.2
Your Party John David Warmisham 66 1.9% —
Majority224
Turnout31.7%
Registered electors11,146
Ballots cast3,518

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Worsley & Westwood Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Kaiden Jason Morrison Elected 1,342 34.7% —
Labour Party JP Atley 1,047 27.1% -21.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Whitehouse 635 16.4% -21.4
Green Party Seema Azam Rajpura 571 14.8% +7.0
Liberal Democrats James Karl Blessing 242 6.3% +0.9
Majority295
Turnout43.6%
Registered electors8,880
Ballots cast3,864

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

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