The 2011 Salford City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of
Salford City Council
Salford City Council is the local authority of the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majo ...
in England. This was on the same day as other
local elections
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.
Salford local elections are organised 'in thirds', with Councillors elected in
2007
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defending their seats in 2011, with vote share changes calculated on that basis.
One third of the council was up for election. The
Labour
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Party gained five seats and remains in overall control of the council. The results mirrored those of the 2010 elections with Labour winning the same seventeen wards and the Conservatives three wards.
The composition of the Council following the 2011 elections is:
Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election.
Vote share changes compared with corresponding 2007 election.
Barton ward
Boothstown And Ellenbrook ward
Broughton ward
Cadishead ward
Claremont ward
Eccles ward
Irlam ward
Irwell Riverside ward
Kersal ward
Langworthy ward
Little Hulton ward
Ordsall ward
Pendlebury ward
Swinton North ward
Swinton South ward
Walkden North ward
Walkden South ward
Weaste & Seedley ward
Winton ward
Worsley ward
References
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2011
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2011 English local elections
2010s in Greater Manchester