Salford City Council
Salford City Council is the local authority of the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Salford. It is a constituent council of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
Salford City Council | |
|---|---|
| Executive mayor elected every four years Third of council elected three years out of four | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Type | |
| Type | Metropolitan district council of the City of Salford |
| Houses | Unicameral |
Term limits | None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Leadership | |
Civic mayor | |
Ceremonial mayor | Cllr Charlie McIntyre, Labour since 15 May 2019 |
Leader of the Opposition | Cllr Les Turner, Conservative |
Chief executive | Jim Taylor since 11 April 2014 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 60[1] |
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Council political groups |
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Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel |
| Elections | |
Council voting system | First past the post |
Mayor voting system | Supplementary vote |
Council last election | 2019 (one third of councillors) 2018 (one third of councillors) 2016 (one third of councillors) |
Council next election | 2021 (all councillors due to boundary changes, 2020 election canceled) 2022 (one third of councillors) |
| Motto | |
| Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Salford Civic Centre | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The directly elected mayor is Paul Dennett[2] and the civic mayor for 2019-2020 is Councillor Charlie McIntyre.[3]
The council is based at Salford Civic Centre with additional offices in Eccles.
Some services were provided by Urban Vision, a public-private partnership formed in 2005 between SCC, Capita and Galliford Try.[4] Property, highways and infrastructure, planning and building control services returned to the council after the contract with Urban Vision finished on 31 January 2020. [5]
Political composition
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the Labour Party.[6]
| Year | Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems | Independent | Community Action | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Sept 2017 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2016 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2015 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2014 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2012 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2011 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2010 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 2008 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2007 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2006 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2004 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2003 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2002 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2000 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1999 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1998 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Wards within Salford City Council
Wards
| Worsley and Eccles South | Salford and Eccles | Blackley and Broughton |
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Councillors
Each ward is represented by three councillors.[7]
| Parliamentary constituency | Ward | Councillor | Party | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackley and Broughton constituency |
Broughton | John Merry | Labour | 2018-20 | |
| Charles McIntyre | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Jim King | Labour Co-op | 2016-20 | |||
| Kersal | Ari Leitner | Conservative | 2018-20 | ||
| Arnold Saunders | Conservative | 2019-20 | |||
| Peter Connor | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Salford and Eccles constituency |
Claremont | Neil Reynolds | Labour | 2018-20 | |
| Mike Pevitt | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Barbara Bentham | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Eccles | Michael Wheeler | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| Sharmina August | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Mike McCusker | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Irwell Riverside | Jane Hamilton | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| Ray Walker | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Stephen Coen | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Langworthy | John Warmisham | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| Gina Reynolds | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Wilson Nkurunziza | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Ordsall | Tanya Burch | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| Ann-Marie Humphreys | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Ray Mashiter | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Pendlebury | Sophia Linden | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| John Ferguson | Labour Co-op | 2019-20 | |||
| Barry Warner | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Swinton North | Bill Hinds | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| Jim Dawson | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Derek Antrobus | Labour Co-op | 2016-20 | |||
| Swinton South | Stuart Dickman | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| Jim Cammell | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Heather Fletcher | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Weaste & Seedley | Ronnie Wilson | Labour Co-op | 2018-20 | ||
| Madeline Wade | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Stephen Hesling | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Worsley and Eccles South constituency |
Barton | David Jolley | Labour | 2018-20 | |
| Michele Barnes | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| John Mullen | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Boothstown and Ellenbrook | Jillian Collinson | Conservative | 2018-20 | ||
| Darren Ward | Conservative | 2019-20 | |||
| Bob Clarke | Conservative | 2016-20 | |||
| Cadishead | Joan Walsh | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| Lewis Nelson | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| John Walsh | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Irlam | Roger Jones | Labour Co-op | 2018-20 | ||
| Darren Goulden | Independent | 2019-20 | |||
| Tracy Kelly | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Little Hulton | Colette Weir | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| Kate Lewis | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Rob Sharpe | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Walkden North | Adrian Brocklehurst | Labour Co-op | 2018-20 | ||
| Samantha Bellamy | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Brendan Ryan | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Walkden South | Laura Edwards | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| Joshua Brooks | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| Richard Critchley | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Winton | Margaret Morris | Labour | 2018-20 | ||
| Paula Boshell | Labour | 2019-20 | |||
| David Lancaster | Labour | 2016-20 | |||
| Worsley | Les Turner | Conservative | 2018-20 | ||
| Robin Garrido | Conservative | 2019-20 | |||
| Karen Garrido | Conservative | 2016-20 | |||
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References
- "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- "Councillor Paul Dennett". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- "Ceremonial Mayor of Salford". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- "About us". urbanvision.org.uk. Urban Vision.
- "Urban Vision". salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council.
- "Salford". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- "Your Councillors". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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