Just realised I never actually linked to the results… here they are…
http://www.salford.gov.uk/results
I’ll post a percentage breakdown when I get around to it!
Archive for the 'Salford' Category
It’s been a fantastic night for the Conservatives in Salford. We have three new Councillors - in Walkden South, Eccles and Cadishead wards - and our vote share is up all across the City.
Labour have lost 6 seats, 3 to us, 2 to the Liberal Democrats and 1 to Community Action - the latter in Irlam where GMPTA Chairman Roger Jones collapsed into third place. They have failed to win a majority of seats contested and they have lost their moral mandate to run Salford City Council.
Even more startling are the vote shares across the City:
Con 17472 (34.00%)
Lab 17899 (34.83%)
LD 10949 (21.31%)
Across the whole of the City of Salford, a Labour heartland Council which has had a Labour majority since it was created, the Labour lead over the opposition Conservatives was a mere 427 votes - 0.83%. It is a disastrous result for Labour. In the wards making up the new Worsley & Eccles South Parliamentary constituency, Conservatives lead Labour by a whopping 12%.
More tomorrow!
At Broadway polling station. Weather fine. Polling steady, becoming more brisk. No sign of Labour.
The weather is currently quite pleasant, but was a bit patchy earlier with some rain - a big improvement on the forecast which was not good at all.
Voting in Walkden South is steady with the best turnout at James Brindley (polling district JE).
Saw Barry the Anarchist leafleting for LibDem candidate Martin O’Neill on Folly Lane in Swinton while passing through. No sign of any other party here in Walkden or in Eccles where I popped by for an hour earlier in the day.
Having a (very) short break for breakfast after my dawn delivery, so thought I’d post a quick update. I’ll try to make a few short posts today and this evening on my phone but that is dependent on a) having a few moments to myself and b) the technology working properly. I don’t remember Pendlebury Recreation Centre being a mobile blackspot but you never know…
Tomorrow, local residents in Walkden South and across Salford have the opportunity to send a message to a Labour Party that has failed them and let them down both on a local and national level.
The maternity services at Salford Royal (Hope) Hospital are closing down and our Labour Councillors stand idly by. Our Council Tax has risen by 79% over the past decade, but our local services have not improved - our bins are not emptied efficiently, our roads and pavements are neglected, and now Labour want to charge us £7.50 a day (nearly £2000 per annum!) just to drive into work or visit friends and family.
Unlike Labour, Conservative Councillors listen to the concerns of local residents and stand up for the views of the local community.
In Walkden South, it’s time to complete a strong Conservative team by electing Nicky Turner as your third hard-working Conservative Councillor.
In Salford as a whole, it’s time for a change - time to vote out Labour Councillors who do not listen and elect Conservative Councillors who will take note of the issues raised by local residents.
Conservatives can and are winning across Salford. Your vote on Thursday is important - please use it wisely by voting Conservative.
…and another rule for everybody else.
Our Council Leader thinks that the individual Police Officers should be kept out of party political literature in case they are “compromised”, but sadly it appears that the message hasn’t got through to his own Councillors yet:
We know what to expect from the Labour Party in Government and at a local level. They dither and they find every opportunity to hide away from the views of local people.
Last year, the Labour Government announced their decision to close the maternity and neo-natal units at Salford Royal (Hope) Hospital over the August Bank Holiday weekend. They held a “consultation” over the closure of St George’s High School months ago, and the results of the “consultation” have still not been published.
Now here’s a surprise - the decision on the TIF bid will be available just after the local elections. Our local and national Labour politicians are too cowardly to risk announcing the decision before Greater Manchester goes to the polls, so they bury it until two weeks after the elections - with a full two years before the next chance residents have to vote for their Councillors. It’s a disgrace and Salford residents should use the opportunity to tell our Labour politicians - who are incapable of listening otherwise - exactly what they think by voting them out next Thursday.
Also coming up just after the elections (a complete coincidence, I’m sure) is the announcement on whether any local Post Offices in Salford will have to close. Look out for a Post Office near you.
Some more well-deserved publicity for St George’s RC High School this week - see the Advertiser report and Channel M. What I don’t understand is why the Labour Councillors were so reticent to meet with Justice4Georges. I understand that Council employees need to be careful during an election period, but the Council Cabinet have no such restrictions.
It is a real shame that neither Cllr Merry nor Cllr Warmisham have at any point during the BSF process had the courage to stand up and talk to parents, staff and pupils at St George’s. They will not visit the school, they ducked every single consultation event and now they won’t even step outside the Town Hall to talk. Not good enough.
In The Spectator
His article makes for an interesting read - you can view it in full on the Spectator website.