The Parliamentary General and Local Elections Were Held on Thursday 6 May 2010

1. DETAILS :

The Parliamentary General and Local Elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2010.

The Parliamentary General Election took place in 649 Constituencies across the United Kingdom for seats in the House of Commons.

Local Elections were held in all 32 London Boroughs, 36 Metropolitan Boroughs, 76 Second-tier District Authorities and 20 Unitary Authorities in England.

1.1 Parliamentary General Election – Salford and Eccles Constituency

In the Salford and Eccles Constituency, the number of votes recorded for each candidate is as follows:-

Electorate: 75,483

Name of Candidate / Number of Votes
Hazel Anne Blears / 16,655
Richard Carvath / 384
David Henry / 730
Stephen Morris / 621
Duran Benjamin O’Dwyer / 1,084
Norman Joseph Owen / 10,930
Matthew Joseph Sephton / 8,497
Tina Dorothy-Rose Wingfield / 2,632

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: -

a)  Want of official mark ……………………………………………………… 13

b)  Voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to …………... 19

c)  Writing or mark by which voter could be identified …………………...... 4

d)  Unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty ………………………………133

Rejected Ballots / 169 / Total Votes
Cast / 41,702 / Turnout / 55.2%

1.2 Parliamentary General Election – Worsley and Eccles South Constituency

In the Worsley and Eccles South Constituency, the number of votes recorded for each candidate is as follows:-

Electorate: 72,473

Name of Candidate / Number of Votes
Charles Richard George Gadsden / 6,883
Barbara Mary Keeley / 17,892
Iain David Lindley / 13,555
Andrew Townsend / 2,037
Paul Anthony Whitelegg / 1,334

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: -

a)  Want of official mark ……………………………………………………… 9

b)  Voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to …………... 35

c)  Writing or mark by which voter could be identified ………………….... 21

d)  Unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty ………………………………118

Rejected Ballots / 183 / Total Votes
Cast / 41,884 / Turnout / 57.8%

1.3 Elected M.P’s

The following candidates were elected to the office of Member of Parliament and will be sworn in on Tuesday 18 May when Parliament assembles:

Salford and Eccles Constituency – Hazel Anne Blears

Worsley and Eccles South Constituency – Barbara Mary Keeley

1.4  Local Election

One third of the seats in the 20 Wards of Salford City Council were up for election.

The following Members were elected:-

WARD / MEMBER / ADDRESS / RETIREMENT DATE
Cadishead / Christine Hudson / 4 Primary Close, Cadishead, M44 5EX / May 2014
Irlam / Roger Jones / 42 Elsinore Avenue, Irlam, M44 6NP / May 2014
Winton / Margaret Ann Morris / 15 Rochford Road, Peel Green, M30 7PS / May 2014
Barton / David Henry Jolley / 7 Otranto Avenue, Salford, M6 8LN / May 2014
Eccles / John Desmond Cullen / 4 Algernon Street, Monton, Eccles, Manchester,
M30 9QA / May 2014
Swinton South / Howard Saul Balkind / 16 Vine Street, Salford, M7 3PG / May 2014
Pendlebury / Bernard James Lea / 81 Broomhall Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8XR / May 2014
Swinton North / Bill Hinds / 10 Chelford Drive, Swinton, M27 9HJ / May 2014
Worsley / Graham Compton / 9 Parkstone Lane, Worsley, M28 2PW / May 2014
WARD / MEMBER / ADDRESS / RETIREMENT DATE
Walkden South / Les Turner / 65 Lumber Lane, Worsley, Salford, M28 2QN / May 2014
Walkden North / Adrian Brocklehurst / 16 Bracken Avenue, Walkden, Salford, M28 3FY / May 2014
Little Hulton / Eric Burgoyne / 27 Brookhurst Lane, Little Hulton, Worsley, M38 9TF / May 2014
Boothstown and Ellenbrook / Jillian Rose Collinson / 2 Haddon Road, Worsley, M28 2GP / May 2014
Kersal / Ann-Marie Humphreys / 388 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2HH / May 2014
Broughton / John Merry / 14 Cleveleys Grove, Salford, M7 4DE / May 2014
Ordsall / Alan Lewis Clague / ‘Kingsley’, 10 Rivington Road, Salford, M6 8GQ / May 2014
Langworthy / John David Warmisham / 2/7 Bramley Meade, Northumberland Street, Salford,
M7 4PE / May 2014
Irwell Riverside / Matt Mold / 16 Dell Avenue, Pendlebury, Salford, M27 8TT / May 2014
Claremont / Sareda Dirir / 62 Park Lane, Salford, M6 7NP / May 2014
Weaste & Seedley / Ronnie Wilson / 25 Orient Road, Salford, M6 8LB / May 2014