Elections to Salford Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the councill.^[1] Overall turnout was 21.85%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Labour 56
Liberal Democrat 4^[1]

Election result

Salford Local Election Result 1999
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	0	1	-1	90	59.1	21,332	-2.4%
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	+1	10	22.1	7,967	+2.6%
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	18.7	6,741	+0.0%
	Public Transport Users	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	62	+0.2%

Ward results

Barton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Collins	1,173	73.5	-3.8
	Conservative	Ruth Brook	238	14.9	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Brown	184	11.5	+1.4
Majority			935	58.6	-6.1
Turnout			1,595	20.4	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackfriars
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Wallsworth	694	75.2	-3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Carson	229	24.8	+11.3
Majority			465	50.4	-14.8
Turnout			923	15.8	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Murphy	955	77.4	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sheilah Wallace	279	22.6	+10.5
Majority			676	54.8	-7.3
Turnout			1,234	19.8	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Cadishead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hunt	993	58.1	-3.8
	Conservative	Thomas Holt	588	34.4	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Dippnall	129	7.5	-1.7
Majority			405	23.7	-9.3
Turnout			1,710	26.1	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Owen	1,114	43.1	+6.9
	Labour	James Short	1,071	41.5	-5.0
	Conservative	Sydney Cooper	397	15.4	-1.9
Majority			43	1.6
Turnout			2,582	26.3	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Eccles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Morris	1,259	56.3	-4.7
	Conservative	Michael Edwards	618	27.6	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Bradbury	359	16.1	-1.5
Majority			641	28.7	-10.8
Turnout			2,236	24.5	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Irlam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Jones	1,112	61.7	-18.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hill	522	29.0	+29.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Wenham	167	9.3	-10.4
Majority			590	32.7	-27.9
Turnout			1,801	24.9	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Kersal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Wilson	965	61.8	-6.8
	Conservative	George Herrick	390	25.0	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Gray	207	13.3	+6.5
Majority			575	36.8	-7.2
Turnout			1,562	17.9	-4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Langworthy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Leaston	654	68.0	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Rogers	308	32.0	+19.9
Majority			346	36.0	-23.8
Turnout			962	15.3	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Hulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marion Wordsworth	963	72.8
	Conservative	Robert McHale	209	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Dippnall	151	11.4
Majority			754	57.0
Turnout			1,323	17.5	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Miller	594	78.0	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Barnes	168	22.0	+13.4
Majority			426	56.0	-18.6
Turnout			762	14.8	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendlebury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Burgoyne	1,566	71.7	-1.2
	Conservative	Marjorie Weston	310	16.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Gregory	308	16.3	+4.2
Majority			1,258	55.2	-2.8
Turnout			2,184	20.7	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Pendleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Warmisham	1,002	74.2	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Drake	199	14.7	+0.5
	Conservative	Hillary Lingard	150	11.1	+1.1
Majority			803	59.5	-2.1
Turnout			1,351	19.2	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dawson	1,333	66.1	-2.8
	Conservative	Neil Levay	381	18.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nina Richards	240	11.9	-2.1
	Public Transport Users	Robin Polack	62	3.1	+3.1
Majority			952	47.2	-4.5
Turnout			2,016	22.3	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Daniels	1,197	52.1	+2.4
	Conservative	Christine Upton	736	32.0	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gregory	366	15.9	-1.0
Majority			461	20.1	+3.9
Turnout			2,299	23.3	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Devine	1,426	83.0	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Hunt	292	17.0	+7.0
Majority			1,134	66.0	-2.8
Turnout			1,718	20.4	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkden South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Judge	1,424	54.2	-0.5
	Conservative	John Mosley	642	24.4	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Cowpe	563	21.4	+0.7
Majority			782	29.8	-0.3
Turnout			2,629	21.8	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Weaste & Seedley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Clague	1,014	61.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Rogers	374	22.8	-0.3
	Conservative	Wendy Powell	254	15.5	-5.1
Majority			640	39.0	+5.8
Turnout			1,642	21.7	-0.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Winton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lancaster	1,295	68.0	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carson	610	32.0	+18.2
Majority			685	36.0	-16.8
Turnout			1,905	20.8	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley & Boothstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Holt	1,720	46.9	-8.6
	Conservative	Karen Garrido	1,306	35.6	+8.1
	Labour	Ronald Carney	642	17.5	+0.5
Majority			414	11.3	-16.7
Turnout			3,668	33.0	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "Salford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

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