Salford residents will head to the polls on 7 May to vote in the upcoming local elections and we’ve compiled a full list of every candidate standing in the contest.
One councillor in each of the city’s 20 wards will be elected to represent their constituents in the council chamber.
This is apart from Cadishead and Lower Irlam, where residents will vote in two councillors instead.
And voters in the Barton and Winton ward will also cast their votes for one of six candidates vying for a council seat in an earlier by-election taking place on 22 April.
Labour currently controls the authority with 50 of the 60 seats.
109 local candidates have been announced, and this year the Conservatives, the Green Party, Labour, and Reform UK are standing candidates in every ward. Meanwhile, 16 people are representing the Liberal Democrats in the city, and there are individual candidates for other parties, including the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, Advance UK, and Your Party.
For those not already registered to vote, the deadline to register or update your details to allow you to have your say is Monday, 20 April.
The deadline to cast a postal vote is 5pm on Tuesday, 21 April, while people wishing to nominate a trusted person to vote on their behalf must apply for a proxy vote by Tuesday, 28 April.
Anyone without a photo ID can apply for a free voter authority certificate, and the deadline to do so is Tuesday, 28 April.
Voters are reminded that they will need to take ID to polling stations in order to vote.
Without further ado, here’s the full list of the 109 candidates standing in Salford this May.
Barton and Winton
– Kirsty Anne Downie (Independent)
– Antony Ian Duke (Liberal Democrats)
– Yvonne Earnshaw (Reform UK)
– Holly Ann Muldoon (Conservative Party)
– John Mullen (Labour Party)
– Babak Winstanley Sharples (Green Party)
Blackfriars and Trinity
– David Jones (Green Party)
– Darren Matthews (Labour Party)
– Christopher Roscoe (Reform UK)
– Craig Russel Walsh (Conservative Party)
– Brian Westley (Liberal Democrats)
Boothstown and Ellenbrook
– Jan Barrington (Conservative Party)
– Graham Bates (Liberal Democrats)
– Paige Dawson (Green Party)
– Muhammad Kashif (Labour Party)
– Terry Mather (Reform UK)
Broughton
– Kathleen Frances Allen (Green Party)
– Patience Assam (Conservative Party)
– Gary Mark Bardsley (Reform UK)
– Hugh Patrick Caffrey (Independent)
– John David Merry (Labour Party)
– Ben Thomas (Liberal Democrats)
Cadishead and Lower Irlam
– Skye Ainscough (Conservative Party)
– Alex Gravender (Green Party)
– James Richard Hart (Reform UK)
– Bill McLaughlin (Labour Party)
– Leighton James Medley (Reform UK)
– Ninad Vivek Oak (Liberal Democrats)
– Ceewhy Ochoga (Labour Party)
– Jonathan Thomason (Conservative Party)
– Matty Wilson (Green Party)
Claremont
– Chris Bates (Reform UK)
– Ian Alexander McKinlay (Liberal Democrats)
– Neil Andrew Reynolds (Labour Party)
– Frederick Christopher Seed (Green Party)
– Janet West (Conservative Party)
Eccles
– Denis Allen Adshead (Reform UK)
– Sally Griffiths (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
– Sara Joanne Laing (Green Party)
– Janet CGN Reygan (Conservative Party)
– Djanhmah Nathaniel Tetteh (Labour Party)
– Daniel Lee Wells (Liberal Democrats)
Higher Irlam and Peel Green
– Christopher Evans (Reform UK)
– Akiva Kline (Conservative Party)
– Andrew Neil Parkinson (Green Party)
– Mishal Saeed (Labour Party)
Kersal and Broughton Park
– Hormoz Ahmadzadeh (Green Party)
– Adam Robert Carney (Conservative Party)
– Simon Fan (Reform UK)
– Declan Curtis Murphy (Labour Party)
– Andrew Avrohom Yitzchok Walters (Independent)
Little Hulton
– Mike Ashdown (Green Party)
– Lewis Croden (Reform UK)
– Anne Fasan (Conservative Party)
– Stuart Oxbrow (Liberal Democrats)
– Teresa Christina Pepper (Labour Party)
Ordsall
– Craig Stephen Barclay (Reform UK)
– John Grant (Liberal Democrats)
– Brendan Keville (Labour Party)
– Charlie Ng (Conservative Party)
– Martyn Stockley (Green Party)
Pendlebury and Clifton
– Angela May Grant (Conservative Party)
– Susan Vanessa Lewis (Liberal Democrats)
– Chichi Mgbeokwere (Labour Party)
– Andrew Nadin (Green Party)
– Natalie Anne Rowland (Reform UK)
Pendleton and Charlestown
– Ayotunde Adedeji Ajibola (Conservative Party)
– Jacob John Allen (Independent)
– Andrew Stephen Behan (Labour and Co-operative Party)
– Matthew Callaghan (Green Party)
– Daryl Stone-Shaw (Reform UK)
– Kenneth Thompson (Liberal Democrats)
Quays
– Owen Martin Hammond (Reform UK)
– Daniel Harold (Labour Party)
– Paul Heilbron (Liberal Democrats)
– Andrea Romero O’Brien (Green Party)
– Gary Michael Slawther (Conservative Party)
Swinton and Wardley
– Peter Charles Jones (Reform UK)
– Liz McCoy (Labour Party)
– Joe O’Neill (Independent)
– Colin Seeney (Liberal Democrats)
– Andy Spratt (Conservative Party)
– Anton Strong (Green Party)
Swinton Park
– Farzam Barghian (Green Party)
– John McLellan (Liberal Democrats)
– Monika Katarzyna Puchalska (Reform UK)
– Karl Robert Robson (Labour Party)
– Andrew Wong (Conservative Party)
Walkden North
– Miles Alexander Henderson (Reform UK)
– Adam Kenyon (Green Party)
– Arlene Royle (Conservative Party)
– Paul Anthony Whitelegg (Independent)
– Jack Leslie Youd (Labour Party)
Walkden South
– Craig Thomas Birtwistle (Advance UK)
– Rachel Lindsey Fitzsimmons (Green Party)
– Guy Muntu (Conservative Party)
– Irfan Syed (Labour Party)
– Ivan Voronov (Reform UK)
Weaste and Seedley
– Anne Broomhead (Conservative Party)
– Paul Doyle (Reform UK)
– James Robertson (Green Party)
– Oliver James Ritchie Scott (Liberal Democrats)
– Alexis Murura Shama (Labour Party)
– John David Warmisham (Your Party)
Worsley and Westwood Park
– JP Atley (Labour Party)
– James Karl Blessing (Liberal Democrats)
– Kaiden Jason Morrison (Reform UK)
– Seema Azam Rajpura (Green Party)
– Daniel Whitehouse (Conservative Party)
